http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/danielson-vande-velde-and-zabriskie-accept-usada-bans
― we fed him, now he's an 8 million pound troll all over our board (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
This is a pretty sobering take on all the back-patting going on:
http://stevetilford.com/?p=22105
― lil queequeg (peter grasswich), Thursday, 11 October 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
Rabobank are no more :("We are no longer convinced that the international professional world of cycling can make this a clean and fair sport"
― ざっぴ (zappi), Friday, 19 October 2012 09:11 (eleven years ago) link
Very Sad news
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 19 October 2012 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
team will go on next year highroad-style, at least
― single pun theory (haitch), Saturday, 20 October 2012 10:18 (eleven years ago) link
finally dl'ed the hamilton book. lols all around. armstrong even slightly more assholey than expected, doping about where i expected, maybe slightly more egregious. disliked the "up close and personal" style intro a bit (over the corny limit), but it's a fun superfast read from there.
― last mansplain to ja rule (Hunt3r), Monday, 22 October 2012 16:30 (eleven years ago) link
http://inrng.com/2012/10/lemond-letter-uci/
― Mountain Excitement (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 25 October 2012 13:19 (eleven years ago) link
Bobby julich confessed today and was given the boot by sky (rider 4 for those keeping score)
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
Can't believe that Sky hasn't sacked Mick Rogers yet...
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
cue everyone acting slightly embarrassed, pretending that it didn't happen, "wish he were more statesmanlike", etc
― hot slag (lukas), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
i didn't hear that but i was thinking last week that damn he's like the last of that generation of usa europros left w/out an admission.
sky's and quicksack's policies are bad imo. otoh at least quicksack freed up some scratch for cavendish with that move.
― last week's meme (Hunt3r), Thursday, 25 October 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
Sean Yates has gone. Not sure what this will mean for Sky: their zero tolerance approach, while commendable, will leave them with a huge problem when it comes to recruiting DSs given that probably >90% of riders of that age group doped. Garmin's approach seems more realistic.
― Mountain Excitement (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 27 October 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
Sky haven't exactly been that hot in the on the road tactics department. A change might be beneficial in that respect. Got to go to the continental teams or to women's racing to find an untainted DS.
I feel a bit sorry for Yates, he is apparently retiring from the sport entirely.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 28 October 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
why feel sorry for him, sky says this is entirely a personal decision unrelated to anything? i guess he just wanted a change.
― last week's meme (Hunt3r), Sunday, 28 October 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
He looked kind of glum when I beat him the other week in the Catford Hill Climb. Perhaps I contributed to his demise.
― Mountain Excitement (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 28 October 2012 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
why you gotta break a man like that
― last week's meme (Hunt3r), Sunday, 28 October 2012 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
no gifts
― Mountain Excitement (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 28 October 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
Get 'em Kimmo, raaargh.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/nov/01/paul-kimmage-pat-mcquaid-criminal-complaint
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Friday, 2 November 2012 11:46 (eleven years ago) link
Strictly speaking this is 2013 but I just volunteered for the UCI Cross Worlds in Louisville.
Anyone else fancy coming down to join in the fun?
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 30 November 2012 01:44 (eleven years ago) link
i remember riding my road bike in team kit in 1993 in louisville for a week. it was like i just crashed my spaceship. i have never been mocked/harrassed/threatened for lycra like that in my life- not even in northern idaho in the late 80s. blows my mind they are hosting worlds. that said, fuck no.
― Hunt3r, Friday, 30 November 2012 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
yikes
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 30 November 2012 02:49 (eleven years ago) link
ha, that's progress! don't hate, celebrate. i'm sure you'll have a grand time, truly-- sorry to be a churl.
― Hunt3r, Friday, 30 November 2012 03:51 (eleven years ago) link
times done changed
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Friday, 30 November 2012 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
i know a bunch of ppl that will be going down for worlds, i will not likely be one of them
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Friday, 30 November 2012 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
michael rogers to saxo/tinkoff - wasn't too keen on sky's scorched earth policy perhaps?
― mike oldfield's 'carbon clincher bells' (haitch), Monday, 3 December 2012 01:13 (eleven years ago) link
It looks like the Tour de France is coming through Epping Forest in 2014 and possibly within a mile of my flat
― A Yawning Chasm (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 17 January 2013 11:55 (eleven years ago) link