So Vino WAS on the Floyd Landis Recovery Diet!
Vino cracks, loses a half hour in the hills; his Tour is over. Next day, Vino takes a stage win in convincing fashion, thrills the fans.
Hmmm…
Son of a bitch, Vinokourov tested positive. The fuckin’ idiot doped during the Tour de France, testing positive and getting his whole team kicked out of the Tour with less than a week to go, taking teammate Andreas Kloden—sitting pretty in fifth position—with him. If I were Andreas, I’d be pissed, but then maybe I’d be hoping I didn’t get my ass caught too, since I’d be on the Astana team, a horrid joke of a doping conclave. Let’s not forget that this was the gang of idiots that couldn’t even field a goddamned team for last year’s tour, since half the team was under suspicion of doping by association with Dr. Fuentes. Oh yeah, and if you’re enjoying watching Alberto Contador lighting up the road this year, and maybe catching a case of smug satisfaction watching him toy with Rassmussen (the other big doping story of the ‘07 tour) on the Pyrenees, don’t forget he too was on Astana last year.
Man, this just sucks. Roid Landis invalidated his Stage 17 comeback last year, and after 12 months of discussion about doping and how cycling needs to clean up its act, and the cycling press really handing it to the dopers and suspected dopers, we’re back in the same pile of shit this year.
The thing that really pisses me off is the smug reaction from colleagues and the mainstream media who look at cycling like it’s a circus. I mean, it is, but being a football fan and looking down your nose at professional cyclists is like being a catholic and looking down your nose at child molesters.
Are they all doing it? No way. But I’d say most are. Still. And that’s what I find really sad. But I can tell you this: I can’t wait for tomorrow’s last stage in the Pyrenees. It’s a great sport, filled with skill, danger, speed and pain. And I enjoy the contests and the scenery. And, P.S., the other sports have the same problem, but better unions, so shut up and enjoy the rest of the Tour.
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Actually, the positive doping test was for the time trial, not the mountain stage win.
But in spite of this, it’s been a pretty amazing tour. The Rasmussen/Contador show has been amazing so far and I can’t wait to see Contador crack him like a nut today.
I’m aware of that, Paul. He also tested positive for a transfusion, not testosterone. But it’s a similar pattern, is all.
...someone else tested positive for the Floyd Landis Recovery diet on Stage 14. Unknown right now, but I’d bet the name starts with an “R” and rhymes with Asthmussen.
nevermind. It looks like it was Cristian Moreni and it was on Stage 11. dangit
“The Rasmussen/Contador show has been amazing so far and I can’t wait to see Contador crack him like a nut today.”
Unfortunately, Contador missed his chance in the previous stage. Too much cat-and-mouse, I think. Anyway, give Rasmussen credit—but of course he is suspected too due to missing some tests. It’s too bad about the doping but for me, the mountain stages are still very exciting.
History of doping in the TdF.
I saw this link on a cycling board:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,989709,00.html
Update: Rassmusen has been kicked off the Rabobank team and out of the tour for lying about his whereabouts when he missed those off season tests.
Is that going to be the pattern from now on – whenever somebody does way better than expected, you wait a few days and he gets caught cheating? Who next? Soler? Contador?
Rob, let’s get a team entered in the TdF next year. If we play our cards right, everyone will be disqualified by the time we get to Paris and one of us will end up on the podium with those pretty ladies in yellow. :-)
Ahh the hell with it. Just call the race now. It’s a total sham. All my favourite sports have been ruined by doping.
Barry Bonds is going to “break” Hank Aaron’s record. Was Aaron an arrogant steroid user? Can that be the notation next to Bonds’ record? Arrogant Steroid User
I’ve suggested it before. Since most athletes seem to want to cheat, why not let them use any drug they want? Let’s see what better living through chemicals can really do!
Several years ago we had the Ontario “All Natural” Bodybuilding Championships here at my theatre. Can anyone tell me how it is that a woman with fake boobs won the woman’s division?
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