Recent content by BergMann

Lance came up under Eddie B. and Chris Carmichael in the US National program. Eddie B. oversaw blood doping of members of 1984 olympic team. Carmichael has settled out of court with former members of the US Junior National team he doped. There never was a Lance without doping, because there...

Come on, Jens Voigt has won the ToGermany - QED the race has little to no predictive value relative to Grand Tour contention. Lövkvist has class as a rider, but I'll believe his development curve has Tour podium potential when I see him win the Dauphine or TdSuisse in the presence of geniune...

Seriously? LMAO Given their current roster, I seriously can't believe that ANYONE can keep a straight face at Sky's LUDICROUSLY pretentious goal of saying they are going to win the Tour. Ever! I know Brailsford needs to sell his project to sponsors & an "underserved" British cycling fanbase...

'fraid not Short answer: no, professional cycling teams are PR vehicles for sponsors, not nations. Rabobank will ride for Freire & Menchov in big races, because they're their best bets for a win. Rabobank, as a Dutch sponsor, may give team management the order to give Dutch riders the...

Guilt by compensation I hate to admit it, but the sports fan in me agrees with Mr. Tibbs: riders who can climb with the mountain goats, and then outkick pure sprinters in a bunch gallop are a wonder to behold. While all of us have long had ample evidence to suspect that riders like...

Lance doesn't need much to win a gYro: all he needs is 3 bucks and directions to the next best Greek restaurant. Seriously, you're attacking L'Equipe's journalistic cred, yet you don't know how to spell the name of the sport's second biggest event? It's gIro friend, and it's not a typo if...