Recent content by Bjorn Haake

Grass "When the front group was passed by a brimstone butterfly many cyclists abandoned the race" Günter Grass, author

Why don't you take the train all the way to Roubaix? It looks like the velodrome is about 4km from the train station. There are probably buses that will get you closer. bjorn

. I had the pleasure of standing on Hautacam in 1994, right about where Indurain reeled in Pantani - not boring at all :) He was also a great descender. Once Rominger got away from him I think over the Tourmalet by 30secs or so and he closed the gap extremely fast. Not boring either...

I am pretty sure Roberto Conti did that pose in 1994 when he won Alpe'Huez. Although I believe it was not in dedication of a baby, but an 'answer' to a Brazilian player after the WC football final a couple of days earlier. Memory is a bit vague, though.

This is probably true. One of the things to be pointed out is that the lab gets an anonymous sample and they will not be able to "target" a specific rider. Leaks must come at other places, sometimes even from the teams themselves (they will suspend the rider after the A-sample notification...

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Right, Contador has a limited race programme prior to the Tour: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/jan09/jan13news2 bjorn

Sickness, to be quite accurate. What a pity for him. bjorn

on the other hand, do not celebrate like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar1pmFyGQAg Cheers, bjorn