Recent content by brun sweater

Suspending Ballan is an outrage. Based on the information the public have been given, there's absolutely nothing to suggest that he have broken the rules! For all we know, he's being investigated because he rode for Lampre, and thats it!

hahaha ...maybe you guys can agree to disagree? ;)

reminds of this scenario. Paris Roubaix 2007 or 2006? Don't remember?

Just like Menchov? That went really well indeed :D In hindsight, indeed he should've covered Sastre with all his strength, but at the time F. Schleck was in yellow. Had he covered Sastre, Schleck the older could've gone contra? Cadel lacked a leuitenant doing some damage control. Had Popo...

...so if i understand correctly, those guys in that link claims to know that the Astana riders haven't been payed this month? Or won't get payed next month? So Astana will close down taking effect imediately? That would be huge news! :confused:

ah at last, a love/hate Armstrong topic. Just what we need! :rolleyes:

Zabels EPO confession screams to the sky. EPO doesn't work over night. It takes several month and have to be combined with other substances (not necessarily illegal substances). It's hard to believe Zabel didn't know this. Especially concidering what we know about Telekom today. Whenever an...

I think this case is similar to the whereabout case that ended up nailing Rasmussen (not that this case will end up nailing Lance though). We don't know how frequent these reports over riders "misbehaving", in one way or the other, are. As we have no idea how many riders have warnings in...

Not many. Maybe some of the young sprinters? The top guys still ride significantly faster than their equals from the pre epo times, and back then they also used enhancers. Not as potent, but still. And it's not like there have been a revolution in material or training methods. Even if we...

uh? please remind me, how many was busted for CERA in last years Giro? Horner did quite well yesterday, and besides, all riders in the exclusive group going first over that last, very steep, bump in the end, had no team mates with them. When Joaquin Rodriques goes all out up an 10% ascent...

If he aimed for it, I don't see any reason for why he shouldn't be able to be a GT rider. However it seems unlikely. Why should he waste three, four or five seasons to become a worldclass climber and/or TT'er, when he's doing so well in his current enviroment? Of the unlikely to win a GT, I...

First of all, I'm no expert and have no education granting any authority on this matter. To me, altitude tents is a contradiction in itself. I guess the desired effect is to raise the percentage of red bloodcells, thus giving the athlete the benefit of more oxygen being carried around the...