Recent content by CosmicRocker

I think one of Contador's problems over the last couple of years is his riding style. He is in his mid-30s now. That's not really old for most people, but it is for an athlete, for ANY sport. When Contador rides, and particularly when he stands to climb, he bobs and weaves a lot. He moves around...

Finally, we have the doper stripped. And we can have squeaky clean riders like Jan Ulrich, Ivan Basso and Andreas Kloden declared winners. According to Tyler Hamilton, when asked what Armstrong did, he responded "What we all did. Everybody was doing it." That being said, what the UCI needs to...

If cycling wants to show the world that they are trying to clean up the sport, I think they need to make a new rule: "Hey guys, as of Jan. 1, 2013, if you fail a drug test, you are banned for life. And we will make a decision within 30 days." (The whole AC thing was ridiculous. 18 months...

If this is true, and it must be, cause Tyler Hamilton said it was, they need to strip the winners of the Green Jersey, Polka Dot Jersey . . . . heck, just put an asterisk in the record books: "The Tour was suspended from 1999 - 2005." If everyone was cheating, who should the winner be?

A couple of things here: 1. How can the USADA (wouldn't that be the UNITED STATES Anti Doping Agency take something away that is awarded in another country? Can France rule that Eli Manning was on steroids last year and take away the Super Bowl title? 2. Cycling WILL NEVER be cleaned up...

Fact: Contador tested positive on both A and B samples. The rules: Anti-doping rule violations 21. The following constitute anti-doping rule violations: 1. The presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a Rider’s bodily Specimen. 1.1 It is each Rider’s personal duty...

I’ll admit that I don’t follow cycling as much as a lot of posters here do. But I have read many times that the A and B samples were BOTH positive, thereby, my case for 2 positives. If 2 samples count as 1 positive, I “misremembered” my math from school. Sorry ! ! Bottom line, it says in...

This is what I was referring to. He broke the rules . . . . you know, but it was only a little, so let's give him a pass. Back to the Rasmussen case. He broke the rules. He didn't fail a dope test. He was just training in one place and told the powers that be that he was somewhere else...

He tested positive on both A and B samples. He broke the rules ! ! Michael Rasmussen was suspended. It DID NOT involve doping, but he broke the rules. And he got suspended. So, you are going to suspend some riders for breaking the rules, but other riders get a pass because they broke the...

I see where HTC Highroad is looking for a sponsor and Stapleton thinks they might be reluctant to sign back on due to the bad press cycling gets due to doping. Maybe if the punishment were "If you get caught, you will be banned FOR LIFE ! !" No one year suspension, 2 year suspension, just...

I apologize. I was unaware that you haven't learned reading comprehension. Let me explain: In Contador's TdF wins, any of them, has he worn the Yellow jersey? Has he led in the Sprint category (Green jersey)? Has he led in the KOM category (Polka Dot jersey)? ALL AT THE SAME TIME? Merckx did...

OK, I will admit, I don’t care too much for Contador. But to even mention him as being comparable to Merckx is laughable. In his first TdF, he won the Yellow jersey, the Green jersey, the Polka Dot jersey and also won the Most Combative award. Has anyone else even come close to that kind of...

Contador has the lead ! ! ! ! Whoo Hooo. Since he will probably keep the leaders jersey the rest of the race, I now have free time on my hands instead of keeping up with the Giro. I used to be a fan till he won TDF in 2009. I never heard him thanking his team. He won the Tour de France ALL...

1. Hincapie 2. Cancellara 3. Boonen