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UCI rules re: needles are here: https://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/rules-and-regulations/part-xiii--medical-rules.pdf Page 21 §4 Ban on injections, 13.3.052 and on. In some "... respect the possession of objects used or fit for an injection shall be presumed to constitute...

Sagan on the attack again? Front of the race | 130.90 km to go | 2 rider(s) including: SAGAN, Peter (TNK), DUMOULIN, Samuel (ALM) according to race center rest of the breake is 20 secs behind

Bravo Kwiat, brave move, spectacular win! I want to see those battles also.

Anyone knows if: 1. Are they going to use "recta contador" in the next giro? 2. Has it ever happened for a rider to race on a road named after him?

When they asked fabian to actually ride for the hour they got a response like "turns too sharp, road too inclined, bicycle no speeds, air too still, surface too hard, clock too fast, whole thing no good for pro riders". Then someone thought it'd be good if they could use the argument "if an...

Damn, you made me spill my beer!

Nice description: "Clunk. Contador shifted to a big gear and just as his chain dropped onto a smaller sprocket so did his cadence drop. Chris Froome looked back and looked again but as soon as he resumed looking at his stem Contador jumped, winding up the newly selected big gear and Froome...

When your body fat is close to 0% and you work outdoors, you tend to look old...

Degenkolb will drop himself after the 2nd sprint and before the 1st climb.

I'd also like to die like the gentleman in the photo, while riding. Well, not riding quite the same beauty, but you know what I mean. Alas, with all those morons in the streets, I'm afraid I'll be riding my bicycle instead. Anyway, I hope I have another 50 years at least...

LOL, isn't he the worthless guy who won the TdF because he was the only one to go to France last summer?

CQ is a for fun ranking. In the UCI ranking (which is also for fun but more official) AC is 2nd after Piti. BTW, winning la vuelta is prestigious. Not only because doing so will give AC 1st place in the UCI ranking.

Nice 1, made me spill MY beer

I don't think so. No way he can persuade the electronics of that plane to switch engines on. He is not heavy enough.

Sagan will lead out Gatto, but Gatto will fail to overtake him...