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No idea, the italian article mentioned there are considerable risks in using a virus carrier. Bilharzia is a parasitic disease, not an virus AFAIK. Presumably the footballer is Messi as they are talking "primissimo piano" and there's previous but is Froome that famous?

Reading la Repubblica this morning I came across this report on "genetical doping". http://www.repubblica.it/speciali/olimpiadi/londra2012/2012/08/01/news/doping_genetico-40147339/?ref=HRER3-1 It speaks of two very famous athletes, one a footballer and the other a cyclist who have used...

Nencini was a heavy smoker which makes his victory all the more amazing. Over 30 years ago I used to live close to his shop run later by his widow a nice lady who spoke to me at length what her husband had said regarding what happened to Tommy Simpson. An utter disgrace the way they put him back...

Very much agree, sooner or later new tests will evolve and the shìt will finally hit the fan as regards SKY albeit with delayed effect.

Apart from the SKY farce there seem to be many complaints about the coverage on various TV stations. Have watched it so far on RAI and they have been pretty much the same as usual with Felice Gimondi in studio today. Alessandra De Stefano's non cycling daily reports have been excellent...

Very poor Tour but that's not only because of any possible doping. The 100km plus of Chronos and lack of the right kind of finishes have killed it for me. Reminds me very much of that ridiculous Giro that Torriani set up for Francesco Moser. Same feeling of fixed inevitability about things.

Felice Gimondi was in the studio at today's stage for RAI Sport (Italian State TV) and talked about Tommy Simpson while they were at the start of what was to be his final and fatal stage. According to Gimondi the heat was terrible and Simpson had joked it was "caldo da morire", deathly hot...