Recent content by irritated_cycling_fan

Medical Misinformation Common on people. Bash Armstrong all you want. Blame him for every horrible thing in cycling or the world if that makes you feel better. But please, don't do so at the expense of spreading misinformation about cancer in general and testicular cancer specifically. If...

Astana could be in trouble With Contador leaving, Astana might struggle trying to put together a decent team of riders and management team. With the troubles Astana has had in recent years (payroll, missed deadlines, etc.), without Contador or anyone considered as a strong DS, and especially...

Astana's mistake in 2009 I believe that the riders who left in 2009 ended up legally able to do so due to Astana's administration mistakes. Remember, Astana missed a filing deadline. (http://velonews.competitor.com/2009/10/news/astanas-missed-deadline-may-give-contador-an-out_99519) I...

Let me try again... Are you a moderator? Your screen name isn't listed as such. If you are I would hope that you read posts with more care. I did not say it was the way the forum is run. I said this Thread made it sound like that's what the majority of those who had posted to this...

Too much information Does it have to be? How many cyclists are in the professional ranks? There are far too many for anyone to know everything about all of them. If it's a cyclist you're interested in you make the effort to find out more about them. The information on Levi was there and...

Don't attribute your venom to me Thank you for proving my point - I am not or did I, 'sling mud' at anyone, but you did. Not once in any fashion did I even suggest that people here should change the way they think about Landis, or Armstrong, or Lemond or anyone else. You said that...

You call that keeping a secret? Yeah, Levi being caught and punished for doping is so secret and hush, hush that Phil and Paul were talking about in the early days of the Tour this year. lol How 'secret' is it when it's spoken about on a tv sporting event available to millions of people...

Do you all ever even Think about what you post?! If you all were capable of objectively reading all the crap you all have posted, you might realize that you sound as prejudice as members of a white-only country club, in the deep south, from the 1950's! "Why not just say 'You are not welcome to...

Dreaming if you think it will change things I think a lot of you are deluding yourselves. Even if Armstrong is found guilty on every single accusation that has been publicized, talked about or dreamed up by people here, it's not going magically clean up cycling. For any of you who believe it...

No need to get your feathers all ruffled Calm yourself child. No need to work yourself into a frenzy - I'm not defending Armstrong. lol I have read what Floyd said, multiple times. In his original ESPN interview Landis admits doping but still claims 'that instance' was wrong. That's my...

It's probably all true but two things bug me I don't really know if he doped or not, over the years I've heard believeable pros and cons for both sides. At this point there are still two issues that bother me. One regarding Landis and one regarding those who've been caught doping that have...

Contador IS Sorry - - - He really is, just not for the reason that he stated. He's sorry because his reputation took a hit. I've been watching the Tour for as long as US TV has been airing it and NEVER, not once, have I heard the crowd Boo anyone during each day's podiums - not even Lance...

selective memories I keep seeing all these posts saying that AS would be way behind if Cancellara hadn't waited on stage 2. Most likely that's true. What you choose to forget is that AC went down that day as well and would also be 'way behind' had Cancellara not waited. 90% of the peloton was...

Cycling Unwritten Rules I've posted this before but today it needs to be posted again. Yes, this from back in 2003 but it's still the best written explanation that I've ever read. Whether couch cyclists are aware of them or not, there ARE unwritten rules in cycling. The mere fact that the...

Selective Memories I keep seeing all these posts saying that AS would be way behind if Cancellara hadn't waited on stage 2. Most likely that's true. What you choose to forget is that AC went down that day as well and would also be 'way behind' had Cancellara not waited. 90% of the peloton...