Recent content by Jayarbie

65 Reginald Douglas (St. Kitts and Nevis) 0:20:32.85 66 James Weekes (St. Kitts and Nevis) 0:22:38.69 There's gotta be a story here...

How much testing did they do in 1996? Is it possible that he wasn't tested for testosterone? This was still pre-Festina.

I would probably rank Boonen higher. But I guess it depends on whether you mean pure sprinter (as in the fastest kick the in last 300m) or the guy most likely to consistently win or place high in bunch finishes, even in tougher parcours. If it's pure sprinter, then I think Cipo & Petacchi are...

"Disappointing" maybe, but even that is a stretch. Embarassing? That's a pretty strong word.

Being on the podium of the TdF is embarassing? I'd love to "embarass" myself like that, too...

I'll take Basso.

C'mon, I know a lot of you guys have an abnormal visceral hatred for everything even remotely related to Armstrong, and VS coverage of the Tour was definitely pro-Lance, but the US Giro coverage and especially the commentary was nowhere near the standard of VS and the Tour. Nonetheless, I...

No, Jesus Christ are you stupid. He didn't keep driving because the two Schlecks marked the attack but Kloden didn't. Now he was isolated 1-on-2 in a situation that was dangerous to HIS GC standing and you want him to burn himself out pacing the lead group so the Schelck could follow and...

No, you don't get it at all. It was a mistake only because it weakened HIS position (by dropping a teammate). Contador's GC position was the ONLY one that mattered. This 1-2-3 boloney is a bunch of crap. Contador (and Astana as a whole) needed to be concerned only with winning the Tour, not...

I don't think that there was a rift between Contador and Kloden. Contador and Lance/Bruyneel sure, but Kloden has not exactly been a faithful Lance ally over the years. I think it was just a mistake by Contador, plain and simple. No malicious intent, just something that happens, especially...

No, you saw the real Tour and you are exactly right. Armstrong commited a huge tactical blunder by losing track of Frank. He was far too worried about making Wiggins come through and do pace that, at the moment Frank attacked, Armstrong was BRAKING. Letting Frank get up the road without him...

You're missing the forest through all the trees on this one. It makes sense from a Garmin standpoint because who wouldn't want the best cyclist in the sport (and potential many year Tour winner) on their team? If you can get a guy like Contador, who cares if he is English or American or...

Telekom won both the maillot jaune and maillot vert in both 96 and 97 and supported both Ullrich and Zabel for many years.

I really doubt this. Lance wants to win the Tour HIMSELF. If there's one thing I've learned about Lance in watching his career for the last 15 years (and just this past Tour as well), it's that HE wants to win everything and believes that he can and should win everything he enters. I would be...

Don't worry, eventually one of them will be caught doping and then have to go to Rock Racing. That's when they will be split up.