Recent content by Mainerider

I love it when people talk about the steroid era in baseball in the past tense. The MLB's tough drug testing policies must have really worked.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Are there any options for watching pro cycling in the US except for NBC ? Pay per view? Streaming over the internet?

Agreed. I know this kid....he wouldn't say "sh*t" if he had a mouthful.

Good post. Creating a marketplace for DBs like this guy to make a living is exactly what's wrong with cycling. It destroys any credibilty to the notion that the sport is being cleaned up.

I admittedly haven't followed every nuance of this investigation, but my quick catch-up review is concluding that there has been nothing of substance detected so far. Is that correct ?

Yaaaaawn......nothing new there. The writer was clearly pulling his punches....could have probed a lot more deeply.

I'm sure this has been fully vetted in here, so I apolgize in advance, but why isn't this as simple as testing the samples of the other Astana riders who ate the steak ? Shouldn't they be positive for clen too ?

What's the government got left now besides a few convicted liars and cheaters and some old samples that a good defense attorney will be able to blow out of the water in about ten minutes? Her non-testimony seems like a major blow to the case. Can't wait to see what LeMond has to say.

The Boston Globe reported this morning that she denied ever hearing Armstrong admit to doping and that she never felt any pressure to lie. I hope the government has some other rabbits to pull out of their hats or this thing is just going to turn into a "he said, she said" and LA rides off into...

What a riot......in a sport where most of the participants would pump any chemical known to man into their body if they thought it would make then faster and stronger. Coming from Riis.....especially funny, given is own experience with substance abuse and the notion that he didn't know a thing...

Yeah...They're the real deal. Very well known and respected in corporate America.....in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Weisel was the "referral" source. I'll bet his investment banking company has done business with them.

Not true...Wachtell Lipton are HUGE guns. Probably one the biggest and most prestigous law firms in the country, although I always thought their expertise was corporate law, not this kind of stuff. Trust me, his bills won't be small.

Pretty sure it was a hip replacement, not a knee. It would be hard to believe that it wouldn't have negatively impacted his performance.

I guess if we're including dopers you have to consider a couple of Tyler Hamiton's rides: 2002 Giro.......2nd place on GC with a cracked shoulder. 2003 TDF.....Stage 16 win going solo for 142km with a broken collarbone 2003 LBL........won with a long solo breakaway. Doping issues aside...

I thought this was a bit weird. If he was merely leaving cycling to pursue another career, say in business or finance, why would that be such a secret ??