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Seems like top athletes in cycling has to have asthma to be the best. Does it not seem wierd that so with asthma are able to compete at the top levels of this sport but need to take "medication" to do so? It boggles my mind that this is so. Froome and Wiggins, among many others seem to have...

I don't see anything wrong with that and the quote from Emma O'Riley has to be taken with a grain of salt. Firstly, he is an actor preparing for a role. Interesting that he did find a definite benefit to doping. As for Emma, she went along with the whole doping thing for quite a while before...

Ryder to Trek, will probably be a GC option. Mollema doesn't seem to have settled in yet and they may need someone like Ryder to help guide him. On the other hand, would be nice to see Ryder get some real support versus the Garmin way of having multiple leaders and much of the time riding by...

Re: Stage 19: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienn - La Toussuire-Les Sybe BORRIIINNNGGG!!! What boring cycling as far as the GC is concerned! Teams riding defensively to protect 10th place and beyond!! What a farce!! BOOORRRIIINNNGGG!!!! More excitement having bikes yet again checked for motors! Really? To...

I wonder if Froome is using his exemption for asthma during this tour? I think this is an unfair advantage that someone can take a drug to help them perform. Should be no medical exemptions for anything. Fair playing field. If an asthma medicine can help you perform better, even if it is to a...

Re: I couldn't figure this out either. Just about as bizarre was Garmin Cannondale pulling! I think Moviestar wanted to show their strength and played the ego card...we can just break them. Didn't work very well. Funny how some teams just don't seem to ride very smart. Think they got hosed by...

Re: Well, the writings on the wall, Hesjedal will probably leave. The team is a dog's breakfast. Martin and Talansky went backwards soon on the climb today. What the hell were they doing riding at the front today? Are they ***? Almost as bad as Moviestar setting the pace. Let Sky do it...

Stage 4 debacle Another fricking day of disaster! Cannondale hopes now soley rely on Talansky! Funny how they just can't seem to ride as a team, near the front until they are forced to and then it is more chasing than anything. Both Hesjedal and Martin were caught out, Martin in a crash and god...

Re: This is one sport where little has been done for years to add protection for riders. Speeds have increased yet protection hasn't. I know of no sport, even full contact sports like American football, where broken bones and major abrasions are so accepted as part of the sport. Where is the...

What a fricking disaster today was! Talansky down 2 minutes Hesjedal down over 6!!! Too far back, got caught behind a crash... same old crap!! Do they never learn! Basically the tour is over for this team!! Almost a 2 man tour already!! Maybe the cobbles will take another out and the tour will...

Not an overly impressive team showing today on stage one. Talansky, Martin and Hejesdal already down by 45 seconds to last of top 4 GC. Doesn't bode well for the TTT. They will loose more time then. Cannondale had most riders around 1:15 to 1:30 back. Guess they are consistent if nothing...

HA! HA!! Too funny!!

Re: Re: Cannondale Garmin are once again being hamstrung by Vaughters. He is looking to the future with the young guys, giving token support to Martin and Talansky and assuming Hesjedal will ride like he did in the Giro and be able to take on the mountains himself. Too bad Vaughters can't keep...