Recent content by tsophoto

How about 2002? http://youtu.be/6vP3EDOVdk0

Maybe he was trying to dodge a dope test. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/world/europe/spanish-police-arrest-84-in-crackdown-on-doping.html

NYT picks up on the latest - http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/world/europe/spanish-police-arrest-84-in-crackdown-on-doping.html?_r=0

How is that not interesting? Those guys are getting TUEs for TRT doses of testosterone which could be as high as 250mg/wk. Typical cyclists dose? 125mg/wk.

re: reading between the lines. emphasis mine. I wonder where his huge aerobic capacity comes from, in a sport where most of your power would be generated via anaerobic pathways.

TheRaceRadio 4:43pm via Web @Ty_Hamilton and @DanielCoyle have a sense of humor. Their book release date is Wonderboy's birthday :)

NYDNSportsITeam 4:33pm via Web Hamilton co-author @DanielCoyle says he interviewed former teammates, "several of whom are going on the record for the first time."

Um, there's what JV said and what he implied... I think you're missing the latter.

First, Chapeau JV. Second, guys - This op-ed was published in the NYTs on the day of the Olympic closing ceremonies. And in it JV name drops other sports. Giving that sort of context to the larger 'doping in sports' conversation will surely move the game on more quickly than a detailed...

Exactly. To my knowledge, Xip isn't on the banned list in and of itself, but falls afoul because of what it does (diuretic). Add that that Frank was tested right after making noise about RS non-payment and you'd be hard pressed to convince me that they're not related. Almost makes you wonder...

Where did this quote come from? Edit: Found it, thx! http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/07/10/joerg-jaksche-der-spiegel-article-translation/

My mistake. Mods, pls close and delete.

LONDON (AP) -- The IAAF says it has provisionally suspended Moroccan runner Mariem Alaoui Selsouli from the London Olympics after she tested positive for doping. The governing body says Selsouli tested positive for the diuretic furosemide at the Paris Diamond League meeting on July 6...

Can we file this under 'least surprising news of the rest day'? Sagan getting a Porsche? Now that's news!

Agreed. Wiggo doesn't have many friends in the peloton, methinks. Also interesting was how quickly Sky's domestiques were shed on that little climb, leaving Wiggo to chase down Cadel himself. They can (impossibly) do threshold work all day long on the front, but the acceleration changes...