Tag Archive for ‘Doping’
It’s Time to Come Clean
Here’s a good recap of what has transpired in the past week on the doping issues plaguing professional cycling by the Chicago Tribune’s Phil Hersh. Of Bjarne Riis’s confession on Friday, Hersch writes:”What shred of credibility remained about elite pro cycling has disappeared as 1996 Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis of Denmark on Friday [...]
Has The Rubber Band Snapped?
Remember the first couple of lines of the Grease song, Greased Lightning (c’mon I know most of you just broke out into song)? Need some prompting…Why this car is automaticIt’s systematic Systematic…ah there’s the rub. It was the first word that crossed my mind when I thought about the recent doping scandals. With an almost [...]
Sick and Tired
The above title was the ubiquitous catch phrase of my former college roommate, Billy, who for some reason or another always spoke with a twang that ranged from Kentuckyish to Bayouish although he was originally from Kansas City, MO. It would go a little something like this, “So, how’s it goin,’ Billy?” “I’m Sick and [...]
What Happened?
Doping, Doping, and Doping…You hear the word so often these days that… …its almost become synonymous with “cycling” (what’s next, looking up the word cycling in Webster’s and finding a reference to performance enhancing drug(s)?). …you have to begin to wonder whether “doping” somehow refers to you being a dope for even liking (let alone [...]
J’acuse
What goes around comes around.When Ivan Basso came under suspicion in the Spanish doping scandal, it seemed to me that his team, CSC, and director sportif Bjarne Riis were not very supportive and ultimately cast him aside. Maybe they know something we don’t, but I wasn’t particularly impressed.Now, Riis is dismissing an allegation from a [...]
Millar: I’m a Spokesman
I suppose that if you’ve admitted to doping, taken your two-year ban like a man, then returned to the pro tour with some success, you get to be a spokesman against the practice.At least David Millar thinks so.”Last Thursday and Friday, I was in London for a conference about drugs,” said Millar (photo by Graham [...]
Merckx: Riders Aren’t Criminals
Make sure you read the previous item before you read this one.Belgian cycling great Eddy Merckx says riders should not be treated like criminals in the war against doping.”Doping has to be fought, cheats must be unmasked, abuse should be punished but all this should remain human,” Merckx told French sports daily L’Equipe.The International Cycling [...]
Cranky, YES…Surly, You Bet!
Oude Granny was taught to never judge a book by its cover…but sometimes the cover just fits. Take for instance the case of former elite sprinter, Jarmila Kratochvílová (inset right) of the former Czechoslovakia. In a side-by-side comparison to her contemporaries, her, and what has been described as, “less than feminine features,” certainly made her [...]
Cycling’s Doping Culture: An Investigation
The Daily Peloton has a terrific two-part article (Part I, Part II) aptly named “Cycling’s Winter of Discontent.” It seems that Thursday’s announcement of the 2007 Tour de France route did not generate the usual excitement that it normally does. In this post-Lance Armstrong era of rampant doping allegations, professional cycling is a beautiful sport [...]
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