By fausto 13 July 2006
i hate to have every post be about doping, or have a subtext about doping, but frank is correct: there was something subdued about today’s stage that, to be quite honest, i rather enjoyed. good riders who were not ready for six hours of relentless climbing got dropped (hincapie, mayo, horner, zabriskie). riders who rely […]
By frank booth 13 July 2006
Yesterday’s stage confirmed my suspicion that this year’s tour will be reminiscent of 1998. Scared straight by Operation Puerto, the Peloton flushed their drugs down the toilet the night before the race…and now everyone suddenly seems human. There won’t be any solo breakaways across the pyranees by a cyclist with a broken shoulder riding on […]
By fausto 7 July 2006
i’ll make this entry short and sweet, because this race is wide open and there are many contenders for tomorrow’s itt. first prediction: i don’t think much more than a minute is going to separate the top contenders for the overall who can time trial. my pick to win is serguei gonchar. also in the […]
By fausto 4 July 2006
i didn’t get a chance to say it before the tour started, but i’m excited about this tour. i love lance armstrong, but enough is enough. when lance won stages 15-17 in 2004, i started losing interest in “le tour de lance.” who am i to say, but how can anyone really claim that lance […]
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