Levi4life wrote:
My arguments come from the official defence of FLoyd Landis. His sources are official documnts from the LNDD, WADA and USADA. I can't find Floyd's 'Wiki' defence because of the afore mentioned corruption in the World of Anti-Doping. My passion in my above post stems from 1. Landis being my hero 2. Landis being innocent 3. people's sheer stupidity and arrogance.

Guido Mukk wrote:


Not yet..Contador will like it..But I belive Rabo is smart enough and wont to that. You as Rabo fan should also hope same thing.
If Astana signs Bruyneel..this is a chanches that Bruyneel like's to see also Contador in the same squad..at least he give as hint for that.

CrueTrue wrote:
So you are denying that Landis used unnatural testosterone?

Australia may get a much deserved confirmation of its status as a world cycling power by hosting the UCI World Road Championships in 2010, according to the Melbourne Herald Sun. The Australians have been dominating track events on the world stage for years - Melbourne hosted the UCI World Track Championships in 2004 - but the Tour de France podium finish of Cadel Evans has given the country's road program an even higher status.

The 2010 World Championships bid is being headed up by the Victorian State Government's major events unit, and a final decision will be made when the UCI meets at this year's event in Stuttgart at the end of September. The Worlds were last held outside of Europe in 2003 when they took place in Hamilton, Canada.

According to the Herald Sun, Bahrain is Melbourne's only competitor, and its bid is under question as the promoter is facing legal problems.

Potential courses include the Geelong circuit which makes up the annual women's World Cup, but the Botanic Gardens area, site of the Commonwealth Games road race in 2006, has been deemed too easy for the Worlds.

Officials from the Spanish cycling federation say there is no new evidence that Alejandro Valverde worked with alleged Puerto ringleader Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes and will not prevent him from starting next month's world championships

Last week, the UCI said a review of 6000 pages of evidence found in the Operación Puerto files revealed that Valverde was linked to the alleged doping ring and insisted that the Spanish cycling federation open an inquiry against the defending ProTour champion.

Spanish officials said this week that after a review of documents forwarded by the UCI that there's no new information that would require it to open a formal inquiry against the Caisse d'Epargne star.

Valverde has been dogged by suspicions that he's part of the Puerto doping ring since the scandal broke in May of 2006.

Valverde has repeatedly denied working with Fuentes despite circumstantial evidence that he might be mentioned as one of the nicknames found in police raids of Fuentes' offices.

Some insist that the initials "Valv" and the nickname "Piti" could belong to Valverde, though Spanish authorities never officially recognized the link in any police reports or court documents.

Spanish police found a bag of blood that some insist could belong to Valverde. Valverde, however, said he would not undergo DNA sampling unless specifically ordered to do so by a court.

The UCI is also alleging that Valverde missed an out-of-competition control in late June just days ahead of the start of the 2007 Tour de France, according to Spanish media reports.

According to Valverde's lawyer, Francisco Sánchez Sabater, the UCI is giving Valverde 10 days to justify his absence from a surprise anti-doping control on June 23 at his home.

According to Sabater, Valverde sent the UCI a fax on June 12 outlining changes to his racing schedule after abandoning the Dauphiné Libéré, indicating that he instead would be in Eindhoven, Holland, from June 23-25 to compete in the team time trial competition.

Sabater says that Valverde also underwent a post-race doping control June 23 in Holland.

So far, Valverde has refused to comment on the latest rounds between the UCI and the Spanish cycling federation.

Sabater also said Valverde is considering legal action against media outlets and other organizations, including the UCI, that continue to insinuate that Valverde is implicated in the Puerto Affaire.

zutcorp wrote:
hah, thatll teach them to mess with people from a drinking team!

At Carlsberg, we dont start fights, we finish them!


oh wait...whats this CSC team? They dont ride anymore do they?

SportingNonsense wrote:


Youres so absorbed in the Management game, it seems youve forgotten about reallife cycling