In case you have not heard by now, two more riders have been ejected from the tour, which is quickly becoming the most exciting in recent years due to the constant shuffling of the top placings. These ejections come on the back of Vinokourov’s positive test and his team’s withdrawal from the race. Italian rider […]
Tour de France Analysis
From “Lance to Landis” – Book Review
In keeping with the format of any good sporting website/blog, from time to time we will review books that we feel our audience might find interesting. Our first review will be of David Walsh’s new book, “From Lance to Landis: Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France.” Although pegged as a “troll” […]
The Tour de France 2007: midway science overview
Ok, so it’s not entirely mid-way, but I thought that with the current ‘lull’ in proceedings between the Alps, which ended yesterday, and the first individual time-trial and Pyrenees coming up on the weekend, it would be a good chance to cast a ‘physiological’ eye over the race and give some impressions. It’s been a […]
“You can trust me”
These are radical times for the Tour de France and professional cycling. Michael Rasmussen, the wearer of the yellow jersey, celebrated yesterday for a great ride that saw him fend off Discovery’s attacks on the Col d’Aubisque, has been dumped off his team and the Tour after it was revealed that he had lied to […]
A culture of doping in cycling?
Yesterday (23 June), I wrote two posts about the ominous shadow of doping in cycling, with the Tour de France coming up. In , I gave the example of how Bjarne Riis, the winner of the 1996 Tour, recently admitted to doping. The problem is that he does not appear to be an isolated case, […]
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