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Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France commented on Operation Puerto. He regrets that the other sports besides cycling are not being diclosed in the Operation Puerto trial in Madrid. “Everyone has understood that there were not only cyclists. From the outset the names of cyclists were […]
Federation Francaise de Cyclisme (FFC) President David Lappartient held a press conference on the topic of the Operation Puerto trial. He was quoted as saying “The process Puerto is a veritable farce.” There is a vast blood doping network organized by Fuentes. There’s the appearance of protection going on. “One […]
Andre Birote, a US attorney led a federal investigation into Armstrong’s situation, was reported to have said Lance shouldn’t be worried right now. He said Armstrong isn’t completely excluded from prosecution, but his recent revelations with Oprah doesn’t really change anything for the moment. They’ve already made a decision a […]
From 1930 to the late 1960s the Tour de France was raced by national teams. David Lappartient, president of the FFC, is proposing to the Tour de France organizers to go back to national teams. His hope that it would help in the fight against doping. He thinks that […]
Aspen would like to encourage cycling and are considering whether to allow cyclists to yield instead of stop at a stop sign. Idaho has a “stop and yield” policy that is said to work well. Boise claims that safety has improved as a result.
The 2010 ban on bikes in Black Hawk was overturned by the Colorado Supreme Court yesterday. State law allows local municipalities to prohibit bikes from the streets only when there’s an alternate route within 450′. Three cyclists were ticketed $68 apiece and appealed them. Locals were able to commute by […]
Operation Veto lays bare extent of criminal assault on football’s worldwide credibility By Keir Radnedge,Chairman-AIPS Football Commission,www.keirradnedge.com After Operacion Puerto, attacking doping in sport out of Spain, football has Operation Veto . . . revealed as the co-ordinating process between European and international police chasing down matchfixing worldwide. Europol, the […]
Here is a typical scene from the French Pyrenees that you can expect to see in the upcoming Tour de France.
The UCI has decided to dissolve its independent commission that would have investigated the role played by its directors in the Armstrong scandal. They’ve decided instead to form a “Truth and Reconciliation” commission. There is so much contention between the UCI, WADA and the USADA who has refused to cooperate. […]
Former Rabobank cyclist Grischa Niermann has admitted having doped while on the Rabobank team. He said he doped many times using EPO while with the team from 2000-2003. He was part of the team for a dozen years. He said that in 2003 he realized doping was not the path […]
