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Letters to Cyclingnews - July 17, 2008
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The effect of time bonuses
Rohregger and arch cleats
Cascade Cycling Classic accident
Confused
Boycott le Tour and Olympics
Alison Starnes diary
Is McQuaid interested in Cycling at all?
More involvement needed from CPA
Teams ditch UCI
Yet another...Manual Beltran
LeMond: Cycling doesn't need UCI
Dave Russell passes away
The effect of time bonuses
You say not much would be changed having no time bonus versus having them. It may show in the results, but not in the racing. Would Cadel Evans have worked harder on the climb to Hautecam if he wanted the jersey? To limit Frank Schleck, then drag Denis Menchov and the others along, would we have seen more attacks on that last climb rather than the paddy cakes they were playing with each other?
Time bonuses certainly do make the race more exciting and for someone to write that article shows a somewhat narrow minded approach to it.
John Olsa
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The effect of time bonuses
Dear CyclingNews,
First thank you for an excellent source for information and educated commentary.
Today you wrote “lack of time bonuses makes no difference”. While I appreciate the tedious work you have gone through to calculate what time bonuses would have been awarded according to how the stages have happened so far, you are making one important assumption: There are no time-bonuses and therefore the general classification riders are not competing for them.
I found it entertaining when in the past occasionally we could see general classification contenders fighting for seconds during the stages. Now, for instance, with Frank Schleck one second back, it could have been a couple of interesting stages to come. And it would be something favoring animating riders instead of defensive riders like Cadel Evans.
Henrik Ronnow
Lausanne, Switzerland
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Rohregger and arch cleats
Congratulations to Thomas Rohregger winning the Tour of Austria. His name came up last year as a proponent of mid-foot or arch position cleats.
You can see from the photos his cleats are way back on his mid arches. After his success perhaps the idea may gain more momentum.
John Heald
Freehold, NJ, USA
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Cascade Cycling Classic accident
I live in the western part of the United States in the heart of cattle country (formerly Wyoming and now South Dakota). Every day during training I cross at least a dozen cattle guards without incident.
When we race here, we consider cattle guards as road furniture, as well as railroad tracks, turnabouts, gravel, occasional dirt sections, and wandering deer and pronghorn. We accept the fact that cattle guards are a necessary hazard and assume that element of risk when riding.
Race promoters cannot eliminate all risks on their courses. In fact, the promoters may be exposed to greater liability if they attempt to mitigate a hazardous situation and an accident occurs nonetheless.
Cattle guards are intended to separate livestock from some sections of public roadway. A myriad of Federal, State, and Local regulations govern cattle guard construction, placement, and operation.
It is unfortunate that the rider at Cascade crashed out on a cattle guard, but it is also the rider's responsibility to be aware of hazardous conditions on the course as well as navigate them appropriately in the context of the race.
R. Pestel
Custer, SD, USA
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Confused
Since the Lance Armstrong era many of his team mates and competitors have been shown to have used performance enhancing drugs or methods while competing with or against Lance. How can one explain the dominance Lance had?
Prior to the cancer he could not finish a Tour. After he came back he was able to dominate the world’s best (while the competitors doped) and he was reportedly clean. This causes me much confusion.
Bruce Hanawalt
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Boycott le Tour and Olympics
I couldn't agree more with Ryan on most of his points.
If athletes want to compete in countries other than their own, and accept the benefits and plaudits that this brings them then they should be prepared to respect the beliefs and institutions prevalent in those countries. If those athletes wish to take a stand against human rights abuses or corruption, or whatever else, then they have a perfectly legitimate way of expressing themselves by not going. Funnily enough, not many athletes seem to be willing to take this route.
Philip McVey
Fremantle, WA, Australia
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Boycott le Tour and Olympics
I was disappointed in Tony Beasdale's response to the issue of only one Bible at the Olympic Games. I understand Tony is from France, and the French may have different ideas about a government controlling speech and religion. In the United States, we believe that people are "endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights."
Our Founding Fathers thought it important enough to list those inalienable rights in our Constitution. Those included (but aren't limited to) Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Association, and Freedom of the Press.
Our Supreme Court has held repeatedly over the years that Tony's idea that "people shouldn't have the right to push their beliefs on anybody else" infringes on the right of freedom of speech, and often infringes on the right of freedom of association. They've also noted that Freedom of Speech necessarily entails a Right to Listen, that the hearer has a right to be allowed to hear speech and consider if he or she agrees.
Perhaps Tony might not want a Bible handed out to him, but that doesn't mean he should take away others' rights to have a Bible given to them.
Yes, I realize that China is not the United States of America, nor is France. But it is troubling when any government tries to control the speech and thoughts of its citizens. If the Bible were as innocuous and outdated as the Chinese Government says, there would be no danger in handing it out.
As Thomas Jefferson said, "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it". I agree with Jefferson that it is not the right of governments to infringe upon people's freedoms.
Charlie Mack
USA
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Boycott le Tour and Olympics
Good grief Tony! Why can't you be consistent and keep your beliefs about pushing beliefs to yourself?
David Johnson
Sykesville, MD, USA
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Alison Starnes diary
Congratulations to Alison Starnes for moving up from a Category 4 to Category 1/2 Pro in three months, as she wrote in her diary feature this week in Cyclingnews.com, but God help the other 1/2 Pro riders in the peloton (especially in a criterium!) who have to ride with such an inexperienced bike handler. I think the US Cycling Federation should have rules against this sort of premature upgrading.
I used to live and race in Boulder, Colorado where many world-class ex-runners and triathletes would jump into cycling and because of their fitness, they moved through the ranks quickly but they were usually the ones that caused all the crashes. Maybe a minimum number of races should be required before a rider is advanced.
Jeff Schatz
Columbus, OH, USA
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Is McQuaid interested in Cycling at all?
Cycling fans and the general sporting public get excited by the build-up to the Tour de France. And, during July, we avidly follow the extensive TV and newspaper coverage day-by-day. We can't wait until tomorrow's stage. It has the same excitement to the world as the FA Cup, The IRB World Cup, Wimbledon, the Olympics, MotoGP, etc.
In today's latest cycling news, Pat McQuaid told Cyclingnews.com: "I'm not at the race this year but I do watch it on a passing basis from the office".
The President of the world governing body is only watching the biggest, most exciting cycling event in the world on a "passing basis"? He sounds like a small child who takes his ball home because he is not winning.
Is it time for a cycling fan to govern the UCI.
Darren
Edinburgh, UK
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
More involvement needed from CPA
I was a bit shocked to read Cédric Vasseur's comments about the CPA leaving the big problems in cycling to the major actors to solve. Surely now, in a situation where the ProTour teams have elected not to renew their contracts, all the stakeholders in the sport need to actively work together to co-create the future of top level cycling.
The riders' points of view and ideas are integral to this process and the CPA (and those that are now driving this process - ProTour teams and the Grand Tour organisers) should be ensuring that riders are at the table.
Brett Patching
Aarhus, Denmark
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Teams ditch UCI
It seems to me that with the Pro Tour now dead there is the distinct possibility that top level pro cycling will revert to being Euro-centric, with only boutique levels of support overseas. What will happen to the little races like the Tour Down Under and the Tour of California? These two may be relatively safe, but the one thing the ProTour did right was in at least attempting to broaden the interest in the sport overseas. So what will the new world look like?
My (very humble) suggestion is that the ASO create a 'champions league' that takes teams from the highest ranked continental teams in the various international regions. If the numbers are kept small (say 10 or 15 teams) individual races could still invite 5 or 10 wildcards of their choice.
You could also limit the number of races to five or 10 majors so that we see more top level riders returning to ride the smaller races, perhaps even in their own country? Introduce relegation for the last one or two teams at the end of each season and you not only have a truly international competition, but you also promote more interest in the second tier competition and improve the level of competition.
I know this concept comes with its own issues, but the worst thing would be for cycling to return to being Europe's baseball ("World Series" - what's with that?).
Come on ASO - be brave!
Nathan Edwardson
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Teams ditch UCI
There are plenty of teams out there without ProTour licences that would probably love to get one. If the current ProTour teams want to bite the hand that has fed them all along, then let them go.
Let them have their three races under ASO, but don't invite them to all the other ProTour races that we all know and love. My feeling is that they are becoming bitter about the new "controls" and by leaving the UCI they will be able to do as they wish easier then before.
Tim Farnham
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Teams ditch UCI
So the teams have caved in to ASO and ditched the UCI. I think this is a sad day for cycling as a sport. Power, money and self-interest have prevailed over right.
The UCI has been pretty inept at times but who wouldn't be when constantly walking in a minefield. A sport needs an independent body to create and administer its rules.
Do the teams and the ASO accept this? If the UCI withdraws from all commercial activity are they willing to recognise its authority? Are they willing to finance such a body? The answer appears to be no.
So the power brokers and the money men will continue to dominate. That is just what led to the drugged mess that pro cycling is in (I use the present tense intentionally).
Norman Winn
France
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Teams ditch UCI
Good riddance. Why would any team want to pay for the licence and be forced to ride the Tour of Poland but not be assured of any Grand Your or monument (except the Tour of Flanders, not an attractive target for half the Pro Tour teams anyway)?
Mark Baron
Vancouver, Canada
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Teams ditch UCI
I for one am glad that the UCI's ill-conceived ProTour is dead. To me it always kind of felt similar to... let us say, a group of football referees deciding what teams would play in what tournaments. It just seemed fundamentally wrong to have the referees in charge of selection. Let the races decide who goes their races!
I think the UCI needs to be either entirely eliminated, or have its charter completely re-written. They should only be arbiters of the rules, nothing more, nothing less. Also, I loved the now extinct World Cup, but these hair-brained-season-long-super-competitions that pit riders like a Lance Armstrong against a Paolo Bettini.
I stopped following the standings after the first year! I am very curious to know what everyone else thinks of the end of the ProTour.
Cory Thompson
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Teams ditch UCI
All 17 ProTour teams currently in the Tour de France vote to leave the ProTour and UCI (and probably Astana also). So, why is anyone surprised by this development? Do you really think any of those 18 teams are going to tell the Tour that they side with the UCI? Get real.
Side with ASO, get invited to the Tour in 2009. Side with the UCI, well enjoy the Tour of Antarctica. At least maybe this will bring an end to this sorry episode.
Danny Autrey
USA
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Teams ditch UCI
Now that the teams seem to be trying to solve the issues, all that is coming out of Pat McQuaid’s mouth seems to be negative. He needs to be dumped and get someone to run the UCI that actually is not on a seemed power trip.
At this point, McQuaid should be saying okay, let’s work together and get things going in the right direction. Instead, all he is doing is making threats and informing teams that they are still part of the ProTour and wanting to charge or fine them.
It is now becoming really obvious, until UCI dumps McQuaid, then cycling will never come together with the UCI involved. Whatever it takes, send him out to pasture and let’s get moving in the positive direction. For some reason, wannabe King McQuaid just does not get it!
Marshall Brinson
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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Pensacola, FL, USA
Yet another...Manual Beltran
Quit whining about professional cycling and your distrust and displeasure. If you don’t want to watch it then don’t watch it. But don’t whine to the rest of us who enjoy following cycling.
We all want the dopers out and a lot is being done to eradicate them. Just remember, there is no sport in the world that has stricter doping policies than cycling.
If all the American sports athletes were tested in the same way as cycling, half of their leagues would be suspended or thrown out. At least cycling is doing something about it and not just talking about doing something.
Be proud to be a fan of a sport that wants to clean its closet, even if it means a short term detriment to the sport. If anything, the sport slipped away 10 and 20 years ago when doping was rampant and not controlled.
Now it is cleaner than ever and you want to say it is slipping away?
Brian
Virginia, USA
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Yet another...Manual Beltran
So all of these riders have tested positive for some sort of doping, drug or blood since leaving Discovery Channel and that proves that Discovery had to be doping? Does the fact that these riders are older, on weaker teams, smaller budgets, probably less qualified training and other issues like that not mean anything?
Discovery was a team at the top of the sport, in rider strength, training, bikes, kits and every thing else you can think of. I guess they are also the only team in professional cycling that had figured out how to beat all of the test for drugs also? When are all of the conspiracies going away and just let Lance and Discovery fade into history?
I can not believe how many just spend their time trying to find a way to downplay the things that Lance and Discovery were able to accomplish while never testing positive for drugs. Why not spend this time on your bike and get over it!
Marshall Brinson
Pensacola, FL, USA
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Yet another...Manual Beltran
So, let me see if I have the facts correctly. Manual, Roberto, Tyler and Floyd were weak riders who never used performance enhancing drugs before joining US Postal/Discovery Channel. The evil Lance Armstrong and all his wizardry turned them in to dope fiends. Unable to escape Lances evil influence, they each tested positive on teams, after leaving Postal/Discovery? Ha! You all are funny.
Turning Lance into an evil deity - Lance retired years ago. The man played the game according to the nature of the times and won. I'm fairly sure most of us fans know what took place during the ‘90s and early ‘00s. Don't like it? Too bad, get over it.
We are in a new era of cycling. Try joining us in 2008 and leave the past in the past.
Jay Hahn
California, USA
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Yet another...Manual Beltran
Sure there is a common link, these riders all tested positive outside US Postal and Discovery Channel. If there was organized doping at Postal/Discovery (there might have been, I don't know) I would assume at one point at least one rider would have been caught.
Tom Ahlrichs
Boise, Idaho, USA
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Yet another...Manual Beltran
Leave Floyd out of that list.
Glenn Hore
New Zealand
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Yet another...Manuel Beltran
"We're all waiting for the next positive test, and if that's what being a fan
of this sport is about, I want none of it."
- Patrick Hartigan (Letters, Friday, July 11).
Nice attitude, Patrick. Keep muckraking. There will never be a complete absence of cheating, so there will always be a foothold to argue that cycling is a lost cause, if that's what you want to do.
Fortunately, that isn’t what being a fan of cycling is about. Following races with excitement and saying "good riddance" to caught dopers is the way to do it. Moping when a cheater is caught and saying the sport is hopeless is like giving up on cleaning your house because the dust always comes back.
Beltran's doping offense was dealt with swiftly both by doping officials and by his team. What else could you ask for? Take it from Bjarne Riis; "return the focus to the racing? We can and we have too".
Colin Gibson
Seattle, WA, USA
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Yet another...Manual Beltran
Manuel Beltran, Santi Perez, Moises Dueñas, Roberto Heras, the brothers Gonzalez de Galdeano, Beloki, Oscar Sevilla, is there a common link here? Oh my God, yes there is. They're all Spaniards.
Doug Lister
San Diego, USA
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Yet another...Manual Beltran
Patrick in Portland, Oregon,
I think you are missing the point. The point of drug testing is to catch the cheaters and as far as I can tell they are doing just that. It's for this reason and many others that I refuse to throw the proverbial baby out with the bathwater.
Ask yourself this....did Manual Beltran win any stages this Tour? Did he figure in the overall? Was he wearing a leader’s jersey of any kind? So then how could it have affected your Tour de France experience or your love of cycling? Last I checked he was not among the leaders and since he was nabbed early on, will play no factor in the outcome. I think this is all positive...for lack of a better term.
Let's face it, when it comes to competition there will always be those who are willing to take chances to try win or just do better, whatever their reason. As long as those are caught and disciplined then let the games go on. It's what you make it Patrick. Don't take it so personal. It's not about you anyway. Enjoy it for what it is. A sport.
And on another note...I for one am glad whole teams are not taking the fall for stupid teammates. I think its better this way. Believe me, if teams are involved the riders will roll on them as opposed to taking all the heat themselves.
Rick Delgado
New York, NY, USA
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Yet another...Manual Beltran
Cyclingnews,
This is in response to Patrick Hartigan's letter.
How did you ever become a fan of cycling in the first place? Doping in cycling is nothing new, even the greatest cyclist of all time was thrown out of the Giro d’Italia for allegedly doping.
There's a reason why cyclists are so inclined to dope, and why cycling as a whole has such issues with doping...its one of the hardest sports out there. These guys wouldn't be risking their careers if they didn't think there was a benefit associated with the risk.
If you want a guaranteed clean sport watch curling or badminton, where there's no benefit to be gained.
Patrick Quilter
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
LeMond: Cycling doesn't need UCI
Well done Greg, someone has to say it as yet another of the old guard is caught doping. Is that nearly all of them?
Richard Evans
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Dave Russell passes away
Hello,
My name is Trudy Thompson and my father is the frame builder Dave Russell or David James Russell as he is also known. Sadly he passed away on Sunday evening suddenly. I was wondering if it would be at all possible to put something on your website to let people know.
My dad had his shop - Russell Cycles - in Chalvey Slough for 20 odd years with his little red van then he moved to Twyford to another shop until his retirement. He was very well known and respected with the cycling triathlon and swimming circles.
His funeral will take place on Friday, August 1 at 1 PM at Slough crematorium for a service and 1.30 PM for burial. Everyone that knows or knew dad is very welcome to come and pay their respects.
Afterwards we will hold a wake for dad at the Huntercombe pub, near his house.
Trudy Thompson
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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Letters 2008
- July 17 - Edition 2: The effect of time bonuses, Cascade Cycling Classic accident, Confused, Boycott le Tour and Olympics, Alison Starnes diary, Is McQuaid interested in Cycling at all?, More involvement needed from CPA, Teams ditch UCI, Yet another...Manual Beltran, LeMond: Cycling doesn't need UCI, Dave Russell passes away
- July 17 - Edition 1: Tour mountain cats, Is Pereiro getting a bum wrap?, Popovych! Where the bloody hell are you?, Evans' team-mates, Evans to wear number one in Tour, Poor quality of competition, Tour climbs, What if…, Riccó uses outdated bike in ITT, Fabian Wegmann's electronic Dura Ace problems?, Hushovd's Look, Stage 10 coverage was a treat!, Tour de France accident, EPO is back on the menu boys!, Consistency, please
- July 15: Tour de France: Stage 3 - The Badger is back!, Thor Hushovd's Look, Riccó uses outdated bike in ITT, Boycott le Tour and Olympics, Astana and the Tour, Romain Feillu, Cascade Cycling Classic accident, LeMond: Cycling doesn't need UCI, Tour de France accident, We Might As Well Win Review, Evans shoe covers, Pure climbers, Why on earth Danielson?, Historical information, Stefan Schumacher loses yellow, Sylvain Chavanel, Yet another...Manual Beltran, Stage 10 coverage was a treat!
- July 10: Stefan Schumacher, LeMond: Cycling doesn't need UCI, Excellent article - ASO v's UCI, Insulting comment, Romain Feillu, Pure climbers are they a thing of the past?, Evans and shoe covers, Evans to wear number one in Tour, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Experience with UST Mountain Tires, Boycott le Tour and Olympics, Astana and the Tour, Riders stuck in the middle, Oval bars, Landis decision
- July 4: WADA, Inconsistent Lab Analysis, and Landis, Rabobank and the Tour, ASO and past Tour winners, Landis decision, Teenager mauled by bear in Anchorage, Evans to wear number one in Tour, Experience with UST Mountain Tires, iPods while riding, Erik Zabel, Oval bars, ASO's hidden agenda, Joe Magnani, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Giro, ASO's world domination, Ban Boonen?, A Hollow Tour Victory
- June 26: ASO's hidden agenda, ASO's world domination, Ban Boonen?, Gilberto Simoni, Giro d'Italia, iPods while riding, Oval bars, Tour without minimum bike weight rule?, What about Friere
- June 19: ASO and the Vuelta, ASO's world domination, Ban Boonen?, Ban Boonen? Beware the inquisition, Boonen, Boonen vs. Petacchi, Boonen's Tour exclusion, Giro d'Italia, iPods while riding, Oval bars, Road rage incident, Tom Boonen exclusion from Tour de Suisse
- June 13: Tom Boonen and his nose, Apologies from Montreal, Chantal's Philly win, Gilberto Simoni, Boring first week of Grand Tours?, Giro d'Italia, iPods while riding, ASO and the Vuelta, Road rage incident, Astana chain choice
- June 5: Apologies from Montreal, Astana chain choice, Bennati and race radios, Race radio?, Gilberto Simoni, Giro winner, Good result in road rage court case, Helmets in the Giro, Lemond vs. Armstrong, Millar, No, no, you can't take that away from them, Oval bars, Review error, Ricardo Ricco, Road rage incident
- May 29: Bennati and race radios, Helmets in the Giro, Review error, LeMond vs. Armstrong, Losing something in the translation, Millar, Petacchi, Race radio?, Road rage incident, Weight work on the bike
- May 23: Road rage incident, How much will it take?, Paralysed cyclist, Fausto Exparza, David Millar, Basso gets a contract, Weight work, CAS and Petacchi, Shortest TdF, Petacchi & Piepoli
- May 15: Sydney road rage incident, Steegmans lashes out at UCI, Steve Hogg's article, World Cup #3 XC, Where is Chris Horner, Slipstream, Astana and Le Tour, Giro stage 5!, US time trial Champion?, Basso gets a contract, Race radios, CAS ruling on Petacchi, Hamilton's integrity? Dude!, Weight work
- May 8: Race radio?, Ridiculous ruling, What a farce!, CAS ruling on Petacchi, Basso gets a contract, Hamilton's integrity? Dude!, French riders had to give up their jerseys?,
- May 1: Race radio?, Basso gets a contract, Advise needed for Alpe D'Huez, LeMond vs. Armstrong, Bottles, Scars of war, ProTour in Russia! China? Ahem... America?, LeMond's 1989 TdF, Mayo?, Stuart O'Grady Team CSC Cervélo R3 Paris, Have any French riders had to give up their jerseys?
- April 25: Just shut up and ride, ProTour in Russia! China? Ahem...America?, Bottles, LeMond's 1989 TdF, New format for the Vuelta? , Scars of war, LeMond v. Armstrong, No tour for Astana #1, Rock Racing rip off #1, Advise needed for Alpe D'Huez, Stuart O'Grady Team CSC Cervélo R3 Paris
- April 18: Just shut up and ride, USA Track Cycling, Paris-Roubaix, Little Indy 500 - Women's Race Article, Stuart O'Grady Team CSC Cervélo R3 Paris-Roubaix, What's happening to road tubeless?, Thanks Cyclingnews, Bottles, Just think?, Tour of Georgia - Lame, Colavita, No tour for Astana, Clever tactics by McQuaid expose ASO, Suggestions for the little bullies, Rock Racing rip off, LeMond Vs. Trek
- April 10: Suggestions for the little bullies, Pat McQuaid, Clever tactics by McQuaid expose ASO, Just think, Trek vs. LeMond, Rock Racing rip off, Homepage overhaul, Some praise, USA track cycling, Team car order just the first gamble, Come on Greg & Lance, LeMond vs. Armstrong
- April 3: Pat McQuaid, April fools, Carbon Wrap-It System, Sylvain Chavanel, Astana vs. Rabobank vs. Slipstream Chipotle, Cadel Evans, Clever tactics by McQuaid expose ASO, Colavita, Let VDB ride?, Race radios, Rock Racing rip off
- March 27: Riccardo's manner of professionalism, Rock Racing rip off, Chavanel's Paris - Nice shoes, Cadel Evans, Cadel Evans at Paris - Nice, Let VDB ride?, ASO vs. Astana, ASO vs. UCI help me with my memory, Astana vs. Rabobank vs. Slipstream Chipotle, Police kill cyclists,"PRO"cycling teams
- March 20:"Pro"Cycling Teams, AIGCP does have a choice, ASO vs UCI help me with my memory, ASO vs. Astana, Chavanel's Paris - Nice shoes, Kevin van Impe's doping control, Cadel Evans at Paris - Nice, Hamilton, Operacion Puerto, and the ToCA, Paris - Nice: What it could have been, Police kill cyclists, The Astana affair, UCI hypocrisy
- March 13:"Pro"Cycling Teams, ASO vs. Astana, ASO vs. UCI, ASOh well, UCI'll see you later, Cycling fans must let their voices be heard, Denounce ASO's actions for what they are, Hamilton, Operacion Puerto, and the ToCA, Knife between the ribs?, Paris Nice, Police kill cyclists, British track sprinters' helmets?, Rock Racing and Michael Ball, The Astana affair, The real ASO problem, Tour and ASO, UCI - very bad poker players, UCI hypocrisy.
- March 6: Zirbel and the"ride of his life", British track sprinters' helmets, Hamilton, Operacion Puerto and the ToCA, Three grand tours or five monuments?, Rock Racing and Michael Ball, Pro cycling is dead, Paris - Nice, Knife between the ribs?, Doping and the Tour, Astana, the ASO and the UCI, ASO vs. Astana, The Astana affair, ASO vs. UCI vs. AIGCP vs. the non existent riders, The real ASO problem, Denounce ASO's actions for what they are, Sponsorship code of ethics, Where are the other ProTour teams?, ProTour vs. ASO
- February 28: ASO vs. Astana, Passion and sponsorship, Crash or crash through, Pro cycling is dead, Why we must have the ProTour, Rock Racing and Michael Ball, ToC and Rock, The hidden message behind banning Astana, ASO is killing cycling, ASO could be right, The real ASO problem, UCI - draw a line in the sand, ASO has lost the plot, The Astana affair, Astana and ASO/RCS, the Astana decision, Operacion Puerto, Old rider classification
- February 15: Doping controls, Tour of California moving up!, Why I love the Tour of California, Operation Puerto, Astana rejected by ASO, Boycott ASO, ASO - stop the madness, Tour de France, ASO is wrong to exclude Astana, Astana, ASO, and the NFL, Tour de Farce, The hidden message behind banning Astana, Astana exclusion, ASO is killing cycling, Astana out of Tour, ASO has lost the plot
- February 8: Lampre doping controls, Grand Tour Monopoly?, Giro selections, Slipstream Qatar, Allan Davis, Sheldon Brown, Dick Pound to head CAS?, Find out who's leaking lab results, Rock racing
- February 1: UCI vs. Grand Tour war, Best wishes to Anna, The incident, Rock racing & Starbucks, Rock racing Rocks, Rock racing, Landis in NUE, Lance is the best of all time, Sinkewitz logic, Astana for 08 Tour?
- January 25: Rock racing, Time to draw a line in the sand, ASO vs. UCI ProTour, UCI vs. Grand Tour war spills over to European federations, Readers' poll stage races 2007, Cyclist of the year, Team High Road's black kit, Lance is the best of all time, Landis in NUE, Toyota-United abusing USAC team rules?
- January 18: Cadel Evans - returns to training, Cyclist of the Year, DOPING - time to draw a line in the sand, Hincapie in T-Mobile kit, Lance is the best of all time, Readers poll: best stage races 2007, Rock racing, Speaking about Lance, Toyota-United abusing USAC team rules?
- January 11: Armstrong on Landis, Cadel Evans - returns to training, Hincapie in T-Mobile kit, Ivan Basso - why no tough questions?, Reader Poll, Rock & burn racing, Speaking about Lance, Sydor's consistency, The 'Bruyneel philosophy', Toyota-United abusing USAC team rules?
- January 5: Great day for cycling, Sydor's consistency, Hincapie in T-Mobile kit, CA awards misses national series, Thank you, Ivan Basso - why no tough questions?, Cadel Evans - returns to training, Helmets belong on heads, Armstrong on Landis, Will there be a Tour of Missouri?, Roberto Heras, Speaking about Lance, Mayo's B Sample
Letters 2007
- December 27: CA awards misses national series, Armstrong on Landis, Vinokourov's sentence, Vinokourov, Cadel Evans - returns to training, Mayo's B sample to get B test
- December 14: Sydor's consistency, George Hincapie, Helmet straps must be cinched a bit too tight, Will there soon be a sample"C"test?, ProTour, Vino's joke of a suspension, Mafioso McQuaid, Obee and Health Net, Mayo's B sample to get B test, Campagnolo offers its own 'red' shifter, T-Mobile's withdrawal a blow to Jaksche
- December 6: Tschüss T-Mobile, Anquetil, Mayo's B sample to get B test, T-Mobile drop out, Obee and Health Net, Stefano Zanini
- November 30: Anquetil,Mayo's B sample to get B test, Stefano Zanini, Rider's passport, Betting, Jonathan Page, Wake up!!, T-Mobile drop out, Bike design originality
- November 23: Remembering Jacques Anquetil, Done looking back, Mayo's B sample to get B test, Cross crank, Rider's passport, Blood passports and humanity, Fothen's comments on Bettini, Nathan O'Neill , Sinkewitz, Rasmussen blood values, Sponsorship strangeness, Dick Pound better understood, Bike design originality,
- November 16: Nathan O'Neill, Rasmussen blood values, The Crocodile Trophy, Sinkewitz, Drug testing procedures, Rider's passport, The drug issue, Bike design originality , Sponsorship strangeness, Selfishness will ruin cycling
- November 9: The Crocodile Trophy, A little bit of bias here?, Rider's passport, Kasheckin, Positive tests, Drug testing procedures, Marco Pinotti: Engineering a new path, Bike design originality
- November 2: What does this mean?, Le Tour 08, Mayo's B sample, Bike design originality, Trimble, UCI says Mayo case not closed, Drug testing procedures ... and false positives, Kashechkin: controls violate human rights, Drug testing procedures, Mayo, UCI, Kashechkin, et al... Great, now it's coming from both ends, Positive tests, Why even bother with B samples then?, Mayo's positive EPO test, Falling barriers
- October 26: Rider passports & Cadel Evans, Drug testing procedures ... and false positives, Iban Mayo's false positive, Iban Mayo and Landis, Armstrong on Landis, Mayo's B sample, UCI turns Mayo's case into a debaucle, Great...now they hand pick the results, No justice for Mayo, UCI says Mayo case not closed, Bike design originality, 2006 Tour de France, A bad week for cycling, A fitting end to the season
- October 19: 2006 Grand Tour trifecta!, 2006 Tour de France, A fitting end to the season, Armstrong on Landis, Bike design originality, doping in cycling, Doping numbers, Paris-Tours testing mishap, UCI and the lack of testing!, Vino's other Tour stage win, The absolute best?
- October 12: Armstrong on Landis, Bike design originality, Cycling drama, Doping is unfair; but so is discrimination, It’s not doping that's..., Landis case - everyone's a loser, Length and cost of the Landis case, R & R, The Landis decision, Tour of America
- October 5: Cycle drama, It's not doping that's"killing"the sport, Why is VAM a benchmark, Tour of America, The Landis decision, DYNEPO, Worlds, Rock & Republic's CEO Michael Ball, Please explain, Giuseppe Guerini, FICP
- September 28: Tour of America, World champion zany-ness, The Landis decision, ASO v UCI, McQuaid vs ASO vs the riders, Please explain, Why is VAM a benchmark, Giuseppe Guerini, Menchov felt betrayed by Rasmussen, ProTour and Le Tour, Where is the due process
- September 21: Astana's future and Bruyneel, Bruyneel's afterlife, Floyd Landis decision, Why is VAM a benchmark, Lifetime bans, Menchov felt betrayed by Rasmussen, Ungrateful Levi, Spanish cycling, Where is the due process
- September 14: Astana & Bruyneel, Cycling vs. soccer, Cycling will survive, Floyd Landis decision, LeMond's comments, Menchov felt betrayed by Rasmussen, Ungrateful Levi, Why is VAM a benchmark?
- September 7: Cycling vs. soccer, Floyd Landis decision, UCI, ASO, LeMond, et al who cares? Riders, Lawyers in the Landis case, LeMond's comments, Riders taking the fall?, US Postal/Discovery R.I.P.
