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Letters to Cyclingnews - September 12, 2008
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Does doping work?
Scott Spark ultralight bike
Cadel stays with Silence-Lotto?
Vuelta, Giro, Tour triple
All round classification
Editorialising / opinion within articles
Do it twice or until you get it right
Olympic mountain biking
Say it isn't so Lance!
Armstrong come back
BMX....That's all?
Does doping work?
Just about anything, including oxygen and water, is bad for you in sufficient quantities. WADA is well behind the eight-ball when it comes to doping, they, the IOC and major sporting organisations just don't want you to know it. Consider with the revenue generated by major sporting events, or the revenue generated by the major sports and pharmaceutical companies and then think about who is winning the game? When you consider the amount Gatorade pays Tiger each year is double WADA's annual budget, you begin to realise the obstacles that WADA faces.
People want to see records broken, they want to see winners, they want to see inhuman feats. Professional sports is based on the hypocrisy that it’s an even playing field and where the strongest, fastest, most talented, hardest working athletes are victorious. Occasionally they are, but who can be sure?
WADA identifies performance enhancing drugs by purchasing drugs that are freely available in the market, then doing research to identify 'markers' in blood and urine which suggest dug abuse. Steroids are the best but only commercially available roids detectable by WADA. HGH is near impossible to detect. You can use drugs months before competition, gain the training benefit then compete 'clean'. It's not black and white.
Marion Jones was only caught because her coach betrayed her, not because of
WADA's ability as a drug control agency. How many more drugged-up athletes are
out there, flaunting the rules, winning the prizes, earning the endorsements?
Many!
Ivar Nell
Friday, September 5, 2008
Scott Spark ultralight bike
Loved the article on the Scott Spark LTD. However, I couldn't help but notice that the math didn't seem to work for this project.
If the numbers in the article are correct, the Spark LTD off the rack weight is 9.20 kg (with XTR, etc.). Your bike, which was admittedly far more expensive, weighed 9.06 kg (about 1/2 pound lighter - what is the cost per gram for that level of savings?).
But the cranks weren't noticeably lighter and didn't shift as well as XTR, and the tires were essentially unusable for everyday riding. So you swapped out the tires for the Wolverines, which added 300 g. That makes your ultra-light, more expensive (but still not as good shifting) build 9.36 kg, which is 160 g heavier than the more usable off the rack configuration! Go figure.
Kevin J. Kinnear
Boulder, USA
Friday, September 5, 2008
Scott Spark ultralight bike #2
I read your article today regarding the latest "project" bike - as a middling XC racer myself, I thought it would be interesting to see how the big boys could cut weight on an XC ride.
You started with a bike weight of 20.26 lb., and after spending who knows how much, you impressively got the bike down to "mouth-watering" 19.98 lb. A reduction of 0.28 pounds, or 127 grams. You're kidding, right? You won't admit to the amount of money you spent for a weight reduction that equates to less than 2%?
With the Spark LTD retailing for around $8k, I bet you could have saved thousands by simply not having that extra slice of cheesecake the night before the ride. Maybe next time you could pick a bike that could stand to lose a bit more weight than such a high-end machine.
Graham Brown
Friday, September 5, 2008
Cadel stays with Silence-Lotto?
I reckon Karl’s point is even more pressing when you see that even Ridley have given Silence Lotto "the flick". It is difficult to understand how the team management operates when it leaves McEwen out in the cold, to fight the sprints completely unsupported, and Cadel Evans at the other end equally on his own.
Dick Ridley
Dunolly, Victoria, Australia
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Cadel stays with Silence-Lotto? #2
Because as he said in the Tour: "Don't touch me."
Looks like everyone has taken him at his word...
Best of luck to the guy, he's going to have another tough season without good support.
Mark Harrison
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Vuelta, Giro, Tour triple
Why is Contador always being referred to as going for the record of fastest triple? Merckx won the Giro and Tour in 1972 and then the Vuelta and Giro in 1973 back when the Vuelta was in April.
Nicholas A. Chivily
Monday, September 8, 2008
All round classification
Can you please explain this category for the Vuelta?
It is not the G.C. but a separate scoring category where it appears the lowest score wins.
I don't think the Tour or Giro has this and I'm not familiar with the scoring.
Aaron Stevenson
Monday, September 8, 2008
Editorialising / opinion within articles
Lately your excellent web publication appears to be engaging in the rather tabloid practice of opining and editorialising within articles.
Examples are statements like Cadel - choking in the final ITT of the TDF and today, this from the Vuelta "…as Astana miscalculated and let the leader's jersey slip off of Levi Leipheimer's shoulders" after Astana obviously handed over the leaders jersey for tactical reasons.
If you look at the footage of the bunch coming, Astana were not working, and could easily have brought the bunch in under the required time to keep the jersey. This interpretation is further supported by the fact that CSC and Caisse d'Epargne went to the front to work when it was obvious Astana were going to let the lead change.
Please return to your previous excellent practice of providing a high quality cycling based journalism and do not slip down into a lowest denominator tabloid mag. The deterioration in quality has been marked since the new owners appeared and you run the risk of losing long time readers who have stayed with Cyclingnews for many years now.
Graham Kidd
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Do it twice or until you get it right
I was amused that somehow Mark Cavendish still thinks its remarkable that he has crossed the line first twice in the US and is only credited with one win.
I have the utmost respect for his sprinting prowess which is akin to Usain Bolt's sprinting. It is amazing to watch. But, sprinting for a win after holding onto a car or if you are really a purist, having your mechanic hang onto you in order to speed you at twice the rate of the rest of the racers to reduce a 1-2 minute gap back to the lead peloton is not a win. It’s cheating.
If he'd been a GC contender, he would have been tossed out of any race in the world.
Enjoy this one Mark, you earned it in the right place, "The show me state". The motto comes from a devotion to simple common sense.
Randy Shafer
Colorado, USA
Monday, September 8, 2008
Olympic mountain biking
Totally agree, as a Welshman in Oz, and a rider for almost 20 years I was disappointed at the coverage here in Oz, or rather the lack of it; especially after waiting 2 weeks to see it.
A little creativity could have got a camera on a rider or the trials bikes that were following the group, and then we could have got a real idea as to the technical nature of the course, and the severity of the pinches. Some stats would have been nice too; speed, rider info, course topography, course layout with relative positions of riders etc.
Perhaps London will raise the bar, here's hoping; shame its 4 years away.
Mark Harrison
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Say it isn't so Lance!
The Internet world is abuzz with this ‘rumour’ of Lance's impending return to the peloton. All I can say is Lance DON'T DO IT. Listen to me, the ASO, UCI, etc. will (I did not say might, could or would consider, but will) manufacture a positive doping test on you and destroy your legacy.
They more than anyone will be cheering for this return; this is their opportunity to get you back under their thumb and destroy the only rider who has beaten them at their own game. Even if they know the "A" is negative, there will be a rumour leaked from that reputable French lab [tongue in cheek there in case anyone missed it] of a positive sample, you will be kicked out of the Tour and there will be no end to the "he did it now, he did it then" accusations and calls for you to give back your yellow jerseys.
The "B" will clear you and that story will be buried on page 20 of that French rag in the smallest possible print buried under ads for Parisian hookers and cancer sticks. You are untarnished your 7 stand alone as the greatest Tour achievement. Go run the marathons, date pretty starlets, you have earned this retirement with your name intact. Please don't do this.
Sean Jones
Trinidad
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Armstrong come back
Now that Lance Armstrong has announced his intentions to return to cycling and probably with Astana, what does this say to the Tour aspirations of Contador and Levi?
Do they really think that Contador and Levi are going to line up and become a helper for Lance? Contador is a former Tour winner himself and did not ride the Tour this year because of the Tour holding him and his team out.
Is it to be believed that Contador will now say, "oh, no problem, I will ride in support of Lance to win #8?" I would find that hard to believe. We might be seeing Contador leaving Astana if he is relegated to a team rider in support of Armstrong; and what about Levi? Not too mention, Klöden!!!
Danny
Jacksonville, AL
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
BMX....That's all?
Putting aside the aesthetics or otherwise of BMX anyone who has doubts about the athletic ability required should look at the SRM Olympic Games blog. Peak powers of 2500W are right up there with the best track sprinters
Howard Galloway
Doha, Qatar
Thursday, September 4, 2008
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Letters 2008
- September 12: Does doping work?, Olympic mountain biking, Cadel stays with Silence-Lotto?, Head tube logos at Olympic Games, Fabio Baldato's premature retirement, Does doping work?, Cadel Evans and the Beige Jersey, Team Australia helmets, British track team's Olympic Games medals, Pro cycling sponsorship
- September 4: BMX....That's all?, Olympic mountain biking, Cadel stays with Silence-Lotto?, Head tube logos at Olympic Games, Fabio Baldato's premature retirement, Does doping work?, Cadel Evans and the Beige Jersey, Team Australia helmets, British track team's Olympic Games medals Pro cycling sponsorship
- August 29: BMX, Carlos Sastre, NRC Calendar, U-23 Championship road race fiasco, Therapeutic use exemptions - please explain, Phil Liggett encounter, John Fahey and Jacques Rogge on doping, Aussie Allan Davis?, Pro cycling sponsorship
- August 28: US cyclists and masks, Cadel, Cadel Evans and the Beige jersey, Levi Leipheimer’s Bike, Doping, Team Australia helmets, Lance and the doping debate, British Olympic track medals, BMX....That's all?
- August 22: Spanish federation questions Leipheimer's bronze, Hushovd's Look, Cadel's Injury, NRC Calendar, Phil Liggett encounter, British Olympic track medals, Therapeutic Use Exemptions - please explain, Truvativ HammerSchmidt, Carlos Sastre, Cadel Evans and the Beige Jersey
- August 21: Levi Leipheimers Bike, John Fahey and Jacques Rogge on doping, Cycling out of the Olympics, Team Australia helmets, Scott-American Beef excluded from Vuelta, Doping & money, U-23 National Championship RR fiasco, US Cyclists and masks, World Road race championships national quotas
- August 19: Therapeutic Use Exemptions - please explain, Carlos Sastre, Riccò confesses to using EPO, Lance and the doping debate, Cadel Evans and the Beige Jersey, Bring back bonus seconds to liven le Tour, Crank Length formula, Thank you, Confused
- August 14: Cycling out of the Olympics, U-23 Championship Road Race Fiasco, Phil Liggett encounter, WADA chief John Fahey, Moreno, John Fahey and Jacques Rogge on doping, Beijing Road Race, World Road race championships national quotas, Scott-American Beef excluded from Vuelta, US Cyclists and masks, Team Australia helmets
- August 7: Riccò confesses to using EPO, Carlos Sastre, Contador, A question for Susan Westemeyer, Confused, Lance and the doping debate, Accountability and cycling teams, Crank length formula, Bring back bonus seconds to liven le Tour, Yet another...Manual Beltran, ASO, doping and Astana
- July 31: A bike by any other name, Accountability and cycling teams, Andy Schleck "killing moves", Anti-doping chief calls Tour tests a success?, ASO, doping and Astana, Bad blood, Boycott le Tour and Olympics, Carlos Sastre, Bring back bonus seconds to liven le Tour, Canadian eh! Ryder Hesjedal, Cleaning up cycling, a suggestion, Confused, Crank Length Formula
- July 25: Confused, Consistency please, Damages paid, Dave Russell passes away, David Miller on Riccò, Do you believe?, Doping, ASO vs UCI, what is going on?, Evans to wear number one in Tour, How does Andy Schleck "kill all the moves"?
- July 24: Gerrans, One question & two predictions about the Tour, A bike by any other name, ASO, doping and Astana, Beating a dead horse, but..., Boycott le Tour and Olympics, Cascade Cycling Classic accident, Cleaning up cycling, a suggestion
- 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 Riccò, 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.
