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Letters to Cyclingnews - January 2, 2009
Here's your chance to get more involved with Cyclingnews. Comments and criticism on current stories, races, coverage and anything cycling related are welcomed, even pictures if you wish. Letters should be brief (less than 300 words), with the sender clearly identified. They may be edited for space and clarity; please stick to one topic per letter. We will normally include your name and place of residence, but not your email address unless you specify in the message.
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Piepoli's 'mistake'
News coverage of Armstrong
Tinkov on his way out
Cadel Evans
Chicago Olympics road race
Viagra - a doping product?
Piepoli's 'mistake'
Is it an artefact of translation, or is it cycling's version of management-speak? Or is it simply the cheat's way of continuing to deny responsibility - to keep on living the lie?
I'm referring, of course, to how dopers from all sports continue to talk about making "mistakes" ["Piepoli admits mistake", December 25]. Making a decision to cheat is not a mistake! By definition, mistakes are inadvertent. You don't inadvertently inject EPO or accidentally glue a testosterone patch to your scrotum.
How about making the eventual lifting of a doping suspension dependent upon the cheat never, ever saying they made a "mistake"? At the very least, perhaps the media, beginning with Cyclingnews, could take a stand and apply sceptical or sarcastic quotation marks every time a cheat is quoted talking about their "mistake".
Chuan Chew
Knoxfield, Victoria, Australia
Friday, December 26, 2008
News coverage of Armstrong
Well, let's have a reality check here...
My apologies to all you Lance complainers, but everyone who rides a bike needs to kiss the butt of Lance Armstrong. Seriously. Hey, I agree more than most with what seems to be wrong with him and his personality and I have been to dinners in his honour where he left MANY people standing awaiting an autograph with nothing. OK, we get it.
I say that you should ALL be thankful to Lance for bringing more money and awareness than 10 classy Felice Gimondis or scandalous Freddy Maerten's could have ever done. I know Cyclingnews and VeloNews (or insert your favourite cycling site here) are what they are today because of him. I can watch cycling on TV almost anywhere in the US now because of him, and I am sure it's this way in other English speaking nations too. You can't beat his story!
Have some perspective. Yeah, OK, Greg was the first American to win and opened the door, Andy Hampsten was also blazing the trail, nevermind Mike Neel and Jim Ochowicz, etc, but it's ALL Lance since then.
The reason why your co-workers, aunts, uncles and grandparents know cycling is largely thanks to him and all his wins and his cancer comeback. Many of the juniors that fill your clubs, and the masters who have come to the sport in their later years have done that because of Lance.
Sure, if you're in Australia, it's helped that they had a great national program and received world attention through Olympic medals, but that would be been lessened if Lance hadn't been there legitimising the sport like no one before him. Like Greg LeMond before him, he's raised the level of the sport through his story, his ability and the force of his personality. You need all three and I for one welcome him back with open arms, despite his many and clear faults.
Regis Chapman
Seattle, WA, USA
Monday, December 22, 2008
News coverage of Armstrong #2
If you don't like the 'Lance' articles you could try not reading them. Cyclingnews generally does a good job reporting even obscure happenings all over the globe. They also have a responsibility to cover the events concerning high profile riders such as Armstrong. Although hard to prove, the former does not appear to be negatively impacted by the latter. I am not a gushing Armstrong fanatic, I see the good and the bad and accept both.
I am interested in this comeback and not in the way a casual observer might. His comeback sets off a chain of events impacting the financing, popularity, and media coverage of the entire sport but is often overstated. The most interesting aspects to me are the internal conflicts no one inside of Astana is willing to confront publicly but we know are there. It is certainly newsworthy and if you don't think watching that soap opera unfold is interesting, you are unimaginative.
Brent Hinkle
West Chester, PA, USA
Thursday, December 18, 2008
News coverage of Armstrong #3
Lance Armstrong is the ONLY cyclist to have achieved international recognition and interest outside of cycling circles, that's why there's so much much media coverage.
I'm stunned by the 'why so much Lance coverage' question being repeated over and over... Just because you (the anti-Lance brigade) don't want to hear about him is no reason not to cover his come back.
There are many people who do want to hear about him; those who have been inspired by him and his career outnumber those who haven't. If you don't like it, tough!
Peter Evans
Friday, December 19, 2008
News coverage of Armstrong #4
People can write as much negative opinion on the return of Armstrong as they want, but here is the plain and simple truth: They are writing about him. So good or bad, he is making the news and people's thoughts. I just sit back and laugh at how upset some people are about his return. Why isn't anyone writing about the return of Kirsipuu or more about Rock Racing hiring more riders than it can support? Love him or hate him, Armstrong makes news and we the people read about him.
As for the Tour Down Under, I would be surprised if he won. The race is too flat for Lance. The positive is that it is getting media coverage and that means dollars getting pumped into the failing global economy. If it takes Lance coming back, or any other star (i.e. Basso), let it be and let's use them as cycling's 'stimulus package' as well as cancer's 'stimulus package'.
W. Andrew Corbin
High Point, NC, USA
Friday, December 19, 2008
Tinkov on his way out
It is extremely unfortunate to hear that Oleg Tinkov has quit Katusha. Why a team would want to alienate someone with a strong passion and commitment to developing pro cycling, who also happens to have money - is beyond me. As Tinkov said in the interview, "it is more about the Eastern Bloc cyclists not having the money or the culture;" cycling needs more people like Oleg Tinkov, people trying to stretch the boundaries of cycling beyond Western Europe.
Jeff Cirillo
Monday, December 22, 2008
Cadel Evans
I kind of agree with Steve Adelman and as a lot of people have already stated, I believe that last year should have been Cadel's year. Everyone was picking him to win, including other team's directors, journalists and ex-pro riders. No one mentioned Sastre. We will never know how much difference Evan's fall made to the overall result.
It is different for Leipheimer as he is not the designated team leader. Funny thing is, when he rides defensively no one says anything. Evan's critics are a bit one eyed in that regard. Leipheimer cannot make too many demands but it's true, he does seem to be a good sportman and takes the rough with the smooth.
Evans must be frustrated, especially with the Kohl fiasco after finally getting what he wanted. Cadel never stops trying but this year's race, on paper, looks even harder. Lotto has bought well but is obviously hoping that Dekker, Van Den Broek and Lloyd can improve, plus Grabsch is very strong. Good luck to all !
Ian Sharp
Wollongong, Australia
Friday, December 19, 2008
Cadel Evans #2
In response to Mr Adelman's letter:
If you read the few quotes from Cadel you'll see he is merely stating facts... and generally this has been the case in the past. If you had watched the last few tours you would have, on every major mountain stage, seen Cadel alone at the end of the stage and set against teams with two, three or even four remaining riders at the front. With that many adversaries any explosive move will be countered quickly by the others, even if it means sacrificing a team member.
You would also have noticed riders with support taking turns at making a break - Cadel being forced to slowly accelerate in order to limit his losses and save as much energy as possible. It would have made no tactical sense at all in either of the last two Tours to make a big attacking move without assured support for the next day... something that no GC contender has done (except perhaps the great Mr Merckx).
Can't accelerate? How about the Giro in 2002, when he went so hard he slaughtered everyone and got the pink (yeah he bonked the next day but he was young)? Or more recently at the Coppi Bartali where he sprinted up the final climb with a huge spurt of speed to win. Even his performances in the early season one day races have shown him at the head of the pack on a number of occasions. Just because he chooses to ride a tactical race and has to think about the next day when riding GC doesn't mean he can't accelerate.
Does Leipheimer complain? No, but then he has never been trying for GC in a three-week tour with the support of a couple of one-day riders and a few reasonable climbers who aren't at their best. Horner was probably the only good domestique that Evans has ever had when the road goes up and he was no Leipheimer/Schleck/Voigt.
And lastly, does Evans have it in him to win a Tour? Possibly, but I don't think he ever will, because cycling rarely rewards individual talent unless it is part of a talented team. Just ask Mr Armstrong. Or better yet, Carlos Sastre - he is a very similar rider to Cadel, a good talent but with largely unrealised potential, then his team started working for him alone and suddenly he is in Paris wearing yellow.
Nathan Edwardson
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Friday, December 19, 2008
Cadel Evans #3
In relation to Steve Adelman's letter; Cadel has been eighth, fourth and second twice in the last two years, every time without the assistance of a team of capable climbers, as all the recent winners have had.
Notwithstanding, in the 2008 Tour a fall in the first week that would have seen most riders quit, and then having to resist the constant attacking by team CSC, and a next-to-useless Popovych lagging way down in the peloton. After all the final time in 2008 difference was only 58 seconds, and most likely without the fall and even a modicum of assistance on the mountain days we would have had a different winner, although I suppose some people would still have been complaining that he didn't attack enough to be a worthy winner.
Good grief, don't you understand what it takes to be in the last ten in the Tour de France four years running, especially without four guys sitting on the front dragging you up the cols. I say, 'Cadel, you are a bloody hero', and I'm an ex-pat biker Pom living in Australia.
Don Thompson
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Friday, December 19, 2008
Chicago Olympics road race
Regarding the story on the changes to the Chicago Olympic bid. Moving the road race out of the Chicago area will only improve the race. In 1996, the Atlanta Olympic planners could have used the same roads and climbs that became classic in the Tour of Georgia such as Brasstown Bald. Instead they opted for a route with one hill that kept the pack close together until the final mile or so. I'm sure a road race in Wisconsin will attract more spectators than the edition in China.
Brian Ralphs
Springfield, Virginia, USA
Monday, December 22, 2008
Viagra - a doping product?
In the case of Rich Nickla's letter, I suggest the writer read more on pulmonary blood flow in exercise. I also suggest he read up on the effects of sildenafil on the pulmonary circulation. He is obviously unaware of its effect on pulmonary circulation.
With even a little research on the drug, he would have discovered that sildenafil has significant effects on pulmonary circulation and that is why it is used to treat pulmonary hypertension. Whether these effects on pulmonary circulation lead to significant improvements in exercise capacity at sea level (in athletes with normal pulmonary circulation) is still being investigated, but it is plausible.
Mark Hsu, MD
Dunlap, IL, USA
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Viagra - a doping product?
I am a medical professional but that does not mean that my opinion resolves the issue if viagra (seldenafil) would enhance athletic performance. The data is not yet available. However, Rich Nickla is not correct in his letter.
Viagra dilates the blood vessels in the lungs as there is some overlap in the various PDE receptors. It is used to treat patients with pulmonary hypertension. In this application it is marketed under another name but is still the same drug (sildenafil).
Sildenafil has not been thoroughly evaluated as a performance enhancing drug, however, it could increase pulmonary blood flow by decreasing the trans-pulmonary gradient. This is a complex question as elite athletes an already move a lot of blood through the pulmonary circulation.
Matt Slater, MD
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 22:21:24 -0800
Viagra - a doping product?
Rich, Sildenafil Citrate (Viagra) is also used to treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. As I understand it, decreasing smooth muscle tone in the pulmonary arteries means a decrease in the afterload of the right ventricle. In turn, this means that for a given heart rate there's a greater cardiac output from the right side of the heart. The left ventricle experiences an increase in preload leading to an increase in end diastolic volume.
Without a change in contractility, the ejection fraction remains the same but the stroke volume goes up. In this way the left ventricle matches the output of the right ventricle, and the cardiac output increases. More blood oxygenated, more oxygen to the muscles.
The only odd thing is that in healthy people, the pulmonary arteries are fully dilated. I've read in the Journal of Applied Physiology that it helps at altitude, though.
Peter Chiu
New York, NY, USA
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Recent letters pages
Letters 2008
- December 18: Popo's holiday, News coverage of Armstrong, Old School Rules, Cycle Sport's Lance Armstrong interview, Cadel Evans, Rock-n-Rudy Racing, Viagra - a doping product?
- December 11: Kayle Leogrande, Boonen, Basso diary, Come on, Chris!, Is Kohl kidding?, Lance in the news, Popo's holiday, Schumacher off the radar?, Rock-n-Rudy Racing, Viagra - a doping product?
- December 5: Prevention better than cure, Is Kohl kidding?, Kayle Leogrande, Enforceable Biological Passport, Armstrong's team duties, The Cycling Path, Rock-n-Rudy Racing, Come on, Chris!, Viagra - a doping product?
- November 27: Is Kohl kidding?, Lessons from cycling, Why is Basso back?, Frank Vandenbroucke, Vino returns to Astana, Pevenage to Rock Racing, Rock-n-Rudy Racing, Pricey bike reviews, David Walsh article, Lance Armstrong, Cyclocross at the Olympics
- November 21: Pevenage to Rock Racing, Pricey Bike Reviews, Bobby Julich column, David Walsh article, Merida release, Chasing Fabian, Gilmore in Colombia, Frank Vandenbroucke, Albert's Tour remarks, Stylin' calendar dudes, Vino returns to Astana, Keep up the good work..., THC suspension, The Museeuw MF-1, Why is Basso back?, Basso diary, Taking it seriously, Moral high-horse, Gerdemann vs Armstrong, Don't do it Lance
- November 13: Taking it seriously, Basso's diary, David Walsh article, Gerdemann vs Armstrong, Boonen, Armstrong and Gerdemann, Germans pull the plug, Lifetime bans, Chasing Fabian
- November 13: Taking it seriously, Basso's diary, David Walsh article, Gerdemann vs Armstrong, Boonen, Armstrong and Gerdemann, Germans pull the plug, Lifetime bans, Chasing Fabian
- November 6: Boonen, Armstrong and Gerdemann, Doping, Germans pull the plug, Lifetime bans, UCI bans skinsuits
- October 30: Germans pull the plug, Doping, Kohl, Lifetime bans, UCI bans skinsuits, 2009 TdF parcours, LeMond's power test
- October 24: Doping, McQuaid's approach, Re-testing samples, Chris Horner, Germans pull the plug, Basso and Liquigas, Does doping work?, Lifetime bans, LeMond's power test, Rashaan Bahati
- October 17: Attitude to cheats, Doping, Lifetime bans, Solutions to doping problems, LeMond's power test, Rahsaan Bahati
- October 10: Enough is enough, Thomas Bach's comments, Recent positives, Riccò confesses to using EPO, Baden Cooke's comment, Holczer to sue Schumacher, Life bans for doping, Advice to Contador, My own comeback, Better Borat than Vinokourov, Lance has a Michael Jordan complex, Armstrong's busted former teammates, Astana, Lance vs Basso, Say it ain't so, Frank!, Leipheimer's best Grand Tour
- October 3: Another Armstrong Special: There comes a time, Guilty by association, Lance Armstrong returning, Armstrong comeback, Armstrong should be applauded, Lance is back, Armstrong and Astana, Mr Armstrong and SRAM, The resurrection of Lance, Armstrong's return
- September 25: The Armstrong Special: Armstrong obligations, Armstrong comeback, Armstrong riding for Astana, Armstrong's return, Guilty by association, Lance Armstrong and Taylor Phinney, The resurrection of Lance
- September 18: Armstrong come back, All round classification, Madiot's need to explain himself, Does doping work?, Exciting racing!, Contador and the Vuelta, Lance on Astana?, Say it isn’t So Lance!, ARD not looking forward to Armstrong return, Guilty by association, Garzelli, Scott Spark project bike
- September 12: 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?
- 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.
