Where Has the Time Gone?

by Rant August 18, 2010

Has it really been three weeks? Time flies. Vendettas? In Cycling? I’m Shocked! Shocked, I Tell You! Pat McQuaid seems to think that the current investigation by Jeff Novitzky et. al. into allegations of doping on the US Postal/Discovery cycling teams is the result of a personal vendetta being played out in public. It could […]

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Apres Tour

by Rant July 28, 2010

Well, the Tour de France is over for another year. Alberto Contador beat Andy Schleck by a pretty narrow margin (39 seconds, in case you hadn’t already heard). Lots of comments have been made around the web noting that Contador won by exactly the amount of time he gained after Schleck’s infamous mechanical difficulty. I […]

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The Rest Day Blues

by Rant July 20, 2010

No Tour de France to watch today? Got a bit of withdrawal from your daily dose of Phil and Paul? Stop on by and read a spell. Maybe it’ll help cure your case of “The Rest Day Blues.” One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go cat, go… If […]

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Rest Day

by Rant July 12, 2010

Now that the World Cup is over and the Tour de France riders are on their first rest day, it seems like a good time to catch up. By the way things are going in what some on Twitter are calling LandisGate, it appears that at least a few people who are participating in the […]

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The Bombshell Hits

by Rant July 2, 2010

Well, well, well. Looks like the fireworks have started going off ahead of the Fourth of July, with the much rumored Wall Street Journal article finally hitting the newsstands and the web. At first glance, the article is stunning in the detail it provides about Floyd Landis’ experiences at the top of the sport, as […]

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Mind Games?

by Rant June 29, 2010

A bit more than a day ago, Lance Armstrong tweeted: And yes, this will be [my] final Tour de France. It’s been a great ride. Looking forward to 3 great weeks. Really? I have a hard time believing that über-competitor Armstrong will call it quits after this Tour. If he keeps racing his bike, the […]

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