ToU Stage 2 Wrap-up, Stage 3 Preview

by strbuk August 21, 2009

Mt. Nebo is a memory now and the stage 3 TT is up next for the riders in the Tour of Utah. Yesterday’s stage details can be viewed here. It appears that despite training hard in the Utah mountains  Floyd Landis is not having the ToU that he planned for. Here is OUCH’s press release […]

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ToU Stage 1 Review,Stage 2 Preview

by strbuk August 20, 2009

Yesterday’s Stage 1 of the ToU proved to be a tough one with more than a few breakaway attempts and some rugged climbing. Here are the top 30 results of the stage: Official Results Position     Bib     Name     Team     Time     Gap 1.       41       MANCEBO PEREZ Francisco     RRC     […]

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ToU Prologue Results,Stage 2 Preview

by strbuk August 19, 2009

The prologue which began this year’s Tour of Utah is complete, with full results to be found here. Floyd Landis finds himself in 50th place only 24 seconds off the lead. The prologue top three were: Place Number Cyclist Team Time 1 2 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC 06’12” 2 19 ZABRISKIE David GRM +2″ 3 5 […]

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Food for Thought

by Rant August 18, 2009

I had an entirely different post in mind before I wrote the one about Stefan Matschiner’s claims that he managed to get employees at several European anti-doping labs to test samples from his athletes. Matschiner says that he requested the tests so that he and the athletes could determine ways to avoid testing positive while […]

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Offical OUCH Press Release/Preview for ToU

by strbuk August 17, 2009

VeloNews provides the complete startlist for the ToU. The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah starts tomorrow with a prologue, and OUCH has provided an official press release on the event. Assuming updates will be timely each day, results will be posted here. Looks like Floyd Landis is determined to salvage a good result in […]

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Bribery? Or … ?

by Rant August 14, 2009

A couple of days ago, I saw an interesting article (via cyclingfansanonymous, I think) that throws a whole new twist into the story of doping and how athletes can get away with it — at least for a while. The article quoted Stefan Matschiner, who claimed that one way he managed to keep his clients […]

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