Open and Shut Out

by Rant February 17, 2008

So now those who wish to exclude riders have a new method of doing so. Forget due process, forget proof of wrong-doing. Now all that is needed is for someone to confirm that there is an “open investigation” of a rider and, if a race promoter has built in a rule like the Tour of […]

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Un Racconto di San Gregorio il Pio Ciclista

by Rant February 15, 2008

… Or, A Tale of St. Gregory the Pious Cyclist (With apologies to anyone fluent in Italian. The headline was translated into Italian through Google’s language tools.) It takes a certain quirk of personality — a particularly sick one — to take pleasure in others’ pain. And yet, that’s exactly what a certain St. Greg […]

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Operacion Puerto the Endless

by Rant February 14, 2008

Like a phoenix rising from its own ashes, the on-again, off-again Operacion Puerto investigation is now on, again. A news flash at CyclingNews.com brings word that the investigation has been reopened at the behest of the International Cycling Union (a/k/a the UCI), the World Anti-Doping Agency, the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) and prosecutors representing Spain’s […]

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Drama, Drama Everywhere …

by Rant February 13, 2008

To say that a couple of big dramas in the sports world played out publicly today would be an understatement. Between the verbal fireworks during Congressional hearings over the whole Roger Clemens/Brian McNamee/Mitchell Report brouhaha, and today’s announcement of who won’t be participating in the 2008 edition of every bike race organized by Amaury Sports […]

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Ramblin’ On My Mind

by Rant February 12, 2008

Lots of things going on the last few days. A couple of articles in the New York Times struck a chord for me. What, Me Paranoid? First is the article that appeared in Saturday’s paper with the headline Wary U.S. Olympians Will Bring Food to China. The article caught my eye for more than one […]

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Who Gets To Decide? Part 2

by Rant February 9, 2008

Earlier this week, Pat McQuaid bemoaned the fact that several UCI ProTour teams were not invited to participate in the Giro d’Italia. Although I agree with McQuaid that it’s a shame these teams weren’t invited, according to a Reuters report (pointed out by Larry) that the Tour de France’s organizers “must” (according to this headline […]

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