CAS Rules In Valverde’s Favor

by Rant September 27, 2007

Alejandro Valverde got some very good news yesterday from the Court of Arbitration for Sport. If Valverde wishes to race at the world championships in Stuttgart, Germany on Sunday, he can do so, according to a ruling handed down on Wednesday by an arbitrator at the CAS’ headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. The ruling comes as […]

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Taking A Stand

by Rant September 26, 2007

Paolo Bettini is taking a stand. He’s refusing to sign “The Pledge,” the UCI’s effort to get cyclists to publicly pledge not to dope, and to forfeit a year’s salary if they’re found guilty of a doping violation. And, according to cyclingnews.com, the Italian Cycling Federation is backing him up. Predicatably, the head of the […]

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Comments Fixed

by Rant September 25, 2007

Comments should now be working again. The comments function was broken when I tried to fix an annoying little feature that’s supposed to prevent flooding of comments. After correcting the new problem and reverting to the old comments functions, things appear to be working again. Sorry for the inconvenience everyone.

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The Science Of It All

by Rant September 25, 2007

Much of the majority panel’s decision to find Floyd Landis guilty of doping during the 2006 Tour de France hinges on the underlying science of the tests, and testing processes, used in anti-doping testing. If you’ve read the majority’s opinion, or seen discussion of it on this blog or in other places, then you’ve no […]

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A Message From Floyd

by Rant September 24, 2007

The following message was sent out today through the Floyd Fairness Fund. Dear Friends and Supporters, I’m of course disappointed and in fact angry about the split decision ruling issued against me last week. If any good has come out of this, we have shown that the anti-doping system is corrupt, inefficient and unfair. The […]

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The Verdict: A Brief Start At Analysis

by Rant September 22, 2007

A Parable Back around the time of Jesus, a great rabbi named Hillel lived in Jerusalem. One day, a person came to him and challenged the rabbi to summarize the whole of the Torah (the five books of Moses) in one sentence while standing on one foot. So the rabbi obliged. “That which is hateful […]

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