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Letters to Cyclingnews - August 29, 2008
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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
BMX
Please make a note of the large number of professional riders that began as BMXers. You have BMX in the heading in your website, but your coverage is dismal. The world’s greatest downhiller returns to her roots and wins the women’s gold and it is a side note in your reporting.
The number of cyclists that began in BMX is unending. BMX is the foundation of cycling in America. And yes, Virginia, I have a road bike and a mountain bike and ride them both. But my BMX bike is a custom Yess frame build up that took me to the ABA World Cup title in '99.
Larry
Dallas, Tx, USA
Friday, August 22, 2008
Carlos Sastre
Jeez, when I proposed the Beige Jersey (because I thought it was funny) I didn't know all you Aussies were such darn sensitive guys and gals. I don't know if "Squeaky" Evans IS all the stuff one side says he is, or isn’t all the stuff the other side says he ain’t, I just know the net result is, for much of the cycle viewing world, is boring, unless he's your guy. I understand.
I used to root for an American football team (they use the pointy ball) team that lost the Super Bowl four times. I rooted, I cheered, I loved them because they were mine. They could be really boring too. Let's put this all behind us. I'd be wiling to modify the jersey, maybe put light brown dots on it. Or how about green and yellow stripes around the middle?
Jeff
Wisconsin, USA
Friday, August 22, 2008
NRC Calendar
Welcome to Grassroots! I have been a member of USA Cycling for over thirty years and I have seen very little improvement in licensing, upgrades, scheduling, registration, result posting, promoter event registration, event insurance registration, etc. How can USA Cycling be more like our European counterparts? By simply listening to the demands of the riders and promoters, that’s how.
Mark Rosen
Friday, August 22, 2008
U-23 Championship road race fiasco
With regard to culture and appreciation of bike racing; I was racing in Spain last year, and during one of the races that counts for the 'Overall Best Rider' competition in the Basque Country a group of about 15-20 got 3 minute lead on the rest of the then splintered peloton. I was in one of the first groups on the road behind the leaders. After killing ourselves up this one climb, at the top we were greeted by the police and officials telling us we were out of the race. Needless to say, there was a very animated discussion between some of the riders and the officials regarding why there was a '3 minute rule' in affect, and why they didn’t just tell us at the bottom of the hill that we were out of the race instead of waiting until the top.
Mysterious!
Scott McLean
Seattle, Wa, USA
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Therapeutic use exemptions - please explain
To Garth of Houston,
It's called exercise induced asthma. If my memory serves me correctly this web site's very own Form & Fitness column dealt with the subject earlier this year. Google it and then come back to us once you're educated.
Gary
Sydney, Australia
Monday, August 25, 2008
Therapeutic use exemptions - please explain #2
I developed exercise induced asthma as a result of being a competitive cyclist many years ago. I trained at professional level loads, and many weeks I would ride between 25 and 42 hours a week of 'on the bike' time. Even though my career is long over now, it's a legacy of my time spent pursuing this dream.
Just think about the amount of air being processed through the lungs, and then think again about the pollution of the air in most places these days, the dryness, etc. Imagine 5, 10, 15 years of this sort of thing. The pro peloton races on the razor edge of illness constantly and much of the external impurities into the blood stream must surely come through breathing such hot, dry, or impure air.
Now most cyclists will breathe through both the nostrils and the mouth at the same time, and ideally when filtering such a large volume of impure air, one would want to breathe only through the nostrils, but as we all know this isn't possible. If this were possible, it's likely you would see a lot less of these TUE's around.
Regis Chapman
Soda Springs, California, USA
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Phil Liggett encounter
In response to those saying the TdF commentary baton should be passed to the next generation, it is the television production team that should be introduced to the 21st century. Think about the amount of information provided by other sports, even the basic stuff: competitor profiles (photo, age, team, history, time with team etc), stats on that competitor's prior stage placing’ in that event, interviews with the team 'coach' that can run during the not-so-interesting bits, background pieces on tactics etc.
Even more, think about the cycle-specific stuff which would spark up the coverage: heart rates, cadences, specific gear being used (as was available on the internet this year), road gradient where they are currently riding, bike technology, injury graphics, positions of all the riders of one team pointed out by GPS, tactics; e.g. amount of times a rider is in the breakaway, on-bike/ helmet lipstick cameras, interviews with riders while on the road, being able to listen in to radio conversations between riders and team car. That wouldn't be a bad start.
Yes, some of this may be competitively sensitive information but if everybody does it then they are all in the same boat. That may be the price to pay for more people; casual watchers and the cognoscenti alike, watching for longer more often and enjoying - and understanding - this great race more.
James Walker
Sydney, Australia
Monday, August 25, 2008
John Fahey and Jacques Rogge on doping
You may want to check your facts about track & field athletes not being tested as often as cyclists. You're still hearing that drivel that Lance Armstrong espoused during his reign. A journalist (can't remember name) exposed that track & field athletes are tested about 20-30 times a year, that is roughly 2-2.5 times a month as opposed to the number of times that Lance was tested, considerably fewer than what track and field athletes were tested over a year. So don't think that just because there is a testing system in place in cycling versus track and field that cycling is cleaner. After all, which sporting event exposed the doping fiasco in sports first, the Tour or the Olympics? The Olympics in 1988 did it with Ben Johnson, surprise, surprise. Cycling exposed it in 1997 with the Festina scandal.
Check your facts, Liam. Now, cycling MAY be the most tested sport with the biological passport now but was it always? No.
Thomas Davis
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Aussie Allan Davis?
I am a big fan of Allan Davis, I had heard of him before but I guess his 2nd at the Australian Championships in (about) 2003 was where I thought that this kid really has "it"... I think he may have even been an U23 rider at the time. 2nd at Milan Sanremo was one of those break through moments where his career should have really ramped up, he should have been set to be our (Australia's) O'Grady replacement.
Struggling this Australian summer with good form but trying to find a team and doing some of those 6 day races, despite being unsuited, just to keep a Euro presence has been rewarded with recent good form for Mitsubushi-Jartazi. So I am glad he has shaken of the rubbish of the Puerto stuff (despite being one of the few riders to actually have a hearing and being cleared long, long ago by both Spanish and Australian Authorities) and is back on a good team from next month. Though I do worry he will serve Boonen to his own cost, just like many do for the top tier... even some who may belong there themselves...
The question I have is why, for the last 6 months or so when riding for Mitsubishi has he been listed in the results as a Belgian rider? I understand that his licence my be issued in Belgium, but that doesn't effect the nationality, indeed to change nationality you must be clear of your old country (expressly international representations) for a period of 5 years. Didn't Davis go to the worlds for Australia last year?
Can anyone throw some light on why this is so, is it simply to suit Mitsubishi?
Blair Coull
Melbourne, Australia
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Pro cycling sponsorship
My question is simple but probably holds a complex answer. Why are some pro teams, such as Gerolsteiner and Credit Agricole, struggling so much to find title sponsors while teams like Garmin-Chipotle, Columbia, CSC-Saxo Bank, and most notably Scott-American Beef seemed to find sponsors so much easier? On a side note the announcement of American beef signing on to replace Saunier Duval, seem incredibly quick, was Saunier Duval planning on leaving at the end of the year and or did they see this as an opportunity to pull out following the positive test from Ricco?
Jason Curry
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
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Letters 2008
- 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.
