Tour de France 2015

That's more like it. Much better positioning and held his nerve well

Pure instinct. Timed so well.

EQS - the team of the classics - is having a pretty good grand tour.

Must be such a great feeling - to think of all the pressure, and up against all the main players on a reasonably vanilla/pure sprint stage. Chapeau!

Didn't some say he wouldn't win a stage this year?

"I just wanted it so bad, Ned." Smiling Cav is the best Cav.

Has someone signed a contract?

With Martin out Cav can ride for Martin winning stages.

Didn't some say he wouldn't win a stage this year?

quite ;)

CAV has made my day. Very pleased for him.

Actually it's Spanish. Thanks for playing, though.

First week doping scandal time; Paolini positive for cocaine!

Suspended.

http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/uci-statement-luca-paolini/

I'm going to assume coke isn't really a PED. If I'm right, and it's not, how is it treated in terms of UCI/Wada? The same? Be a shitty way to end your career. I have a soft spot for Paolini.

http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Luca-paolini-katusha-positif-a-la-cocaine/573363

Coke isn't actually a prohibited substance out of competition, but because the test took place during the Tour it counts as in competition (when a bit of blow could certainly help). Presumably it's trace amounts rather than him doing bumps during the race.

Paolini's on the devils dandruff!!!!!

I heart Luca

This is an outrage; rest day in Pau on Monday and everything.

What an idiot.

The metabolite he was poz for can take 25 days to clear the body if you are on the booze with your coke.

http://buddymd.com/benzoylecgonine-cocaine-drug-elimination-time-and-clearance

If you don't think gak is a PED, you've never had good gak. Mind you I gave all that up long ago, and it wasn't much good to start with. As far as I hear it's fucking terrible now.

Would explain why there's SO MUCH LOUD SHOUTING in the peloton though

Nice one. Did it make you more interesting and attractive to the opposite sex as well as a better cyclist?

Coke may give you some extra energy in situ, but I doubt Paolini was doing bumps in the peloton.

Wtf Luca you idiot.

But you're still the coolest.

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