Pot, Kettle, Black

Tour leader shrouded in suspicion over drug-test troubles, says Millar

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/tourdefrance2007/story/0,,2133254,00.html

not that I have anything against Millar, but I preferred the blunt Cadel Evans response, that he didn't give a damn (although he was still on his bike, after crossing the finishing line); almost as good as his reaction to the ITV guy about how he might now be considered one of the tour contenders after one of the first week incidents

I remember that early cadel evans moment. That reporter made a real twat of himself. One the rasmussen thing, I think it smacks a bit of press desperation. I agree that the tour needs to be whiter than white but no one cared about this story until he was in yellow.

Did you hear Magnus Backstedt explain the system? Like, if he's late coming back from training or decides to drive home from an airport rather than staying in a hotel he has to fill out and fax a form off.. it's quite ridiculous.

What gets me is the rest of the cheats named in Puerto from other sports have not been mentioned. Yeah, go on football, let cycling take the blame the worlds doping... w@nk.

Yeah, except that whether we like or not, cycling has an image problem. When the biggest networks in the EU country with the largest market for cycling pull the plug, that's pretty serious.

Therefore the guys who are making the biggest money should be whiter than white. And that means complying with the doping rules to the last possible degree. Rasmussen has not done that. Therefore he has created this problem for himself.

Sure there is problem with other sports. Arsene Wenger, manager of one of football's bigger clubs said not so long ago that nearly half of his squad had NEVER been tested during his time at the club, about 7 years at the time he made the observation. But moaning because the media is unfair is missing the point. The media are what make the Tour attractive sponsors, and without the sponsors there is no Tour period. So the competitors have a professional responsibility to do everything they can to improve the public image of the sport, which, lets face it, has been really f***ed since 1998.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/6914301.stm

Yeah, and look at that.

I don't know what to think, really. I love the sport of cycling, but look where we are now.

I guess it's because Millar, intelligent/suave scotsman that he is, comes over as a 12 step reformer

Whereas Evans, the cross-eyed outback inbred, seems more pragmatic about it.

I guess there is a dichotomy in professional cycling that it is almost impossible to perform at a top level day in day out, but then at the same time we all get excited watching the coverage to see who the latest guy to crack on some impossibly steep climb is.

Also, there's nothing that Evans can do about it (the allegations). If he says, oh it's not fair, then he'll be seen as a bad loser.

Buffalo Bill Also, there's nothing that Evans can do about it (the allegations). If he says, oh it's not fair, then he'll be seen as a bad loser.

Eh? What allegations?
It is unfair - if he's clean.

if he's clean, I'm a dutchman..

Hallo!

yeah..you see his eyes on the podium, man. druggy bastard. and a taciturn tosspot to boot.

I'm not called Van' Bastard yet you know!

He's just excited and besides no one's using amphetamines in the Tour - they're to easy to detect.

Ya know.. I raced against him. I'm sure he won but then, I didn't see him stopping at the beer tent..

you deserve it, he doesn't

Aw shucks RPM, I didn't know you cared!