Rasmussen just been chucked off le tour

yup, it does get worst...http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article2141780.ece

Enough already with the Danish helmet.

There's a link on the page to a Vicky Pendleton slideshow.

A woman who clearly does not wear comfy shoes...

yeah but there's always the slideshow of Vicky P. to make things better…

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/tour_de_france/article2039728.ece

'bout half way down the page ;-)

damn! too frickin' slow :-D

You type like I commute at the mo!

A minute a line?

I'm spinning 34/17, what's your excuse?

;-p

slamm yeah but there's always the slideshow of Vicky P. to make things better…

too busy drooling over the… err… bike in those pics :-P

think there's the excuse...

you set us up wayne, vicky was the real deal rasmussen was the excuse.

and of course she well is the real deal on the track i mean

ohh , i hadn't noticed meself

[slightly embarassed cough...]

do you think i'd get myself into trouble if i turned up at one of her races and insisted that she accompanied me for a 'doping control'

She does seem to control a fair few dopes...

kowalski She does seem to control a fair few dopes...

how dare you madam!

its a bloody shambles innit

makes me sad -

i want to be able to watch contador and soler and just marvel at their ability rather than think "i wonder if..."

It's silly - they're still amazing athletes.

don't piss in me coco pops hippy -

the only crumb of comfort i have when i haul my sagging carcass up any incline is to delude myself that the only difference between the pros and me is that they're all injecting crackerjack or something

Ah, well you should pay attention to my other posts.. along the lines of "they're all taking everything".

My training methodology: "Fsck hills"

mine is more

"f**k this kills"

You know you're climbing right when one of your lungs is left at the top..

hippy Ah, well you should pay attention to my other posts.. along the lines of "they're all taking everything".

My training methodology: "Fsck hills"

I think that it is this attitude that somehow it is alright that has reduced the tour to a shambles

ZDF pulled out from broadcasting it this year, no TV rights, no money, no money no tour

That's one broadcaster, one country. This event is global.
Stations still make their money out of it so the event will continue.
This same sh1t happened in '98 with Festina and probably '67 with Tommy Simpson's death.
Doping has been happening since 1903 and is still happening now, even with all the controls in place.
Go Cadel!

fuck me, i was still getting used to the news that wiggins and cofidis was out. this is stupid, i was behind him. now i don't know what to think. contador has to feel great/shit. about to win the tour, but only cos the ridser who was better than him got chucked.

Better.. because he was cheating. It's better than last year where the race had finished and they found Landis doping. At least he gets to finish as the winner.