Doping

The Elephant Man doesn't get out of bed for less than £10,000.

http://m.cyclingnews.com/news/zabel-admits-to-doping-from-1996-to-2003?ns_campaign=news&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=cyclingnews&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0

Cyclassics sack Zabel.

I especially like the idea that Jekimow will probably sack Zabel.

That works for time trialling but his climbing is probably just some weird-ass habit he developed over time. He's crooked as fuck on the bike.

This. You're on a hiding to nothing trying to analyse Froome's riding style. He's Bambi on crack on ice on a bike.

Zabel has also just stepped down off the UCI Professional Cycling Council. This page hasn't been updated yet.

This page hasn't been updated yet.

I think the UCI might have bigger fish to fry, fixing elections doesn't just happen and keeping their files up to date can be back-dated :-)

a rather succinct summing up of the kafka-esque state of the sport as it lurches from the ridiculous to the simply inexplicable.

http://journalvelo.com/opinion/cycling-if-you-didnt-laugh-youd-cry/

really? Just reads as a thinly veiled rant to me. Boring.

thinly veiled rant that sums up the current state of cycling succinctly

http://www.3wiresports.com/2013/07/31/106-tests-in-all-of-2012/

More dull stuff, this time about Jamaican sprinters

I would disagree - it's just a badly written rant that doesn't really weigh in on anything, just comes across as a whinge.

Plus it's fucking boring being down on cycling all the time - I am a fan, I just want to enjoy watching the racing and stop talking about doping all the time. If I have to suspend some disbelief then so be it, life is too short. At least the riders are reasonably humble compared to the bellends in the premiership.

Cool story

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astanas-decision-to-sign-pellizotti-goes-against-mpcc-rules

This is pretty funny though: Astana signing Pelizotti against MPCC rules. Given Astana's presence in MPCC is laughable anyway.

You are cool storying me? After all the monologues you've written? Christ.

Well they're run by Vino.

ha

You are cool storying me? After all the monologues you've written? Christ.

You got cool storied, you can't just cool story me back

Just ordered myself a cheap Trek/Livestrong t-shirt. They're on clearance for some reason...

Prepare yourself for general ridicule and pariah treatment from your general cycling brethern who, but weeks ago, were praying to the lantern jawed, yellow banded, and monotesticular deity that they now roundly pour scorn upon.

interesting breakdown of supplements/medicin used by two Rusvelo team riders:

http://inthedrops.wordpress.com/2013/08/03/what-the-russians-left-behind/

Being a professional cyclist must be awful.

Yeah. look at all those legal supplements you need to take.

Makes by cod liver oil and multivitamins look like a McDonalds takeaway.

Looks like most people's medical cabinet. What concerns me most is that this was out of a bin and there's loads of unused stuff. Have they no concern for the environment?! What somebody think of the penguins?! Tut tut

i'm preparing for my weekend ride, a cocktail of beetroot juice and crack. Mmmm, crack

Baseball hands down longest ever ban to it's highest paid, highest profile player.

http://news.sky.com/story/1124997/alex-rodriguez-vows-to-fight-doping-suspension

A-Rod gets to keep playing whilst appealing (and setting up the Oprah deal, no doubt).

He's fighting for his life god dammit!