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Thursday, September 28, 2006

Contract Sports

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Well, the final post-Lance bloodletting tally at Discovery seems to be in, so let's review a few changes: Out: Azevedo, Michael Barry, T...
Monday, September 25, 2006

Law Is a Many Splendored Thing

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But First, a Worlds Wrap-Up: Women's Time Trial: Quite the nailbiter and an apple-pie patriot's dream of a two-fer as US queen Krist...
Sunday, September 24, 2006

Benissimo!

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Che stupendo, Paolo! After scaring the hell out of me by starting his attacks seemingly too early many and fast in the last lap to go, it...
Thursday, September 21, 2006

The Worlds, Natch

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You Monstrously Suck, WCSN!: In three, count 'em three, weeks of watching streaming web video of the Vuelta every day on another site, ...

All the News That's Unfit to Print

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La Vuelta, El Fin: While Alejandro Valverde was certainly gentlemanly in defeat, Iles Balears was ticked that the infighting between the UCI...
Monday, September 18, 2006

Vuelta Wrap-Up

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Having been informed that I was an ungracious ass (not unfair, but I'm at peace with it) for not wanting to see the podium presentations...
Saturday, September 16, 2006

Mayo d'Oro

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Well, not really of course, but we love Iban anyway for finally making a heated if brief attack on the final mountain stage, even if it'...
Thursday, September 14, 2006

In Vino Veritas

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Explosive: just when I thought the stages couldn't get any more exciting, they do--and on a mere roller, no less. Sastre's CSC boys...
Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Adventures in Doping, Part Endless

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Giving Lance the Lance: so the New York Times reported today that Frankie Andreu and another ex-teammate who sensibly wants to remain anonym...
Monday, September 11, 2006

St. Millar, and More

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Vuelta News, Of Course: Redeemed and repentant ex-dope-fiend David Millar just snatched Saturday's key individual time trial over CSC...
Friday, September 08, 2006

I Want a New Drug

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German prosecutors are about to charge Jan Ullrich with 3 solid years of doping at the tender hands of Rudy Pevenage; French doping chief Pi...
Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Three Is a Magic Number

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And, with Sergio Paulinho's exciting win on a rolling stage, Astana makes it 3 on top of Vinokorouv's prior two-fer. Take that, UCI...
Sunday, September 03, 2006

Alejandro the Great

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Yes, Alejandro, not Alexander, though major admiration again to Vino as he managed to redeem his earlier humiliation at Valverde's hands...
Saturday, September 02, 2006

Being Alexander Vinokorouv

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What a thrilling and heartbreaking mountain stage yesterday, as Mayo came into his legs at last, Sastre stayed right up there with the final...
Friday, September 01, 2006

Bite Me, Pro Tour!

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Halls of Justice: So in return for exercising the due process rights he's been provided, Tyler Hamilton is getting another 2-year extens...
Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Shakespeare in Love

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Catfight!: Having left T-Mobile for Astana on the dubious premise of eagerly playing second banana/superdomestique to Alexander Vinokorouv a...

Can It *Get* Any Better?

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Bettini's already taken a stage, Sastre's won the maillot oro, Thor Hushovd's still in gold (after some controversy over whether...
Sunday, August 27, 2006

La Vuelta, Baby! And How Do I Not Love UCI, Dos

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Woo-hoo for new maillot d'oro we love Thor Hushovd, who took second in today's bunch sprint over Robbie "We're Still Annoye...
Saturday, August 26, 2006

The Heat Is On

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We Love Sastre!: In the Vuelta's prologue, a short sharp tt, CSC obliterates the rest of the field after a slightly slower start to put ...
Thursday, August 24, 2006

Pain in the Peloton

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Fandemonium: in a truly sucky (though sadly fair) win for Gerolsteiner's fine Stefan Schumacher, imminent Eneco tour winner/unfortunate ...
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