Tour de France 2007 thread (3 Viewers)

[rettucs]

he has a fine pair of knockers

 

[IFF]

He's as clean as Raphael Nadal.

Sure there is. Athletics is full of dope. And the IOC and FIFA are way more corrupt than the UCI. Also....

France World cup 98

Juventus in the 90's

Tennis (the stuff about nandrolone towards the end)

FIFA and WADA

Rugby well represented here

HGH much?

and then there's this quote purported to have come from fuentes (although maybe some question mark over validity due source)

“If I said what I know, goodbye to the World Cup and European Championship,” he is reported to have told his cellmate, a youth from the area who is frequently in and out of jail.

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6...threatening-to-reveal-doping-in-football.aspx

 

[Pedronimus]

Floyd Landis is a comic genius.

http://nyvelocity.com/content/features/2011/uci-verbruggen-mcquaid-threaten-landis
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-threatens-landis-with-legal-action
http://nyvelocity.com/content/features/2011/landis-emails

 

[rettucs]

thats gas. I'd read the earlier letters. I didn't know there was a slew of them following that.

 

[rettucs]

That Phonak team were hooky as hell. Wasn't it just the year before that they had a Spanish rider (whose name I can't think of off-hand) who came out of nowhere to finish 4th in the Giro, only to be suspended a couple of months later.

And now the same heads are running the BMC team, which has me worried about Evans who I adore as a rider. Hes the gutsiest fucker out there, but being involved with Lelangue and those gangsters...... ain't good.

Edit: Gutierriez was that Phonak lad's name - just thought of it

speakin of the devil himself, Gutierrez coming out of retirement. Just what the sport needs, another unrepentant doper.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gutierrez-comes-out-of-retirement

 

[CinnamonBoy]

speakin of the devil himself, Gutierrez coming out of retirement. Just what the sport needs, another unrepentant doper.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gutierrez-comes-out-of-retirement

And his boss will be Santiago Botero who was also linked to Operacion Puerto. I always liked Botero actually, although I'd imagine every single Kelme rider was doped to the gills.

 

[rettucs]

They were. Sure wasn't that the team Jesus Manzano was with before he turned whistle-blower. They were dodgy as hell, as was subsequently proved when most of their top riders fell foul of one dope test or other. Heras, Botero, Sevilla, 3 cases in point. Sevilla had a really good showing in (I think) his first TdeF, won the white jersey, and within a year was serving his first doping suspension. He signed with that oh-so-dodgy Rock Racing team (which was basically like a haven for dopers) along with Tyler Hamilton, Botero and even Mario Cippolini at one stage. Where is Sevilla now? With that very same team Botero and Gutierriez are with. Actually come to think of it, didn't Lance sign Sevilla at one stage? Can't be sure of that but I seem to recall he did.

 

[rettucs]

Really bad crash in today's Giro stage. They're really fearing for one of the riders, Wouter Weylandt from Leopard Trek (the Schleck's new team). After 15 minutes he was still getting cardiac massage. Looks really bad for him. Poor lad.

come on Wouter. Pull through man

 

[rettucs]

He died. Shit.

RIP man.

 

[IFF]

yes i saw that on teletext. very sad

my sympathies to his wife and family.
according to cancellara's twitter feed, his wife was also pregnant

 

[rettucs]

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this is the descent they're all worried about for saturday's Giro stage. Looks pretty dangerous. Needless to say they'll all be a little more nervous than usual given what happened on stage 3.

 

[rettucs]

can someone please post this pic, cos its mad.

http://velonews.competitor.com/files/2011/05/LeopardcrashATOC5_511-026-660x453.jpg

thats Stefan Denifl and it happened in the tour of california last week. Hes perfectly ok, finished the race, etc. But fuck me, look how close he came to being the second leopard trek rider in 10 days to meet a tragic end.

 

[ann post]

yes, that is mad.

 

[magicbastarder]

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com//23052011/58/tondo-killed-garage-door.html

 

[IFF]

very saddened by tondo's death.
rip

also thank scutter. i hadn't seen a picture of the denifl accident

 

[rettucs]

the carnage continues

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jun/16/juan-mauricio-soler-tour-switzerland

hes on the same team that Xavier Tondo (the guy killed in the freak accident in his home) was on.

Not much word since yesterday on his injuries.

 

[IFF]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/soler-improving-slightly-but-still-in-induced-coma

improving slightly

 

[IFF]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mauricio-solers-life-no-longer-in-danger

Soler's life is no longer in danger according to his team

in other news, dan martin won a one day race in italy at the weekend

 

[rettucs]

cervelo fuckin pricks.

I hope they come nowhere and all their riders fail drugs tests

PRICKS

 

[rettucs]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ot...ance-2011-stage-nine-in-pictures.html?image=8


only click the above if you're not of a faint-hearted disposition

that picture was taken following a crash in yesterday's tour stage.