Le Tour 2008
#1
Posted 30 June 2008 - 07:50 PM
The Farce of the Tour de France.
Ná glac pioc comhairle gan comhairle ban.
I'll trying being nicer, if you try being smarter.
#2
Posted 30 June 2008 - 11:13 PM
on a more positive note, i cant wait for saturday's stage one. no prologue this year. it should be fun.
#3
Posted 01 July 2008 - 12:34 AM
Plus, everyone on Astana is clean. They've got a vendetta against Bruyneel.
Because Astana was previously cleared by cycling's international governing body, the ASO's decision, backed by the French federation, has led to a nasty little fight among the organizations. The French federation has been suspended, and the Tour de France, amazingly enough, is no longer listed on the international calendar. This is somewhat like the World Series operating as a wildcat tournament without sanctioning from Major League Baseball.
Ná glac pioc comhairle gan comhairle ban.
I'll trying being nicer, if you try being smarter.
#4
Posted 09 July 2008 - 06:38 PM
For every drug test they come up with someone is going to find away around it, or try to get around it. Go back and look at the history of the tour or sports for that matter and see all the different ways people tried to cheat.
Edit: One could argue that it's been a 'farce' for years, no matter who's riding in it.
#5
Posted 11 July 2008 - 02:39 PM
http://tour-de-franc...eltran-positive
(you'll have to scan down the page)
#6
Posted 11 July 2008 - 03:39 PM
#7
Posted 11 July 2008 - 07:55 PM
But Bardgal is the one you should be talking to.
tm
#8
Posted 11 July 2008 - 08:22 PM
What you talkin' 'bout? We're up watching every morning (well, the last 15 miles) then TIVO the rest for later. GO TEAM COLUMBIA!!! GO TEAM GARMIN CHIPOTLE!!!! (the two new American teams)
But Bardgal is the one you should be talking to.
tm
Hah! Same here. I eat my cereal on the couch and watch the last half hour every morning, I usually catch the rest later that evening.
Beltran busted!
#9
Posted 11 July 2008 - 11:02 PM
Wake me when its over, and fill me in on all the drama.Where is everyone!?
This is more of a soap opera than a sporting event.
#10
Posted 16 July 2008 - 11:31 PM
#11
Posted 16 July 2008 - 11:42 PM
The Tour needs to make it where the riders have guns. THAT would be fun.
tm
#12
Posted 17 July 2008 - 09:03 AM
And Astana - with ZERO riders ever testing positive, not invited to the Tour.
Whatever.
I'm still sucked in. Nothing more gorgeous than France in July, wish I was there.
Ná glac pioc comhairle gan comhairle ban.
I'll trying being nicer, if you try being smarter.
#13
Posted 17 July 2008 - 11:46 AM
Ricco - 2 stage winner in the tour. GONE. Tested positive for Cera (3rd generation of EPO) team Saunier-Duval withdraws.
And Astana - with ZERO riders ever testing positive, not invited to the Tour.
Whatever.
I'm still sucked in. Nothing more gorgeous than France in July, wish I was there.
No surprise here, they were cleaning up on the last mountain stages. Who was that SD rider 'Bobo' who came in second on a mountain stage with his team mate Piepoli??
BOBO!??? I'm surprised a CSC rider hasn't failed a test yet.
Ullrich or Basso never tested positive...or Jonathon Vaughters.
I love it nonetheless.
There will always be new drugs... http://tour-de-franc...-team-withdraws
Edit: I remember BOBO!! He was in Avail! I saw them at the Palace many moons ago.
#14
Posted 18 July 2008 - 03:14 PM
Cavendish with four stage wins? FOUR? When does his positive test come back?
These long flat stages are boring really, they ride 113 miles just to have the sprinters hammer it out in the last couple of K's.
Bring me the Alps.
#15
Posted 19 July 2008 - 11:56 AM
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