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Armstrong Confesses!

How good would it be if it were the case. Might even stop the flame war between the believers and those that think he is a filthy lying cheat. Today, jaded from the last few days avalanche of information, I … Continue reading

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Matt White Admits Doping – Media Release

This just hit the news. MEDIA RELEASE 13 October 2012 Statement Regarding USADA Report and My Time at US Postal Service Team I am aware my name has been mentioned during talks that USADA has had with former team mates … Continue reading

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Tour de Kids Plus Charity Ride – Day 6

Day 6 – Would you like grit with that? This morning I woke up and saw how dark it was and thought, “you beauty, a few more hours sleep”. And then the alarm went off. Weird. I dragged myself out … Continue reading

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The Pro Armstrong Peloton

Early this evening, I posted this to Twitter… Maybe it is just me, but there seems to be a deafly silence form the current peloton. At least @thejensie denied ever doping. — norbs (@norbs) October 11, 2012 Deafly? It has … Continue reading

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Gold from the USADA Bonus DVD

[View the story “usada” on Storify] usada Storified by norbs · Wed, Oct 10 2012 23:11:10 From an IM between Vaughters and Andreu as part of USADA evidence… http://imageshack.us/a/img846/3366/screenshot20121011at452.jpgnorbs Levi didn’t mince words. http://imageshack.us/a/img10/4082/screenshot20121011at303.jpgnorbs LA never tested positive – "Hincapie … Continue reading

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Hincapie Admits to Doping.

Well, the crap has started to hit the fan. George Hincapie has released a statement today via his attorney. He just tweeted the following. My statement georgehincapie.com/news/Statement… — ghincapie (@ghincapie) October 10, 2012 George Hincapie’s statement, released October 10, 2012: … Continue reading

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Tour de Kids Plus Charity Bike Ride – Day 5

Day 5 – Dangerous Dave. Is He Doping? The snap my back made just after I woke up and had my pre get-out-of-bed-stretch, was a huge relief. The same sort of relief as answering a private number and finding out … Continue reading

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Danny Macaskill Has Competition

Martyn Ashton takes the £10k carbon road bike used by Team Sky’s Bradley Wiggins & Mark Cavendish for a ride with a difference. With a plan to push the limits of road biking as far as his lycra legs would … Continue reading

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Tour de Kids Charity Bike Ride – Day 4

Day 4 – The Day the Wind Would Have Blown The Stink Off a Turd Proving that the cosmos, God or the weather bureau has a sense of humour, today was hard, hard work. Naracoorte to Horsham, turned out to … Continue reading

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