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Rabobank has just released a report stating that Tour de France rider Michael Rasmussen concealed his whereabouts and tried to get Rabobank to go along with him:
On April 24, a member of the Rabobank team board of directors sent Rasmussen an e-mail concerning airline tickets for a training period in the Pyrenees [...]

Patrik Sinkewitz, the T-Mobile cyclist who was kicked out of the Tour de France 2007 for testing positive, is telling all, at least, his version of events in this interview with the German magazine, Der Spiegel. He says everyone is doing it and denying they’re doing it, hoping they don’t get caught. A very interesting [...]

The Tour de France parcours for 2008 has been posted. For an extensive commentary, go to Pezcycling.

Alberto Contador says he will be riding for Astana in 2008 and 2009. Contador is part of the Discovery team that is disbanding at the end of this season because Disco is no longer sponsoring cycling.

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Today I read about the tragic, but completely predictable fate of Marion Jones, Olympic superstar, who has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs over the course of her brilliant career. She pleaded guilty to perjury charges in connection with a case that the government is bringing against her former coach, Trevor Graham, who has been supplying [...]

A bit of surprising news. Johan Bruyneel, manager of the Discovery Team, is going to Astana together with Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer. The Discovery Team is disbanding at the end of this season because Discovery is no longer sponsoring cycling teams. I wonder what will happen if organizers of certain races such as the [...]

Paolo Bettini won the 2008 2007 World Championship in Stuttgart for the second time in a row amidst boos and hisses, and only days after a judge ordered the race organizers to allow Bettini into the competition. The reason: Bettini refused to sign an anti-doping pledge that the organizers had imposed on all competitors. Many [...]