thank you

a public thank you for the well written race reports...

now that is out of the way...

a subject i've been trying to ignore but after just clicking on Cyclingnews and seeing the "breaking news link" for the second day... WTF...

Floyd sounds like he's cooked. Sure the results were LEAKED yet again, but ya know if there is synthetic crap in there well... that just ain't fucking good is it...

And Basso? Suspended by Disco? Go Figure. Here's the thing. They KNEW he was tainted goods. They PROCLAIMED that he was a clean rider and that they would never sign anyone that they doubted... WHY THE FUCK ARE THEY SUSPENDING HIM? I guess they don't believe his innocence anymore? "What I think" is right. The classics kick ass - doped to the gills you can still get stuck behind a train, crash, flat, break a steer tube on your fork and it don't matter.

Basso always seemed a bit slimy to me. I wouldn't have signed him if i was running Disco. But it is a good thing i am not, i'd prolly have a hard time believing Lance is 100% clean. All those tales of phantom motorcycle riders with coolers full of blood driving from stage to stage ensuring Lance has a good supply of fresh RBCs... I mean not lance. Sorry, he never used the stuff. Wait. Legally, publically, the only lines he has ever uttered were:
"I am the most tested cyclist in the world and i have never tested positive for performance enhancing drugs."

Duh. Never TESTED positive. He has never said (I could have missed it tho) "I have never USED performance enhancing drugs" nor has he said "I have never USED the practice of blood doping."

Maybe it is just his genetics. His oversized heart lungs and VO2Max. The fact that he is a massive mesomorph rigidly trimmed down to an ectomorph frame (solo - Doug the climber ain't the only meso who can climb) should also be thrown in there.

Did Disco/Basso do the right thing in pulling out of the Fleche and L-B-L? Does it matter?

For one thing it strengthens my position/feeling that the real stories in cycling belong to the Solobreaks and the like. Color commentary from What I thinks and CTodds... Toss in a few Megs Murats and Peanuts and ya got yourself a bike racing smorgasborg(sic) of reading to satisfy any seeking of cycling related literature.

To switch gears - GeWilli is proud to announce he will attempt to meet the standards set out by the afore and oft mentioned Solobreak with regards to the bike racer haircut... Before and after pictures? maybe... FatMarc has done that already, and well i unintentionally usurped his closing tag of "respect" i may intentionally pull a haircut parallel posting after lunch... or before lunch...

respect
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