I think at this stage they should nearly just draw a line under the past and start again. Everybody in cycling will have taken something, knowingly or not, over the years. If you dig deep enough then the whole existence of the sport is a joke. Draw a line now, if you get caught then your banned for life...zero tolerance...its the only way they will learn
There are no stupid questions, just stupid people
You can also ride with Nico later in the year. From his twitter ...Originally Posted by Viigand
"Great news there will be the first "nicolas roche classic" in around dublin on 6th of oct, every level cyclist welcome. More info soon"
"Just to be clear, Poite is an idiot" The Plastic Paddy 11-04-2012
15:46*Lead of 7 minutes for:
Javier RAMIREZ ABEJA(Andalucía),*
Amaël MOINARD(BMC Racing Team),
*Javier Francisco ARAMENDIA LORENTE(Caja Rural),*
Mickaël BUFFAZ*(Cofidis),
*Cameron MEYER(Orica-GreenEdge) and
*Martijn KEIZER*(Vacansoleil-DCM).
Update in Vuelta today....mountain stage. still couple of hours to go.
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
Gap was up over 9mins....down under 3mins now...big push by Sky
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
Sky still pushing high pace....lead down to 2.30
Only final climb to go <10km
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
Peloton getting busted open as final climb starts
richie porte doing the grunt work for sky....lead to 4 leaders down to 2mins
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
Gap 1.18 ...uran and porte driving sky on....impressive climbing
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
5km to go..... Peloton down to 25ish...roche still there....gap close to 1 min
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
4km to go...climb at 15%....ouch...
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
Expecting a kick from froome soon.....10sec behind gc.......Peloton splitting again....valverde makes the break
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
Leader (Meyer on his own) only 26sec out in front....froome closes gap back to valverde...and goes again with contador
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
That burst by froome and contador swallows up leader...gap back to valverde and rodriquez......roche behind that again
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
Froome contador rodriquez valverde...leaders in.gc all back. together....
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
Contador goes......pulls out25m......jeez this is tough
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
Stage win for valverde....huge last 100m by him to reel in contador on line......froome lost 14 sec in last 300m..to other 3
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
Roche 45sec back i think from winner...i think...not confirmed
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
Roche finished 1.02 down ..12th in stage....so loses a little time on 5 ahead of him....brutal climb...
Roche down one place to 7th overall ..... 2.14 behind leader
rodriquez leading
froome at 33"
Contador at 40"
Valverde at 50"
Gesink 1.41
Moreno 1.48
Roche 2.14
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
Roche had a mechanical at the beginning of the 2nd last climb. Considering that he did well to keep the losses down
The only thing lance is on is his bike 6 hours a day, busting his ass, what are you on?
Didn't realise that TG....i was looking at live streaming on Spanish website...my spanish not that good...Didnt notice Roches mechanical issue...but he was definitely there with main riders at start of final climb...did well so.
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
I didn't see it myself, just going on what was said on boards.ie. It may have taken a lot of out him to get back to the pack before the final climb. Small things can make a big difference at that level. He's in great form at the moment. Outside chance of top 5, 7th at the moment.
The only thing lance is on is his bike 6 hours a day, busting his ass, what are you on?
Defending Champion Levi Leipheimer of Omega Pharma-QuickStep Takes the Overall Lead of the 2012 USA Pro Challenge Heading into Final Day of racing
Boulder, Colo.*(Aug. 25, 2012) – In a battle to the finish, Stage 6 of the*2012 USA Pro Challenge
*came to a close when Rory Sutherland (AUS) of the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team crossed the line at the top of Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder first, followed by Fabio Aru (ITA) of Astana Pro Team and Jens Voigt (GER) of RadioShack-Nissan-Trek. In what has been a constant battle for the overall lead, Defending Champion Levi Leipheimer (USA) of Omega Pharma-QuickStep heads into the final day of the race wearing the Exergy Leader Jersey, nine seconds up on Christian Vande Velde (USA) of Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda and 21 seconds ahead of Tejay van Garderen (USA) of BMC Racing Team.
http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/
all comes down to final time trial today ....liepheimer only 21sec on TJ VAN Garderen.
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
Climbs like that encourage dopers. Thought it was inhuman.
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It was steep and undulating ...ranging from 7deg up to 15deg....but relatively short at 7km...alpe dhuez is double that or the really brutal.ventoux in the alps which nearly. 23k......but none the less a brutal climb.
On roche his climbing has improved over the summer since his first few days in the alps in tdf.
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
Stage update Vuelta
The escapees in the GC
Mickaël BUFFAZ 45th at 17:11
Bertjan LINDEMAN 168th at 01:05:35
Javier CHACON 172nd at 01:06:46
Martijn MAASKANT 176th at 01:08:27
Lead of 3'48''
buffaz was in yesterdays breakaway too, that's was eventually caught.
Two hard days for him in saddle.
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
30km to go...gap down to 40sec
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
RODRIGUEZ, JoaquinKAT34h 44' 55'
FROOME, ChristopherSKY+ 53''
CONTADOR, AlbertoSTB+ 1' 00''
VALVERDE, AlejandroMOV+ 1' 07''
GESINK, RobertRAB+ 2' 01''
MORENO, DanielKAT+ 2' 08''
ROCHE, NicolasALM+ 2' 34''
ANTON, IgorEUS+ 3' 07''
Gc at end of today stage...
Rodriquez took another little bit of time out of rivals today...looks strong. Roche still 7th
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
Just seen tweet from eurosport ...US pro cycling challenge final stage time trial on eurosport now for any cycle fans...current standing on post #651
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
Had a nice day for the Sean Kelly tour of Waterford on Sunday, finished the 100km route in just over three and a half hours which I was reasonably happy with. Even had a sandwich and a cup of tea with the man himself afterwards! Next up is the Chain Gang 150km Blasket Blast in September. Anyone else doing that one? It is on the same day as the Rebel tour in Cork which is a pity as I'd like to have done that too.
viigand ...a mate of mine is moving home ....and he's into cycling day events like the ones you.mentioned.. is there a web site where these events are advertised through out the country??
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
I think they are listed on the cycling Ireland website as leisure cycles.
Anybody who sees a psychiatrist would want their head examined.*&nb sp;Henry Ford
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