Pellizotti, Valjavec and Prado. A joke, frogmen and hemorrhoids.
Despite his illegal EPO usage, the UCI should be sending BMC Racing’s Thomas Frei a big thank-you note, a magnum of champagne, some chocolates, a gift certificate to Rapha, Cyclepassion 201o calendar,...
View ArticleFranco Pellizotti in talks with 16 ProTour teams.
Franco Pellizotti is a busy, busy man. Having escaped the clutches and sanctions of the UCI and its suddenly shaky biological passport, the Italian is now in talks with Team Sky, Astana, Geox, Movistar...
View ArticleUCI unable to collect from Di Luca, Rasmussen & Vino.
Danilo Di Luca, Mr Discount Suspension, Mr “I Named No Names,” winner of CONI’s “best looking informant” contest, still owes the UCI 280,000 euros in fines. That’s $389,270 and change for those scoring...
View ArticleThe gradual dissing of the UCI.
Is the UCI losing control over teams with riders under suspicion of doping? The Vacansoleil squad is officially listing Ezequiel Mosquera on its 25 roaster for 2011. This despite Mosquera testing...
View ArticleBugno says Pellizotti’s a victim of UCI blackmail. So what?
Is blackmail such a bad thing? Helicopter pilot and head of the professional riders’ union (CPA), Gianni Bugno said that Franco Pellizotti is the victim of mail that is black. “Pelli is paying for the...
View ArticleGrab Bag Wednesday. All the cycling news fit to pontificate.
Never mind that Riccardo Riccò’s soigneur Flavio Mongiardo denies involvement in the Italian’s botched blood transfusion. Or that the he claims Ricco is “an exceptional person,” which is comedy times...
View ArticleOminous signs: Pellizotti confident, Testa lukewarm.
Two disturbing signals: The former Polka Dot, Franco Pellizotti is confident enought of a win at the Court for Arbitration for Sport that he fully expects to race Tirreno-Adriatico next Tuesday. “I...
View ArticleCAS suspends Pellizotti. New hairsyle fails.
No Movistar. Biological passport saved. Italy’s Franco Pellizotti has been suspended for two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport after it upheld an appeal by the UCI. Patrick McQuaid is dancing...
View ArticlePellizotti finds new home in bad neighborhood.
What — there wasn’t an open spot at Miche? Was anybody too terribly surprised to see that doper Franco Pellizotti found a home at Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela? Welcome back Franco, hey, the blood...
View ArticleAstana & Pat McQuaid. Rule breakers
File under the more cycling changes, the more it stays the same. Your honor, today we present two scofflaws: Astana’s head honcho Alexander Vinokourov and UCI president Patrick McQuaid. Astana...
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