Cycling Fan's Documents

  • 3 p.

    Freiburg Report Details Cycling's Dark Side

    The findings of an independent commission have broken new ground on systemic doping on one of the sport's most successful teams. It has been revealed that two doctors from the Freiburg University Clinic ran an organised doping programme for the enormously successful German Telekom/T-mobile squad from 1995 to 2006. Cyclingnews' Susan Westemeyer reported.

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  • 2 p.

    Product at Centre of Armstrong Controversy Is Banned

    Actovegin, manufactured in Norway, contains deproteinized extracts of calf's blood. Injected into the body, it improves the circulation of oxygen in the blood in a manner similar to the banned drug EPO, or erythropoetin, which enhances endurance by boosting the production of oxygen-rich red blood cells. U.S Postal Team was found carrying this drug around with them. Ridiculous.

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  • 2 p.

    Investigators thinking of turning to RICO, a statue for mob prosecutions, in Lance Armstrong case

    Just like it says. From NY News Daily.

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  • 2 p.

    Lance Armstrong Has Much To Lose If He Fails Federal Scrutiny

    http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/brennan/2010-07-21-lance-ar... http://www.usatoday.com/cleanprint/?1279982322625 Lance Armstrong has much to lose if he fails federal scrutiny Updated 2d 10h ago moment one of the few non-cheating big names in the dirtiest sport on the planet. Memo to Lance: This is the Steroids Era in sports. You're an athlete who happens to be competing at this time. Deal with it. It's not only Landis who is accusing Armstrong of doping. Three-time Tour de France cha

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  • 4 p.

    Investigator Novitzky Pursues Lance Armstrong Doping Claims

    This article by TIME goes a bit indepth into the background of the federal investigations into sporting drug scandals. Also has interesting statements from Don Caitlin, one of the foremost doping experts in the country, saying that he believes such cases are usually very expensive affairs but in the end, athletes do not get anything more but a "slap on the hand"

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  • 2 p.

    Lance Armstrong Was Part Owner Of Tailwind Sports

    This article is special. It quotes Dan Osipow of the former Tailwind Sports directly saying that Lance Armstrong was a co-owner of the team. The recent lies from Armstrong stating otherwise is ridiculous! ESPN has a nice overview of the story here ; http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=5380225

    Category:LawReads:1,228Uploaded:07 / 18 / 2010Add to collection
  • 16 p.

    Drug Test

    Everybody knows that many athletes cheat by using performance-enhancing drugs like steroids, testosterone, and EPO. But what is it like to take these banned substances? Do they really help you win? To find out, Outside Magazine sent an amateur cyclist into the back rooms of sports medicine, where he just said yes to the most controversial chemicals in sports. Excellent article!

    Category:Health & MedicineReads:684Uploaded:07 / 11 / 2010Add to collection
  • 5 p.

    In Armstrong's World, Fear & Paranoia Prevail

    "According to the LeMonds, Julien Devriese, a bike mechanic who worked with both Mr. LeMond and Mr. Armstrong, told them that Mr. Armstrong's team kept mini-refrigerators, called "frigos," to store their drugs. They said he also told them about a training camp in the Pyrenees where Mr. Armstrong and others used "a secret product that no one else had and was undetectable."

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  • 3 p.

    Lance Armstrong Ponders Buying Tour

    Dated article in WSJ says : "According to his agent, Bill Stapleton, Mr. Armstrong had discussed the idea of buying the Tour with investors and remains interested in creating an organization that would run professional cycling and include the Tour." Big ideas from an alleged doper??

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  • 4 p.

    Hincapie & Hamilton Being Questioned By the Feds

    Sequel to the "Blood Brothers" article. The Fed's are questioning Hincapie and Tyler Hamilton as the doping probe widens in the United States. Hamilton hasn’t yet agreed to talk with investigators but did tell the Journal in an e-mail that he would offer "full cooperation" if subpoenaed. This could be the final death blow to the Armstrong-Bruyneel doping ring.

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