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  • Commentary 6

    Call me a dinosaur

    While we continue to suffer from an alphabet soup of acronym overload, today’s news heralds the revival of one we all thought had been placed in cycling’s dustbin ...

    On December 11, 2012 / By
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    So just who is Dr. Jose Ibarguren Taus?

    This is an update of a personal blog I wrote in March/April of 2012. ~ @dimspace     Jose Ibarguren (Taus) and Italian pharmacist Guido Nigrelli, “between them procured, ...

    On December 10, 2012 / By
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    Who put me in charge?

    The World Tour is broken, the rankings are broken and nonsense, women’s cycling is struggling, race organisers are struggling, but fear not, I have a plan, a cunning ...

    On December 7, 2012 / By
  • Commentary 0

    2012, The Cycling Lexicon

    The past year we have seen a plethora of terms entering into the phrase book of cycling pundits, professionals, and fans alike. I am not talking about the ...

    On December 7, 2012 / By
  • Commentary 2

    The myth of cycling growth

    Growth, growth, and more growth. We keep hearing this mantra from our friends in Aigle, from team owners, from race organisers, and from sponsors. The UCI feels globalisation ...

    On November 19, 2012 / By
  • Commentary 3

    Lazy Lance Lounges

    by Todd Norbury aka @norbs You can read more of Todd’s writing here at his blog, Non Pro Cycling. Editor’s note:  we will continue to update this page as ...

    On November 14, 2012 / By
  • Commentary 0

    Litigants and the UCI: Just the beginning?

    After decades of bullying and intimidation by the UCI, have we started to see the shift? Are those who have been “oppressed” during that time starting to remove ...

    On November 5, 2012 / By
  • Commentary 2

    Will Lance Armstrong plead the Fifth?

    by Anna Zimmerman Once again, we managed to tear @ZimmermanAnna away from feverishly tapping out her epic tome in order to focus all 150 watts of her awesomeness on the ...

    On November 5, 2012 / By
  • Commentary 5

    Roche, the UCI and the media scrum

    This piece first appeared in Irish Peloton on 1 November 2012 * * * * * It’s been almost three weeks since USADA released their reasoned decision in their case ...

    On November 3, 2012 / By
  • Commentary 3

    Kimmage Defense Fund: Official Statement

    As announced by the UCI in a statement, the UCI Management Committee have today determined, among other things, that the action against Paul Kimmage has been “suspended” pending ...

    On October 26, 2012 / By