http://www.cyclismas.com/biscuits/us-postal-tour-de-france-squads-1999-2006/ a fresh take on cycling news and commentary Fri, 29 May 2015 20:10:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://www.cyclismas.com/biscuits/us-postal-tour-de-france-squads-1999-2006/#comment-663 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:41:55 +0000 http://www.cyclismas.com/?p=11060#comment-663 […] […]

]]> http://www.cyclismas.com/biscuits/us-postal-tour-de-france-squads-1999-2006/#comment-662 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:46:34 +0000 http://www.cyclismas.com/?p=11060#comment-662 […] a look at this great article about all the Armstrong teammates over the years.  Great […]

]]> http://www.cyclismas.com/biscuits/us-postal-tour-de-france-squads-1999-2006/#comment-661 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:10:38 +0000 http://www.cyclismas.com/?p=11060#comment-661 RichardG Matt didn’t ride the Tour de France for USPS, only the Vuelta.

]]> http://www.cyclismas.com/biscuits/us-postal-tour-de-france-squads-1999-2006/#comment-660 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:10:36 +0000 http://www.cyclismas.com/?p=11060#comment-660 Why is Matt White not on this list?

]]> http://www.cyclismas.com/biscuits/us-postal-tour-de-france-squads-1999-2006/#comment-659 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:40:18 +0000 http://www.cyclismas.com/?p=11060#comment-659 A short story …
You’re driving in a car, it’s a crappy car, but you don’t know why. You’ve never opened the door to check to see if anything’s wrong, you just keep driving up to the gas pump and asking the attendant to fill it up. When the shady looking attendant asks if they can do anything more for you, you say NO  emphatically, because you don’t trust him – your gas mileage stinks and you suspect he’s watering down the gas, plus the ride is terrible since you asked him to change the shocks but he’s the only station in town. When you go by pedestrians, they point at your car and some even try to flag you down, but you just bump along at your own pace, ignoring their shouts and signals. It’s been years and years since you had the car in for for a proper fix-up, that attendant said it was fine and it still runs, even if it is a slow, bumpy, rough ride.
Finally, a nice guy runs through the traffic, almost getting creamed by a big yellow truck to tell you … “Hey buddy, guess what? You have a flat tire!”
The tire’s flat, well it must have been flat for all these years … Hmm … It all seems to make sense now.
So, the CAR is CYCLING, we’re riding along getting fuel from the UCI at that suspicious gas station with the greasy attendants, where all they do is take your money and wave you on by so they can take in more customers. That nice guy who finally got your attention is USADA’s Tygart, but he’s one of many who have tried to warn you, like Kimmage and some of the brave riders like Simeoni …. that … CYCLING has been SICK … it’s been ill for some time. But, now you’re telling me you didn’t want to know or you don’t want to fix it?!?
“OK kids, back in the car! And Johnny make sure you take that white bag from that Italian doctor, ’cause you need your medication and Kris, pass out those pills in the tinfoil wrapper, someone close the window before the Wasps get in … Oh dear, we need fuel … I have to stop at that station again.”

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