Tag Archives: Dopage

L’Affaire d’Armstrong and the fallout

The work of the United States Anti-Doping Agency on behalf of cycling and sport in general was revealed Wenesday in staggering detail. The organisation became the first anti-doping agency ever…

Dopers Anonymous

Jon: Hi guys my name is Jon and I’ll be leading this dopers anonymous sesh today, so gather round peeps. Now, this is a team exercise and everyone needs to…

The case against Lance Armstrong: Exactly where it needs to be

In the past week it was widely reported that the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) had opened an investigation into Lance Armstrong and others associated with him for various anti-doping violations during his…

What the Armstrong doping charges mean to the sport of cycling

The past week has proved to be an interesting one with the leak to the media of USADA letters indicating that organisation’s intention to pursue an investigation that will no…

Riishomon: A Hero’s Tale (Part 4)

We’ve looked at the version of the 1996 Tour de France as it was reported at the time (part 1 and part 2). We’ve looked at the sensible justifications offered…

Vinokourov declares “I will be bigger saint than Thomas Aquinas”

Current professional cyclist/soon-to-be-team-manager/road-coach/future politician Alexandre Vinokourov took to Facebook today to add an additional declaration to his already ambitious future plans.   “It is my attention to declaration that I…

Sharing The Cost Of Policing Cycling’s Doping Problem (Part 12 in a series)

From the reality of revenue sharing we now turn to sharing the costs. In this twelfth part of our continuing series looking at some of the key aspects of the…

Cycling Tweeters Index of Suspicion, Beijing Edition October 4th, 2011

Big changes to this edition, some new, some not so new, and others that have raised eyebrows. The cycling tweeters are in high gear as we head into Beijing on…

The Overlord’s Dispatches from the Throne Volume 28

We are winning the war. The war against dopers. This victory has been a monumental achievement in my reign as the supreme Overlord of all that is cycling.    …

The Overlord’s Dispatches from the Throne Volume 26

This week’s episode marks six months of writing as the character known as the @UCI_Overlord on twitter. What started as a parody of Pat McQuaid, the current head of the…