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Date: 10 Aug 2007 18:52:55
From: Kenny
Subject: Discovery team to cease operations at season's end.
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Damn, I'll miss them.
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=2968544
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Date: 13 Aug 2007 07:08:47
From: Kenny
Subject: Re: Discovery team to cease operations at season's end.
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Didn't Discovery announce that this was their last
> year several months ago?
This was Discovery's last year as sponsor but know one new it was the
last time for the team.
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Date: 12 Aug 2007 22:36:30
From: Bob
Subject: Re: Discovery team to cease operations at season's end.
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On Aug 10, 9:40 pm, "Mike Kruger" <Mik...@mouse-potato.com > wrote:
> Ozark Bicycle wrote:
> > On Aug 10, 8:52 pm, Kenny <Postoas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Damn, I'll miss them.
>
> >>http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=2968544
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> > Opening sentence: "The Lance Armstrong era in cycling is over".
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> > Sounds like good news to me.
>
> So what's the count of former Postal / Discovery riders who are
> "questionable" or worse?
>
> Tyler Hamilton
> Floyd Landis
> Ivan Basso
> Contador
> (oh and that Armstrong guy)
>
> The above are, of curse, big riders who won big races. I'm not a big enough
> fan to keep track of those farther back in the pecking order.
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> They were terrific about not getting anybody caught while they were on the
> team. I'm not sure that's a compliment, though.
I'm not naive enough to believe that the peloton is drug free but if
you're going to list "questionable riders" I think it's only fair to
add a category to include the biggest question mark in professional
cycling- WADA's sloppy testing procedures and that agency's apparent
lack of interest in enforcing their own rules regarding
confidentiality and professional standards.
I'm all for banning riders that break clearly written and reasonable
rules. At the same time I don't think anyone that disregards
established lab standards for drug testing, leaks unverifiable lab
results, or defends those that do should be connected with WADA in any
fashion. Has Dick Pound discovered and fired the person that leaked
WADA documents to the press two years ago or cut all ties to the lab
that seems to lose almost as many samples as they manage to keep?
Regards,
Bob Hunt
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Date: 13 Aug 2007 05:57:41
From: catzz66
Subject: Re: Discovery team to cease operations at season's end.
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Till they clean racing up and it has a perception of integrity,
including the testing, there is not much reason to get behind it,
whether you are a potential fan or a sponsor, so it certainly has to
affect sponsors. Didn't Discovery announce that this was their last
year several months ago?
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Date: 10 Aug 2007 19:07:59
From: Ozark Bicycle
Subject: Re: Discovery team to cease operations at season's end.
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On Aug 10, 8:52 pm, Kenny <Postoas...@gmail.com > wrote:
> Damn, I'll miss them.
>
> http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=2968544
Opening sentence: "The Lance Armstrong era in cycling is over".
Sounds like good news to me.
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Date: 10 Aug 2007 21:40:51
From: Mike Kruger
Subject: Re: Discovery team to cease operations at season's end.
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Ozark Bicycle wrote:
> On Aug 10, 8:52 pm, Kenny <Postoas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Damn, I'll miss them.
>>
>> http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=2968544
>
> Opening sentence: "The Lance Armstrong era in cycling is over".
>
> Sounds like good news to me.
So what's the count of former Postal / Discovery riders who are
"questionable" or worse?
Tyler Hamilton
Floyd Landis
Ivan Basso
Contador
(oh and that Armstrong guy)
The above are, of curse, big riders who won big races. I'm not a big enough
fan to keep track of those farther back in the pecking order.
They were terrific about not getting anybody caught while they were on the
team. I'm not sure that's a compliment, though.
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