Category Archives: Doping

Cycling and Football

May 10, 2012

Cycling is a strange sport. It’s a sport for individuals organised under the guise of teams. Spectators aren’t required to pay to go and watch it. It’s very difficult to sit down and watch a race if you have no … Continue reading →

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The height of hypocrisy?

April 18, 2012

Two days ago it was announced that the ‘A’ sample of Denis Galimzyanov of Team Katusha, taken on the 22nd March, had contained the performance enhancing drug EPO. Rather than the usual blind denials and wacky excuses that we have … Continue reading →

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When is a reliable source reliable?

October 29, 2011

My Dad is a professional musician. He’s played the fiddle and mandolin on stage with the likes of Rory Gallagher, The Pogues, Van Morrison and The Waterboys. Recently he noticed that his name was listed on the Wikipedia page about … Continue reading →

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Riccardo Ricco in quotes

February 10, 2011

In the wake of the news that Riccardo Ricco has been admitted to hospital with kidney problems due to a self-administered blood transfusion, the following are a collection of quotes from Ricco himself, and from others discussing Ricco: June 2007 … Continue reading →

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The Impressionability of Youth

December 21, 2010

Recently I came across an exchange between cycling writer Shane Stokes and former doper Joe Papp on twitter. The conversation was to do with the possibility of declaring an amnesty on doping in cycling. An amnesty such as this, which … Continue reading →

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