Snow, mud, sleet, baked goods from The Bikery, Brasa burritos Surly beer, and various other beverages consumed from flasks and bottles throughout the course. All in all it was a great day.
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Andy Schleck Photo Coutesy of Team Saxo Bank
Today was was bittersweet. In spite of Andy Schleck’s inspired win over the peloton and Alberto Contador, cycle fans couldn’t leave doping out of today’s discussion. “Look at Armstrong without the performance enhancing drugs” he’s not nearly as impressive! Let me make my doping position clear, anything that endangers an athletes health behind the inherent dangers of the sport I consider a much more serious danger to the sport itself. The fact that a football player competing at the high school level might be compelled to take medical risks just to position themselves competitively with other college prospects makes these drugs extremely dangerous. In any sport that recruits competitors from the junior ranks, drugs enhancing performance must be discouraged. Continue reading »
