This is sooooo gnarly. But looking back over the last month or so, the path to the latest professional cycling crisis was pretty clear. 
This past May, the LIberty Seguros team's chief architect Manolo Saiz, along with four others, were arrested in in Madrid on doping charges. Since then the Unidad Centro Operativo's (UCO) Operación Puerto has moved swiftly toward this day—not coincidentally the day before the Tour de France starts.
Okay, I'm preaching to the choir here, but try to imagine the starting five from both the Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks (including Shaquille O'Neil, Dirk Nowitzki, and Dwyane Wade) getting suspended the day before the NBA finals and you kind of brush up against the shockwave that professional cycling and all of European sport is feeling this morning—the eve of cycling's biggest and most prestigious grand tour. 
Shit's getting hectic.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Ivan Baso, Jan Ulrich, Oscar Sevilla, Francisco Mancebo kicked out of Tour de France before it even starts
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7 comments:
gotta love the nba comparison.
Subtle as an anoymous sledgehammer.
I love it,
what's a good site to find out which bikes the tour riders use? brand, model, and all other tech info about their bikes.
Sad.
i think you need about 10 more "O's" in "soooooooo gnarly"
Is that all. They should just suspend all Pro Tour Riders.
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