Posted on July 26, 2007 by coachjoeenglish
In the wake of the seemingly endless drug scandals at the Tour de France, the on-going investigations into drug use in baseball and track, and the not-so-distant drug case at the Ironman World Championships a few years ago, everyone is talking about drugs in sport today. Honestly, I wish we didn’t have to spend any [...]
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Posted on July 25, 2007 by coachjoeenglish
It’s been a tough week at the Tour de France. First Alexander Vinoukorov and his Astana team were sent home for a blood doping violation. Now, today after an amazing performance in this morning’s Tour action, Michael Rasmussen is on his way home as well.
This has been an unprecendent time for cycling. Over the [...]
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Posted on July 24, 2007 by coachjoeenglish
In a very sad turn of events at the Tour de France, Alexander Vinokourov and his Astana Cycling team have withdrawn from the grand tour due to a suspected blood doping violation. Sources are reporting that an initial blood sample taken after his stage victory on Saturday in the individual time trial has come back [...]
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Posted on July 18, 2007 by coachjoeenglish
I don’t mean to be a jerk or anything and I hate to pick on people while they’re down. But I heard something that caught my attention this morning that’s got me a little put off.
During their daily Tour de France coverage, Versus is playing a promotional message exclaiming with great excitement: “Who will [...]
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Posted on July 18, 2007 by coachjoeenglish
I don’t mean to be a jerk or anything and I hate to pick on people while they’re down. But I heard something that caught my attention this morning that’s got me a little put off.
During their daily Tour de France coverage, Versus is playing a promotional message exclaiming with great excitement: “Who will [...]
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Posted on July 12, 2007 by coachjoeenglish
I sat down to write a piece questioning why the mainstream media ignores endurance sports. It’s not everyday that you flip on the tube and catch a running of a marathon somewhere in the world. There’s a large audience, and it’s a valuable one, so why aren’t we seeing more of these events on TV. [...]
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Posted on July 10, 2007 by coachjoeenglish
With the Tour de France stretching out over a period of 21 days, you may be asking which days are the ones to watch. Of course, some of this depends on how the race shapes up, but there are a couple of days that are always fun: the mountain stages and the time trials.
Mountain stages [...]
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Posted on July 6, 2007 by coachjoeenglish
Get those Tivos fired up, it’s time for the Tour de France!
Sure, I write almost exclusively about running and triathlon, but Tour de France time is still one of the greatest times of the year.
Being able to watch the excitement of one of the world’s great endurance events unfold over the course of three [...]
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