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creekster · 07-25-2007, 09:41 PM

http://www.velonews.com/tour2007/det...s/12944.0.html

I can't believe it. This tour is the most bizarre ever.

RC Vikings · 07-25-2007, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by creekster

http://www.velonews.com/tour2007/det...s/12944.0.html

I can't believe it. This tour is the most bizarre ever.

Unfreakinbelievable. It does bring a smile to my face.

creekster · 07-25-2007, 09:52 PM

Mine too. Levi is on the podium unless he really stinks it up. PLus, if he goes crazy and contador or evans fades, he could go to 2nd. A great result for him, and hoepfully a great result for a clean tour in the future.

RC Vikings · 07-25-2007, 10:04 PM

Gotta give some props to Rabobank and Breukink for doing the right thing.

creekster · 07-25-2007, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by RC Vikings

Gotta give some props to Rabobank and Breukink for doing the right thing.

I have mixed feelings about this. According to some sources Rabbobank has no new information but instead is acting on the same information they had at the start of the tour. Rabbobank says they have learned that Rasmussen was in Italy instead of Mexico when he missed out of comp tests. IF they had that info on July 1, then I give them no props at all. If they learned some of it later, then perhaps they do deserve some praise.

The happiest guy baout all this is probably Moreni, who will not even be discussed now.

MikeWaters · 07-26-2007, 01:47 PM

has steroids hurt baseball? no.

il Padrino Ute · 07-26-2007, 02:28 PM

Baseball is America's pasttime. Cycling, while getting more popular, is still seen by many as a European sport.

Still, you're correct. Steroids haven't hurt baseball too much, but it has damaged what people think of individual players. Perhaps this will be what happens in cycling as well.

creekster · 07-26-2007, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam

Two teams pulling out. The yellow and certian winner axed in the last week. The prerace favorite and fan favorite blatently cheating and getting caught. Former winner admitting to using drugs when he won. Another positive test on old Armstrong samples. Last year's winner losing his appeal.

Cycling is in shambles. Hard core fans will continue, but the casual fan, the fans cycling needs to become a relevant sport in America, will walk away until they can clean up the game.

You guys aren't giving these scandals enough weight I think. IMHO this will set back the sport to pre-Lance levels of interest.

You could be right, but I think the truth is in the middle. This sort of thing has happened before in cycling, unfortunately. The Festina affair in 98 was HUGE. Simpson died in the middle of a stage on Mt. Ventoux in '68 (or abour then). We never heard about these events in the USA. The difference now, post Lance,t can be seen by the fact hat Rasmussen's withdrawal is in all sports reports around the country. I certainly agree that this will seriously impair the sport's credibility among casual fans, but I don't see total interest levels retunring to pre-Lance levels. It will not go back that far.

MikeWaters · 07-26-2007, 02:33 PM

cycling's popularity is gradually increasing, as is soccer's.

Tour of California had their most successful iteration this past year.

A 2nd American sponsor is rumored to be going for the tour next year (slipstream?).

07-25-2007, 09:41 PM	#1
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	Rasmussen Is Gone! http://www.velonews.com/tour2007/det...s/12944.0.html I can't believe it. This tour is the most bizarre ever. __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.

07-25-2007, 09:52 PM	#3
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	Mine too. Levi is on the podium unless he really stinks it up. PLus, if he goes crazy and contador or evans fades, he could go to 2nd. A great result for him, and hoepfully a great result for a clean tour in the future. __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.

07-26-2007, 02:28 PM	#7
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Baseball is America's pasttime. Cycling, while getting more popular, is still seen by many as a European sport. Still, you're correct. Steroids haven't hurt baseball too much, but it has damaged what people think of individual players. Perhaps this will be what happens in cycling as well. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

07-25-2007, 10:04 PM	#4
RC Vikings Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rexburg, Idaho Posts: 2,236	Gotta give some props to Rabobank and Breukink for doing the right thing.

07-26-2007, 01:47 PM	#6
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,367	has steroids hurt baseball? no.

07-26-2007, 02:33 PM	#9
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,367	cycling's popularity is gradually increasing, as is soccer's. Tour of California had their most successful iteration this past year. A 2nd American sponsor is rumored to be going for the tour next year (slipstream?).