Leipheimer, Tygart, and Why We Don’t Need Amnesty

For all the criticism that has been heaped on Travis Tygart for being tough, the guy has a tremendous soft side. Levi Leipheimer, of all people, brought it out in him. Leipheimer, who seems to […]

Wants to spend more time with family

It has to be one of the oldest excuses in the book of severing work relationships.  It means “we’re not going to talk about it,” but since the excuse was played out when John Mitchell […]

History Disappeared

As of this moment, Amaury Sport Organization, parent company of the Tour de France, has scrubbed the years 1999-2005 from their “history” pages of the Tour de France. I guess it’s the easiest course of […]

Nighttime motorpacing on swiss highways

Just about every weird-seeming theory floated by friends and acquaintances in reference to Lance Armstrong and doping in Euro’ bike racing have been proven true. Two have yet to make the jump from being nuts […]

Mea Culpa

Mea culpa. I was certainly trying to capitalize on Lance Armstrong’s popularity when I pitched a book idea on the Tour de France to major publishers in the early aughts. I wanted to do a […]