I propose there be two distinct classes in professional cycling. One no holds barred, doping, steroid taking, body modification mutant class (like professional wrestling) and one clean, regulated class. I read yesterday that some news papers and television channels are boycotting any coverage of the tour and only running articles about doping. Do you think that would happen in the US? Haha, what a joke, I’m surprised coverage in the US hasn’t increased!
Speaking of doping, this is a great article on the subject passed on to me by Plesko.
So yesterday, I was late getting out of work so I skipped the Wednesday night group ride and road the mountain bike at Deer Creek Canyon. I pushed off at 6:50PM and a big storm was rolling in…
I was far west enough that I just skirted it. I got hit with a lot of wind, periods of drizzle, and big crashing thunder. Luckily at Deer Creek there was a lot of tree cover. I hadn’t been to Deer Creek in two years, and I forgot how steep and technical parts of the climbs were. I did the upper west loop twice and the upper east loop once before heading back down as darkness descended. I took a pretty good digger around a sweeping turn in the sand. It was difficult to tell there was sand there because it was wet and dark from the rain. I gradually slid out and came down on rocks on my knee and hip.
Afterwards I still had some unfinished business at work. I tried to get it done from home but I was having endless network and computer problems so I had to head back into the office at 10PM, and was there until after midnight.
That’s all I can muster for the moment…
Sorry we missed ya but it looks like you had a good ride anyway. My ride down to GM was like yours, skirting storms the whole way.
A no holds barred tour class would be scarrrry. Guys would be dying right and left! Just look at the EPO introduction before testing could detect it