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Jul. 1, 2009The Explainer - Signing away your rights
Dear Explainer, I just read in the local paper that a county judge hearing a lawsuit against the Tour de 'Toona ruled that a waiver, signed by a woman who was later injured and paralyzed in an accident at that race, will keep her from recovering ...
Jun. 17, 2009The Explainer - What happened to the lifetime ban?
Dear Explainer, I read with interest the story about Tyler Hamilton’s eight-year suspension from cycling. In the article you mention also that Geneviève Jeanson accepted a 10-year ban ...
Jun. 8, 2009The Explainer - Getting that ol' EPO boost
Dear VeloNews,Could you please forward this to your ombudsman? I find it rather disturbing, perhaps even ironic, that a cycling news publication such as yours has an advertisement for a forbidden doping product - but there it ...
Jun. 3, 2009Fred's Eye View: How to do a road race road trip, on a budget.
The mission was simple: cram my Subaru with enough bikes, tubes, wheels and chamois to outfit Astana, and drive 360 rugged miles from Boulder to the other end of Colorado. Spend three days surfing couches, mooching beer and otherwise freeloading my ...
Jun. 3, 2009The Explainer - Who decides what's "safe?"
Dear Explainer, By now, we’ve all probably seen the crash that highlighted the final kilometer of this year’s Giro d’Italia. While I was actually hoping for Danilo Di Luca to pull off a miracle win, I am pleased that he didn’t do it by ...
May. 27, 2009The Explainer - Radiohead
Dear Explainer, Have racing tactics changed with the advent of race radios as riders now all seem to be communicating directly with team cars? Do you think the riders race more conservatively, knowing the whereabouts of their opponents or do radios ...
May. 20, 2009The Explainer - Giro questions to ponder
Dear Readers, While doing Live Updates during the Giro d’Italia this past week, I am pleased to see that our new update tool offers readers the chance to chime in with questions during our coverage. We do get to read all of them and I often try ...
Apr. 29, 2009How Lance Armstrong’s decision to race Gila unintentionally hurt Team BMC
By the time you are reading this, Lance Armstrong and his Astana teammates — sorry, Mellow Johnny’s teammates — Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner have completed the opening stage of the SRAM Tour of the Gila, in New Mexico. To no one’s ...
Apr. 29, 2009Who are those guys?
Dear Explainer,My question is a combination of a rant and query. I just read about the UCI’s decision not to allow the Astana team to ride the Tour of the Gila and it got me wondering. Who made them the boss? Under what authority are they ...
Apr. 16, 2009The Explainer - Help wanted
Dear Explainer,What does one do in order to secure a job as a cycling team soigneur? What are the qualifications? What are the limitations? What are the pros and cons?Thanks,David Barr Hello David,Well, I have to ...
Apr. 14, 2009Andrew Hood previews the upcoming week's Euro action.
It’s time for pedal-bashers like Tom Boonen and Stijn Devolder to head to the beach. For anyone with some gas left in the tank, there’s still some unfinished business at Sheldeprijs, typically the final sendoff for riders like Boonen before ...
Apr. 10, 2009Dog Breath: Toujours la France
"Was winning the Tour seven times that offensive?!?" — Lance Armstrong firing a bon-mot shot at the French via Twitter Back in the day, we used to joke that OLN was the Only Lance ...

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