The Juice: Way To Go Dick
10 Sep 2010, written by moto 4 Comments41 year old twat waffle Duane “Dewey” Dickey get s lifetime ban for popping EPO and other performance enhancing medicines, and for failing to cooperate with an out of competition test by USADA. Read all about it in the Velo News. Let’s just say, when you have been racing as long as I have, you hear rumors. And we’ve all heard the rumors.
Why is this significant, that a little known local legend from the midwest gets a lifetime ban? It’s significant to me, because when friends and family members ask me with disbelief “do you really think local guys are doping just to be top cat in the local race series, I always have a tough time being emphatic solely based on just hearsay and rumors. This is sad really, I don’t know this guy, but generally don’t give much credit to lifetime cheats. You cheat all your life (or most of it), you should get a lifetime ban. Scratch another name from the 40+ Masters Nationals start list in Bend next summer! It might just be me and you, Timmer.
Chiming In On Cheating
13 Jun 2010, written by moto 4 CommentsThis shitstorm was opened back in April, regarding the currently suspended masters phenom, Kenny Williams, who was suspended for a positive dope test. I wrote some of my thoughts down in this post when the story first broke about Kenny. Read this article by Charles Pelkey of Velo News. Williams has apparently showed up at a few local training races, to the objection of a few local, non-cheating, ethical type bike racers. It has thrown the Northwest scene into a tizzy over the definition of “suspended” and the definition of “cheating” and the definition of “race.” After Pelkey’s article, there is a sounding board of comments. Here’s my take. Other racers on the scene are criticizing the rider who wrote the letter of objection. Kudos for Mike Hainsworth for speaking up. Suspended means suspended. There should be no place for dopers to keep racing, to keep their fitness sharp for when they make the big comeback. You know Kenny can’t wait to get back to racing when his suspension is up. What do you think?
It’s a Juicy Friday In The World Of Professional Doping
23 Apr 2010, written by moto 0 CommentsWow. VeloNews. Lots to report today. BMC draws first blood (no pun intended) and suspends Swiss rider Thomas Frei after he tested positive for EPO. Read the story here. This is after they suspended 2 riders for being implicated in an ongoing doping investigation in Italy. Unfortunately, Alessandro Ballan, last year’s World Champ, is one of the riders who has been suspended. Things are not looking good for Lance Armstrong’s Radioshack team mate Fuyu Li. Fuyu is the first rider from China to ride for a ProTour team, and now he becomes the first one to receive a doping suspension, pending the analysis of his B-sample. Read his story here.