* Ibin Mayo tested positive for EPO during the final rest day of the Tour. He has been suspended by Saunier Duval pending the results of his b-sample.
* Michael Rasmussen continues to plead his innocence, though he has yet to provide any evidence that he was actually in Mexico when he said he was.
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Sunday’s parade into Paris has come and gone and it’s all over but the crying, shouting and finger pointing.
Italian Daniele Bennati of the Lampre-Fondrital team crossed the finish line first on Sunday, but the overall race and the glory went to Alberto Contador and the Discovery Channel team. Disco ended up with two spots on […]

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The day started with rumors of yet another positive doping test, but the 11 a.m. conference at which the offending rider was to be announced passed without any mention of it.
American Levi Leipheimer put in a blazing performance in today’s individual time trial to come within 31 seconds of the yellow jersey. Still, he remains […]

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No big changes today as the race leaders try to save their legs for tomorrow’s individual time trial. Today’s race was won by Sandy Casar. He launched an attack late in the race despite an earlier crash into an unleashed dog, and managed to hang on to it to the end, despite a dogged pursuit […]

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PerformanceBike.com knocks up to 71% off select items during its Summer Clearance Sale. That’s the best sale we’ve seen from PerformanceBike.com this year. Shipping adds $5. In all, over 30 product categories are available, including bicycles, books, clothing, eyewear, lights, shoes, tools, and more.
Meanwhile, Bike Nashbar continues their summer-long sale. There are special sales on […]

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Today’s stage started with no one wearing the yellow jersey. Michael Rasmussen was dismissed from the Rabobank team when it was discovered that he lied about his whereabouts when he was supposed to be available for an out of competition test in June. To read more about it, see my entry from earlier today.
Today’s results:

Daniele […]

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There has been yet another dismissal at the Tour today.
Danish rider Michael Rasmussen of the Rabobank team was kicked off his team for lying about his whereabouts in June when his country’s cycling federation was trying to find him for an out-of-competition test. He had previously said that he was in Mexico from June 4 […]

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It’s the last day in the mountains and Michael Rasmussen was able to hold off the attacks of Discovery Channel’s Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer, adding 47 seconds to his overall lead. Rasmussen continues to be shadowed by doping suspicions; some fans booed him as he crossed the finish line in Gourette.
Also today, we learned […]

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There has been a fair bit of news and new product releases from Oakley over the past month.

First and foremost, Oakley has been acquired by Luxottica. I hope that this has no effect on their quality and offerings. Luxottica does own several other high end sunglass brands, including Ray-Ban.
Earlier this month, Oakley rolled out a […]

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Yesterday, I posted about Alexandre Vinokourov’s amazing wins in Saturday’s time trial and on Monday’s stage from Foix to Loudenvielle.�

Today, the news comes that Vino has tested positive for homologous  blood transfusion after Saturday’s time trial. He was immediately dismissed by his team and his entire team has dropped out of the Tour. 

At this point, […]

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