It’s Friday. The 13th Stage. Not exactly Friday the 13th, but certainly an unlucky day for the Saunier-Duval Scott team as they fire Leonardo Piepoli for “doping practices.” With yesterday’s departure of Ricardo Ricco and the subsequent withdrawl of the entire team from the race, the future of this team seems doomed.
Piepoli, along with teammate [...]

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Well, June 19th came and went with no announcement from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on the Floyd Landis appeal. No dice.  I was hoping for a full exoneration and the possibility of seeing him ride in the Tour de France this year.
Some teams (Barloworld, Agritubel, Bouyges Telecom) have already announced their rosters [...]

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Here are some of the headlines from around the web:

Several sources are now reporting that Tom Boonen has had a postive out-of-competition test for cocaine. It is not suspected that this will lead to a suspension, as cocaine is only “illegal” when used during competition. It may lead to difficulties for his team, however, since [...]

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It’s still anyone’s guess as to what will happen at the start of Paris-Nice tomorrow.
All of the teams have voted to go against the wishes of the UCI and participate. The UCI has started legal proceedings against the race organizer. The Court of Arbitration for Sport has decided that they have no jurisdiction in the [...]

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News:

It’s still as toss-up as for teams and riders going into the Paris-Nice race starting this weekend. The organizers obviously want to hold a professional bike race. The riders need to ride so they can get paid. The teams need to appear to honor commitments to their sponsors. The UCI, not being able to see [...]

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