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Schumacher “shocked” by suspension, Valverde maintains innocence, Van Bon/Lampater hold the high ground in Hasselt, Armstrong heading to Mexico and more…

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Several news sources are reporting today that Lance Armstrong has ended his relationship with anti-doping expert Don Catlin and will instead enter into an agreement with Rasmus Damsgaard, who implemented the anti-doping program the the former CSC team.
Armstrong and Catlin held a press conference at the Interbike trade show in Las Vegas where they talked about their proposed program and how it would be the most public and transparent program ever implemented. We hear today that Armstrong and Catlin never signed a contract, and Catlin was quoted in the New …

Not a whole ton of news today. See later posts for full results from the Etoile de Besseges and GP Estruchi.

Versus will provide a preview of the Amgen Tour of California that will feature some footage of our friends over at Team Type 1.
Walter Perez and Sebastian Donadio lead after the first day of the Cremona Six. The teams of Aeschbach/Marvulli and Ciccone/Hester are in second and third place, respectively.
Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil) has had his first victory after dismissal of his doping case, winning the 4th stage of the Etoile …

The New York Times has a chat with Earl Blumenauer, Bicycle Evangelist and the head of the Congressional Cycling Caucus.
Blumenauer is a passionate advocate of cycling as a remedy for everything from climate change to obesity, and represents most of cycling friendly Portland in Congress.
Long regarded in some quarters as quixotic, the caucus has come into its own as hard times, climate concerns, gyrating gas prices and worries about fitness turn people away from their cars and toward their bikes.
“We have been flogging this bicycle thing for 20 years,” said …

Never one to spout a cliche when he could drop a joke or an inside remark, Dave Zabriskie always keeps it interesting in interviews.
“I didn’t do any cyclocross training, I just did some bumping and grinding.”
“It’s amazing I beat so many feeling as crappy as I felt.”
In this article from the New York Times, a senior ESPN consultant thinks that locker room cliches may be the result of bad reporting.

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The man who made Lance Armstrong cry …

The New York Times has a feature on Leadville 100 winner Dave Wiens today.
“The two men worked together for most of the race, taking turns in the lead, which put them 20 minutes ahead of the rest of the pack. In a scene they described afterward, Wiens moved aside with about 10 miles to go to let Armstrong take the lead as they headed onto an uphill trail. This time, however, Armstrong told Wiens: “No. Go. I’m done.”
Wiens, known to cheer on competitors even midrace, replied: “No. Come on.”
“Go,” Armstrong …