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  Why the BOA loss is really a victory for the anti-doping cause

  The CAS has finally ruled this last week that the British Olympic Association (BOA) lifetime ban on dopers was in violation of the World Anti-Doping Association Code (WADA), ...

  On May 4, 2012 / By admin
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  Just Another Year: 1924 (Part 5)

  Before returning to the 1924 cycling season and looking at one of the more infamous Tours, we zip forward in history one more time to consider what happened ...

  On May 4, 2012 / By fmk
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  The @UCI_Overlord’s Giro Preview

  The Giro. The fight for pink. Ah yes. Wine. Espresso. Biscotti. Pasta Bolognese. Beautiful women.   What are my good sensations for this year’s Giro? Well, thankfully, there ...

  On May 3, 2012 / By admin
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  Just Another Year: 1924 (Part 4)

  Before moving on to the other Grand Tour, we pause the story of the 1924 cycling season to consider what happened to Alfonsina Strada next. Alfonsina Strada, the ...

  On May 3, 2012 / By fmk
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  Just Another Year: 1924 (Part 3)

  In the third part of this look at the 1924 cycling season, the first Grand Tour of the year, the Giro d’Italia, finally gets underway, without most of ...

  On May 2, 2012 / By fmk
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  Just Another Year: 1924 (Part 2)

  With introductions out of the way, we now turn to one of the key issues affecting cycling in the 1924 season: the demand by Italian teams that the Giro d’Italia ...

  On May 1, 2012 / By fmk
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  Birthdays abroad

  It’s way too early to be awake, but my host dad had an early flight to that tour in New Mexico where you get homestayed by men who ...

  On May 1, 2012 / By admin
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  Women’s Cycling – Not all glitz and glamour

  Featured guest author Stefan Wyman is the Owner, Sports Director and Manager of the Matrix Fitness/Prendas women’s cycling team. Previously a rider himself, Stefan entered the world of team ...

  On April 30, 2012 / By admin
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  Just Another Year: 1924 (Part 1)

  In the first part of a series of articles looking at the 1924 cycling year, we introduce some of the key characters and key issues that drove our ...

  On April 30, 2012 / By fmk
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  UCI TotalitarianTour™ for 2013

  Since my regretful comments to cyclingnews.com editor Daniel Benson this past fall, and my subsequent retraction of the same this week, I felt it was time the UCI ...

  On April 16, 2012 / By admin