Ciclismo: Los que den positivo no podrán dirigir

MI OPINION: Igual como presionan el ciclismo deberìan de regular igualmente otros tantos deportes en donde el dopaje està fuera de control, como el tenis, el bèisbol, el basquetbol y el fútbol americano.

Esta medida, aprobada en la segunda reunión del Comité Directivo celebrado en Maastricht (Holanda), entrará en vigor el próximo 1 de julio y no tendrá efecto retroactivo, según informó la UCI, que la consideró “muy importante a medio plazo para garantizar la salud de futuras generaciones”.

“El Comité Directivo de la UCI tiene pleno conocimiento de las dificultades que la adopción de esta norma puede implicar, pero desea una vez más reafirmar su determinación de dar todos los pasos posibles para oponerse a cualquier práctica ilegal en nuestro deporte”, señaló la UCI en un comunicado.
Según la UCI “la educación y la prevención” son las bases de su política antidopaje, en la que una de sus prioridades para el futuro es actuar en el entorno de los corredores, especialmente los jóvenes.

Women´s Road Race at London Olympic Games Tomorrow

Be ready to watch LIVE at 4:00 am Pacific Time tomorrow Sunday, the Women´s Road Race! I am SO EXCITED! Aren´t you?
Ingrid Drexel, professional Mexican road cyclist will be competing along with Nicole Cooke (one of my favorites to win the goldf medal).
GO INGRID…SHOW THEM WHO OWNS THE ROAD!

Startlist

Bib	Athlete	+
1	COOKE Nicole	+
2	ARMITSTEAD Elizabeth	+
3	MARTIN Lucy	+
4	POOLEY Emma	+
5	GUNNEWIJK Loes	+
6	van DIJK Ellen	+
7	van VLEUTEN Annemiek	+
8	VOS Marianne	+
9	ARNDT Judith	+
10	BECKER Charlotte	+
11	TEUTENBERG Ina	+
12	WORRACK Trixi	+
13	ARMSTRONG Kristin	+
14	NEBEN Amber	+
15	OLDS Shelley	+
16	STEVENS Evelyn	+
17	BACCAILLE Monia	+
18	BRONZINI Giorgia	+
19	CANTELE Noemi	+
20	GUDERZO Tatiana	+
21	GILLOW Shara	+
22	HOSKING Chloe	+
23	SPRATT Amanda	+
24	FAHLIN Emilia	+
25	JOHANSSON Emma	+
26	SODERBERG Isabelle	+
27	ANTOSHINA Tatiana	+
28	PANKOVA Larisa	+
29	ZABELINSKAYA Olga	+
30	HUGHES Clara	+
31	NUMAINVILLE Joelle	+
32	RAMSDEN Denise	+
33	de VOCHT Liesbet	+
34	HENRION Ludivine	+
35	POLSPOEL Maaike	+
36	BIANNIC Aude	+
37	CORDON Audrey	+
38	FERRAND PREVOT Pauline	+
39	VILLUMSEN Linda Melanie	+
40	da SILVA SOUZA Fernanda	+
41	FERNANDES SILVA Clemilda	+
42	FERNANDES SILVA Janildes	+
43	de GROOT Robyn	+
44	MOOLMAN Ashleigh	+
45	van de WINKEL Joanna	+
46	GONZALEZ VALDIVIESO Yumari	+
47	GARCIA Danielys	+
48	ANDRUK Alona	+
49	AMIALIUSIK Alena	+
50	LIU Xin	+
51	GARCIA MARROQUIN Evelyn Yesenia	+
52	MOBERG Emilie	+
53	MAJERUS Christine	+
54	NA Ahreum	+
55	DREXEL Ingrid	+
56	TREIER Grete	+
57	MANEEPHAN Juthatip	+
58	HSIAO Mei Yu	+
59	PAWLOWSKA Katarzyna	+
60	TCHALYKH Elena	+
61	SUNDSTEDT Pia	+
62	WONG Wan Yiu Jamie	+
63	HAGIWARA Mayuko	+
64	BATAGELJ Polona	+
65	HALBWACHS Aurelie	+
66	MUNOZ GRANDON Paola Andrea	+

Cyclist Sir Chris Hoy Will Carry British Flag At Olympics Opening Ceremony

Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy, 36 years old, will indeed carry the British flag tomorrow at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games. Hoy has been a four-time Olympic champion and that is the reason why he won the vote of the British athletes and officials over the weekend.

Hoy will lead out Team GB in the athletes’ parade in front of 80,000 spectators in the stadium and more than a billion TV viewers worldwide.

He tweeted: ‘Delighted to be able to say that I’ll be carrying the flag at the Opening Ceremony! Massive honour!’
Hoy later said to reporters:

“The team is not due to travel until the Saturday, chances are I probably would not have gone so it’s a great opportunity for me in my last Olympics.<<2
It will be something special and especially with it being the home Games it will be quite an experience.
It’s the stuff of dreams and I am still in shock a little bit at receiving such a huge honour.”

“The general feeling is just of sheer excitement and anticipation. It is reaching fever pitch.’
He also warned Wiggins that his life will now change dramatically – that is likely to be even more the case should the 32-year-old become cycling’s next knight of the realm.”
“Any accolades or honours that come his way will be fully deserved,” added Hoy.
“In the cycling world he’s a superstar already, he’s used to a lot of attention wherever he travels. In the UK that is where the real change will happen when he is walking about.”
“I think his life will change drastically, but I think he will handle it very well, I don’t see him changing and he’ll be just the same Bradley we have always known.”

British Cyclist Bradley Wiggins Makes History Winning Tour de France 2012

I am pleased that Bradley Wiggins is the first British cyclist that has won the Tour de France  and happy to see Froome second. Froome performed fantastically and his loyalty to his leader and his team was superb.  Of course, Wiggins wining this tour will give  the GB Team a great boost for the Olympics and this will cheer them all on.
Wiggins you and Froome were just Brilliant.

TECHICAL COMMENTARY:

Wiggins and the team know that Froome is a better climber than Bradly is. But Wiggo is a better at ITT. So this was a gamble. Froome does seem to have an edge with endurance and recovery to Wiggo. Imagine if Froome improved just 1 percent. He would perhaps be as dangerous in a GC as Lance Armstrong. If Froome had not punctured in an earlier stage he would probably only be down about 30 seconds.

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION Tour de France 2012

1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 87:34:42
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:03:21
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:06:19
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:10:15
5 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:11:04
6 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan 0:15:43
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:15:51
8 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:16:31
9 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:16:38
10 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:17:17

Mark Cavendish Wins Tour de France Stage 18 Wiggins still Leads

Mark Cavendish wins today´s stage, the way he did it was outstanding. He followed behind 3 or 4 riders then 50 mts before the finish line he went across the racers, surprised them with a tremendous speed and won the stage, just like to proof the world that HE still the best sprinter of the world.

TOP 10 OF TODAY´S STAGE

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling
2 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
5 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp
7 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
10 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne

Female Tour de France 2012 Cycling the Pyrenees

The 6 female cyclists that are riding 3,479 kilometers are getting ready for the Pyrenees. Here are some pictures that I hope you enjoy as much as I do. Also, their website is fantastic and provides tons of information about other activitis the RÉVE cycling team has.

Props to them for what they are doing is real passionate cycling.

RÉVE Cycling Team Female TDF 2012
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The ever narrowing tunnel that is the Tour finds us in our second rest day in Lourdes surrounded by a surreal mix of history and religious commercialism. The cure, if it’s here, has a price tag. The brief pause is almost over. Laundry done, group fed, emails sent, bikes cleaned, images backed up, uploaded and finally push the button on this post. Paris is just over some very big hills. I have no doubts the team and our Dutch friends will make the Champs Elysees on Saturday.

Alejandro Valverde Wins Tour de France Stage 17 Wiggins Leads

 

This was a good stage, but it lacked of the stamina from Wiggins and Nibali, I think. They could have taken over, speed up and put a good fight. It seems to me that now (since Lance Armstrong) they all want to do a great individual time trial and then seat on their seat with the peloton.

Anyways, Alejandro Valverde deserves an applause and a salute for his absolute and great effort to avoid Wiggo and Níbali and win the stage.

Well another tense day in the Tour. Nibali and Liquigas promised much with their aggression but like in the Giro, their leader was found wanting after the team had done so much work.

Sky appeared to have a slightly off day, but in the end Froome and Wiggins were just too strong for everyone, Froome especially, who could have put time into Wiggins but chose to keep by his leader’s side.

And Valverde, he won the stage after a long break.

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION after Stage 17

1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 78:28:02
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:02:05
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:41
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:05:53
5 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:08:30

 

 

Frank Schleck Quits Tour de France Due to Testing Positive for Doping

Frank Schleck, so thin, taking diuretics right before the big climbs tomorrow so he can get rid off more weight to climb faster…and dehydrated?! What in the world is he doing to his body for goodness sakes? Climbing those mountains after taking diuretics is practically committing suicide. No tour, no sport is worth my life, that is for sure. Loving cycling to death should be only a way to express how much we  love the sport, not to actually kill ourselves for it!

Police questioned Tour de France star Frank Schleck after he tested positive for a banned substance, his RadioShack team said.

Schleck, who quit the race after being informed of the positive test, went voluntarily to a police station in Pau, southwest France, to co-operate with authorities, RadioShack spokesman Philippe Maertens said.

Schleck’s positive test for the banned diuretic Xipamide was announced earlier by the International Cycling Union (UCI).

The RadioShack team said it had decided to withdraw the Luxembourg rider from the race, and said that the diuretic is not present in any medicine used by the team.

Mr Maertens said the team is likely to ask for the “B” sample to be analysed, which it must do within four days.

“The UCI is confident that his team will take the necessary steps to enable the Tour de France to continue in serenity and to ensure that their rider has the opportunity to properly prepare his defense in particular within the legal timeline, which allows four days for him to have his B sample analysed.”

The team’s statement:

“Our team attaches great value to transparency. Because of this, we can announce the following as a response to the adverse analytical finding of xipamide in Fränk Schleck’s urine sample of July 14 during the Tour de France.

“After being informed by the UCI about the presence of xipamide in the urine sample of Fränk Schleck on July 14, the team has decided to immediately withdraw Fränk Schleck from the Tour de France.

“Even though an abnormal A sample does not require these measures, Mr. Schleck and the team believe this is the right thing to do, to ensure the Tour de France can go on in calm and that Fränk Schleck can prepare his defense in accordance with the legal timing to do so.

“On the subject of xipamide the team can declare the following: it is not a product that is present in any of the medicine that the team uses and the reason for the presence of xipamide in the urine sample of Mr. Schleck is unclear to the team. Therefore, the team is not able to explain the adverse findings at this point.

“However, the team is fully determined to collaborate with the anti-doping agencies in order to resolve the matter.”

Fedrigo Pierrick Wins Tour de France Stage 15

Fédrigo Pierrick was bitten by a tick a year ago. He got Lyme disease and suffered pretty bad from it, but he was treated properly and recovered to perfection. As an interesting note, Lyme disease transmits the bacteria known scientifically as Borrelia Burgdorferi.

The three climbs today came between kilometers 109 and 129. They were, in order, categories 4-3-4.
162 riders finished the stage yesterday. Only seven teams still had their full number of riders: BMC, Europcar, Liquigas, Lotto, FDJ, Saxo Bank, and Orica-GreenEdge. Rabobank is the hardest hit, with five riders gone. Euskaltel, Lampre and Vacansoleil have lost four riders each.

Fedrigo Pierrick wins today’s stage, he is 33, and this is his second Tour stage win. His first win was two years ago.

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 15

GBR 1 WIGGINS, Bradley (SKY PROCYCLING) 68:33:21
GBR 2 FROOME, Christopher (SKY PROCYCLING) + 2:05
ITA 3 NIBALI, Vincenzo (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) + 2:23
AUS 4 EVANS, Cadel (BMC RACING) + 3:19
BEL 5 VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen (LOTTO BELISOL) + 4:48
ESP 6 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, Haimar (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN) + 6:15
USA 7 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC RACING) + 6:57
SLO 8 BRAJKOVIC, Janez (ASTANA) + 7:30
FRA 9 ROLLAND, Pierre (EUROPCAR) + 8:31
FRA 10 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ-BIG MAT) + 8:51

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Female Tour de France 2012 LIEGE to Paris Cycling Team RÉVE

This is the REAL Tour de France, with no doping, true courage and love for cycling, no helicopters following them everywhere they go, no scandals of any kind: The LIÉGE TO PARIS.
I truly recommend you to pay a visit to their web page and follow their accomplishments. They are awesome! They are going to ride 3,472 kilometers in all and as of now, they have left the Alps behind!
The name of the team is RÉVE and I will be following them very closely, that is for sure.

This July, in partnership with peloton magazine and on behalf of Bikes Belong, we’re going back to France with six female amateurs intent on writing a new chapter in the annals of women’s cycling. The Rêve women’s team will ride the complete 2012 Tour de France route, proving to themselves, other female cyclists, and women thinking about taking up the sport, that any bicycle dream is possible. In true Rêve fashion they’ll ride one day ahead of the men’s Tour, stay in the same spartan hotels and endure the unrelenting grind of daily transfers that define the three-week journey around France. Every training mile and every kilometer in France will be pedaled in support of Bikes Belong. Bikes Belong is a national coalition of bicycle retailers and suppliers working to make cycling safer and more accessible for women. We aim to make a significant contribution to that purpose.

The Women’s SuperSix will feature the advanced ergonomics of FSA components, the latest SRAM Red with Quarq power meters we hope to share the data, and in the mountains, we’ll have the advantage of SRAM’s WiFLi climbing gearing. Understanding that no bike component is more important or personal than your choice of saddle the team will have the full benefit of Fizik women’s-specific technology under them.