Crash Video Cycling BMX – Dave Mirra Back on Top in Dew Tour Park – The Park Final went down today at the Dew Tour in Chicago, and it was a doozy. Despite taking it on a gnarly crash earlier in the day, Dave Mirra rallied to turn in an awesome first run that no one…
Lance Armstrong lashed out at former Tour de France boss Patrice Clerc on Tuesday, saying he should take responsibility for the doping scandals at the race during the American’s three-year absence.
Armstrong was responding to comments made by Clerc, the former head of Tour organizer ASO, who told French newspaper Le Monde last week that the seven-time champion’s return meant “reopening a troubled chapter of the Tour history.â€
“Was the Tour and was ASO in a perfect situation when I was gone?†Armstrong said when asked about Clerc’s statement. “When you look at any company or any organization, and you have dissension among the ranks, corruption among the ranks, you have too look at the boss. He was the boss. Under his reign, and under his leadership, cycling was not perfect.â€Â … Details
It is the iconic Tour de France photo opportunity, the victor sipping champagne as he cruises toward the finish of one of sport’s toughest challenges.
With every passing day the chances increase that it will be Lance Armstrong who will once again be savoring the bubbly and posing for the cameras on July 26, as what some suspected would be little more than a publicity stunt turns into a dedicated challenge for his eighth Tour title.
In past years Armstrong’s raising of the champagne flute has been appropriate. In many of his seven victories it was all too easy, if a couple of thousand miles on a bike can ever be easy… Details
Giro d’Italia champion Denis Menchov and two other Rabobank riders met the Austrian Federal Criminal Police office (BKA) as part of an anti-doping investigation in Vienna, the team said on Tuesday.
“Three of our riders, Denis Menchov, Joost Posthuma and Pieter Weening went to Vienna (to meet the BKA) in April 2009,†Rabobank said in a statement.
“There is no reason why they should be summoned again. They are not involved in a doping scandal.â€Â … Details