the top 2 spots on the Maltese podium...lovely

^ I called that one! Also no. 3 looked dodgy.

We know Mike, we know. I was there and saw it. 

I hear those guys use the "gel" and the "cream"...next time you are in a break with them, try and rub elbows and perhaps you can get contact doped.

even the paralympic guys are down...

Purple monkey dishwasher.

/subtle Simpsons referemce

Nothing on the USADA website.  This thread is starting to look like a gossip column.

STARTING to look like a gossip column?

@twoyacks

I think I posted this before, but a guy was busted last year for doping in Paralympic Curling! I mean Curling!  (Aptly, the guy's last name is Armstrong.)

http://deadspin.com/5893881/what-is-going-on-with-all-the-doping-in-wheelchair-curling

You realize the everything published on page 6 is accurate....EVERYTHING.

Jules said:

Of course...

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/us/a-push-to-sell-testosterone-gels-troubles-doctors.html?src=rechp

Hmmm...

Zabriskie has his chamois creme.  Landis now needs to have his own (androgel infused) chamois creme--"made fom an old Menonite recipe."

Both Martes and Meran are Dominican Nationals as far as I know. I wonder how that affects the process. Anthony's press release came out a month earlier than his Italian counterparts. Just saying.

I'm all for giving people the benefit of the doubt and I believe in rehabilitation, but people talk and so should we. I'm pretty sure that we're all on the same page regarding doping being bullshit, right?

I think I've said this before, but with a new crop of Kissenas on board, it bears repeating. I understand the need to be relevant. We all want to/need to matter in some way. Of course.

But for me, the way I've decided to be "relevant," is not to chase after results that matter only to me and my wife, but to take my 21+ years of racing experience and help new riders grow and learn from my experiences. I'm really fortunate that Kissena, with its mentor framework/structure allows me a platform to share.

Come spring, look for me to be posting announcements about upcoming workshops, course run-throughs and more! I stepped up my "mentor game" in 2013, and I'm looking forward to making 2014 better still.

I've never been on BH but I went on a weekend trip with David Anthony, and I got to know him a little bit. My impression was that he was a real jerkoff, and I was not the least bit surprised that he got caught doping. 

And @Gwynna while I whole-heartedly agree with the gist of your comments--in the interest of being fair and balanced (TM)--we have had at least two former Kissena members go on to be dopers.

^to be fair though, only one was dumb enough to try and sell us on his clothing line...

Jules said:

^to be fair though, only one was dumb enough to try and sell us on his clothing line...

And I for one was psyched at the idea of wearing a BundeSport (TM) kit, although I guess it did sound a bit Fifth Column-ee.

I plan on being an ex-doper one day.  You heard it here first.  That way I'll finally get on NYVelocity.

So NY Velocity is a breeding ground for dopers and corporate criminals.  

mugwump said:

So NY Velocity is a breeding ground for dopers and corporate criminals.  

I think you'd be hard pressed to make a good argument that "pure as the driven snow" grown men blundered into the boiling cauldron of evil that is NYVelocity and were "turned" Vader Style to villainy.

mugwump said:

So NY Velocity is a breeding ground for dopers and corporate criminals.  

I was going  to write the same thing but I restrained myself....

Marc Bertucco said:

I think I've said this before, but with a new crop of Kissenas on board, it bears repeating. I understand the need to be relevant. We all want to/need to matter in some way. Of course.

But for me, the way I've decided to be "relevant," is not to chase after results that matter only to me and my wife, but to take my 21+ years of racing experience and help new riders grow and learn from my experiences. I'm really fortunate that Kissena, with its mentor framework/structure allows me a platform to share.

Come spring, look for me to be posting announcements about upcoming workshops, course run-throughs and more! I stepped up my "mentor game" in 2013, and I'm looking forward to making 2014 better still.

wait a second . . . are you saying your wife cares about your results?  SHOCKED AND CONFUSED!??!

I've saw a couple of questionable amateurs on my ride back from Piermont this weekend.

When will it end?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/26/sports/pigeon-racing-doping.html?_r=0

its all fun and games until someone has a stroke or cardiac arrest

apropos of local dopers: