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Thursday, July 03 2008 @ 10:56 PM UTC

A Conspiracy Theory

Tuesday, August 08 2006 @ 07:49 AM UTC
Contributed by: jnolte
Views: 295

Floyd Landis, overall winner of the 2006 Tour de France, may be striped of his title and given a two year suspension from the sport which would ultimately end his cycling career. Both tests of his urine samples taken after his miraculous stage 17 win tested positive for a high ratio of testosterone to epistestosterone or T/E. His test showed an 11:1 ratio far above the acceptable level of 4:1. Additionally the test revealed synthetic testosterone in his system to which the International Cycling Union (UCI) concluded this was an open and shut case for doping.

Landis has other ideas, ones that criticize the labs and the anti-doping agencies. Could this be the work of jealous officials with an agenda, or just a guilty person backed against the wall trying to defend his name?

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Is the Stress of Competing Too Much?

Wednesday, August 02 2006 @ 08:22 AM UTC
Contributed by: jnolte
Views: 301

Recently American's Floyd Landis, overall winner of the Tour de France and Justin Gaitlin, World Champion in 100 meters, have both tested positive for a higher than normal ratio of testosterone to epistestosterone. Over the past few years sports have been seeing an increase in positives for steroid use or drug abuse, making many wonder is the stress of competing too high?

Shortly before the start of this year's Tour de France several other riders where implicated by information seized during the raid of a Spanish doctor's office leading to the disqualification of several riders including pre-tour favorites Ivan Basso and Jan Ullrich. Ullrich was ultimately fired from his T-Mobile team and may face a two year ban which would virtually eliminate any chance that the previous tour winner would have to regain the title.

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Are You Ready for Bike Season?

Thursday, March 30 2006 @ 07:40 AM UTC
Contributed by: jnolte
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In some areas of the country the snow is still falling, while here in the southeast the weather is warm and getting warmer. The bike is already out of the garage and cleaned up, but a long dormant winter has made my legs a bit of a problem.

I was never much of a runner and the fact that the ski season is non-existent for me, I need a fairly good bike oriented training session, but where to start.

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Skiing Through History

Wednesday, March 29 2006 @ 01:23 PM UTC
Contributed by: jnolte
Views: 2,422

Before boots were made of plastic and skis had metal edges, people strapped wooden boards to their leather boots and headed out to travel the country side, either to hunt or to move from one place to another.

Skiing dates back further than most people believe. Before it became a sport, people skied simply to travel from one place to another during the winter. Hunters and trappers found this mode of transportation invaluable as they worked during the long winter months. Skiing made it possible for them to traverse vast areas in search of suitable prey without sinking deep in the snow.

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What it Means to be a Race Promoter

Thursday, March 23 2006 @ 10:06 AM UTC
Contributed by: jnolte
Views: 517

SUMMERVILLE SC, Nov 15. - With snow falling in the mountains, its hardly time to start discussing a mountain bike race, although members of Acclivity LLC, are hard at work preparing for next years 24 Hours of Soldier Hollow.

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Mountain Bike Endurance Race at Former Olympic Venue

Thursday, March 23 2006 @ 09:57 AM UTC
Contributed by: jnolte
Views: 560

HEBER CITY, Sept 11. - Mountain bikers from all locations converged on Heber City for the Annual 24 Hours of Soldier Hollow mountain bike race. The race organized by members of Acclivity LLC was held on September 10th and 11th at the Soldier Hollow Olympic Venue.

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