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Too bad we couldn’t have swapped weather.

Paris-Roubaix, The “Hell of the North”, was run this weekend under hot, sunny conditions. The problem with that is, that particular race is known for its downright awful weather. Snow, rain, wind all combine to make the already difficult race … Continue reading

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"Pakistan Coach Bob Woolmer Was Poisoned And Strangled To Death"

Here’s a proper update to the Pakistan Cricket coach saga. Apparently, we now have a proper cause of death. Poisoned, then strangled. I guess they wanted to make sure he was dead. I’m surprised they didn’t shoot him. To remind … Continue reading

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This was, with the exception of the soldiers detained by Iran, THE story when I was in England

And here’s buzzfeed talking all about it: Who Killed Bob Woolmer? – BuzzFeed This is a really sordid, crazy story that I’ll be following through to its conclusion. I was fascinated by it when I was there and there’s no … Continue reading

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Vino updates at Eurosport

Two articles: “Alexandre Vinokourov says that though Milan-Sanremo is not on his agenda, he will return for Liege-Bastogne-Lige to train for the Tour de France.” Alexandre Vinokourov says that having Tirreno-Adriatico victor Andreas Kloeden on his team can only help … Continue reading

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Landis might really be innocent.

“Baker has previously demonstrated that the French doping lab had provided “mislabelled” urine samples. It now turns out the “typos” on the urine samples aren’t random mistakes, the numbers match another rider tested at the Tour de France. These “typos” … Continue reading

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