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Cycling needs to face its history and future -- honestly
Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.comCycling couldn't escape its history at this year's Tour de France and is wheeling into the future with contradictions and ambiguities. All the more reason why it needs some honest additions.
Story | Conversation | July 29, 2007Tainted Tour's final stage heavy with symbolism
Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.comCyclists are rolling into Paris on Sunday, and perhaps symbolic of their doping-tainted Tour, they ride by the Chatenay-Malabry lab where tests are conducted.
Story | Conversation | July 28, 2007Contador latest Tour leader to feel the heat
Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.comNo one is doubting Alberto Contador's talent, but the Discovery rider is finding life as the Tour leader a little more daunting.
Story | Conversation | July 27, 2007Suh, Jacobs in Paris to research Vinokourov's case
Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.comAlexandre Vinokourov and his Astana team, forced out of the Tour de France after Vinokourov's initial positive test for a banned blood transfusion, have retained the two lawyers defending 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis against doping charges.
Story | Conversation | July 27, 2007Tour's openness is its greatest strength, and weakness
Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.comProfessional cycling is in public spaces. It's chaotic and edgy, thrilling and petty, full of arcane etiquette, rife with ego and political infighting, and often dysfunctional -- never more so than in the past 48 hours.
Story | Conversation | July 25, 2007Millar 'gutted' as cycling history repeats itself
Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.comWhen word got out that Alexandre Vinokourov had tested positive for a blood transfusion, cyclists weren't immune to the familiar news. Just ask David Millar.
Story | Conversation | July 24, 2007A great day of racing still shrouded by veil of suspicion
Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.comThere was Michael Rasmussen's exchange with Alberto Contador at the end of Stage 14 and the Tour leader's continuing refusal to discuss the allegations against him. But there is a bigger communication breakdown at a higher level.
Story | Conversation | July 22, 2007Who will teams ride for? Only the Pyrenees will tell
Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.comWith some unexpected hopefuls rising from the ashes at the Tour de France, teams now face the toughest question heading into the mountains: who are they riding for?
Story | Conversation | July 21, 2007Rasmussen leaves media, officials scratching their heads
Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.comMichael Rasmussen was at the center of another Tour de France controversy Friday and the latest allegations created more theater, and questions, in France.
Story | Conversation | July 20, 2007Stapleton: 'We can't protect these guys from themselves'
Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.comIt was all sprints and strategy Wednesday at the Tour before word got out about Patrik Sinkewitz's flunked drug test. It's a sad commentary for yet another team owner that must face the reality of a doping culture.
Story | Conversation | July 18, 2007CSC brings cycling, new hope to these troubled kids
Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.comTeam CSC already is making its mark at the Tour, but the club also is leading a strong cause off the road as young South African riders take on France.
Story | Conversation | July 16, 2007Lines blur when science meets cycling
Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.comIt would be easier on everyone if what came out of the Floyd Landis doping arbitration hearing could be quantified somehow, but as ESPN.com contributor Bonnie DeSimone writes, closure remains elusive -- for everyone involved in the case against the 2006 Tour de France winner.
Story | Conversation | May 22, 2007Landis grilled on final day of testimony
Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.comFloyd Landis, the 2006 Tour de France winner facing doping accusations, spent his final day on the stand dealing with more questions about a threatening phone call his former business manager made to Greg LeMond.
Story | Conversation | May 22, 2007Courtroom twists muffle Landis' doping denials
Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.comFloyd Landis got his first chance under oath Saturday to deny allegations he used testosterone in last year's Tour de France. As ESPN.com contributor Bonnie DeSimone writes, much of the testimony in Landis' hearing has distracted attention from the real issue -- whether lab tests were done properly and the results valid.
Story | Conversation | May 19, 2007Cyclist's testimony raises questions about his own doping case
Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.comA virtually unknown cyclist took center stage in the high-profile Floyd Landis case Friday as the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency continued to put the sport as well as the Tour de France winner on tria
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