Ullrich out of TdF!!!!

**tattiefritter** · 06-30-2006, 02:03 AM

Jan has been suspended by T-Mobile and is no longer in the Tour due to links with the Spanish doping scandal:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/othe...ng/5132320.stm

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...n06/jun30news2

Apparently Basso's name is on the same list.

Gutting,

**margo49** · 06-30-2006, 03:00 AM

I'm gutted too!

Oh shee-yit... I can hardly *breathe*

**Aggie_Ama** · 06-30-2006, 03:12 AM

I was really hoping it was just speculation with Jan.

And Basso? I nearly fell out of my chair at work yesterday reading that. Brunyeal's take on the scandal in cycling news (same article tattie posted) was quite interesting. When this is the only story making the headlines in the US about the Tour, it is a sad day.

**tattiefritter** · 06-30-2006, 03:32 AM

Well that's it, it was shaping up to be a great tour now it looks like no-one interesting is going to ride.

More news on cyclingnews.com

**margo49** · 06-30-2006, 03:47 AM

Yeah, I just saw that too when I was looking up the links

Anyway, what is the story here?
Everything is chemistry; food is chemistry, vitamins and electrolytes are chemistry, energy drinks are surely chemistry, steroids and blood work are chemistry.
Will there be virginity tests next???

**Nanci** · 06-30-2006, 04:32 AM

Well, there goes my line up...

Nanci

**Nanci** · 06-30-2006, 04:34 AM

But Ivan hasn't been suspended yet, has he? There is still hope.

NAnci

**cusepack** · 06-30-2006, 05:09 AM

Nanci -

Ivan is now out as well.

This is just incredible.

Here's the latest story . . .

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...n06/jun30news3

**traveller_62** · 06-30-2006, 05:31 AM

This is really sad.

If the allegations against these athletes are true it is tragic. If they aren't true it is more than tragic.

Hope Levi stays out of the fray.

-traveller

**Squirrel 2** · 06-30-2006, 05:33 AM

I almost cried about this. There is a video on www.lefigaro.fr showing Der Jan speaking to reporters before riding away on his bike. It is hard to tell because the camera is off to the side, but he looks like he is crying, too. Funny, I was thinking about this last night when I went to bed. I felt like I was the only person in the world who didn't think Basso or Ullrich were going to end up on the podium because I didn't think they would be allowed to start. Looks like maybe a quarter of the TDF start list won't be allowed to ride now. Too bad about Vino....he is not on the list, but with 8 of his team being on the list, he can't ride! His Astana-Wurth Team is out again...

Just goes to show you that Floyd Landis is right -- you take all the guys in cycling & put them together & you cannot come up with nine smart, strong guys. What you have a lot of is strong & stupid!!!

**jeannierides** · 06-30-2006, 06:01 AM

This is indeed sad... for those who are affected by the cheaters.... and for the sport of cycling...

We still have Landis and Hincapie... Zabriskie may step up since Basso's out...

**Nanci** · 06-30-2006, 06:03 AM

Don't forget Acevedo!! He was already on my list _before_ anyone dropped out.

**margo49** · 06-30-2006, 06:12 AM

Oh, no he *is* crying - all that time and training down the gurgler...

I can't concentrate on anything - keep coming back to see updates

**Kalidurga** · 06-30-2006, 06:18 AM

Originally Posted by Squirrel 2

Just goes to show you that Floyd Landis is right -- you take all the guys in cycling & put them together & you cannot come up with nine smart, strong guys. What you have a lot of is strong & stupid!!!

More and more, this seems to be the case in all sports and it really is sad. It's the way of things these days: Bigger, faster, better at all costs, and do anything to get that way. For men to do this in sports really correlates with the stupid things women do to their bodies because they've been convinced that they have to live up to an unrealistic ideal of beauty. If it's not fake boobs and nose jobs, it's blood-doping and steroids. It's become a very scary world to live in when that's everywhere around us.

I'd love to know that my favorite bike racers (and baseball players, etc) are amazing purely for their own natural talent, strength and hard work, but now it's hard to not look at them and wonder. If Floyd wins this year and no scandal touches him, I'd love to see more riders begin fueling themselves with In-N-Out burgers instead of EPO.

**jeannierides** · 06-30-2006, 06:19 AM

Well, here's the thing, ladies... I'm really disappointed too, but we all have to realize that IF these guys were involved, it's cheating... and they all knew it was cheating...

And, yes, Nanci...we can't forget Acevedo!

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