Bellíssima

Sì, basta con questa merda parlare di doping. Kabush è ovviamente uno stronzo che ha parlato da pene di un coniglio parla di marijuana. Ora - ti suggerisco di apprezzare la bellezza della donna.

Non è buono come le fotografie da Hoovis ma io fare lo sforzo di scoprire qualcosa per te, mio lettore. Gustare!

Evans Says "Ciao!" (or was it "Ciao Eikel!"?) to Silence-Lotto

"World road champion Cadel Evans is opting not to renew is contract with Silence-Lotto, but is being silent, so far, on what team he will ride with in 2010." More.

Three words: "Good for you, Cadel. Screw Silence-Lotto." (OK, so that was about seven words.) Interesting discussion about Evans's move here in the Forums. I especially like Dimspace's take on the matter:

"Does that mean, now hes world champion and has won ONE race he thinks he is deserving of more money and lotto told him to stuff it..." LOL.

[UPDATED with WADA Code Details] Geoff Kabush - Trafficking in Drugs "sounds like a pretty good deal to me."

It's great to know that cycling still has professional athletes like Geoff Kabush of Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain  who are willing to recount their days of trading marijuana for food with such fondness, that, even if he or any other athlete in cycling was found with marijuana in his system - let alone on his person - he'd be looking at his first ban from competition, and maybe some jail time depending on where it happened. Hey Geoff! You're not very smart! Bravo for encouraging other 15 year-old cyclists to work for dope and trade it for food. You ignorant fool. The only people possibly more ignorant than you are 1) Your Sponsors (see bar to left for listing of companies sponsoring Geoff) and 2) Cyclingnews.com's Editor(s) for publishing your happy-go-lucky little dope story where you wrote:

"...It really is a magical island even when you are not smoking anything like a lot of the locals. One of my favourite stories is from around age 15 when I was doing trailwork on Hornby. In exchange for helping out for the day I was given a joint; Hornby is a bit of a hippy island and a joint was pretty much like cash. I don't smoke and I was hungry so I headed down to the local gathering place, the Co-op store. It seemed pretty normal at the time that I just traded the joint with some dude for a burrito. Still sounds like a pretty good deal to me..."

Maybe when Geoff writes, "magical island," he means the kind of place that ADA testers can't get to for purposes of performing targeted tests. Anyway, Geoff, good to know that trading banned substances still sounds like a pretty good deal to you in 2009, one that you're apparently happy to endorse in the eyes of any 15 year-old cyclists reading your diary on CyclingNews.com... BTW everyone, you can follow Geoff on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/GeoffKabush.

And for the commentator who thinks that 15 year-old kids know the difference between weed and crack cocaine...guess what? There isn't any as far as in-competition prohibition in concerned:

Marijuana

Cocaine

 

 

Oh look...they're both prohibited in-competition. And as another commentator kindly pointed out (copying and pasting the information from the WADA Code, I would think), trading dope for work for food could involve you in scenarios that saw you rumbled for:

Article 2: Anti-Doping Rule Violations

2.6 Possession of Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods

2.6.1 Possession by an Athlete In-Competition of any Prohibited Method or any Prohibited Substance, or Possession by an Athlete Out-of-Competition of any Prohibited Method or any Prohibited Substance which is prohibited Out-of-Competition unless the Athlete establishes that the Possession is pursuant to a therapeutic use exemption granted in accordance with Article 4.4 (Therapeutic Use) or other acceptable justification.

2.6.2 Possession by an Athlete Support Personnel In-Competition of any Prohibited Method or any Prohibited Substance, or Possession by an Athlete Support Personnel Out-of-Competition of any Prohibited Method or any Prohibited Substance which is prohibited Out-of-Competition in connection with an Athlete, Competition or training, unless the Athlete Support Personnel establishes that the Possession is pursuant to a therapeutic useexemption granted to an Athlete in accordance with Article 4.4 (Therapeutic Use) or other acceptable justification.

[Comment to Article 2.6.1 and 2.6.2: Acceptable justification would not include, for example, buying or Possessing a Prohibited Substance for purposes of giving it to a friend or relative, except under justifiable medical circumstances where that Person had a physician’s prescription, e.g., buying Insulin for a diabetic child.]

2.7 Trafficking or Attempted Trafficking in any Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method

2.8 Administration or Attempted administration to any Athlete In-Competition of any Prohibited Method or Prohibited Substance, or administration or Attempted administration to any Athlete Out-of-Competition of any Prohibited Method or any Prohibited Substance that is prohibited Out-of-Competition, or assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, covering up or any other type of complicity involving an anti-doping rule violation or any Attempted anti-doping rule violation.

Again, it doesn't matter if he smoked pot or not. He reports that in 2009, after all those years to reflect, he still believes it was a good decision and a good deal to do trail work in exchange for marijuana, and then to trade that marijuana for food. And as a role model for I'm sure dozens of eager young teenage mountain bikers, to relay this story to the world via CyclingNews.com is indicative of a high degree of irresponsibility - especially given today's anti-doping climate.

Two Questions

1. Who knew that half a Bahraini Dinar would almost buy you a 20-oz bottle of Sierra Mist at Uni-Mart?

2. And why don't people ride Cinelli bikes much anymore?

Andre Agassi is a Lying Drugs Cheat - but Just Tell Us - Is THIS Why He Lost his Hair?

In an article by Times Online Tennis Correspondent, Neil Harman, he reports that:

"Andre Agassi makes the sensational confession today that he lied to the tennis authorities to escape a ban for taking hard drugs.

The American, one of the finest players to grace the game, tested positive for the highly addictive drug, crystal methamphetamine, and then duped [Editor's Note: "Duped" = "Lied to"] the Association of Tennis Professionals into believing he had taken it by accident [Editor's Note: Sure, right].

The admissions come in a soul-searching autobiography that is being serialised exclusively today and tomorrow in The Times..." Continued.... [Meaning continue reading this shit if you're a cycling fan who is SICK of seeing first the careers of top cyclists ruined, then THEIR LIVES extinguished by drugs - but you somehow believe that you can stomach Agassi's getting-off SCOTT-FREE!].

FUCK ME! If Agassi was a pro cyclist trying to EKE OUT A LIVING making 30-50k euros a year and racing 80-100 days per season, Pat McQuaid and co. would subject the poor bastard to that especially gruesome form of Royal Navy torture, Tying Neck and Heels, whereby the victim, sitting on deck, has one musket placed between their knees and another behind their neck. The firearms would be so tightly strung together, exerting such pressure on the body that blood woudl flow from the nose and ears.

They would also serve he with a two-year ban (which will probably be extended to four in a few months, attempt to force him to repay a year's wages, threaten any team that even hinted at wanting to hire him after his ban expired and basically would do everything in their power to prevent him from every supporting himself and his family through his sport.

Agassi probably benefits from some statute of limitations that will prevent his prosecution, but if he didn't, I guarantee you I would bully my way onto the talk show circuit and denounce that lying, scumbag, piece-of-shit to one an all. Oh, and I'm SURE that he had only ONE SNORT of crystal meth and that was it - never again. Well, maybe he never abused that drug, but that one line proved he had the capability to break the rules of law and men, and quite possibly abuse performance enhancing drugs that benefit tennis players such as steroids, HGH, IGF-1, EPO, Corticosteroids, etc.

I hope he did break some law and if forced to lose all of his titles back to the date he admits his first injection/snort of meth and is crucified - just like we've all been.

Doping and Doping and Still More Doping - or just the New Nigerian Scam?

This fine bit of marketing arrived via email tonight. Anyone else get the same pitch? And if so, how did we get on their mailing list? They culled the UCI banned rider list from the last decade? All spelling/grammar errors remain uncorrected by your correspondent:

"We have contact with a couple of pharmacies that have access to WATSON SEALED 100ct BOTTLES. If you want smaller ammounts they will come in the smaller bottles not sealed.

All people that have sent in money and have not recieved their package wil lbe getting this product. Not the vicoden. I am sorry for the delays, the doctors were getting new accounts for medications.

Here is the mailing address.

Mail Room
POB box 206
1543 US Hwy 98 S
Lakeland fl 33801

BLANK MONEY ORDER PLEASE.

[NOTE: Think THAT's a good idea for you, Mr. Consumer?]

• $440 / 100 count
• $880 / 200 count
• $1320 / 300 count
• $1760 / 400 count
  
• 40.00 shipping

DISCLAIMER: I'm not encouraging you to buy this shit from the Internet. Much of it is fake, all of it is illegal without a legit prescription from a US doctor (is you live in USA) and it could leave you afoul of USADA's rules should you be called in or out of competition to pee for the testers (plus land you in jail).

BUT, if you have serious pain and you need to address it and racing is not in the picture, do not let your DEA-scared doctor refuse to prescribe you the pain medicine you need. Tylenol is for headaches...if you've shattered a knee or were shot or have chronic lower back pain, sometimes these meds are what you need to manage the pain during the healing process. Opiate dependency is an ugly thing, but so is chronic pain that significantly impacts your life- for the negative. As long as you're not drug-seeking, do your research and be willing to show your doc - who may, in fact, have been incentivzed to write for a particular product - that you want to be involved in the process because you strongly desire to improve the quality of your life. And if he is not willing to let you be an active participant, find a new doctor. Having been in the "health care" system as an athlete for so many years now, the spread between world-class surgeons and GP's who can't even remember your name is profound. Don't assume that the doctor is looking out for you - you need to look out for you first.