Paolo Bettini won the elite men's road race yesterday. Bettini had come under fire last week for not signing the full anti-doping charter (in a fit of self-importance he claimed that signing the charter would violate his human rights) and for allegedly being the person who supplied the testosterone cream to Patrik "Whoopsie" Sinkewitz (who crashed out of the TdF then came up positive).
Group this with Cancellara's repeat as world ITT champ, the rumors surrounding Contador, the clusterfuck that was Astana, the embarrassment of Rassmussen, the nightmare of the Giro, the Landis comedy...
In all, this was a pretty dim year cycling-wise. I wish I could say I had higher hopes for next year, but with Bruneel moving to DS of Astana (rumor is that he's bringing Trek with him), and the continued vow of omerta within the ranks, I'm not sure that next year will be any better.
It's enough to make one go watch clean sports like baseball or football.
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I've had annus horribilis after being in the saddle for 60+ miles on a hot day.
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