The French Anti-Doping Agency, AFLD, is again embarrassing itself and distracting the cycling world from racing and and clean sport. Why? Because Lance is back and he “insulted” the French authority (but apparently not the tester himself).
My take is that although Lance may have violated a rule about staying in sight once a test is requested the tester didn’t object and the guy was from the lab, the whole dust-up is more about trying to discredit Lance again sell more newspapers. His tests were all negative and the only violation was a taking a shower (which the tester didn’t get to watch). AFLD really wants to open hearings against Lance over this? They want to ban him from racing the Tour, or at least piss him off enough to get him to change his mind. Look out though, because the more pissed he gets the better he’ll race.
Read the full story from VeloNews here.
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Thanks to VeloNews I just discovered a new pair of pants that have reflective material in the pant leg just for commuter-safety. This is a great idea and is quite convenient for those of us that ride to work. Seeing as how I recently shredded a pair of jeans because I was too lazy to roll up the pant leg, and I forget my little reflective ankle-wrap velcro thing half the time, these pants seem like a good solution for those short winter days when its dark well before I get out of the office.
Only problem is I NEVER wear khakis and they don’t make denim so until then I’ll keep an eye on the site. Check out Cordarounds.com. I’m curious – are they water or stain resistant? Do they hold up well in the seat? Are they Old-Navy or Banana Republic?
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“Google on Wednesday said it has seen 50 times more search requests coming from Apple iPhones than any other mobile handset — a revelation so astonishing that the company originally suspected it had made an error culling its own data.”
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AppleInsider | Google iPhone usage shocks search giant
Note: This is significant for a few reasons. One it confirms a long running suspicion that the gatekeeper to explosive mobile internet usage is the USER EXPERIENCE, not the network or access speed. The fact there is a real browser in there, and google search is the default search engine has a lot to do with it. Jut wait until the 3G phones come out. The other big thing here is that it validates mobile search and mobile commerce will happen as soon as the UX catches up on more platforms.
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