I hit my 125 mile contribution to the team's weekly goal for the Race Across America yesterday morning after a 53 mile ride and three mile commute for my noon-9pm shift. Jeffrey finished his miles on Thursday night and Torey didn't have far to go this weekend to finish up. Josiah, after his marathon last weekend, had 243 miles to log this week. He was making good headway through the week, but still had 100+ to do this weekend to finish up. The fact that it was windy today couldn't have helped him, but I'm sure he'll get us back up to the front of the race.
The other big news in cycling has been the continued revelations of doping among the T-Mobile (Telekom) team of the '90's. It has recently come to light that team doctors had been administering doping products to riders on a regular basis and it took on a new dimension when former team riders started coming forward to confess participation. Rolf Aldag and Erik Zabel (who currently rides for team Milram) spoke of their involvement mid-week which was a huge revelation and to top it off, Bjarne Riis, the 1996 Tour de France champ confessed to doping during the Tour he won and more or less offered to forfeit his Tour win.
What makes Riis' confession more important for today is that he is the Director of the CSC team which is currently the top team in the world. Tyler Hamilton tested positive while on the team and Ivan Basso apparently at least pursued doping while on CSC. Riis' admission could prove problematic for the future of his team, but I do applaud any rider that comes clean as my hope is that it will usher in a new era in pro cycling where we don't have the "I hope he was clean" though every time that a rider wins a race. I am all for a clean sport and believe that the sport provides enough drama without the over the top performances brought on by performance enhancers.
Now we just wait to see how Floyd's case goes...
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