All posts tagged cycling
Review of Slaying the Badger
“Where Slaying the Badger succeeds is in making such a well known story so readable… We found it difficult to side with either man, which is another success of Moore’s storytelling… Slaying the Badger proves one thing: if the 1986 Tour de France is the greatest ever, then it was its greatest rivalry that made it that way.”
UCI strongly denies helping Lance Armstrong cover up positive test
The sport’s world governing body, the UCI, has hit back strongly at the accusation by Tyler Hamilton, a former team-mate of Lance Armstrong, that it colluded in covering up a positive test by Armstrong for the banned blood booster EPO. Read the full story at the Guardian.co.uk
Emma Pooley feeling flat
Emma Pooley feeling flat over course for time trial at London Olympics. Story featured on the Guardian website: read the full story here.