Zabel Admintted Doping resigns from advisory group

(Reuters) - A former German sprint cyclist Erik Zabel admitted on Sunday years of doping, has resigned from the Professional Cycling Council (CCP), an advisory body to the UCI, the governing body said on Monday.

He said that he was "no longer the right person" to be a part of the CCP after coming clean about his past in an interview in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

Zabel admitted using banned drugs and illegal methods, including EPO, cortisone and blood doping, from 1996 until 2003.

The UCI said in a statement that Zabel had contacted the body's president on Monday to offer his resignation and to express his "deep regret for having lied for so long about taking performance enhancing substances".
Zabel was among the finest sprinters in his sport and topped the points classification of the Tour de France six times until his retirement in 2008.

He was recently named in a French Senate inquiry as a drugs offender.

Zabel featured in the French report along with several other riders including the top two in the 1998 Tour de France - Italian Marco Pantani, who died of a drug overdose in 2004, and German Jan Ullrich.

Another doping scandal it seems that it's everywhere now, NFL, MLB, Olympics, NBA, Boxing, why not just legalize it and even the playing field, just my two cents.

San Francisco Cyclist Guilty for Manslaughter

I thought I've heard it all, check out this bizaare news. A Cyclist from San Francisco named Christopher Bucchere pleaded guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter for striking and killing a 71-year-old man last year with his bike. He will avoid jail time.

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon said that the conviction is the first of its kind in the nation involving a cyclist. Christopher Bucchere is 37 years old and once part of the Stanford University's cycling team. He will be sentenced to 1,000 hours of community service and three years’ probation.

“With the conditions of this plea, the defendant will be held accountable for the tragic death of Sutchi Hui and will have an opportunity for redemption,” said Gascon. “We hope this case continues to serve as a reminder that blatant disregard of the traffic laws can have dire consequences.”

Gascon said that the crash was a result of the cyclist’s “need for speed” while attempting to beat his own record and bragging about it.

Evidence presented against Bucchere showed that he was going 32 miles an hour in a 25 mile an hour zone and ran three red lights before striking and killing Hui, who was in a pedestrian crosswalk on Market Street in San Francisco’s Castro district at 8 a.m. with his wife en route to a medical appointment. 

BMW Concept bicycles

BMW is not just a high end car and motorcycle manufacturer they also produce and develops amazing bikes or bicycles.

Their concept bicycles are specially designed for aerodynamics, increased balancing, comfortable seat, and leisure ride.  They also use high density aluminum frames, for durability and steady ride.

Man Bicycling Around the World

Lai Likun, 41, of China have already pedaled 31,000 miles through four continents and nearly 25 countries as part of a five-year solo bicycle tour around the world.

Lai is a factory manager and he is now pedaling his bike in New York City. His next destination is South America and is flying to Beijing on Tuesday to straighten out his visa. Then he will head to the Pacific islands.

“It’s been my dream to bicycle around the world ever since I was 6 years old,” said Mr. Lai. He arrived in New York City in June after completing the North American leg of his tour that took about seven-month which includes Mexico and Cuba.

He started his US tour in December in New York City then Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta, Texas and into Mexico. From Mexico he proceeded to Cuba then re-enter Mexico to California, Nevada and Utah. He turned back east to Chicago, Detroit, Boston and back to New York.

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Tour De France And The Giro Rosa

Check out updates at the bggest race in women's cycling, the Giro Rosa and Tour De France. Also in the clip is a new technology on cycling, like Mark Cavendish's SRAM Hydro R hydraulic brake equipped Specialized Venge, Scott's new HMX-SL, the first frame and forks to weigh in at under 1kg for the two.

Cyclist Lance Armstrong will join ride in Iowa

Lance Armstrong said that he will join a bike ride this month that will trek accross Iowa. He told Des Moines Register last Tuesday that his staff from his Austin, Texas-based bicycle shop will join him in a ride for "three or four days" in RAGBRAI, an annual event sponsored by the newspaper that runs from the Missouri to Mississippi rivers.

Lance Armstrong admitted that he use steroids for all seven of his Tour de France wins from 1999-2005 on an interview with Oprah Winfrey.