There, that's a better reason (though I don't know if I find it compelling; I, personally, have no problem with artificial enhancement except in that it is against the rules) though all of those "additional complications" are results of improperly performing the procedure and not directly of the procedure.


I also wasn't aware that blood transfusions caused Jack Bauer. I should have watched more than one episode.

Hello, my name is Lisa and I'm a Tour de France posseur.

This is the ONE spoprting event I watch and I've been watching it for over 20 years. This IS a big deal. Ulrich had a good chance of winning this year and Basso was one of the ones to watch. I need to take a look at all of the names withdrawn to see who else is on there.

It should make for an exciting, wide-open tour this year.

I'm hoping that we get good showings out of Levi Leipheimer and George Hincapie.

Forgot to mention, no Americans were implicated in this.

All the American dopers play baseball.

When I saw the thread title, I thought it was going to be about Lars Ulrich being kicked out of the latest Metallica Tour

Me too, KB!:D

What, no love for poor Skeet?

Isn't he the guy who likes to shoot?

I was in the Lars Ulrich school of thought (though I'm amazed I even pulled his name out of the aether). I considered Skeet Ulrich, but what tour would he be kicked off of?

You could have also considered Duke Ulrich of Württemberg (yay for using my history degree) but since he has been dead many centuries he is unlikely to make news.