Spin Bike
Hour on the Spin Bike. Spent about half standing and half sitting.
Workout:
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 07/25/2007
- Time: 16:00:00
- Total Time: 1:00:00.00
- Distance: 20 miles
- Average Speed: 20 mph
Filed under: 2007 Resolutions, Cycling, Goals, Spin Bike, Uncategorized, Workout, fitness, fitness over forty, male over forty, over forty
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Here we go again!!! Rasmussen kicked out of the tour
Michael Rasmussen, who all but locked up the Tour de France this morning on the last mountain stage of the tour - has been kicked out of the Tour de France. He didn’t get kicked out of the tour by the tour organizers, he got kicked out of the tour by his own team for lying to them.
Rasmussen, earlier in the week, was kicked off the Danish National team for missing out of competition drug tests. Cyclists are required to notify the governing bodies as to their location at all time so that they can be randomly tested. Rassmussen has missed four of those tests, two by the UCI and two by the Danish cycling body. The rule says three missed tests count as a non-negative, but it has to come from the same agency, so technically he isn’t in violation.
A story published on VeloNews.com about allegations from a former mountain biker that Rasmussen tried to trick him into transporting banned doping products to Europe didn’t help, either. The Tour Organizers have taken the stance that if they would have known about this controversy, they would not have let him start the tour. But now, there was nothing they could do.
This morning was the last mountain stage of the Tour. It was regarded as the last chance for someone to take the yellow jersey from Rasmussen. Hopes sat with the number 2 rider, Alberto Contador of Discovery. The previous stage on Monday, Contador has put Rasmussen in trouble, but didn’t make up any time. Stage 16 was the last chance.
On the final climb Team Discovery isolated Rasmussen. It was Contador, Rasmussen, and Levi Leipheimer (also of Discovery). The two Discovery riders repeatedly attacked Rasmussen, but to no avail. Finally, in the last 2k of the race, Rasmussen pulled away for the stage win, and all but sealed his Tour de France victory.
But after the stage Robobank has chosen to kick Rasmussen off their team and out of the Tour de France. It seems that Robobank has uncovered new information that shows Rasmussen lied to them. He has been saying that he missed the out of competition drug test in June because he was training in Mexico (where his wife is from) and that he didn’t have access to the internet or a fax machine (an assertion that most found suspicious). But now it has been revealed that he was actually in Italy at the time, not Mexico. That was enough for his team to say enough and fire him.
So now, Alberto Contador of Team Discovery leads the Tour de France going into Saturday’s final time trial. Barring a major breakdown, he should win the tour. Levi Liepheimer of Discovery now sits third in the competition and will also make the final podium in Paris.
But in this tour, who knows if that’s what actually will happen!
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