A loss in Cycling and The new Slipstream! August 2, 2007
Posted by Shamous in Barloworld, christian vande velde, cycling, david millar, David Zabriskie, Robbie Hunter, Ryan Cox, Slipstream, Stuart O'Grady.add a comment
Well today Barloworld’s rider Ryan Cox died from an apparent artery rupture. He just recently went under the knife for iliac artery problems. It was the same problem that Stuart O’Grady had in 2002. Well any ways Cox had successfully went through the surgery and was recovering. But due to financial needs he was forced to leave and return to South Africa, his native country. He had been help to afford the surgery by his close friend Robbie Hunter. But his funds ran dry and was force to leave. This Monday while in South Africa recovering he was rushed to the hospital and the doctors tryed to repair the artery. The doctors were unsuccessful and Ryan Cox died. He was only 28 years old. I do have some good news though. The all new U.S. based Slipstream team has now announced that David Millar, Christian Vande Velde, and David Zabriski will be joining the team in 2008 season.
Tour de France Squad updates. June 29, 2007
Posted by Shamous in Andreas Kloden, Andrey Kashechkin, Astana, cycling, david millar, Kim Kirchen, michael rogers, paolo savoldelli, saunier duval-prodir, steroids, T-Mobile, Tour De France.add a comment
Well some more teams have released their rosters for the Tour de France. Some very important names have been left out of the rosters. This is due to the connection to steroids usage. This is a good sign that the Tour is going to be cleaned up. They are on the right track to cleaning up the cycling world. The sooner it is cleaned up the better. I hope more teams follow the examples of the likes of Astana.
Astana Squad
- Antonio Colom
- Maxim Iglinskiy
- Serguei Ivanov
- Andrey Kashechkin
- Andreas Kloden
- Daniel Navarro
- Gregory Rast
- Paolo Savoldelli
- Alexandre Vinoourov
Saunier Duval-Prodir Squad
- David Canada
- Fran Ventoso
- Iban Mayo
- David de la Fuente
- Juan Jose Cobo
- Iker Camano
- Buben Lobato
- Christophe Rinero
- David Millar
T-Mobile Squad
- Michael Rogers
- Mark Cavendish
- Marcus Burghardt
- Linus Gerdemann
- Kim Kirchen
- Bernhard Eisel
- Axel Merckx
- Giuseppe Guerini
- Patrick Sinkewitz
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