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The Onion Jabs at Pro Cycling

Sep 5th, 2007 | By | Category: General

Thanks to listener Mark for sending along the link to this article in The Onion.

This tongue-in-cheek jab at pro cycling’s doping woes tells the story of the non-doping cyclists who have only recently finished the Tour de France.

According to the fictional account:
Finland’s Piet Kvistik, a domestique with the Crédit Mondial team, was this year’s highest-finishing non-doping rider (142nd overall). Kvistik claimed the maillot propre, the blue jersey worn by the highest-placed ‘clean’ rider, on the ninth stage of the race when the six riders who had previously worn it tested positive for EPO, elevated levels of testosterone, and blood-packing.

Click over to The Onion for the entire story. I think you’ll enjoy it.

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  1. DaveP September 6th, 2007 7:23 am

    I missed this the first time around:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/07/02/sotour102.xml

    But I’m glad I found it, and fully agree with it.

    DaveP

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