He’s on morphine, but he’s still concerned about sending a blog update on his condition. Same old Tim. That’s good news. The bad news is that he’s going to be healing for a while. He’s on morphine due to the pain of his injuries including fractures of his skull, vertebrae, knee, ribs, and of course, […]
Thanks to KK, there is an update on Tim Jackson. According to her blog post: He hit the boards at about 30 mph trying to avoid another rider. He was on a brand new bike, 24 laps into a 25 lap race… He sustained a concussion, a broken rib and nearly severed his right thumb […]
Donna Tocci from Kryptonite just wrote an email to tell me that our friend and fellow Spokesmen, Tim Jackson (aka Masiguy), was injured pretty seriously at the velodrome last night according to an account on the Blue Squirrel blog today. Here’s what he had to say: unfortunately i have some bad news to report concerning […]
Here’s an excellent highlight video of the UCI Track Worlds. The video was put together by FredCast listener Markus from CycleFilm (a sponsor of The FredCast 100th Episode Contest). Online Videos by Veoh.com
It’s bad news for those hoping for an Astana invite and a chance for last year’s champion Alberto Contador to defend his title. With no invitation for Astance, Levi Leipheimer won’t get to try to better his third place finish either. On the bright side, Team Slipstream-Chipotle has earned a place in the starting line […]
On last night’s show, I mentioned the Associated Press story about how the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is paying so much for the Floyd Landis appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport that it is going to take 5 – 10% out of their annual budget. Today, the Associated Press reports (via the […]
Press release : Consequences of Paris-Nice: UCI declaration 18.03.2008 In order to let the riders to concentrate on their race, the International Cycling Union (UCI) opted to refrain from making any declarations during the Paris-Nice event. The UCI is currently looking into the consequences that will apply to those who breached its rules. This evaluation […]
The 66th Paris-Nice stage race began today under a dark cloud of accusations, counter-accusations and threats. Despite that, great racing is expected. Today’s Prologue was taken by Thor Hushovd. For those of you wondering, here is a list of teams that started today’s race, despite the threats by the UCI: Crédit Agricole Team CSC Slipstream […]
(Lausanne, 7 March 2008 – Court of Arbitration for Sport) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected the request for provisional and conservatory measures filed by the International Professional Cycling Teams (IPCT), by seven professional cycling teams (Quickstep, Rabobank, Liquigas, Milram, Silence-Lotto, CSC and Suanier-Duval) as well as the Cyclistes Professionnels AssociÈsî (CPA). […]
(March 7, 2008, Lausanne – From the UCI) The International Cycling Union (UCI) decided today to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the French Cycling Federation (FFC) and its President, Mr Jean Pitallier, on the grounds that they colluded in effecting the withdrawal of Paris-Nice from the regulatory framework of the UCI, when there was no reason […]
