Feb 8, 2018 | Doping, Drugs, Lance Armstrong, Road Racing, Turbo Trainer
5 years after ‘that’ interview, the Lance Armstrong case is still rumbling on. The law is slowly catching up with Armstrong, but it is very slow. Exactly 5 years on, Armstrong is asking for his life-time ban (from all competitive sports) to be lifted, and says that it...
Jul 13, 2017 | Amphetamines, Doping, Drugs, Mont Ventoux, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Tom Simpson, Tour de France
50 years ago, on the 13th July 2017 one of Britain’s most successful professional cyclists collapsed and died during the ascent of Mont Ventoux, France. Tom Simpson (30 Nov 1937 – 13 July 1967) was born is Haswell, County Durham and later moved to Haworth in...
Jan 26, 2013 | Doping, Drugs, Lance Armstrong, Road Racing, Tour de France
Love him or loathe him, Lance Armstrong is still one of the most divisive characters of professional cycling. He is a bit like Marmite – you either hate it or enjoy it. On Friday 12th January 2013 Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey that he had used banned...
