I suppose in some way, in fact a very little way, he should be praised for admitting it and not dragging it through the courts, but then you think of the other boys in the team who were removed from the Tour because of his actions and you feel no praise for him.  Yes today Riccardo Riccò confessed to taking EPO to the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI). MORE »

Above is Riccardo Ricco pointing to himself, the cheating scumbag, who is another rider giving a clear disregard to his sport, his team-mates, and the fans who come to watch it. Yes, Ricco, a greedy, self-centred man, in it for the money, has won two-stages in this years tour and although he becomes the third rider to be disqualified for drug cheating, he is the most high profiled. Remember stage 9 how he burst away from everyone on the final climb? Remember Phil Liggett on ITV4 telling us that he rode like Marco Pantani? Remember how pre-race we had been told that he had a ’shady past’ that he defended as being natural? Yes. Remember all that suspicion . . . It was correct.

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Young Riccardo Riccò timed his move on the final category 1 climb perfectly. He sprung clear of all the big favourites, caught and left behind the men further up the mountain and rode down the other side into the finish for an excellent victory. He only took a minute or so out of what was left of the peloton containing all the big contenders, but for the young Italian who said he was here to learn the Tour and pick up a stage win, things are going very much to plan. MORE »

TdF Stage 6: Aigurande - Super Besse (195.5km)

I made a little mistake yesterday saying that the stage finished on a hill but that it was a category four one. I got a little mixed up there, the stage in fact finished at the top of a category 2 climb, one that seperated the men from the boys for the first time in this Tour de France and seen the Yellow Jersey change hands in unfortunate circumstances. MORE »