The sport is falling into disarray as the doping scandal rolls on. by Orla O’Muiri Published in the Edinburgh Journal on 07/11/12 The only option is to hop on your bike and keep on riding, your 20km or 200km route, it doesn’t matter, keep going until it all melts away. Pace yourself, though, as thereContinue reading “Cycling’s Wheels Are Falling Off”
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Poster boy’s fall from grace
Published in the Journal newspaper – 25/10/12 Another legend stumbles, and he falls as he raced- hard and fast. Lance Armstrong is no longer the unstoppable hero of a sport; he is human and he is a cheat. Former US Postal Service cyclist Lance Armstrong received a lifetime ban on 24 August this year afterContinue reading “Poster boy’s fall from grace”
Book Review: The Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton & Daniel Coyle
All the press releases, the articles, the tweets, the news bulletins and the radio presenters mumblings. Everyone shouting the news at you, pushing it into your face. Stacks upon stacks of information to process. I couldn’t keep up. I didn’t get it. Who was the bad guy; Armstrong, the UCI, USADA, all pro cyclists, theContinue reading “Book Review: The Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton & Daniel Coyle”
Orla O'Muiri 