Rasmussen out

Ewoud Dronkert said:

Withdrawm by his team, "for violating an internal rule."
No stance on whether the team will start tomorrow.

Now we know whose bag got swapped with Vinokourov's.

Man, this is better than WWE Smackdown. If only the Lovely Miss Elizabeth
were still alive.

--
Bill Asher

In article <[email hidden]>,

William Asher said:

Ewoud Dronkert said:

Withdrawm by his team, "for violating an internal rule."
No stance on whether the team will start tomorrow.

Now we know whose bag got swapped with Vinokourov's.

Man, this is better than WWE Smackdown. If only the Lovely Miss Elizabeth
were still alive.

It's been reported that he lied to his team about his whereabouts:

From EuroSport:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/25072007/3/rasmussen-tour-de-france.html

Rasmussen out of Tour de France
Wed 25 Jul, 10:22 PM

PAU, France (AFP) - Yellow jersey wearer Michael Rasmussen was
sensationally kicked out of the Tour de France by his own Rabobank team,
the Dutch outfit revealed on Wednesday.
The Dane had seemingly weathered the storm over missing four out of
competition dope tests in the past 18 months and had won Wednesday's
stage to all but seal overall victory.
However the team has learnt that Rasmussen lied to them over where and
what he was up to during the month of June when he was in fact in Italy
and not in Mexico as he had told them.
Rasmussen had won two stages during the Tour, though, his presence at
the race was questioned by several officials and from the race
organisers as well.
His departure leaves young Spaniard Alberto Contador in the lead with
Australian Cadel Evans in second.

MrBob said:

His departure leaves young Spaniard Alberto Contador in the lead

Yeah, but there's still four more days to kick him out, too.

"MrBob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

William Asher said:

Ewoud Dronkert said:

Withdrawm by his team, "for violating an internal rule."
No stance on whether the team will start tomorrow.

Now we know whose bag got swapped with Vinokourov's.

Man, this is better than WWE Smackdown. If only the Lovely Miss
Elizabeth
were still alive.

It's been reported that he lied to his team about his whereabouts:

From EuroSport:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/25072007/3/rasmussen-tour-de-france.html

Rasmussen out of Tour de France

Ironic that such a gift should come to Disco in this way.

MrBob said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

William Asher said:

Ewoud Dronkert said:

Withdrawm by his team, "for violating an internal rule."
No stance on whether the team will start tomorrow.

Now we know whose bag got swapped with Vinokourov's.

Man, this is better than WWE Smackdown. If only the Lovely Miss
Elizabeth were still alive.

It's been reported that he lied to his team about his whereabouts:

From EuroSport:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/25072007/3/rasmussen-tour-de-france.html

Rasmussen out of Tour de France
Wed 25 Jul, 10:22 PM

PAU, France (AFP) - Yellow jersey wearer Michael Rasmussen was
sensationally kicked out of the Tour de France by his own Rabobank
team, the Dutch outfit revealed on Wednesday.
The Dane had seemingly weathered the storm over missing four out of
competition dope tests in the past 18 months and had won Wednesday's
stage to all but seal overall victory.
However the team has learnt that Rasmussen lied to them over where and
what he was up to during the month of June when he was in fact in
Italy and not in Mexico as he had told them.
Rasmussen had won two stages during the Tour, though, his presence at
the race was questioned by several officials and from the race
organisers as well.
His departure leaves young Spaniard Alberto Contador in the lead with
Australian Cadel Evans in second.

Keep in mind I predicted this. Contador is next, then Evans and
Leipheimer. Kirchen is now safe since he's dropped down below Valverde.

¡Viva España!

--
Bill Asher

Gosh, how are we gonna handle all of these falsely accused people?
Floyd, Tyler, Basso, Rasmussen, Vinokourov?

Oh the humanity.

On Jul 25, 2:13 pm, Ewoud Dronkert <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Withdrawm by his team, "for violating an internal rule."
No stance on whether the team will start tomorrow.

--
E. Dronkert

Quoted message said:

Ironic that such a gift should come to Disco in this way.

My guess is that Discovery would rather have a legit 2nd place than a 1st
place with an asterisk, even though the asterisk is due to the action of
another rider on another team. Actually two other riders on two other teams.
This could be the TdF that rivals the 84 Olympics.

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA

"Jim Flom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

"MrBob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

William Asher said:

Ewoud Dronkert wrote:

> Withdrawm by his team, "for violating an internal rule."
> No stance on whether the team will start tomorrow.
>
>

Now we know whose bag got swapped with Vinokourov's.

Man, this is better than WWE Smackdown. If only the Lovely Miss
Elizabeth
were still alive.

It's been reported that he lied to his team about his whereabouts:

From EuroSport:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/25072007/3/rasmussen-tour-de-france.html

Rasmussen out of Tour de France

Ironic that such a gift should come to Disco in this way.

Quoted message said:

MrBob said:

His departure leaves young Spaniard Alberto Contador in the lead

Yeah, but there's still four more days to kick him out, too.

Those tracking implants are looking better every day, and you had damn
well better not marry, or be, someone from "an unusual location".
Let it all come crashing down! Or brand the [censored] and chain them
up.
Bill C

kaiser said:

Gosh, how are we gonna handle all of these falsely accused people?
Floyd, Tyler, Basso, Rasmussen, Vinokourov?

Oh the humanity.

On Jul 25, 2:13 pm, Ewoud Dronkert <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Withdrawm by his team, "for violating an internal rule."
No stance on whether the team will start tomorrow.

Quoted message said:

--
E. Dronkert- Hide quoted text -

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The same way the Soviets handled the "mentally sick criminals" who
thought the Gulags and purges were a bad thing.
Bill C

MrBob schreef:

Quoted message said:

It's been reported that he lied to his team about his whereabouts:
[...]
PAU, France (AFP) - Yellow jersey wearer Michael Rasmussen was
sensationally kicked out of the Tour de France by his own Rabobank team,

Yep. He has been dismissed, effective immediately, by his employer for
lying about where he was. The team (riders?) is still in chambers about
tomorrow's start.

--
E. Dronkert

Quoted message said:

On Jul 25, 11:29 pm, MrBob <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

His departure leaves young Spaniard Alberto Contador in the lead

Quoted message said:

Yeah, but there's still four more days to kick him out, too.

Won't happen until the pressuere on the Spanish authorites increases
significantly and A.Valverde, A.Contador, S.Palinio and A.Davies
reincluded in the puerto files.

Congratulation to Cadel Evans, instead ogf Lotto sueing Astana perheps
the should instead sue the spanish cycling federation.

--
Morten Reippuert Knudsen :-) <http://blog.reippuert.dk>

Merlin Works CR-3/2.5 & Campagnolo Chorus 2007.

Mike Jacoubowsky said:

Quoted message said:

Ironic that such a gift should come to Disco in this way.

My guess is that Discovery would rather have a legit 2nd place than a 1st
place with an asterisk, even though the asterisk is due to the action of
another rider on another team. Actually two other riders on two other teams.
This could be the TdF that rivals the 84 Olympics.

What asterisk? The race is still in progress. As of today, the winner is still to be decided in Paris. People drop out for all sorts of reasons.

Hidden camera catches Bruyneel's face as he flips open his cell phone and gets the news. His response was which of the following:

1. "No [censored]!", said with a big grin.
2. "Oh, [censored]!", said with a big frown.
3. "[censored]!", said with total disgust.

My money's on 1.

Dan

On Jul 25, 2:53 pm, Ewoud Dronkert <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

MrBob schreef:

I'm not sure that Boonen wants to walk away from his green jersey so
quickly.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

It's been reported that he lied to his team about his whereabouts:
[...]
PAU, France (AFP) - Yellow jersey wearer Michael Rasmussen was
sensationally kicked out of the Tour de France by his own Rabobank team,

Yep. He has been dismissed, effective immediately, by his employer for
lying about where he was. The team (riders?) is still in chambers about
tomorrow's start.

--
E. Dronkert

kaiser schreef:

Quoted message said:

I'm not sure that Boonen wants to walk away from his green jersey so
quickly.

Not the same team.

--
E. Dronkert

I guess the Chicken was in Italy doing the nasty drug thing with Dr Ferrari.

MrBob said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

William Asher said:

Ewoud Dronkert said:

Withdrawm by his team, "for violating an internal rule."
No stance on whether the team will start tomorrow.

Now we know whose bag got swapped with Vinokourov's.

Man, this is better than WWE Smackdown. If only the Lovely Miss Elizabeth
were still alive.

It's been reported that he lied to his team about his whereabouts:

From EuroSport:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/25072007/3/rasmussen-tour-de-france.html

Rasmussen out of Tour de France
Wed 25 Jul, 10:22 PM

PAU, France (AFP) - Yellow jersey wearer Michael Rasmussen was
sensationally kicked out of the Tour de France by his own Rabobank team,
the Dutch outfit revealed on Wednesday.
The Dane had seemingly weathered the storm over missing four out of
competition dope tests in the past 18 months and had won Wednesday's
stage to all but seal overall victory.
However the team has learnt that Rasmussen lied to them over where and
what he was up to during the month of June when he was in fact in Italy
and not in Mexico as he had told them.
Rasmussen had won two stages during the Tour, though, his presence at
the race was questioned by several officials and from the race
organisers as well.
His departure leaves young Spaniard Alberto Contador in the lead with
Australian Cadel Evans in second.

Spam goes well with eggs

My guess is that Discovery (previously Postal) is better than the other
teams at not getting caught. Considering the last two years, and admissions
from various former riders, I'm now of the feeling that many riders are
cheating. Does anyone seriously think that the few that get caught are the
only ones doing it. I no longer trust any of them and sadly, I don't feel
like watching cycle racing any more.

Perhaps they should just give up and let anyone do anything they want. At
least the playing field would then be level. (I'm not really advocating
this but saying it out of frustration.)

Bob P.

"Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Ironic that such a gift should come to Disco in this way.

My guess is that Discovery would rather have a legit 2nd place than a 1st
place with an asterisk, even though the asterisk is due to the action of
another rider on another team. Actually two other riders on two other
teams. This could be the TdF that rivals the 84 Olympics.

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA

"Jim Flom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

"MrBob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
William Asher <[email hidden]> wrote:

> Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
>
> > Withdrawm by his team, "for violating an internal rule."
> > No stance on whether the team will start tomorrow.
> >
> >
>
> Now we know whose bag got swapped with Vinokourov's.
>
> Man, this is better than WWE Smackdown. If only the Lovely Miss
> Elizabeth
> were still alive.

It's been reported that he lied to his team about his whereabouts:

From EuroSport:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/25072007/3/rasmussen-tour-de-france.html

Rasmussen out of Tour de France

Ironic that such a gift should come to Disco in this way.

"Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Ironic that such a gift should come to Disco in this way.

My guess is that Discovery would rather have a legit 2nd place than a 1st
place with an asterisk, even though the asterisk is due to the action of
another rider on another team. Actually two other riders on two other
teams. This could be the TdF that rivals the 84 Olympics.

You can't seriously believe that Contador is going to be only 2 minutes
slower than Evans? There's even a chance that Levi is going to do a better
TT than Contador.

"Bob Palermo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

My guess is that Discovery (previously Postal) is better than the other
teams at not getting caught.

Yeah and Team Barloworld are really clever too.

What a dumbass you are.

"Ewoud Dronkert" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Withdrawm by his team, "for violating an internal rule."
No stance on whether the team will start tomorrow.

Next to go are Contador and Leipheimer.

Go Cadel!!!

Or maybe they'll all go:

http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/2007_tour_de_farce.jpg

Greg
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