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Posted in July 6th, 2008

Thor Hushovd has won stage two of the Tour DE France. In the overall standings Alejandro Valverde stays in the yellow jersey after his stage win yesterday. Kin Kirchen is in the green jersey, Thomas Voeckler is the king of the mountain compation (pokadot jersey) thus far, Ricardo Ricco leads the youngest rider comp. (white jersey), and Valverde’s team CAISSE DEPARGNE is in first place. Team Columbia is second place which was team High Road. I love this time of year, the only sad part is that team Astana was not allowed to participate. That means that both Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer were kept out. I have two questions: is it fair that team Astana is not allowed to race even though it a completely new team? And can you really be considered the best cyclist if two of the worlds best cyclist are not allowed to compete?

5 users commented in " Stage 2 of the tour "

Anonymous said,

in July 8th, 2008 at 12:57 am

Dude, here`s the deal. Astana i by no means a new team. Do you remember Vinoukorov? This is the old T-Mobile team, which almost half of the riders were caught cheeting with drugs. There is still big scepticism revolved around Contador as well. You do not know what your tailking about obviously.

Zak said,

in July 8th, 2008 at 6:26 am

Actually anonymous, you do not know what you are talking about. The old T-Mobile team is the new Team Columbia. Vinokourov was on T-Mobile then Liberty Seguros-Würth but then his own team sponsored by the Kazakhstan Government and Railways after many doping scandals. This team is called Astana. Last year Astana and Vinokourov were pulled from the tour after HE failed a doping test. Everybody from the old Astana team was fired and this year Astana has all new riders except for one, Kloden along with new management and a new anti-doping program.

There is suspicion about Contador but so what, there is or has been suspicion about everybody.

Do your research before you post here with incorrect information

Isaac said,

in July 8th, 2008 at 8:02 am

Thank you Zak. You know what you are talking about, by new team I did not mean newly created but newly revamped because of the drug scandals last year. And like Zak said team T-Mobile became High Road and just became team Columbia right before the Tour de France started.

Fixed Gear Home Skillet said,

in July 8th, 2008 at 11:07 am

Astana pulled “voluntarily”.

C-Fiddy said,

in July 8th, 2008 at 1:08 pm

And Liberty Seguros goes back to Manolo Sainz, right?
But the Kazacks bought out his license.
Be careful Team HighHorse, George rode with Lance all seven tours and was usually drivin that blue train. So he must be a doper too!
After following Landis’ case through trustbutverify.com and other venues, the whoopin’ he got from CAS really has altered my opinion on doping. Forget innocent until proven guilty, if you win, you must have doped, if not, prove it, because winning makes you suspicious. Oh, that’s a healthy way to run a sport.

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