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Monday, March 23, 2009

By Yokota Fritz

Tyler Hamilton for Rock Racing during the 2009 Tour of California Prologue in Sacramento.

Tyler Hamilton of Rock Racing: 2009 Amgen Tour of California Prologue

Hamilton was scheduled to race in this week's Vuelta Castilla y León stage race but pulled out because of bronchitis, according to Rock Racing. Francisco Mancebo took Hamilton's place as team leader for Rock Racing.

Other nonsense that I originally published about Hamilton deleted, although it lives forever in the world of RSS.

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Comments:

Can't we just accept that a large number of pro athletes use performance enhancing drugs? The prohibition isn't working.

# posted by

FixedXorBroken : 3/23/2009 01:52:00 PM

I would think if this rumor is true he will be banned for life. I hope it's not true.

# posted by

joelprice.com : 3/23/2009 02:22:00 PM

BTW if this rumor turns out to be not true. Kirk Flinte of Hincapie Sportswear will need to read "Twitter gets you fired in 140 characters or less" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29796962/

# posted by

joelprice.com : 3/23/2009 02:58:00 PM

Kirk Flinte removed his tweet and replaced it with an inane comment about the weather.

It's probably a baseless rumor. I just wanted an excuse for posting my photo of Tyler Hamilton here :-)

# posted by

Yokota Fritz : 3/23/2009 03:11:00 PM

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# posted by

andylayhe71 : 3/23/2009 03:31:00 PM

All cycling race results should be regarded as "preliminary". They become "official" only when the drug test results are in.

This is why I have given up on watching the races. The guy who crosses the finish line first could still be disqualified.

# posted by

Anonymous : 3/23/2009 03:33:00 PM

guys like Hamilton should have been banned for life. Check out Bike Pure one of the world's largest anti-doping organizations for fans trying to help cycling. www.bikepure.org

# posted by

Anonymous : 3/23/2009 03:34:00 PM

Just a small correction: Hamilton was originally suspended for Homologous Blood Doping (injected someone else's red blood cells into his system) and not for EPO.

# posted by

Anonymous : 3/23/2009 04:05:00 PM

Thanks Anon, corrected. I've lost track though -- he was positive for EPO somewhere, wasn't he?

# posted by

Yokota Fritz : 3/23/2009 06:03:00 PM

Repeating rumors is neither fair nor ethical. Works the same in cycling and politics. Is it worth potentially damaging a person's reputation to repeat stories with no basis in fact? Hamilton did the crime and served his time. He's starting over with a clean slate. If he gets nailed again, we'll find out from legitimate sources soon enough.

# posted by

Gene : 3/23/2009 07:49:00 PM

"It's probably a baseless rumor. I just wanted an excuse for posting my photo of Tyler Hamilton here"

I turn to this site for good nuggets of solid information. This is totally not something I expected here or on Twitter.

# posted by

Donna Tocci : 3/23/2009 08:22:00 PM

Lance Pharmstrong
Frankie Andreu
Roid Flandis
Tyler Liar Hamilton
Roberto Heras
Ivan Basso
Benoit Joachim
Manuel Beltran
Pavel Pardrnos

All confirmed USPO/Discovery/Astana drug cheats.

They all began doping before age 18!

Pro cycling = Life sciences

# posted by

Anonymous : 3/25/2009 02:34:00 PM

I guess Kirk was right.

# posted by

James : 4/17/2009 03:13:00 PM

*sigh* Sad to hear that news today.

# posted by

Yokota Fritz : 4/17/2009 11:00:00 PM

Too bad you bailed on your initial post. You were right all along.

# posted by

Anonymous : 4/18/2009 11:56:00 PM