Tag: Doping
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Style Icons: Gert-Jan Theunisse
Click or not: Style Icons: Gert-Jan TheunisseNowadays you would be hard pressed to find a mullet as sensational as the one Gert-Jan Theunisse rocked in the late 80s and early 90s, certainly not in the peloton and only slightly less likely in everyday life. Unless you’re from Rooty Hill, the Hutt, or maybe Shane Archbold, who gives it a pretty good… …
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Boneshaker Animates The Tour
Click or not: Boneshaker Animates The TourIt’s that time of the year again for the most predictably boring Grand Tour, the one that gets the most attention, is always surrounded by scandal, and like a car crash we just can’t look away. It’s also the time where we find ourselves trying to explain to non-cycling friends how it all works, and… …
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How to Get Away With Doping
Click or not: How to Get Away With DopingLike a supernova of the peloton, David Millar went from hero to zero and back again, riding the doping rollercoaster to the top of the sport before derailling and crashing off the highest part of the track with his positive tests in the early 2000s. Coming clean, confession and contrition saw him not only regain… …