update May 24, 2007

What the sport has needed for a long time

This is what the sport of cycling has needed for a long time. The "Festina Affair" was a sensational scandal but it didn't have the lasting impact it should have. Puerto is different, it will have a long lasting impact. Greg Lemond speaking out against what has happened to the sport of cycling is huge. He loves the sport of cycling but hates what has happened to it. This is not just another person speaking out against doping, this is a three time winner of the Tour. A double world champion

The T-mobile revelations are huge as well. Finally, someone with character.

Last year German television threatened not to televise the Tour of Germany if there weren't guarentees that the competiton was legitamate. For things to change it has to hit the bottom line. When networks stop televising races, sponsors will walk away and the money will dry up until viewers, broadcasters and sponsors feel that what they are watching is not fraud.

The Ultimate Quote:

"I can just imagine my son entering a professional race today and being faced with the choice of either you dope or you don't.

The sport is paying the price for the dishonesty and lies. The lies are starting to tumble. The house of cards is cracking and it's coming down. I think it's a good thing for cycling. I think the Tour de France is an incredible event and I think that as this culture and this generation of the past gets cleansed and they really attack the issue of doping...

When I hear people say you can't win the Tour de France without doping, I did, and if everybody starts clean from point A to point B, you're going to have a winner crossing the finish line and I could tell you it would be more exciting.

Nobody owns me, nobody in the world of cycling. There have been a lot of people who do not want to look at the truth of what going on in cycling because of economics. I've had an economic fallout. If they're trying to say I have an economic reason, I've had an economic fallout. I don't really care because I'm not someone who can be bought off, silenced. I'm doing what's right and what I felt was right was coming here and telling"

- Greg LeMond

"I think Greg LeMond is the most courageous person in American cycling right now, I think he has been maligned in the media and hasn't been able to speak freely about all of the details of his situation. Just like when I started cycling I looked up to him as an athlete, I look up to him as a person now."

- Joe Papp

update May 11, 2007

Quote of the day:

"Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there."

- Bo Jackson

update April 17, 2007

Quote of the day:

"Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy"

- Clint Eastwood, The Outlaw Josey Wales

update April 10, 2007

Message from the new editor

The RaceClean.org web site is undergoing significant changes and over the next few weeks we will provide regular updates regarding what you can expect to see in the future at RaceClean.org. There are some obvious questions about the changes to RaceClean.org for those who have visited the site regularly in the past so we are going to try to answer them. If you have additional questions, send to raceclean@gmail.com.

What will be the focus of RaceClean.org going forward?

Our focus will be on clean, fair, and healthy competition. Anti-doping will be a central area of focus, but not the only one. We want to promote drug free athletes and teams on the web site. Our focus will be on drug-free athletes, and not on dopers. Cheating doesn’t start and end with doping. How about holding onto an ice cream truck on a climb to win one of the Grand Tours? How about being minutes behind in a classic about jumping out of the race for an hour and then jumping back in with the leaders and getting a top 10 finish in a classic?

What about the ‘black list’?

There will not be a black list of known and/or suspected dopers on RaceClean.org. You will not find libellous material on this web site. We are not interested in who got caught, who might be doping, who they get their drugs from, or what they take. We won’t discuss the latest pro riders caught doping or implicated in a drug scandal. You can read cyclingnews.com or any of the mainstream news for that.

Is this site going to be lame or what?

No. Our aim is to get current and former, pro and elite, dope free athletes to discuss the drug problem in sports and why they made the choices they’ve made. We also present some of the complicated issues surrounding drugs in sport. If you’re looking for something edgier and commentary on current high profile doping cases then go to www.su13.us and www.doperssuck.com

Why are you creating this site?

That is a complicated answer, check back net week and I will try to answer that question. In short, I have seen the beauty and ugliness of cycling, and pretty disappointed (and disgusted) at what has happened to the sport.

Were you an elite cyclist?

Yes, in the past. I mainly ride and race locally for fun now.

We want your input.

We are starting with a clean slate. We would like to know what you would like to see on the web site. Send your email comments and questions to raceclean@gmail.com.

Quote of the day:

‘We consider this [doping] to be the most shameful abuse of the Olympic ideal: we call for a life ban of offending athletes; we call for a life ban of coaches and the so-called doctors who administer the evil.’

- Sebastian Coe