Blog Corner

There are several late season victories to report:

State Team Time Trial Champs 1st place Pro 1-2 and new course record
Picacho Peak Time Trial 1st Pro 1-2 new course record
State Ind. Time Trial Champs 1st and 3rd Pro 1-2, 1st 40+
Kit Peak Time Trial 1st Pro 1-2
State Hill Climb Champs 1st Pro 1-2 (David Glick in picture), 1st 40+
Tour de Scottsdale 1st Pro 1-2

RideClean team member Matt Cooke claims 12th place overall and secures top amateur ranking in one of the America's toughest stage races!

Final classification:

1 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Rock Racing) 12:28:35
2 Darren Lill (Team Type1) 0:00:46
3 Jeff Louder (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:01:29
4 Alex Howes (Garmin/Felt) 0:01:54
5 Philip Zajicek (Fly V Australia) 0:02:03
6 Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:02:18
7 Matthew Busche (Kelly Benfit Strategies) 0:02:36
8 Patrick McCarty (OUCH Pro Cycling p/b Maxxis) 0:03:05
9 Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) 0:04:14
10 Brent Bookwalter (BMC Pro Cycling Team) 0:04:18
11 Dan Bowman (Kelly Benfit Strategies) 0:05:38
12 Matthew Cooke (RideClean P/B Patentit.com) 0:07:24
13 Glen Chadwick (Rock Racing) 0:08:44
14 Peter Stetina (Garmin/Felt) 0:08:47
15 Max Jenkins (KFAN Composite Team) 0:09:02

Disgraced cyclist and former pro Bernard Kohl, in an ongoing attempt to compensate for the damage done to the sport, confirms that his manager was involved in paying off the WADA clinic charged with testing in order to maintain the appearance of being clean.

Story here:

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/wada-labs-corrupted-claims-ko...

Issues persist regarding PED's and cycling, both domestically and abroad as evidenced by the latest reports.

First Piere Bordry expressed concern regarding the use of two new PED's: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/afld-president-suspects-new-drugs-in-pel...

Then the news of Astarloza's positive EPO test: http://tour-de-france.velonews.com/article/96245/astarloza-tests-positiv...

Next the firing of Kirk O'Bee from the domestic Bissle Pro Team: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bissell-sacks-obee-for-contract-violatio...

And the on going, extremely protracted, investigation of Ullrich and his possible breach of oath regarding his relationship and payments to Dr. Fuentes (Operation Puerto): http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ullrich-investigated-for-lying-under-oat...

And this is only 1 week in the sport of cycling, not to mention, for example, MLB.

Nice return to racing for team member Matt Cooke at the Cascade Classic with a few choice pics showing up in Velonews (side view Matt, rear view Dave Glick):
http://velonews.com/photo/95909
http://www.velonews.com/photo/96096