Comments on: New scandal rocks Tour de France 2008

By: Rodney Olsen

Rodney Olsen — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:52:23 +0000

Brilliant. Thanks for that, Shelley. I certainly want to spend some time playing with that one.

By: Shelley

Shelley — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:21:19 +0000

Did you know that you can “ride” the Tour De France on Google Maps? They’ve done a special ‘street view’ of the whole route. We’ve got the TV coverage on now, so I searched for the name of the place that came up in the bottom left of the screen (Mane)….and followed their progress on Google street view! It’s good fun – you can zoom in on the nice churches they whizz past, or click on the “photos” icon to see photos from the area. It’s at maps.google.com and search for “france” (it’ll come up with the whole route there) or just search the specific name of the place.

Then wait as your clock’s hands magically speed up and you realise it’s way past your bedtime

By: Rodney Olsen

Rodney Olsen — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:16:50 +0000

You’re right, John. The Cobra is well and truly bitten.

I must say that I thought his bursts of speed while heading up massive climbs was super human. Now we know they were.

By: Rodney Olsen

Rodney Olsen — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:15:36 +0000

Dave, it certainly is good that the riders are being caught. I just wish that they did as much testing in other sports.

Cycling has the toughest testing regime of all sports so the cheats are more likely to be caught. The testing isn’t as tough in other sports so it gives the impression that they’re cleaner when it may be that the opposite is true.

By: Rodney Olsen

Rodney Olsen — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:13:46 +0000

Unfortunately I don’t think it’ll be the last time someone is caught. I can’t understand the stupidity of riders thinking they’ll beat the toughest drug testing of any sport.