Smithers MINNEAPOLIS (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
It kind of seemed like a bit of a boring race this year. Was the lack of Tom Boonen? Was it the lack of Team Astana? I’m not sure. The sprinters teams did not seem to have it put together with the exception of Columbia and Cavendish. There were a bit of fireworks on the run up [...]
Tour de France 2007 (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
VeloNews | Schumacher has his own out-of-competition positive to explain Journalists at the Tour wasted no time drawing parallels between a positive for amphetamines by Stefan Schumacher last October, and this year's out-of-competition positive for cocaine for Tom Boonen, who organizers barred from the Tour. Schumacher explained simply: “Our cases cannot be compared. Tom Boonen underwent a doping test....
Swap Blog (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Well Specialized is rolling out Tom Boonen’s Paris Roubaix ride. The straighter carbon - greater stiffness - and resized bottom bracket / tubes sound like it will be a great ride. It will not be out until 2009 for the average riders, but Velonews has a story on it here. On a personal note [...]
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
Is anyone else blown away by the news of the last week or so? To sum: Team High Road is now Team Columbia Sports, through 2010 at least Quick Step re-upped for another three years, extending Tom Boonen's contract even in the midst of his worst week ever CSC just secured its own immediate future with Saxo Bank And ASO keeps extending its reach around the globe (Spain, California...) The first three...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
Brussels - Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen on Monday protested his innocence again over a positive doping test for cocaine, reportedly telling prosecutors that the drug was put into his drink in a bar. The Gazet de Antwerpen paper said that the 2005 world...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Paris: Former cycling world champion Tom Boonen has been barred from this year's Tour de France after testing positive for cocaine. The rest of his Quick Step team can still compete, tour organisers said.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Former cycling World champion Tom Boonen has been barred from this year’s Tour de France after testing positive for cocaine
Rose Cantine (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
I still can’t believe the news. Tom Boonen, one of the cycling’s mega-stars, has been barred from competing in 2008 because he tested positive for cocaine. He was not officially caught “doping” (i.e. using banned drugs during competition), he cannot be banned by the UCI. However, tour organizers can bar him into their races. He [...]
i-wisdom (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
was this lousy T-shirt (found in my mailbox, sent by Bart Geukens, click to enlarge)
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Former world cycling champion Tom Boonen has been barred from this year's Tour de France after testing positive for cocaine.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
SAINT-PAUL-EN-JARREZ, France (Reuters) - Former world champion Tom Boonen, under investigation for suspected cocaine possession, has been barred from competing in the Tour de France, race director Christian Prudhomme said on Wednesday.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Former world cycling champion Tom Boonen has been barred from this year's Tour de France after testing positive for cocaine.
ESPN (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Former world cycling champion Tom Boonen has been barred from this year's Tour de France after testing positive for cocaine.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Former world champion Tom Boonen has been barred from this year's Tour de France after testing positive for cocaine.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Former world cycling champion Tom Boonen has been barred from this year's Tour de France after testing positive for cocaine.
