Boonen positive?

calvjones

"Tom is and remains a great champion. For this reason we have great faith in him for the future"

Translation from the Flemish: If he was a middling domestique he'd be gone like a cool breeze...

giant_man

Idiot, a rider of his calibre mucking about with coke for gods sake.

I am very glad he's not being offered a place in the Tour, he doesn't deserve it.

Moomaloid

Its very small. I work in the music industry and see it everywhere. I do know people who have had problems on it but 98% of the people i know who do it do it in a recreational manner, can take it or leave it. The UK's press are constantly painting an untrue picture when it comes to recreational drugs, which gives people a skewed and un factional view.

calvjones

Moomaloid wrote:

Its very small. I work in the music industry and see it everywhere. I do know people who have had problems on it but 98% of the people i know who do it do it in a recreational manner, can take it or leave it. The UK's press are constantly painting an untrue picture when it comes to recreational drugs, which gives people a skewed and un factional view.

Hmmm... I'm not sure anyone here is saying 'aargh it's coke' but rather like Pantani, the coke is a symptom of a wider inability to make rational choices (look at his driving for fks sake) that may have longer term implications.

Coke.. It's all fun and games 'til your nose drops off in the shower...

DavidBelcher

pottssteve wrote:

Has anyone done a gag about him joining High Road yet?

How about Quick Step taking a leaf out of the BBC's book and using a different guest sprinter for each TdF stage, as per a well-known satirical panel show?

David