Chris Horner riding in BC Superweek!

by guidemd on Jul 20, 2008 1:56 AM EDT

'cause not like he has any other big races to do during July :-( . So, in addition to the Cascade Classic (along with Levi I believe), Horner will be riding in several races in the Vancouver BC area in July - the Tour de Gastown (July 16), the Giro di Burnaby (July 17) and the Tour de White Rock, July 18-20.

(I'd been contemplating trying to get to Vancouver for at least the Gastown race ... this might have some influence, though staying home with easier TV and internet access to the TdF is also a factor).

update July 19: guess Horner made it onto the podium in the White Rock criterium, according to this pic from the Symmetrics site. Symmetrics' Andrew Pinfold won the race (as he did the Tour de Gastown on Wednesday as well as the Giro di Burnaby on Thursday).

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Gastown is supposed to be a blast

but unfortunately for me it’s on a weekday

by lyne on Jul 5, 2008 11:59 AM EDT 0 recs

and Horner wins the road race!

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=6416e92c-dc76-46ec-a2a5-f4ce8ce991cd

interesting comment from him that he’s been drug tested 10 times this year, by WADA, Astana, and the UCI … I thought for a biological profile thingie or for the team anti-doping program there’d be a lot more than 10 tests by now, even if it’s a weekly event it would only go back to early May.

by guidemd on Jul 21, 2008 12:31 PM EDT 0 recs

that is a very low number of tests especially compared to Garmin

I do remember reading that Garmin riders were tested way more often than that, I think it was on Velonews.

However, I have no idea how often Columbia and CSC riders are testsed.

by lyne on Jul 21, 2008 6:57 PM EDT up 0 recs

Slipstream nos: every rider is tested every 14 days

from slipstream website:

Every rider is tested every 14 days. That’s over 600 annual reminders to the world that Slipstream stands behind its mission of clean sport.

by lyne on Jul 21, 2008 8:26 PM EDT 0 recs

And that doesn't include the testing by UCI, WADA, or races (if I recall correctly)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Jul 21, 2008 8:39 PM EDT up 0 recs

thanks for the info

and FWIW, I’m a Chris Horner fan, even if I think it wasn’t a bright decision to go to Astana, so I’d hope for his sake he’s being tested “enough” (whatever that might mean). Just sayin’, because on another forum when I asked, the main response was from a really defensive Astana fan …

by guidemd on Jul 21, 2008 10:23 PM EDT 0 recs