Thursday, May 24, 2007

Road rash

Eule:

I saw something like that before.

It made him really sick to the stomach,

and I had to hurry over and open the window.

I said, "Ete, can you stand it?"

With a brush,

he scrubbed his wounds open again

under the shower, so they really bled.

Ete (Erik Zabel):

You take the brush

and you practically

open the cut right up again.

and then it really bleeds out.

Yes and...

...

to get it all out.

It's better that way. ...

Eule:

As I said, now the suffering really begins.
--from "Hell on Wheels"
--

What will Bjarne Riis have to say tomorrow?

What will the consequences be? Of those that have confessed, Aldag and Zabel are the only ones with something to lose, and Aldag already has word that he'll keep his DS job. And Zabel's confession? Emotional, yes; but based on words alone, it should piss people off as much as Basso's "but I didn't really dope" cop-out. (I don't want to say that--I'd like to stay a Zabel fan--we shall see.)

Aldag has mentioned getting an arm tattoo to hide bruises from his injections. Both Zabel and Kloden have prominent red and black tattoos on their upper arms (almost matching devil faces). Come to think of it, why did Kloden leave T-Mobile at the time of the regime change?

C'mon everybody, sling mud from the armchairs while the slinging's good.

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Liquigas is the preeminent Italian team in the Giro. Saunier Duval is the top Spanish squad. T-Mobile from Germany had a good run with Pinotti in pink. Ummm...is there a French team in this year's Giro? (Ouch.)

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