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crankpunk’s 2014: ‘swollen’ is the word

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on December 29, 2014December 29, 2014

It’s been quite a year here at crankpunk.com, quite a mad, mad 363 days and…

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crankpunk to take up triathlon… but could i pull off a belly top and speedos?

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on November 19, 2014November 19, 2014

INDEED just WHAT has the WORLD COME TO? i woke up this morning with the…

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Crank Punk Coaching Systems: Barry Davies Testimonial

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on November 19, 2014November 19, 2014

I’ve been working with Barry for four months. His aim all along was ‘to get…

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how to prepare the week before that big race

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on November 5, 2014November 5, 2014

a version of this article originally appeared on the Round the Island website, which is…

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Crank Punk Coaching Systems & ANZA Cycling club join forces!

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on October 10, 2014

(CAPITALS here are, I think, appropriate…!) I am very proud to announce that the ANZA…

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Crank Punk Coaching Systems: “It’s the greatest thing since energy gel flavored energy gel,” says James Cole

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on October 2, 2014October 2, 2014

Well he didn’t really say that but he should have. James Cole, 37, originally from…

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Crank Punk Coaching Systems: Donald MacDonald hits the podium!

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on August 7, 2014

great ride last weekend by CPCS rider Donald MacDonald from Singapore (by way of Scotland)…

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crankpunk on PEZ on le Tour

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on July 8, 2014

this article appeared earlier today before Stage 4 of the Tour de Kittel, so it…

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The Froome TUE Palava: Every side letting the fans down

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on June 24, 2014June 28, 2014

this article originally appeared on The Roar   Many would have never heard of a…

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crankpunk on PEZ on the Tour de Suisse, part 2

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on June 23, 2014

what a corker that final stage was. Rui Costa resplendent in his rainbow, Frank being…

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Crank Punk Coaching Systems World Domination Tour continues apace

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on June 23, 2014

well maybe not quite ‘world’ domination, but we’re getting there. Crank Punk Coaching Systems client…

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another Crank Punk Coaching Systems victory!

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on May 18, 2014

yowzers, another win for a CPCS client – well, three wins! Rafael Leyson Amorganda, 28,…

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the curious case of George Hincapie

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on May 1, 2014May 8, 2014

I do not know where to start when it comes to George Hincapie. Ex-Lance Armstrong…

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The Conspiracy: why Paris-Roubaix ’14 ended in anti-climax

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on April 25, 2014May 1, 2014

25km to go. Niki Terpstra is up the road. behind him, a supremely powerful collection…

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crankpunk tees available

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on April 4, 2014

who says cycling tees can’t be attractive? i beg to differ… contact for more details

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crankpunk on PEZ on FLANDERS! (aka Euro Adventure ’14 Part 3)

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on April 4, 2014

yeeha! i’m here, i’ sipping the local juice, and i’m loaded in so many, many…

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crankpunk tees for sale!

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on March 14, 2014

mail me if interested. $32.99 US plus shipping, good quality, guaranteed to either get you…

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the egalitarianism of cycling

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on January 10, 2014

by Kate Smart… who is Australian, if you didn’t know…   Road cycling’s increasing popularity…

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‘your fat has a brain… and it’s trying to kill you’

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on January 7, 2014

excellent and enlightening article in Outside Magazine from last March, explaining just how fat works…

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the Omerta is dead, long live the Omerta

  • by Lee Rodgers
  • Posted on January 2, 2014January 2, 2014

o·mer·ta  n. A rule or code that prohibits speaking or divulging information about certain activities,…

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7 responses to “the Omerta is dead, long live the Omerta”

  1. muhua33 Avatar
    muhua33
    January 3, 2014

    ‘Meet the new boss, same as the old boss”

    Although Froome’s new fishnet skin suit could indeed be considered a form of transparency, it is not the kind I had hoped from Team Sky. Froome needs to understand that there is a big difference between not wanting to talk about doping and not wanting to have to talk about doping. I think we are a long way from not having to talk about it and the pro riders need to come to terms with this.

    I’ve followed pro cycling less and less each year because of comments like this. While they are becoming better with the shut the f*c% up about doping message (now it’s the fans don’t want to talk about it instead of Talansky berating cycling fans for not giving riders a blank check of belief), the message is still the same: stop talking about doping. That’s the last thing we need to do if we want to the sport to change for better. Didn’t we learn that doesn’t work back in 1999?

    Good article.

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  2. MikeB Avatar
    MikeB
    January 3, 2014

    Where do you balance allowing Walsh free access to riders and the team bus on a scale between PR stunt and genuine transparency saying in effect ” if walsh cant find anything wrong, there probably is nothing”. What else can sky actually do?

    On another tack it is clear that the riders knew what was going on, and were doing similar things at least until recently. For a doping culture to flourish there has to be an effective jungle telegraph: so how does the telegraph work? Who are the hubs for information? How can they be infiltrated? Are riders openly discussing doping between themselves? Omerta is only a concept outside the peloton. Within it, there has to be communication surely: and is that the weak point?

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    1. gillan Avatar
      gillan
      January 3, 2014

      Walsh wasn’t given ‘free’ access. Walsh was given enough access to allow Sky to allow Walsh to write the story they wanted written i.e. that Sky are clean. Its a bit like Saddam’s WMD, do you really think he would have been attacked if he actually had them :-). Likewise the release of Froome’s data in the summer…all we got was his post transformation data…what use was that??? So what can sky actually do? Give us Froome’s data from before the Vuelta ’11 for a start….

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  3. P K Avatar
    P K
    January 4, 2014

    So…….you’re saying Froome is part of the ‘Omerta’ which is saying he’s part of the grand conspiracy to cover up doping, which would infer that he dopes. Just trying to see the logic, I’m sure you’ll correct me. It wouldn’t be an incredible stretch to make an un-founded accusation (you’re kinda on the doorstep) here’s an angle for ya….I (me, P K) personally think the whole “finish bottle” thing deserves more scrutiny, ‘cuz that was an expensive if not unnecessary trip back to the car if it wasn’t a finish bottle.

    Foorme says “people” are sick of talking about it, but really I would think he mis-spoke and meant to say he (Chris) is sick of talking about it. I can imagine he gets asked multiple times DAILY about doping. So is he tasked with being the new “role model” for cycling by default? If so that ain’t gonna work out, refer to the NBA, NFL, etc. for why sport stars shouldn’t be role models. Does his contemporary tour winner status come with the job description of “dope troll”? ‘cuz I think others have already claimed that title.

    People like talking about doping for many reasons, some use it as self-promotion and can seemingly make a career of it. Others like to think they’re “in the know” making themselves the winner when it comes to “bench racing” and yes, it would seem pro bike racers only talk about doping to shield their guilt (if we use the past as an example)

    Why do I feel frustrated that most of this “talk” is just that – talk, and nothing more. Why don’t people want to take some action instead of just talking? I’ve offered the idea of fielding contributions for an independent testing fund, am I gonna have to go down this road alone?

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    1. crankpunk Avatar
      crankpunk
      January 5, 2014

      I’m saying that comments such as he made reflect a desire for people to hush up about doping, and a lack of comprehension as to why people still are and how what it that he’s saying will be viewed by some – such as myself. At the very best, it’s naivety, at worst, it’s another rider telling people to be quiet and ‘move on’.

      Whether he meant ‘I’m sick of talking about it’ or ‘people’, makes little difference. The

      Yes, he is a rider and not a rule maker, and its parents that should be role models, not athletes, but this neglects the fact that youngsters do look up to these people. And no one can deny that we are living in exceptional circumstances, as cyclists and cycling fans, in which everything people thought was true has been shown to be a lie (LA, Ulrich, the Tour top ten for some 15 years etc). These riders, who do very well out of the sport, have just got to realise this also and get on with it.

      I’m not a campaign organiser. Why don’t you set up this fund and then I’ll be happy to help promote it? Contact the other people that write about doping and get their names behind it.

      And those finish bottles – another good example of why we need to talk about doping. Not many people know about this and other ‘legal’ doping. We have to start somewhere…

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      1. atlaz Avatar
        atlaz
        January 6, 2014

        Well I think Froome has a right to say something like “I understand why people ask about doping, but my answer doesn’t change, I don’t dope, never have, never will and I’m not really interested in rehashing the same old discussion with every journalist who interviews me” because he doesn’t have to speak for anyone other than himself. However, riders (including Froome) saying everyone should shut up about it altogether and just believe are clearly on some sort of drugs anyway because, as you said, it’s how the sport sleepwalked into this particular nightmare.

        Finish bottles are an interesting case though. At what point do supplements of any type slip into the area of doping? Would it be better to have an acceptable substance list rather than a banned one so that all supplement manufacturers would have to speak directly to WADA or the UCI or the IOC (you get the idea) to get their product certified. I can totally understand that a rider may want to have some painkillers/anti-inflamatory drugs to take the edge off after a hard stage but if they can also hand them out during the race… well…

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    December 16, 2014

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