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Robbie Keane 
sPICE UP YOUR LIFE Gwan MONROY Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 24595 |
 Topic: Great piece, Paul KimmagePosted: 09 Jul 2008 at 8:24am |
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Tour De France like the Olympics for me, is totally discredited now cos of the doping. Here's a great piece from Kimmage on Sunday about a reformed doper, David Millar........enjoy. |
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We'll never die, we'll never die, we'll keep the Green Flag flying high......Shamrock Rovers will never die, we'll keep the Green Flag Flying high. 19 Leagues and 25 Cups.....
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The Count
Paul McGrath 
Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Location: Romania Status: Offline Points: 17177 |
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 at 9:02am |
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love the oul tour...havent got into it so far this year yet though
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The Count
Paul McGrath
Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Location: Romania Status: Offline Points: 17177 |
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 at 9:08am |
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quality book if you can get it FW, you can borrow mine if you want..... really opens your eyes to the whole murky world of cycling..
http://www.amazon.com/Lance-Landis-Inside-American-Controversy/dp/034549962X/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215612454&sr=1-9 |
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The Count
Paul McGrath
Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Location: Romania Status: Offline Points: 17177 |
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 at 9:16am |
good read FW....will take a few years of a clean tour for it to be popular again around the world like it used to be |
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RogerMilla
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#TEAMJAVIER #ENGANCHE Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Location: Delaney Park Status: Offline Points: 34858 |
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 at 9:28am |
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kimmage is a legend writer , that is a fantastic piece
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The first time the Devil made me do it. The second time I did it on my own.
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The Count
Paul McGrath
Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Location: Romania Status: Offline Points: 17177 |
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 at 9:39am |
good writer alright, really enojoy cascarinos book + rough ride aswell but annoyed me a bit in rough ride as it was a serious moan fest on his behalf in it |
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Tash Kent
Ray Houghton
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Posted: 09 Jul 2008 at 9:47am |
Good article, It amazes me that for years people in Britain and Ireland refused to believe that their sportsmen and women could be doing drugs to enhance performance, believing that East Germany or China was the place that sort of thing happened, well guess it happens everywhere and in many sports, when it comes to events like the Tour de France asking cyclists to climb mountains on a bike that most people would struggle to walk up slowly what do we really expect, the English rider Tom Simpson died in 1967 on a stage and the post mortom found a combination of amphetamines and alcohol caused his death, so just how long have drugs played a part in the tour, sure it went on long before 1967 as well. Edited by Tash Kent - 09 Jul 2008 at 10:43am |
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Philip Greene RTE Radio Legend
10 Seconds Gone Here In Limerick And No Score. |
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Justice Shark
Ray Houghton
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Posted: 09 Jul 2008 at 9:50am |
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Sure even the Horse that won an Olympic Medal ( Ireland's only medal) at last olympics was found out to be a dope fiend in showjumping and had it taken away
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Robbie Keane
sPICE UP YOUR LIFE Gwan MONROY Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 24595 |
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 at 10:00am |
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Thanks alot Count for the offer, I'd be very interested in that alright. Good point Tash, we all got on our high horse when Michelle Smith was being accused and it seems the Yanks were right and Kimmage and David Walsh were abused for asking questions about Smith. Kimmage is outstanding alright. Still find it hard to imagine a horse injecting itself though......
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We'll never die, we'll never die, we'll keep the Green Flag flying high......Shamrock Rovers will never die, we'll keep the Green Flag Flying high. 19 Leagues and 25 Cups.....
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Roy Keane
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Posted: 09 Jul 2008 at 10:20am |
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stephen roche was doped up to the eyeballs
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My Views are my own and do not in any way represent this site.
'The FAI are the dysfunctional body that other dysfunctional bodies call Galacticos' - Declan Lynch (Sunday Indo) |
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The Count
Paul McGrath
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Posted: 09 Jul 2008 at 10:55am |
allegedly Citizen |
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Robbie Keane
sPICE UP YOUR LIFE Gwan MONROY Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 24595 |
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 at 11:05am |
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And Galtee Cheese
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We'll never die, we'll never die, we'll keep the Green Flag flying high......Shamrock Rovers will never die, we'll keep the Green Flag Flying high. 19 Leagues and 25 Cups.....
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The Rovers
Liam Brady
Joined: 19 Oct 2007 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 2170 |
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 at 4:51pm |
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He was one of our greatest sportsmen ever and never tested positive for any substance. There was allegation he took banned substance in 1993 which was his last year as a professional. He was consistently one of the best cyclists in the world throughout the 80's, he wasnt someone who came from nowhere and suddenly had that great 1987 year that he had. True cycling has been badly tarnished over last 10 years ( as have many other sports, dont forget ). Its just annoying listening to some people sometimes who have little or no interest in the sport and a drug scandal comes along and suddenly they are experts. Cycling is one of most gruelling sports in world and as someone said to me once, even if some of em are on drugs its still one of toughest sports around. Takes me back to a well written article in a recent YBIG about in which the writer describes how cynical and begrudging as a nation we can be. Roche was one of our greats, lets celebrate it not , put it down.
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The Count
Paul McGrath
Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Location: Romania Status: Offline Points: 17177 |
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 at 4:53pm |
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while on the cycling chat...can you spot the difference between the winners podium for the tour de france and the Ras cycling race in Ireland?
Answers on a postcard please...  Edited by The Count - 09 Jul 2008 at 4:55pm |
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Great piece, Paul Kimmage
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