Katusha team riders cycle past a mosque during the first stage time trial of the Tour of Qatar cycling race, around the West Bay Lagoon in Doha, Qatar, 07 February 2010.
Quickstep team rider Tom Boonen of Belgium leads a second breakaway during the second stage of the Tour of Qatar cycling race, between the Camel Race Track and Qatar Foundation near Doha, Qatar, 08 February 2010. Topsport team rider Geert Steurs of Belgium won the stage.
Topsport team rider Geert Steurs (L) of Belgium celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of Vacansoleil team rider Wouter Mol of the Netherlands to win the second stage of the Tour of Qatar cycling race, between the Camel Race Track and Qatar Foundation near Doha, Qatar, 08 February 2010.
The 2010 Tour of Qatar began yesterday (or two days ago, depending on your time zone) and continues through the end of this week, with 16 teams competing. USA viewing options are limited (which is a polite way of writing almost non existent), with a one hour show on Versus almost two weeks from now on Sunday, February 21.
The current monarch, Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, began the Tour the Qatar in 2002, one year after overthrowing dear old dad in a coup. The emirate boasts wide, smooth roads that are great for cycling on, and the flat terrain favors sprinters.
By Yokota Fritz
I thought I'd see how many NFL doping stories there were over the past week versus how many doping stories related to the 2010 Winter Olympics were posted to the news.
If you're curious about cycling: 284 hits from this past week for "armstrong doping" and 529 hits for "cycling doping. Even tour de france doping has 536 hits, and that event is five months away.
Some people accuse editors, journalists and bloggers of soft pedaling the doping issue in professional cycling, but in American football nobody is even asking the question.
(I ran these searches Sunday night - some of the values might have changed by the time you read this post).
By Yokota Fritz
Parked bikes at the King Street Metro Station in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia over the weekend.
Kabul, Afghanistan doesn't have quite as much snow on the ground as the two feet dumped on in the DC area. This cyclist rides past the destroyed Darul-Aman palace in Kabul.
By Yokota Fritz
Sun Microsystems made puns using the Sun name for several internal tools and programs. Here are some that come to mind; I'm sure there are others.
* Sun TEA (travel expense authorization) * Sun TAN (old name for a training program) * SunWay (the shuttle service) * SunScreen (background checks) * Sun Spot * Sun LAMP (loaner equipment for demos) * SunDial (HR help desk)
Anybody who spent any time at all with Sun Microsystems will remember at least a couple of these.
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Thanks for the mention Fritz :)
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Amen, brother!
When friends ask me how I can like cycling with all of the doping, at least I can say that cycling at least tests their athletes.
Of course, people don't use the term "doping" for football players. For instance, when I used the search term "NFL steroids", I got over 1.3 million hits.
@Peter - for the past 7 days?
"NFL steroids" - 319 hits for the same period Feb 1 - 7.
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I expect to see Yehuda Moon in the first pic.
You're in New York, right? Are you snowed in at all?
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