Transfusion doping: You're doing it wrong.

Is this for real? Check out this new Merckx ad featuring a blood covered Tom Boonen:

One can only assume all of that blood is from a transfusion done in the back of the Quick-Step van that went awry...

Seen over at Velorunner.

In Tom Boonen's dreams...

"I'm riding through cocaine! Yay!"

Photo from Cyclocross Magazine. Thanks to ffonst for the photo.

Time to bust this one out again...

Thanks for the image, Josh.

Paris-Roubaix = Carnage

Damn! Did anyone make it through the race without crashing at least once? And what the hell was going on with that motorbike slamming into the crowd?? Paris-Roubaix is crazy.

Tom Boonen Out Of Tour!

Tommeke has tested positive for cocaine! Look at the state of him, over here on the left. Clearly coked out of his box... It was out of competition, so the UCI didn't sanction him, but that didn't stop the Tour of Switzerland banning him, and now the ASO have followed suit. The former World Champion and last year's Green Jersey winner will not be at the Tour de France. Great. One less reason to watch it. (Also, I hear Cav might not be there either, because he's focusing on training for his track events at the Olympics. At least he's got his priorities straight!)

Good move, Tom. You're a professional sportsman in probably the most drug-tested sport in the world, and you go off and have a little bit of charlie on your holidays. Genius. Personally, I don't really care. I'd be more upset if he was caught doping, but a bit of recreational coke use doesn't really surprise me, especially not by a bloke who has his own techno song (skip to 2mins, the start is woeful). As someone else said "Classics wins, cocaine, schoolgirls, Lamborghinis, alcohol, world championships, multi-million euro contracts..... Where did it all go wrong?"

Where indeed? Thankfully, Josh of Team Pegasus whipped up a bumper sticker so people can demonstrate their support of Tommeke. I don't speak Belgian, but he assures me it says "Let Tom Ride."