You guys are going to love this. I am sure you all remember my rant a few weeks ago about how all the major American sports let their atheletes (or Ballplayers) get away with murder when it comes to drug offenses, both performance enhancing drugs and just the recreational kind.
Well, in cycling, because of the very nature of the sport you don't have too many rail thin dope fiends out their riding their bikes for 25,000 miles a year. There just isn't time to do it. Well, that isn't always true. Apparently the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale, the international cycling governing body) has just sanctioned Gary Houseman, a 23 year old Californian and a downhill mountain biker for testing postive after a race at Grouse Mountain, BC. Yes, that's right, this guy, a dumb young American is not allowed to race a bike in any sanctioned event on this planet because he likes to get high before riding.
Chew on that.
Draper
Posted by thynkhard
at 3:19 PM EST
