I think the latter. Because he lied about where he was on the day that he was supposed to be doing that blood test. He said he was in Mexico but really he was in Monaco. Or something.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sumi - Jul 25, 2007 12:57:49 pm PDT #172 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Dana - Jul 25, 2007 12:58:48 pm PDT #173 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
So Contador's now the yellow jersey, and Leipheimer is third, with Cadel Evans in between.
sumi - Jul 25, 2007 1:00:51 pm PDT #174 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Yes.
Apparently, Rasmussen had missed 4 drug tests by not being where he said he was. Or by not saying where he really was. Four doesn't sound like a mistake.
§ ita § - Jul 25, 2007 1:03:43 pm PDT #175 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Four sounds like monumental idiocy. Unless it's a standard sort of thing-why is this only a deal now?
Nutty - Jul 25, 2007 1:04:16 pm PDT #176 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Mexico but really he was in Monaco
Really, that's just a few letters in the middle! And, depending on where you are in Mexico, it might be just like Monaco, only without any royalty.
(Or it might be slobbering drunken college students groping one another in bug-infested fleabag motels, but I am sure they have that in Monaco too. Except all the college students have to wear tuxedos.)
brenda m - Jul 25, 2007 1:04:41 pm PDT #177 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Here it is in English: [link]
Dana - Jul 25, 2007 1:06:14 pm PDT #178 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Rabobank must be beside themselves. (The sponsor, not the team. Although the team too.)
sumi - Jul 25, 2007 1:09:41 pm PDT #179 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I read something that said the team is out and something else that said that the individual team members were going to be allowed to decide whether or not they'd like to continue.
Dana - Jul 25, 2007 1:13:21 pm PDT #180 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Since Rasmussen's been in the yellow jersey, that means they've been testing him after every stage, doesn't it?
sumi - Jul 25, 2007 1:17:19 pm PDT #181 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Well, at issue were two random dates where they wanted to test him out of competition - nothing to do with the Tour.
Except that now it is.