My generation must continue to tell young riders not to cheat
Updated: July 20, 2007, 7:24 PM ET By Bobby Julich | Special to
LUXEMBOURG -- As the Tour de France field worked its way through
Wednesday's hot and long Stage 10, it just blew me away to hear
news of yet another cycling suspension.  While at our training
camp here in Luxembourg, my CSC teammates and I heard that
T-Mobile rider Patrik Sinkewitz tested positive for elevated
levels of testosterone. I don't know all of the details, but
this is a very unfortunate thing. Here again is a young rider
(Sinkewitz is 26) who is not from the so-called "bad generation"
of cyclists, making poor choices. It goes to show you cycling is
still in a bad spot.  It's all about the fan!  Wednesday marked
the second-longest stage of the Tour, and it was also the
hottest so far. It makes for long days on the wheels and it's
never easy. On stages like this -- stages that are up and down
and windy and single file -- you stay on the wheel as much as
possible. This is when