With a little help from my friends...

Today's random thoughts

1st thought....
Is "Baby Face" that guy you don't want your kid to hang out with. There's always the kid who seems to be the one that causes trouble. If there is a bad crowd, then this guy is there. Oscar and Tyler; Oscar and Jan? Ok, maybe I'm just bitter that Jan is not racing, and it's easier to blame it on the other kid...

2nd musing....from "Ask Tyler" on his website
What's weird about this "Dear Tyler answer" below is that Tyler Hamilton is actually thinking that USA Cycling will pick him for the World's team. What arrogance? There are plenty of really qualified athletes to choose a good American team.

From Tyler: Dear Byron: Thanks for your note. Per the CAS appeal, my two year suspension spans from September 22, 2004 – September 22, 2006. Ideally, I would like to sign with a team to finish out the 2006 season and ride with throughout 2007. Team negotiations generally don’t begin until June or July for the following year. So at the moment, I’m training and testing and speaking with teams about the possibility of a return. As for World’s, the team is based off selection by USA Cycling. I spoke with them right after the decision was handed down about returning at Worlds. Certainly, it would have been easier to train for a time trial but I’m going to miss that event by a day. The road race will be more of a challenge, but I think training for longer event will help me prepare for racing in October. Best Wishes, Tyler

3rd ditty of the day...
If Pat McQuaid has his way, then no World's for Tyler...

UCI President Pat McQuaid told VeloNews that if police evidence linking Hamilton to Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes is proven, the 2004 Olympic time trial champion will be banned for life.

4th and final...
Talk about hanging out with the wrong crowd. Tyler Hamilton hires a laywer(Howard Jacobs) who defended a BALCO client? A little similarity in the story line: Tim Montgomery was not a superstar runner until "Project World Record" and BALCO came along. Currently, Montgomery is serving a two year ban and his world record is expunged.

Jacobs compared the current situation(Tyler Hamilton) to the treatment another client of his received. "I also represented (sprinter Tim) Montgomery in the BALCO case," he said. "That was another example of a non-analytical positive - no lab result, just implication by association - but at least in that case, USADA had the decency to sit down with us and go over the evidence they had. We haven't seen anything like that to this point." from Tylerhamilton.com