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Enlarge textThe Broom Wagon has no immediate plans to visit Switzerland. However, on the off chance an attractively discounted skiing weekend hoves into view, let the record state that the UCI, president Pat McQuaid and former president Hein Verbruggen are definitely not corrupt, fools, clowns or liars.
UCI President, Pat McQuaid (Sirotti Images)
topOnly God can judge Filippo Pozzato, according to the fine print on his shoulderblades. Going on this week's evidence, that is probably just as well, because nobody else who has tried to judge Pippo has done a great job.
Here's a hors category irony for you. In another week filled with Armstrong, silence about Armstrong, and a selfless attempt to displace Armstrong in the headlines by Phil Liggett, it has taken Alberto Contador to put the focus back onto bike racing.
Tyler Hamilton writes a tell-all to blow the whistle on Lance Armstrong (AAP)
Festina, Mulan and why Lance is not enough
Highlights of 1998: Bear Grylls climbs Mt Everest, France wins its first World Cup, Chumbawamba release this:
Lance Armstrong is done fighting.
Sometimes, when it is feeling pleased with itself, the Broom Wagon likes to put on its Special Hat, exactly like the one modelled by Luis Leon Sanchez here, and pretend it knows enough about cycling to predict the outcome of races.
Remember how Victoria Pendleton planned to relax and enjoy her final year as a track sprinter? It turns out it didn't go all that well.
International Cycling Union President Pat McQuaid (Getty Images)
Are there three words that capture the Olympic spirit better than 'battery powered hotpants'?
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