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In reading the early portion of the late, great mountain climber Anatoli Boukreev's "Above The Clouds", his approach to his sport as a religion illustrates a key point. If we approach our sport only as a venue to feed the ego, we miss the point. We miss its ultimate reward. A little research on Anatoli will reveal that his accomplishments were of a scale and magnitude unlike his peers'. This guy had something going on......something good. Perhaps the sport of cycling can take some lessons from Anatoli.

See what you think of the following excerpt:

RideClean viewers / members, please check out the podcast of the latest RideClean interview with Dave from The Fred Cast Here

The interview with RC takes place ~ the 41 min. mark.

and....check out Mountain Bike Review's site for RIDECLEAN model pics under their annual "Booth Babes" section Here

Vino retired after receiving a 1 yr. ban by his federation. Read about it Here
Wonder if this played into the decision? research Here
Didn't seem to for these guys Here
Hope things can change for This

from dec. 5th 2008 cyclingnew.com
Latest Cycling News for December 5, 2007
Edited by Gregor Brown, with assistance from Susan Westemeyer

Eufemiano Fuentes concerned about sport's impact on athletes
Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, the Spaniard at the centre of the Operación Puerto affair that erupted in May 2006, spoke out about the negative consequences of professional sports on its athletes' health. The 52 year-old was invited as a special guest to a conference of sports medicine during the Vuelta a Maspalomas, a Spanish event attended by 300 cyclo-tourists.

this appeared in velonews.com

"There is a choice in cycling," Vaughters said. "You can choose to turn a blind eye and cheer for glory at all costs. You can write gauzy stories about artificial heroes, or you can choose to cheer for humanity and choose to celebrate the rarity of victory and perfection."