Quote of the day, 24 July 2007

The first two quotes of the day weren't ones I could publish on this blog, but this one comes a close third....

So it seems that a blood test on Alexander Vinokourov has revealed that his sample contained red blood cells from two different people, suggesting that he'd received a blood transfusion before his victory on Saturday's Tour de France time trial. Apparently, this is what his Astana team had to say:

"...the organisers of the Tour de France invited the team to withdraw, which was immediately accepted."

which can't even be said to be a euphemism..... I'm sure they're feeling nothing but pride at being invited to withdraw from the Tour....