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Won't these guys ever learn?

Maybe those tight pants that cycling racers wear are so constricting that it affects the flow of blood to their brains.

A few days ago, we told you about German cyclist Patrick Sinkewitz's bizarre accident at the Tour de France, where he ran into a spectator after the day's competition ended while Sinkewitz was headed to his hotel. The spectator was hurt seriously and the rider suffered a broken nose.

Now, it seems, that Sinkewitz also failed a drug test a month before the Tour. Here's another interesting development. Two German public broadcasters have suspended their coverage of the Tour pending results from Sinkewitz's B sample. Fed up with the cycling scandals, especially involving Germans, the broadcasters are saying that without a clean race, the Tour de France isn't worth covering.

About the blogger
Bill Ordine has been a reporter and editor for more than 25 years and during that time has covered Super Bowls, major murder trials, township zoning board meetings and bat mitzvahs. In his time with The Baltimore Sun, he has been an assistant city editor, pro football writer, poker columnist, enterprise sports reporter and now blogger -- which may indicate his editors have yet to find a job he can get right.
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