Italian Inquisition

Cycling’s rogue gallery is swelling. The Italian Olympic Committee has recommended that Ricardo Ricco’s stick-like sidekick – Leonardo Piepoli - get a two year ban.

Piepoli is another rider along with Kohl, Schumacher, Duenas, Cobo and Ricco who treated us like fools. Forget polygraphing these idiots, they are so full of themselves and EPO that they won’t register a jot of guilt on the truth sheet.

I have come up with a plan, after studying hours of race footage, especially centered on the finale of a race, and the podium.

Here it is: any rider winning and not displaying genuine emotion after slogging over 220km’s of ragged-toothed terrain, or cyclists on the top step being indifferent will be reason enough to get Team Dracula to request a bloody sample on the spot.

This comes after watching the likes of Ricco and Piepoli soil the victory ceremony.

It may seem like a throwback to the Spanish and Italian inquisition, but cycling’s faith is at stake.

Enough of these specimens contaminating our sport!