Last night was a special show. With Lance allegedly coming clean about being dirty, Huddle and I invited Betsy Andreu and Mark Zeigler -he came in studio- to share their opinions. Buckle your seat belts. This was a wild ride!

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Everyone has a story and some of them are unbelievable. I occasionally see James Spellman at the races and the guy is always on his bike. After a short conversation I realized that James is so into cycling that he has ridden in a car only ten times since 2001 and is on his bike three times a day every day of the year. When you add in the fact that he has overcome a crystal meth addiction which left him penniless and homeless, it helps you realize how riding a bike can actually save someone’s life.

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Whenever we get down about all the drug issues and negative publicity that we are constantly having to deal with in cycling, there is one go-to guy that always fires Huddle and me up all over again.  Bob Roll, as always, is totally jazzed about what we will be seeing in the peloton this year and his enthusiasm is infectious. Enjoy Bobke’s classic Dean Martin on vinyl that you can hear in the background during the interview. LOVE Bobke!

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Mark Zeigler is the award winning writer for the San Diego Union Tribune who focuses on the Olympics and performance enhancing drugs in sport. He came on to fill us in on what is happening with the Lance Armstrong investigation.

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Todd Gogulski is a long time professional cyclist who you have seen on VeloCenter every day during the 2010 Tour de France. No one has better insight into the sport and the Tour than the man they call GoGo.

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Let’s be honest. How many kids who  grew up in Compton went on to become professional cyclists, win national championships and create their own team and charity? Rahsaan Bahati is a one-of-a-kind young man who is out kick ass, take names and change the world all at the same time. www.bahatifoundation.org

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Part 2 of the Charlie Engle Interview: Charlie Engle went from a life of drugs to life as an endurance animal. Now 47, he has completed everything from the Raid Gauloises to the Ironman to Badwater to the Furnace Creek 508. For the documentary film Running the Sahara, he and his teammates ran 4,500 miles across the Sahara Desert in 111 days averaging over 40 miles a day. Hey, when was the last time you took only two showers in 111 days?

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Charlie Engle went from a life of drugs to life as an endurance animal. Now 47, he has completed everything from the Raid Gauloises to the Ironman to Badwater to the Furnace Creek 508. For the documentary film Running the Sahara, he and his teammates ran 4,500 miles across the Sahara Desert in 111 days averaging over 40 miles a day. Hey, when was the last time you took only two showers in 111 days?

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