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LIFE OF A CYCLIST

It's Tour de France time and many will be imagining themselves as professional cyclists riding the gruelling 3,500km route on a bike, climbing up mountains and plummeting down slopes at 90kph.

While you are at it, also imagine this, in the words of German cyclist Jens Voigt: "If they had to take the fight against doping any further, they'd have to come and live in my house! I've been tested by the AFLD (French anti-doping agency), by the UCI (International Cycling Union), by WADA (World Anti Doping Agency) and others. I have to give the authorities three month's notice of my whereabouts, even if I want to take my kids to the pool or go to the cinema with my wife. Does anyone have an idea of what we go through?"



FACEBOOK FIASCO

For those of you, who like us, just wish Ronaldo would come out and state his future clearly and save us the trouble of having to read speculative reports every single day on whether he will leave Manchester United or not, will appreciate Championship side Crystal Palace's Ashley-Paul Robinson.

The 18-year-old announced on his Facebook profile for all the world to see that he was going on trial to Premier League side Fulham.

"Ashley-Paul is goin fulham on monday. If i pull dis off im on dis ting," read his status on Saturday. He later updated it to: "Ashley-Paul Is Travling 2 Bath With Fulham Fingers Crossed. (Im lukin 2 Get Sum Tips Of Jimmy Bullard He's ON DIS TING NO HYPE LOL."

His Palace boss, Neil Warnock, was not impressed though: "We feel it's probably better that he looks elsewhere to further his career now."

Read and learn Ronaldo, read and learn!



NELLA IN TO BOWL

"Unsurprisingly, [Andre] Nel is as popular with cricket traditionalists as naked wicket-keepers. He's also shelled out enough in fines to bankroll his own Twenty20 tournament," says BBC Sport's Tom Fordyce as he gives an insight on South Africa's hot-tempered fast bowler Andre Nel.