Dick Pound and the World Anti-Doping Agency continue to expand their purview in the most ironic way possible for Mr. Pound: funding a study to see if Viagra helps cyclists’ endurance at high altitudes. We would be shocked and saddened to find that the study discovered no correlation between the two as we already have our “Dick Pound Bans Viagra From Peddlers” lede written.

Cyclists claim no “kickstand” issues during the tests because they stay focused on the task and are surrounded by photos of mountain peaks and Lance Armstrong. Sadly, we must disagree as we’ve found one of those posters:

We became sufficiently distracted before we noticed Lance was standing next to someone. Heavens. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, indeed.
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