tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79150513092137209562024-03-13T14:44:02.918+01:00TourDaFarceWELL the whole thing is a Farce , money maker that it is for FRANCE, the Tour drags people to the side of the road who fight over rubbishy items made in china or coupons that cause you to spend more money in the stores to redeem!
At the end of the day most of the "thrown items" go in a drawer and in later months end up in the dustbin after collecting dust.skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-6793542894077030142015-11-28T03:10:00.001+01:002015-11-28T03:15:36.186+01:00George the CyclistHaving been lazy enough to do nothing for over 12 months , i am going to make an effort to get back into Blogging monthly . It appears that people have contined to visit my blogs during the interim and so i should like to express THANKS for their persistance !<br />
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During the period that i have neglected to add to my catalogue , i hope that some of you have been following the exploits of " http://georgethecyclist.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/into-georgia.html ". i have seen the occasional reference to myself during the past 12 months .<br />
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Whilst i will leave you to discover George's adventures for yourselves , i will add a quote in relation toi Ralph Nader , whose exploits in 1970s regarding Chrysler Cars , brought him to my attention and encouraged me to question many attitudes of retailers towards their clients . Nobody enjoys being fobbed off with 2nd class goods and being overcharged ? i question every attempt to dupe me by those to whom i have to tender monies for goods or services !<br />
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" The early podcasts were mostly Nader being interviewed by his two co-hosts. It soon evolved into Nader interviewing one or two guests who supported his favorite causes--single-payer health care, election reform, exposing corporate crime, auto safety, Palestine, banking reform, independent farmers. Most of his guests say it is an honor to be on Nader's show and that he has been an inspiration. He has certainly been responsible for an incredible amount of things that we take for granted--seat belts, no smoking on airplanes, constructions vehicles beeping when they go in reverse. Nader doesn't gloat. He says anyone with a fire in the belly can effect change. He certainly would have shaken up the established order if he had gained the White House."<br />
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<br />skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-11750032028910871572014-11-02T10:12:00.001+01:002014-11-02T10:12:17.021+01:00BRISBANE MADNESS !<br />
Finally the New " Safe Pass of Cyclists Law " has been tested in Court ! Once again the member of the Judiciary presiding , has seen fit to take issue with the Legislation . A helmet camera's footage was introduced as evidence , thus causing the conviction to be recorded .<br />
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Clearly shown was an overtake by a bus , this with some width for the Cyclist . " Tailgating " was a truck , which due to the lack of view up the road , came TOO CLOSE to the Cyclist . Yes , he did not HIT the Cyclist , BUT , had he stayed back further from theBus , he may well have given more space to the Cyclist ?<br />
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The 67yo Truck Driver claims that he has quit driving trucks , BUT , has he quit driving a car in such a dangerous manner , that he will once again come upon a Cyclist when " Tailgating "?<br />
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Before the court was ONLY one charge ? Had the magistrate been required to rule on the " TailGating " would he have " waived " that FINE and loss of Points ?<br />
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Having reported this matter , the local rag , which allows comments to it's website , has been inundated with commentary . I watch Jay Leno & Jimmy Fallon on TV and their humour PALES in comparison to some that i have read . Seems that the average " Anti Cyclist Queenslander " , has some strange views on the Cyclists v Drivers Culture ( WAR ? only as far as those looking for CLICK BAIT are concerned ) , some of the 450+ are shown below .<br />
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Cycling all over Europe i have seen the occasional " Rego of Cycles ( Swiss have given up now ) " yet it is quite clear that it does not work . Question of cost as against benefit ? How often do you hear of a Cyclist hitting a Pedestrian and fleeing ? How often do you hear of a Vehicle , hitting a Pedestrian and Fleeing ? It appears that there is so few Cyclists causing harm , that the Authorities realise that there is no great benefit to the Community to create additional expense to the taxpayer ?<br />
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Whilst i ride 20/25000km each year , i am coming to0 the conclusion that the average driver , even here in the Tirol of Austria is becoming TOO Complacent in their attitude to Cyclists .<br />
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UNTIL the Emergency Services ( Polizei , Ambulance & Fire Services practice the Road Rules they have been trained with ) demonstrate in their normal duties the Road Rules , then " Jo Public " will continue to adopt the complacency that they fall into , once they have obtained their " Driver permit/FuhrerShein ". It is also necessary for them to demonstrate care when in an Emergency Mode , but the requirement is then on other Road Users to move to the side of the road to allow their swift /unimpeded passage .<br />
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After nearly being " T Boned " yesterday by a black Hyundai 4x4 , then harrassed by the driver for being in his way , after he pulled out of a minor road , passing in front of an oncoming eastbound white station wagon, that he chose to ignore . I can only conclude that his " Dangerous Driving " was a deliberate attempt at Bodily Injury ! Riding off the road into the grass , is not my favourite way of riding at 30+kph on a sunny morning . When i returned to the ashphalt , he pulled alongside with the window open , mouthing off in the German/Dialect that he is accustomed to use . No point in that as i did not understand him , or whatever purpose he was trying to achieve . I then had him do a series of kangaroo stops as he proceeded up the road attempting to impede my progress either on the RHS of the Road , or on the centre of the road . I was unwilling to overtake him , for fear of the consequences , but i got a GOOD LOOK at his face . Suffice to say i could pick him out of a line up very easily !<br />
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When i returned to the local polizei station , i found a Polizei People Mover , but they chose to drive off rather than hear what i had to relay to them . It will come as no surprise that the Polizei Front Door was locked , since this was a " Holiday of Obligation for the Catholic Church " and ALL the shops were closed as is the case in smaller communities . Eventually the 3 striper , who at 57yo would not be expected to be fluent in English , came to the door and had to recall the Polizei Vehicle to conduct the interview . At this time the Number Plate i relayed does not match ANY recorded ? Well that was the end of that .... for today anyway .<br />
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Another case of a Cyclist being disbelieved ? We shall see ! No point being told to SELL THE BIKES AND WALK , by a Woman police Officer , who thinks that there are more Cycle Paths , than actually exist! Funny how somethings can be voiced in English and other things are too hard to follow through ?<br />
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1 Police cannot charge anyone purely on number plates. That is why the law was changed to make speed cameras legal but it still doesn't apply to live coppers. They MUST identify the driver at the time. (Unless they con you into admitting it)<br />
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2 Any cyclist who rides on the road takes the same risk as any other road user. If you are unfortunate you get hit. It is no different to wearing a bikini in a dark alley. IT IS RISKY regardless of what the law says.. Anyone , cyclist or other wise is responsible for assessing their own risks. Why should there be 'special' laws which are totally unenforceable.<br />
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Glenn 2 days ago<br />
@loyd "If you are unfortunate you get hit. It is no different to wearing a bikini in a dark alley" Probably the best reasoning for a murder charge to apply when you kill another road user. Every time we drive a motor vehicle we should know the risks and look after our fellow humans.<br />
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@Delivery Cyclists often suggest we should have a "Drive-to-Work" day. It will never happen, of course, but it would be fun to see the gridlock caused when all the regular cyclists add to the already congested roads.<br />
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We do have a "Ride-to-Work" day, and it is a very successful event, with lots of new riders trying out an alternative mode of transport. Some go back to their usual, but there are always some who implement cycling as their normal commute. Less traffic, more carparks, what's not to love.<br />
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Julianne 3 days ago<br />
@Riddley @Delivery It's not fun to be stuck in gridlock when a group of cyclists line up sideways along the road and take up the whole lane. They should be riding single file!<br />
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@Julianne @Riddley @Delivery if you say it enough it still doesn't make it the truth - it is actually legal to ride 2 abreast<br />
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@mark @Julianne @Riddley @Delivery Yes, TWO abreast. Not 5 cyclists in a group taking the whole lane. I am a cyclist AND a motorist and I still think that most cyclists are using this to jump on the bandwagon and winge for favoritism. I see far more angst and law-breaking from other cyclists than I do from other motorists.<br />
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@Julianne @mark @Riddley @Delivery so you ride a bike but at the same time say "they" don't pay rego so "they" should not be allowed on the road? Which is it?<br />
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@mark @Julianne @Riddley @Delivery Yes, we don't have to pay registration for our bikes, while we DO have to pay for our motor vehicles. As a cylist, I personally believe that WE (cyclists) should pay registration so that we can be identified and not be harrassed by THEM (motorists). I also believe that cyclists (THEY) should pay registration so that WE (motorists) can blah blah blah etc... have you ever heard of perspective?<br />
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The reality is that cycling as a normal mode of transport is growing quite rapidly in every Australian Capital city. And it can be Labor or Liberal, they both see the benefits of increasing cycling. (This may change in Adelaide depending on the outcome of elections there soon)<br />
Government policy at all levels, especially local and State explicitly promote cycling for commuting and for recreation, and laws are being changed to improve safety outcomes.<br />
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What is really lacking is the infrastructure to support this growth. As a driver I want to see a lot more cyclists on the roads as this significantly reduces congestion and therefore improves my trip times.<br />
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As a cyclist one of the major elements to safer cycling is more cyclists on the roads (the others being proper facilities and proper laws). So I benefit from that.<br />
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@Julianne @Donnie @Mick Roads are funded through consolidated revenue such as tax. Car rego comprises almost entirely of insurance (to cover the personal injuries caused by motor vehicles) and a smaller rego fee to cover the costs of registering vehicles. NOTHING goes to building or maintaining roads required by the selfish single occupant motorists commuting in peak hour rush. Therefore, a cyclist which cause practically no damage to the roads but still pays taxes is SUBSIDING MOTORISTS.<br />
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The point being, the cyclist 1) placed his own life in danger by impeding traffic 2) was morally in the wrong for inconveniencing not just the truck driver, but more than likely a whole row of following vehicles and 3) potentially caused a dangerous situation by causing vehicles following the truck and unaware of the cyclist causing the hold up, trying to overtake under dangerous circumstances. All this could have been avoided if the cyclist had the slightest consideration for other road users and dismounted on the slow uphill stretch and walked the bike on the footpath.</div>
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Search for 'Stay Wider Than the Rider' on the TMR, Queensland Road Authority, website. It has all the information you should be adhering to in order to be safe and keep others safe also.</div>
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Cyclists should be allowed to cycle on any road without the fear of being hit by a motor vehicle. Also, they should not pay registration but rather be compensated on there motor vehicle rego for using a bike to get around. After all they not wearing out the roads anywhere near as much as a motor vehicle does.</div>
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Why is it that vehicles have the 1.5m rule but cyclists don't. The number of times my poor bus drivers have to carefully fight traffic to pass a cyclist only to have the cyclist fly up beside the bus again when the bus is stopped at lights. The driver then has to fight his way past the cyclist again and again and again. Fine cyclist who speed up the inside or middle of traffic for not giving the 1.5m rule. They should stay behind the vehicle they are at when they come to lights or stop signs, just like a car has too.</div>
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@Bill Here's a hint. Motor vehicles are bigger and faster. Ever sat there at lights and had a car go past at 60+kph and noticed your car gets buffeted by the wind? That effect when you're on a bike can actually suck you towards the wheels of the vehicle and result in you falling under it, or the car following. At 1m under 60kph, that force is small enough to not be a significant risk. Over 60kph, 1.5m. Over 100kph it really needs to be 2m+ but the government decided to leave it at 1.5m because few cyclists ride on roads at 100kph (again forgetting regional Queensland).</div>
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<br />skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-16274205807579203732014-10-10T19:39:00.000+02:002014-10-10T19:48:57.936+02:00CHRIS BOARDMAN speaks OUT !<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEunpGk3rBEt1waOe-o1ucgo7fJ893YbvqTjAXCzTaM5q_5yBlniICAaW255vgTCzcaDzkYFlgsm2ZO9YV3wP8lGuoN77OVpSQG_8okeaBio-j7cTT82yc26Wp9zSFJk-RbgBvjwpcbV72/s1600/blackfriers.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEunpGk3rBEt1waOe-o1ucgo7fJ893YbvqTjAXCzTaM5q_5yBlniICAaW255vgTCzcaDzkYFlgsm2ZO9YV3wP8lGuoN77OVpSQG_8okeaBio-j7cTT82yc26Wp9zSFJk-RbgBvjwpcbV72/s1600/blackfriers.jpeg" height="192" width="320" /></a>Chris Boardman tells it how it should be , as copied from the Guardian :<br />
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We can't let lobbyists destroy London's segregated cycle lane plans<br />
The main political parties and 60 big employers support ‘Crossrail for bikes’ – yet behind the scenes there are intense efforts to poison the project, says Chris Boardman<br />
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Cyclists v lobbyists: the gloves are off<br />
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Blackfriars junction<br />
How Blackfriars junction could look under the mayor’s segregated cycle lane plan<br />
There is a battle going on in central London right now which will decide its future, and perhaps the future of every other city centre in Britain. Officially, it’s about cycling – in particular, Boris Johnson’s plan for a new segregated cycle superhighway from Tower Hill to Hyde Park Corner. In reality, it is a battle about health, about noise, about pollution, about the kind of cities we want to live in – and the kind of politics we want to have.<br />
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All the political parties support the superhighway scheme. So do more than 60 big London employers, including RBS, Deloitte, Orange and Unilever. Two years ago, more than a million Londoners elected Johnson on a promise to “implement three Dutch-style cycle schemes [with] segregated bike tracks” and “complete the superhighways to Dutch standards”.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoHu8_vxqqZtQr0KrHqtzYbyT8ioGpRYnLuhzi_Dbx6P5pFrBbj_MvSnwjJrR4C5ow3LB4KZUxxFNNGVl1Yxy6kpmoNDEI2TpxvLDJwl_NZWZBEAtez5CGxP4hjDRcRJJHzL-5rU5OUx6d/s1600/Chris-Boardman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoHu8_vxqqZtQr0KrHqtzYbyT8ioGpRYnLuhzi_Dbx6P5pFrBbj_MvSnwjJrR4C5ow3LB4KZUxxFNNGVl1Yxy6kpmoNDEI2TpxvLDJwl_NZWZBEAtez5CGxP4hjDRcRJJHzL-5rU5OUx6d/s1600/Chris-Boardman.jpg" height="192" width="320" /></a>What the mayor proposes is big by cycling standards, but not that big by most other standards. It involves converting one of the four traffic lanes into a cycle track on Upper Thames Street and the Victoria Embankment, a stretch of road all of two and a half miles long. Some motorists’ journeys will take longer, but most of the delays are small and some journeys will actually be quicker. The average delay along the route at the busiest two peak hours is 1 minute 26 seconds.<br />
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Yet behind the scenes there is an intense lobbying operation to destroy the plans, led by just one company, Canary Wharf Group, and by the City of London Corporation. These opponents will not speak against the scheme in public. They know that the majority even of business opinion is not with them and they stand little chance of winning any debate held in the open. They know that they will be seen as old men in limos. They know that most Londoners, who do not drive in the centre, sympathise with making central London less car-dominated. So instead, they are trying to poison the project in secret without leaving any fingerprints.<br />
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Canary Wharf, a major donor to the Conservative Party, has heavily lobbied the mayor and his staff. A PR company employed by the group has distributed a briefing which the scheme’s supporters say contains numerous misrepresentations and errors of fact. Another business lobbyist funded by Canary Wharf has toured the party conferences claiming, wrongly, that the superhighways will delay traffic in London by 6%. As Michael Liebreich, a member of the Transport for London board, has said, this is not the way that a decision like this should be made.<br />
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The City Corporation has taken a slightly subtler approach, claiming to support the superhighways “in principle” but demanding delays to their implementation which might well, in practice, stymie them. The Corporation attacks the scheme as “heavily biased towards cycling”.<br />
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That feels a little like opposing Crossrail on the grounds that it is heavily biased towards trains – but it’s wrong anyway. It is not just cyclists who will benefit from the new routes.<br />
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The superhighway will be able to carry 3,000 people an hour. That is the equivalent of putting 10 extra trains an hour on the District and Circle Tube lines running beneath the route, at a fraction of the cost in capital works and disruption. It is the equivalent of running 41 extra buses an hour, at a fraction of the cost in roadspace and emissions.<br />
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Every extra person who cycles is freeing up space for another person on the Tube, the buses, or the roads. Every extra person who cycles is improving not just their own health, but other people’s <br />
health, because bikes do not cause pollution. Everywhere else this has been tried – London is way behind many other world cities – it has made the streets more pleasant for everyone, and more profitable places to do business. Cycling is a catalyst to change our country for the better.<br />
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Cyclists are already a quarter of the rush-hour traffic in central London. Their numbers have trebled in the last decade, while motor traffic has dropped by a fifth. We know that far more people than this want to cycle, but are put off by the lack of provision and the perception of danger. In the 19 months since Johnson announced his plans, 23 cyclists have been killed on London’s roads. Ten of those people, nearly half, died at places where the mayor is proposing to instal segregated cycle lanes or junctions.<br />
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In the end, the limo-users’ view of how London is governed, like their view of how London travels around, feels out of date. Deals behind the scenes were how it was done when the city was run by Whitehall. But under an elected mayor, the public should decide and the debates should be held in public.<br />
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Boris Johnson has shown real leadership on cycling. He is the only British politician to have matched bold words with bold actions. I do not believe he will back down in the face of such crude pressure.<br />
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Olympic champion and former world hour record holder Chris Boardman is a policy adviser for British Cycling<br />
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Reality check: will ‘Crossrail for bikes’ bring gridlock to London?<br />
Cyclists v lobbyists: the gloves are offskippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-71423265087537156462014-07-22T14:13:00.001+02:002014-07-22T14:30:39.494+02:00Open Letter to Greg LeMond<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Greg ,<br />
When you speak with Stephano B. on Eurosport TV at the finish line of " Le Tour " , most of what you impart is drowned out by the "EuroSport Translator "! They report their version of your words , but it does not carry the essence and Passion of your thoughts ! Both you and Stefano are trying to help the audience enjoy " Le Tour " , yet you come across as background noise to the Germaqn/ Italian / French translators . Even the Racers that you Guest interview are reduced to this background noise . Most in Europe that have access to EuroSport TV are Bi Lingual , thus YOUR Voice should be dominant rather than<br />
that of the stand in ?<br />
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Early in this Edition of Le Tour , i sent these " Placards " via Twitter , hoping that EuroSport would choose to remind the WorldWide audiences that Cyclists DESERVE Safety as vehicles pass them on the road . It matters little to me whether you choose to use Mine , or adapt them , to remind ALL that Cyclists are Vulnerable when being passed on the road .<br />
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When presenting the " Placard " adapted to the " Tirreno-Adriatico Event " , to Chris Horner at the start area in Mid March , he was jovial /amused at my efforts , yet weeks later he was the Victim of just this type of Traffic Violence . Tyler Farrer has a Father , a respected Surgeon , now in a Wheelchair due to Traffic Violence . Peter Stetina retired from a Grand Tour due to a relative being the Victim of Traffic Violence . You will have knowledge of so many ,Former Colleagues , Family & Friends , that have suffered in many ways from Traffic Violence .<br />
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Greg YOU are described as " EuroSport Cycling Ambassador " yet has there been ANY Occasion , where you have mentioned " Safe Cycling Pass " or the 3ft Rule that many US States have recently passed into their Traffic Laws ?<br />
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YES , Cycling Manufacturers do not want the " Downside of Cycling " to be highlighted , look at how much controversy was created when Contador hit a " Pothole / Road Surface defect . Now it is clearer that Racers are also subject to this common problem on the Roads . Most Motorists fail to understand that Cyclists need to avoid Road defects , so much easier to spot on the Bike , than from behind the wheel of a Vehicle . May i also remind you that the Founder of the " Willier Bike Co. " was the Victim , on a Sunday Ride , of Traffic Violence !<br />
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Vehicle Drivers these days , tend to think that they are allowed to drive above " Posted Speed Limits " , as close as metres to the Vehicle in front of them and pass Cyclists within Millimetres , then plead " It's NOT My fault " when they send the Cyclist to Hospital , if not to the Morgue !<br />
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Should you wish to ASSIST " Cycling Safety " take a look at the following Websites :<br />
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USA https://www.facebook.com/LookSaveALifeArizona?ref=stream<br />
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Aus https://www.facebook.com/amygillettfoundation<br />
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GB https://www.facebook.com/groups/stopkillingcyclists/1464580850459489/?notif_t=group_comment_reply<br />
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So many others that could be included !<br />
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They All DESERVE recognition , since they are trying to remind ALL , that Cycling / Cyclists deserve better than Vehicle Driver IGNORANCE of Traffic Laws when they are trying to ride from point A to B , whether as Personal Transport , Sport or leisure !<br />
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YOU can do as some of the Personalities in the Photos , download the " Placard " and display it for the Media !<br />
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Sincerely<br />
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Skippy<br />
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During the time i spent at the Tirreno-Adriatico ProWorld Cycle Race , we were treated to 20C+ sunny conditions throughout the week . Even my trip , starting out on the Monday morning from Kufstein area , was warm throughout , as i passed through Tirol & St Anton to Felkirch for the night , then onto Torino and the Hospitality of Riccardo and his Family for Tuesday Night . Wednesday was down to the Coast to pass through Genoa and onto Livorno so as to join the T-A route as it arrived in Cechina . With meeting the Major ( Mayor of Commune ) i was able to utilise the Commune Resources to print many copies of the placards that you see here .<br />
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With these " placards " i was able to give the Teams , either the Italian or french Version , if not both ! It was also possible to speak to individual Racers , some of whom should know better than to turn down a simple request , right Cadel ? Even though Cycling within metres of the Major and thus demonstrating that he supported " SAFE CYCLING " , it appears a step TOO HARD ! <br />
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With many Pro Racers lost in Road Training Incidents in recent months , the lack of EMPATHY for Cyclists in general is demonstrated by the lack of mention in the Facebook Wall of those Racers attending the Tirreno-Adriatico Race . That their Support Staff told me , that their Teams had been shown the Placards is not in doubt , even coming face to face with Mark Cavendish , Alex Dowsett , Alberto Contador and many other Racers , seems to have produced NO RESULTS ?<br />
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Did not get to speak with Brad Wiggins , but there is a Guy who has personal experience of BAD DRIVING ! As a reward for winning the " Le Tour " in 2012 and the Olympic Time trial at London 2012 , a neighbour skittled him , thus sending him to an overnight stay in Hospital . Guess it was not him that hollered at me with an English accent , as i stood in L'Aquila , showing the Italian Language Placard , " What a F##ing Idiot "?<br />
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Francesco Moser & Mario Cippolini are two of the former racers that took a copy that they put in their pocket , others such as RAI TV Sport broadcast on TV or added photos into their websites , so i guess that there was a result ? WHAT is it about PRO RACERS that makes it too hard for them to remind their "Fans" , that they care for their well being ?<br />
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" UCI " are the controlling Body for Pro Cycle Racing , thus SHOULD be the body that works to coordinate the Cycling Safety Org.s that have sprung up in so many Cities and Countries throughout the World ! These Tweets demonstrate my efforts to encourage their efforts :<br />
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" <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/BrianCooksonUCI" style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #038543; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #67b58e;">@</span>BrianCooksonUCI</a><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #292f33; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> UCI UMBRELLA ORG. 4 Safe Cycling UP then POWER OUTPUT! M/while ProRacers DIE due BAD Driving! </span><a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-pre-embedded="true" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/oCJd9Er3r4" style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #038543; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">pic.twitter.com/oCJd9Er3r4</a><br />
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This was in response to a tweet on his personal Cycling efforts .<br />
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More Tweets were sent to involve " Amy Gillett Fdn " , which i have for years been encouraging to ACT in the International Arena , which would not be too difficult since so many Oz Cyclists have European Roots ?<br />
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This last Tweet was in response to that of Anna Meares trying to encourage MORE people to sign onto the " Amy Gillett Fdn/ Tasmanian Petition " , created after the Death in late December of a Tasmanian Rower out on his Bike , cross training .<br />
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Here is what i sent out as a comment on my thoughts of Involving UCI in an UMBRELLA Org. :<br />
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" Here is my comment elsewhere , about what actions i think can help to change aggresive driver attitudes towards Cyclists :<br />
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" Whilst the Authorities offer " Info Ads " to the General Public , there are Several WAYS Cyclists can help themselves !<br />
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1/ Acknowledging GOOD Driving Behaviours . ( More follows )<br />
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2/ Active advice to Employers of Eratic Driving Behaviours (see below )<br />
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3/ Umbrella Org Activities ( Notes )<br />
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Explanatory notes :<br />
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1/ Since the UCI Presidential Election and before September 2013 , i have been asking for an International UMBRELLA Cycling Safety Organisation ! In past years i had asked " Amy Gillett Fdn " to step up their activities and work with the " London Times , Cities fit for Cycling Campaign " , but to NO AVAIL ! Seems everybody likes to play in their own backyard ? Fact is there are TOO MANY Egos out there , some will acknowledge the ideas of others and will add them to their Campaign , others will indulge in " Personality spats " , but whilst this goes on , the SAFETY of CYCLISTS remains at risk ! <br />
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I as a Cyclist , do not care WHO is TOP DOG , I DO CARE about the MESSAGE being UNIVERSAL ! When World Politicians see that there is COLLECTIVE Action , where THEIR Shortcomings will be seen as NOT A LOCAL ISSUE , but part of the REAL WORLD , they will stop thinking of " Militant Cyclists " as a cross to bear whilst they get on with their REAL WORK . As a lone English Speaking Cyclist in Tirol , Austria , i get far more attention than the local Cyclists ! When you realise they accept whatever , but i voice my complaints when they occur, you can see that there are those who groan whever i address them . Whether other Cyclists appreciate my efforts , matters not . What counts is that i can ride my bike without having to worry about " Punishment passes " , because that will mean a repeat visit to the offender or their employer .<br />
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2/ Over the past years i have come to know where the Trucking Depots are located . Many Bike Rides have been interupted by a case of " Bad Driving " , due to me following the offender , either to their Depot or their lient Premises . There i seek the Manager/CEO and explain what has taken place . I offer the choice of either call the Vehicle Owner or call the Polizei . Of course i prefer the client to understand that the Vehicle Owner is prefered since it reminds them that their Drivers could be in the same situation on another occasion ! Todate i have ONLY once been asked to leave the premises , only twice have the Polizei been asked to attend , once at the insistance of the Truck Operator . Generally the Manager listens to my explanation , agrees that there is Grievance and in many cases not only calls the Employer but states to the driver that they will not be welcome on the premises , if they choose to repeat this behaviour . Many not only remind the driver that the vehicle displays " Ads " which reflect their Employer but also the Client . With this in mind they generally state that the Driver's behaviour reflects BADLY on the Companies and hope that their colleagues DRIVE with more thought for their Employer ! On one occasion the river was Carpeted and told that HAD he caused Death , then the Speaker could have been liable for a " Corporate Manslaughter Charge "! Many Drivers are not only effusive in their apology , but in the weeks following will flash their lights and give a friendly wave as they pass going in the opposite direction . One Water Suppier Company's drivers well not only complete the , Ease , Wait , Signal , Wide Pass , Signal return to lane sequence , but also flash the " Hazard lights " after the pass when they see me salute ( touch of Helmet ) !<br />
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3/ My thoughts in respect of an Int.UMBRELLA Org were initially directed to the UCI ! With Pro Racers using the roads on a daily basis for their training and the " Shamateur " aping their activity , it seemed that a " Code of Conduct in respect of Acknowledging Good Driving " would be a GOOD Starting point for encouraging better relations on the roads ! UCI should be able to dictate to Professional Cyclists that they ACT as Ambassadors for Cycling ! Since the common Cyclist looks to them for Inspiration , they will quickly adopt their behaviours ? What UCI should ask of National Cyclig Federations is Compliance with this " Code of Conduct "! Any Pro Cyclist is required to train in their Team Colours , they are required to OBEY ALL TRAFFIC LAWS ! YES , some RLJ , ignore " Give way signs , etc , so this has to stop , NOW ! When passed by traffic in a SAFE Manner , they should touch their helmet in a respectful way , so that the Vehicle driver sees that their GOOD Behaviour is recognised/appreciated ! When training in a Group , i have yet to see anything other than the 2 by 2 , thus , if outsiders jump on the back they should be warned to obey this OR DEPART ! <br />
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UCI having adopted the " Code of Conduct " should then advise the National Fed.s to contact ALL Trucking/Bus associations explaining the Policy/Code , thus asking those Assoc. Members to advise their following , that this is a 2 way street , in that the Drivers can expect Respect for Good Behaviours and reports of detrimental behaviours !<br />
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How many MORE Pro Racers have to DIE , before UCI ACTS ?<br />
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AND YES , they should be thinking of the ordinary Cyclists also!<br />
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Long winded ?<br />
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NO !<br />
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There is so much more that can be done !<br />
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ROME was not built in a DAY !<br />
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Not wishing to HURRY such an august body , such as the UCI , but since the CEO of Amy Gillett Fdn is the VP_Cycling , the near 5 months since i suggested they treat this as a matter of URGENCY , suggests that the DEATH of Pro Racers , is a blip on the horizon ? I am sure that Tracey Gaudry has made efforts to have this matter handled in a more Timely Manner , BUT ; if they can throw CHF3Million at the resolution of the Mc Quaid Era , then a few drops in the bucket , to SAVE CYCLIST LIVES will be money WELL SPENT !<br />
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The sun has broken through so away i go<br />
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Ciao<br />
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<br />skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-24080419995067908812014-01-14T16:10:00.002+01:002014-01-14T20:22:04.437+01:00VINE answers Clarkson ! 2 Jeremys that Cycle .<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrwK8PHGLcZRWgedgZfYatSJLSuS0cqksKitNvDW6RxRIaUAf4G7460-_rmRfTP2LFCTBrHtIGBnl6VjBGggJ6YM2Ryl8_5SyZX5G32sbHm_xw3fTOWzsPpLP68cdWMIQSc-cCVGamoe9/s1600/jvine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrwK8PHGLcZRWgedgZfYatSJLSuS0cqksKitNvDW6RxRIaUAf4G7460-_rmRfTP2LFCTBrHtIGBnl6VjBGggJ6YM2Ryl8_5SyZX5G32sbHm_xw3fTOWzsPpLP68cdWMIQSc-cCVGamoe9/s1600/jvine.jpg" height="320" width="100" /></a>IMPATIENT Clarkson , who recently took to Cycling ,<br />
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demonstrated with Twitter , his inability to treat his fellow Cyclists with RESPECT ! Not only did he convey his Impatience , whilst following a Cyclists , he forgot some of the Cycling " Rules " , he should have learned , when he took up Cycling earlier in 2013 ?<br />
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Having VORIFEROUSLY denigrated Cyclists over the years in the Media , it came out that he is using a Bike to get around the neighbourhood in which he lives , Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire . Having Cycled in that neighbourhood in the late 1990s to late 2000s i am familiar with that area . Full of lanes it is a joy for the early rider , being outside of Oxford and with gentle hills . Many Sunday Group/Club rides into that area and Burford result in an easy 100km result .<br />
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London is no JOY to ride on a bike , but it is even worse when those " Bignoting " themselves , choose to HARASS a Cyclist , particularly those that use the bike as a means of TRANSPORT ! Parking in London is a Nightmare , if you are not being NICKED for parking infringements , when you do find a " Parking Spot " for an overnight stay , it is likely that you will find the vehicle damaged by Thieves or " keyed" by the bored youngsters of the neighbourhood ? Even in outer London Suburbs , you Jeremy Vine<br />
an empty the interior of a vehicle , then find a window smashed for the heck of it ,<br />
never mind the boot " tossed " on the offchance there are items worth souveneering . Back in 1997 i lost a Video Camera , wrapped in sacking that was left in the boot of a car parked outside the residence where i was staying . Even a tour of the " Car boot Sales during the next several weeks , failed to turn up any sign of the lost articles .<br />
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Clarkson ( Mr Motor Mouth ) has been a fixture on UK TV for decades as the presenter of many Motor Oriented series of programmes . With a 2.7Million Twitter following , he has the means to INFLUENCE a large segment of the population . With the intent to demean the CYCLIST , he tweeted with a photo !<br />
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" <span style="background-color: #f4f4f4; color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">It's middle of the road point-makers like this who make car drivers so angry about cyclists.</span><span style="background-color: #f4f4f4; color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><a href="http://t.co/4vCcK548t1" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #005689; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">pic.twitter.com/4vCcK548t1</a><br />
<span style="background-color: #f4f4f4; color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px;">— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) </span><a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyClarkson/statuses/421676710107811841" style="background-color: #f4f4f4; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #005689; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">January 10, 2014</a><br />
It would appear that the vehicle , a 4x4 Chelsea Tractor , was in motion at that time ? Guess the " UK Road Rules " are meant for those like me , with minimal Twitter followers ? According to those WHO KNOW the UK road rules , he has breached several " UK Jeremy Clarkson Road Rules ", doubt that " Old Bill " will bother to follow up and empty his pockets ?<br />
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Amongst HIS Following , is another Cyclist , a Radio 2 presenter , to whom i enjoyed listening , when close to a Radio in the period , earlier mentioned . With a cross section of interesting News items each day , it would be hard to get bored with the programme ? <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClWw_P6f2ggzHfpiHAO-VsQU3OOg20gPdCXetTdqxfEmFtzl-1xmDnQzf-huXKjv-zClVAbzDtbcviXU-CSmmIzuAhdshH5NRP7s9iePr6-PW0nPHwxnAtyFuK8i3WbuRHPM2Dxx5WLkD/s1600/jeremy+c+cyclist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClWw_P6f2ggzHfpiHAO-VsQU3OOg20gPdCXetTdqxfEmFtzl-1xmDnQzf-huXKjv-zClVAbzDtbcviXU-CSmmIzuAhdshH5NRP7s9iePr6-PW0nPHwxnAtyFuK8i3WbuRHPM2Dxx5WLkD/s1600/jeremy+c+cyclist.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a>Having seen the Clarkson Tweet @thejeremyvine joined the fray ! He Tweeted : causing a furore :<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I replied to Clarkson: ‘He has every right — you muppet.’</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Jeremy's description of the result of his tweet :</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> " </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">This then triggered the Twitter equivalent of a brawl in a Wild West saloon, where anyone within earshot (in Twitter terms, the thousands of people who follow us both) felt free to throw chairs and tables around."</span><br />
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<a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/theJeremyVine" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #66c1c1;">@</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">theJeremyVine</span></a> <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/JeremyClarkson" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #66c1c1;">@</span>JeremyClarkson</a> does the idiot pay road tax? THE CYCLIST</div>
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Well those " Tweets " established one thing ! They do NOT think that Cyclists ARE a Vehicle deserving of a place on the road ? ANY of them heard of " DOORING " ? Being in a car , if a door opens into your vehicle , it will scrape or dent the paint ! A Cyclist being hit by a door will likely cause the Cyclist to be spilled to ther road ! IF you glance away/down at the wrong moment , YOU could be involved in further injuring the CYCLIST ! How would that HELP your day ? Were YOU in a hurry to spend hours with the MET Police , mr Clarkson ?<br />
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In 3 years; 3 accidents caused by drivers; 1 serious injury. Long term; I'd like to live thanks.</div>
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It's weird to have so many angry cyclists following me here. In real life, it's usually the other way round.</div>
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FROM this controversy emerged several articles this week , i will lead with the article by Jeremy Vine pf his experiences over 2 years of riding to work . During this period , brought on by wanting to get exercise , other than in a Gym, which he found he rarely used , although paying GBP80/mth , he lost about 2 Stone ( 12Kg ) !. </div>
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Peter Walker's article was published on Monday :</div>
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The Cyclist involved , wrote this article :</div>
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Coming out of this " Incident are a few points worth repeating !</div>
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Many also responded that the narrowness of the road meant the rider was doing exactly what Bikeability, the Institute of Advanced Motoring and even Transport for London recommend: taking the lane.</div>
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Radio 2 host and (very scared) cyclist JEREMY VINE on the terrors he faces on the road <a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://buff.ly/1hlZlAS" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/117ED1edhs" rel="nofollow" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://buff.ly/1hlZlAS"><span class="tco-ellipsis"></span><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;">http://</span><span class="js-display-url">buff.ly/1hlZlAS</span><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;"></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;"> </span></span></a> via <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/MailOnline" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #67b58e;">@</span>MailOnline</a> "COWARD PASS"!</div>
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It's the fight you don't want to win <a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://buff.ly/L5rkKw" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/5rwAsRyhuI" rel="nofollow" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://buff.ly/L5rkKw"><span class="tco-ellipsis"></span><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;">http://</span><span class="js-display-url">buff.ly/L5rkKw</span><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;"></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;"> </span></span></a> via <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/WesternAdvocate" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #67b58e;">@</span>westernadvocate</a> "COWARD PASS" not SPORT! B Safe give Cyclists 1 1/2M SPACE!</div>
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One metre is 'commonsense' <a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://buff.ly/L5r3XV" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/rftmsUpHSl" rel="nofollow" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://buff.ly/L5r3XV"><span class="tco-ellipsis"></span><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;">http://</span><span class="js-display-url">buff.ly/L5r3XV</span><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;"></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;"> </span></span></a> via <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/dailyliberal" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #67b58e;">@</span>dailyliberal</a> Another Cycling CHAMPION worried about "COWARD PASS"! 2011 hit by CAR !</div>
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A Timely reminder from @AmyGillettFdn has now caused me to ADD " BULLYING PASS " to my Vocabulary !</div>
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Having used " Coward Pass to such effect , @SafeCyclingAustralia created this :</div>
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Who will come up with a " BULLYING PASS "graphic , that will be better than the above ?<br />
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skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-21634786836053115982013-12-10T16:18:00.002+01:002013-12-10T16:38:24.078+01:00SCRAPPED ! Bye Bye Specialized !<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3paFhda1H32GIJbeQihV4TvvPx5uvAF8HMCNxoY8N6Ifx1U9jlDEpKWQdFvoYJ2hqHR62I4XlyfmRe34dR4yj7NfAy8jydxHLiSo6o6rxITXCUMqpf3wbtiyh6FxzjvVKh2DwsIdP4Nq-/s1600/TDF+Pres+in+Bretagne.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3paFhda1H32GIJbeQihV4TvvPx5uvAF8HMCNxoY8N6Ifx1U9jlDEpKWQdFvoYJ2hqHR62I4XlyfmRe34dR4yj7NfAy8jydxHLiSo6o6rxITXCUMqpf3wbtiyh6FxzjvVKh2DwsIdP4Nq-/s320/TDF+Pres+in+Bretagne.JPG" width="320" /></a>Bully Boys never win the WAR ! They can win a Battle or two , but , who will want to support them ?<br />
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Cafe ROUBAIX are on the receiving end of a letter or two from Lawyers , last week . This week the Lawyers , are on the pointy end of the Social Media response ! Of course , we don't know WHO the Lawyer are , BUT , Specialized do ?<br />
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@iamspecialized inbox would have been overflowing Monday Morning after @CafRoubaix related his tale of woe in Social Media venues this past weekend .<br />
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My first thoughts were to Tweet @gpmondini , a guy that has helped me many times over the years . He was part of the Pantani Team that were kind to me so often , as i rode the Grand Tour routes in the late 1990s and early 2000s . GP was there when i met Marco , as a translator . He went out of his way with several Teams to give me assistance . One occasion inviting me into a social gathering , even though he knew i was not "Accredited ".<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0JAkvNOfPj5nUm0JLhyphenhyphenmY2PyGvYg6DibR1sICW6CcLCxmvOmahDMeJBXSd_60f77r45LoY6dO_nxG1WSCEA-6NDCnAOMhFw9h02H2XWVJfjAo6-6gdwOny-0rrgxIoLujk_jBEkjbLdh/s1600/christmas+day+2012+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0JAkvNOfPj5nUm0JLhyphenhyphenmY2PyGvYg6DibR1sICW6CcLCxmvOmahDMeJBXSd_60f77r45LoY6dO_nxG1WSCEA-6NDCnAOMhFw9h02H2XWVJfjAo6-6gdwOny-0rrgxIoLujk_jBEkjbLdh/s320/christmas+day+2012+001.JPG" width="320" /></a>Another way i suggested helping Cafe Roubaix Bicycle Studio , was to encourage the creation of a "Change.org Petition " , a simple way to tell the CEO of Specialized that Cycling Fans were NOT AMUSED by the " Bully Boy tactics " . This idea was proposed after @SafeCyclingOz had created a fundraiser to assist in raising the $US150k needed to P#ssoff the Bullies :<br />
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Each of these methods are symbolic , mean little to most people , but i felt a more positive action was required .<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlGInjnLQTcy08Hg3SoEaoVaKp6QvbcxX0ZPmtkBdAem-j4XqhkDq1_vc1OY-_Zdl15b29XgCG80TevqC0m9LmrcWkxU88RIwiu6n5_ElnTGnPRo7lvNlow-7ZJL53xctTQJcAW9_c8EC/s1600/Black+spec.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlGInjnLQTcy08Hg3SoEaoVaKp6QvbcxX0ZPmtkBdAem-j4XqhkDq1_vc1OY-_Zdl15b29XgCG80TevqC0m9LmrcWkxU88RIwiu6n5_ElnTGnPRo7lvNlow-7ZJL53xctTQJcAW9_c8EC/s320/Black+spec.JPG" width="320" /></a>Not too many people will actually BOYCOTT the company , even though they write about doing so in their comments in Social Media . Easy to say " Going elsewhere for Shoes , Parts , Bikes "!<br />
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<a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/iamspecialized" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #67b58e;">@</span>iamspecialized</a> <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/SafeCyclingOz" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #67b58e;">@</span>SafeCyclingOz</a> <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/inrng" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #67b58e;">@</span>inrng</a> <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/TheRaceRadio" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #67b58e;">@</span>TheRaceRadio</a> This was the Spec Allez with Zabel & Aldeg at TDF Gr8 photo then! <a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-pre-embedded="true" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/7t0XGJJjgt" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;">pic.twitter.com/7t0XGJJjgt</a></div>
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News will be delivered to hundreds of thletes ! Seems that " PED Testing methods " have been even more enhanced , in recent times ?<br />
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Whilst Tennis Stars are screeming in the Media about having the " Bio Passport " imposed on them , thus some already being given 2 year Holidays , some of the Athletes nearing the end of the 8 year Statute of Limitations , will read the following with DISMAY :<br />
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Just seen Usain Bolt , on the TV talking about his Autobiography , will he be worried about these developments ? His problem is that his Country's Anti Doping Agency , has a questioable history . Throw enough mud and some will stick ? Bearing in mind that about 6 of his Discipline Colleagues , were suspended in the recent times and soon we will have a Media Feeding Frenzy , even if the Guy is as clean as he claims ?<br />
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Testing 2006 Winter Olympians at Torino produced only one recorded result , a Russian Biathlete . In 2010 some retesting was done with negative results , but now more are being subjected to the new tests . With these tests revealing several Athletes at the Moscow World Championship Event in August 2013 , 2 of whom have already been named , but others to be revealed , it is an odds on certainty that there are Winter Olympians of 2006 Torino awaiting their post ?<br />
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Retesting of Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics has been done in 2012 , with 5 Athletes being detected . Guess this quote will unsettle a few of the Beijing Athletes :<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Problem that continues to exist is that a determined Doper , will reap the Glory of the Podium and the Financial Rewards attendant to that , meanwhile , the CLEAN Athlete will be overlooked and may even leave the Sport , through financial hardship , if not dissolusionment with not being able to reveal their knowledge ?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">TIME that there was a MORE EFFECTIVE " whisteblowing system " in place , perhaps with Financial Incentives " to ensure that " Determined Dopers " know that they are no longer immune , and will not have the opportunity to enjoy their UNWARRANTED benefits , for years , as is currently the situation .</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">WADA has been shown to be receiving a smaller Budget in coming years , BUT , with the fact that , Hundreds of recent tests are reported to be " Negatives " , is it not time that their Budgets , were severely enhanced ?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">MORE TESTS , MORE RESULTS ? </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">In recent months together with Ben Johnson , he made a World Trip highlighting Doping before visiting the IOC HQ in Lausanne . Ben Johnson was caught Doping in Seoul , his life was changed by that event . His Celebrity and life since should serve as a warning to ANY OTHER contenplating PED use as a way to enhance their Career ?</span><br />
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skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-55508546638742288162013-11-05T15:56:00.001+01:002013-11-05T19:53:30.171+01:00PUSHING WATER UPHILL ? SSDD for UCI controlled Cycling ?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVIPJaYeRwcejyVInS0QR4EMwd6jr_Og7mPiEIRO8-crFDPFXdIw-pCqSiD9PdAS_VKZbhlCmGbnCGc_Wra2Kj2Npr0g4C-vNtLqt_Zx65-9aVBlvprc3gCTuapVlGcPVMG88ztFPI7c8U/s1600/cookson+n+le+mond.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVIPJaYeRwcejyVInS0QR4EMwd6jr_Og7mPiEIRO8-crFDPFXdIw-pCqSiD9PdAS_VKZbhlCmGbnCGc_Wra2Kj2Npr0g4C-vNtLqt_Zx65-9aVBlvprc3gCTuapVlGcPVMG88ztFPI7c8U/s320/cookson+n+le+mond.jpg" width="320" /></a>Cookson , new President of UCI , will be wondering how to deal with the latest Cycling News Stories ? <br />
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With reports in " L'Equipe " that Bjarne Riis is selling out of Pro World Team " SAXO " , there is speculation as to who will be the New Owners .<br />
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Then there is the new book from the 2007 Le Tour Racer , Rasmussen , who was sent home by his Team whilst wearing the " Maillot Jeune ". Ras was revealed at that time , to have advised erroneous information as to his " Whereabouts "! According to info supplied at the time , he was to be in Mexico , with family . During the Le Tour , Davide Cassani , journo & presenter with RAI TV , revealed that he had seen him in the Dolomites , wonder why he kept that to himself for so long ?<br />
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In addition to these items there is the relevations of Ryder Haesdahl , last week , HE DOPED ! He decided to stop before the 2004 season , so thats alright then ! Having been on the CLEAN Cycling career path since then , he has escaped Anti Doping Sanctions because of " SOL ( statues of limitations ) "<br />
! Seems that RH had a chat with USADA in 2012, about the same time that others were dishing the dirt in regards to Lance Armstrong. , you know , that guy that was reported to have won " Le Tour " , 7 times . Wonder what he has to say about this matter ?<br />
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Seems that he has a few things to say , as i just discovered in the few hours since posting this item :<br />
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This is the area of the article , i thought relevant , to this blog post :<br />
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">LA: </strong>I don’t know if they didn’t give a fuck or if they just couldn’t,<br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DB: </strong><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But do you not think they didn’t have even the will?</strong><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">LA: </strong>If they had the scientific data to protect them legally, then yeah, but again I don’t know. Ultimately we end up where we are today where we have a test that works for one compound [EPO] and guys have to decide if they want to dance around that. I’d like to think that there’s a lot less risk taking. But at the time they could only test for what they had a test for. I don’t think it’s right or responsible, and again I’m not defending them because I don’t really care for them, but cycling tried with some pressure to implement things that were just band-aids over the course of time. Whether it was just the 50 per cent rule, which was what it was – it wasn’t perfect but it was a step. But the sport got no credit for it. That led to more things like the off-score, which led to the biological passport and all the while, no credit. And every other sport that has the doping problem is sitting back and laughing, laughing their asses off, getting no attention, no criticism, no exposure and not doing a fucking thing.</div>
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honestly, and I don’t think highly of Pat [McQuaid] or Hein [Verbruggen] today, but what were they going to do? Imagine you’re Hein, and again I’m not defending him, but take yourself to '94 or maybe even '93 or before. He should have known before because high-octane existed in the late '80s and not just in cycling, in other endurance sports. You’re there, you’re the head of the governing body, you’ve got no test, no test at all – what are you going to do? And again, I know those guys are easy to pick on, but it’s 1995 for example, you’re Hein Verbruggen. What the fuck are you going to do? Hope someone gets caught at a border? There’s nothing you can do. Maybe they didn’t give a fuck, I didn’t ask them, but I do know that they could not do a thing. Just like the head of the IAAF couldn’t do a thing, just like the head of FINA couldn’t do a thing. They just did not have the tools to do anything until maybe 10 years later.<br />
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Seems that he claims that 100% of the " 2007 TDF Rabobank were " Doping "? Would appear that he had made the same claim to the Dutch Authorities , earlier this year , when there was an investigation of the Rabobank Team ? Would appear that there were " Truth and Reconciliation Conditions " applied to all those Team Members that came forward and made a " Clean Breast of their Transgressions " during the " Amnesty Period "?<br />
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Rumbling along in the background is the Cycling News Forum , where ALL and Sundry , disguised by their Psydonyms and fictious IP Addresses , have added fuel to the bonfire :<br />
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The Revenge of Rasmussen <a href="http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=1875&page=35">http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=1875&page=35</a><br />
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" <span style="background-color: #e1e4f2; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px; font-style: italic;">a very useful information as it shows some differences in the blood doping protocols publicly revealed ! it also shows a degree of sophistication and preparedness for blood profiling (as the passport was not formally/officially introduced till 2008 but was indded used for targeting way before 2008).</span><br />
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JV talks , sort of <a href="http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=18079&page=189">http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=18079&page=189</a><br />
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" <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">So you're saying it's not possible that he could have deceived Vaughters? That Hesjedal has either not doped, or is on a team program driven from the top?"</span><br />
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RIIS bails out ? <a href="http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?p=1364640#post1364640">http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?p=1364640#post1364640</a><br />
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As a side issue Brian Cookson , new President of UCI , since September 2013 , has shown commendable "Transparency " in his time in office by revealing the Topics on the agenda at the 29th October Extraordinary Management Meeting . At that meeting , many of the Most Pressing Problems created by his Predessor , were addressed and progress in many of them were reported . A week later though , it remains to be disclosed , WHAT was done in respect of the Womens Cycling Agenda , that was " to be revealed later in the week "! Found in the media , is a letter reported to be from Hein Verbruggen , president of UCI , until 2005 , when he selected his successor and caused the likes of Silvia Schenk , to jump ship , before she was sucked down by the " Reported Corruption " of the ensuing years .<br />
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VERBRUGGEN LETTER ! (translated from Dutch ? )<br />
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" Dear President,<br />
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I am writing to report the truth about various aspects of my term as President of the UCI and to respond to a harsh media campaign against me.<br />
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I wrote to our President Pat McQuaid on June 1 last year to inform him of my decision to distance themselves from the world of sports, including cycling. After 38 years of dedication to the sport, now I want to enjoy retirement. The President took note and decided to respect my decision.<br />
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Firstly, I want to make it clear that I have never acted inappropriately and that my conscience is absolutely clean. With the benefit of hindsight, however, I admit that I could have done some things differently, but I do not accept that my integrity is in doubt, as has happened in recent months. As you all know, even if there is a President, decisions are made collegially, as much by the Steering Committee by the Congress.<br />
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I had the honor of being president of the FICP from '84 to '91 with the following results:<br />
- the introduction of new rules for the professional cycling;<br />
- foundations for a system of social assistance for the professional runners<br />
- strengthening the role of the Commissioners<br />
- the creation of the World Cup and reorganization of the calendar to promote cycling in new countries. During my presidency of the UCI, Instead, we got these results: - unification of the three existing cycling federations: FIAC, FICP and UCI; - settling the finances of the UCI went from a deficit of 1.5 million Swiss francs in 1991 to a surplus of 13 million Swiss francs in 2005 - the creation of a staff UCI which went from 5 people located in three different locations in 1991, 75 in 2005; - Construction of a World Cycling Centre, an extraordinary resource for the globalization of our sport; - establishment of an Ethics Commission; - improvement of the position of cycling in the Olympic Movement.<br />
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DOPING.<br />
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During this period of intense transformation and development, we have never lost sight of the fight against doping, which is a problem for our sport since the early nineteenth century. If I gave credit for all that has been done during my tenure as President, I would end up ignoring the enormous contribution and all the work done by a large number of people. Among them, of course, the men who helped to pave the way in the fight against doping, ie the members of our Commission, with people like former Vice President Werner Goehner, Professor Manfred Doenicke, Dr. Leon and Dr. Schattenberg Alain Calvez. The fact that journalists and self-proclaimed "social media commentators" attack without understanding the UCI that are attacking the integrity of those who paved the way in the fight against doping and enjoys an impeccable reputation, it is frustrating for me and unacceptable.<br />
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I have much to say on the subject, but I prefer to let the facts speak for themselves. Many of the charges leveled against the UCI and against me on this topic have already been answered and I will not go back. In March 2002, Festina affair in the light of the Court of Appeal of Douai, after a thorough investigation and in accordance with the opinion of the public prosecutor, concluded that the UCI has done everything in its power to combat doping account. Evidently, this ruling speaks for itself and for me is more important than the supposed scoop of editors of websites or comments and opinions beds on Twitter and other forums.<br />
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WADA has always recognized the UCI work in this field: the Olympic Games in London , the Director General David Howman of Wada has confirmed to me personally that the UCI is one of two International Federations that brought forth more vigorously fight against doping. those who seek a more balanced view of past events suggest you read the book Who still believes in cycling? the Belgian journalist Hans Vandeweghe.<br />
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I repeat: I have never acted inappropriately and I have a clear conscience. No facts, no evidence contradict this truth. I refuse to engage in a debate silly and stoop to the level of those who criticize me and believe that I have to prove my innocence: in fact they are the ones who can not prove that I have done something wrong. I'm exasperated and tired of this endless chain of journalists who delight to fuel conspiracy theories, disguising themselves as "investigative journalists" to sell their latest book or inflate their egos or their careers.<br />
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FINANCE.<br />
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A few words on the finances of the UCI. As I said before, I found the UCI in 1999 with a net debt of about 1.5 million Swiss francs. From the day I took office, I organized a transparent financial and accounting system, I hired accountants and called as an expert J.-P. Strebel to supervise their work. During my presidency, we never received criticism about our finances nor by national associations or by the Congress.<br />
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In a recent letter, a national federation asked (someone might think it was a joke ...) additional information on payments received by me . Let me be absolutely clear: I worked nearly full-time for the UCI and I never received a salary or a salary as President. I've been partly offset by the considerable increase in the cost of living that I have argued in relocate to Switzerland . Any analysis of my expense reports reveal that these adjustments were reasonable and modest. I have never accepted or received any commission or other payment related to my role as President.<br />
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ARMSTRONG.<br />
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Much has been said and written about my "friendship" with Lance Armstrong. And forgive those who think that it has never been photographed with other runners who were not Armstrong. The thousands of photographs that portray me with other athletes seem to be, by strange coincidence, all disappeared.<br />
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Allow me once again to be very clear. I've never been a "friend" of Lance Armstrong or other riders or team manager. The only rider who has ever come to my house was Greg Lemond, who with his father came to me for help because his employer is not paying him his salary.<br />
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I never said that Lance Armstrong has never doped : I just said, so that everyone could understand, that Armstrong has never tested positive. The fact that it is never tested positive for the UCI nor the French control authorities, nor by the USADA, nor WADA, or with any other organization makes ridiculous accusations of "coverage" that have been leveled against me. UCI has never protected Armstrong.<br />
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Any decision on Armstrong and any other racer has been taken in accordance with established facts and scientific means available at that time. UCI The position on the trail of corticosteroids in its champions in the Tour de France 1999, the file relating to its champions of the Tour de Suisse 2001 it was already clarified. I will not waste your time to repeat what has been said over the years.<br />
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I recently wrote to Lance Armstrong to express the disgust aroused in me the cynical game he plays, refusing to make a public statement to refute the allegations made by his fellow team, Floyd Landis and Tyler Hamilton, who had said that they had nothing to fear if they were positive results, because he could not ask the UCI to take matters and cover their positivity. From what I understand by reading their testimonies, Armstrong had told them to be positive, even though no evidence of positivity has never been produced. Landis and Hamilton If they are right, I can only assume that the objective of Armstrong was to convince both of them that had tested positive and had managed to remove tests to assure them that he could do it again, even for them.<br />
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When these allegations were published for the first time, I wrote an email to Armstrong, I asked him if he had made those statements to his teammates, stressing the seriousness of his words and the damage it would cause to the UCI, my integrity and my reputation and the anti-doping laboratory in Lausanne. Armstrong me immediately replied: "I have never been found positive, so I do not see why I should "invent" stories like this, it would be a really stupid idea. It is 100% false. " The fact that Armstrong has chosen not to respond to my recent letter and not to speak publicly about what he wrote in his e-mail in June 2011, it is really very painful.<br />
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I wonder, given the Their testimonies, like his teammates - who have revealed a deep knowledge of anti-doping rules and procedures - it was apparently so naive as to never try to ask him what he meant by "fix" things by anti-doping agencies like WADA USADA, AFLD, etc.. Let us not lose sight, then, the fact that Floyd Landis and Tyler Hamilton, who are now applauded for their courage, have been exposed and sanctioned by the UCI. And without the UCI their deception would never have emerged.<br />
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With the benefit of hindsight, and in light of the confession of Armstrong, I admit that it would have been wiser not to accept donations on his part. The UCI has clearly accepted the donation in good faith to finance its fight against doping. There is no relationship between the test and the two donations to the UCI Armstrong: Armstrong has never tested positive, there has never been any positive test to hide.<br />
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COMMISSION.<br />
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I have tried in this letter, to restore the truth, not having had the opportunity to do so before the Independent Commission that the UCI was forced to stop and that he had a mandate to carry out an investigation into doping in cycling and the UCI management.<br />
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I've never been afraid to defend my name and my reputation in court: I have never lost a case. I invite you to seriously question how I could do it, if I had something to hide.<br />
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There comes a time when enough is enough. I reached this point. If, after reading this mine, you will continue to doubt my role in UCI, much worse. I will not do anything to make you change your mind. Starting today, these problems do not concern me more and, despite what has happened over the last year, it is with a sense of pride and satisfaction that I look back at everything I've done paying my service to cycling in a voluntary. cherish in their hearts the many personal friendships that I got this sport and I am deeply grateful for the friendship and support I received during the last year.<br />
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Sincerely, Hein Verbruggen<br />
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One of my previous Blog posts , was entitled " Comedy Central of Cycling ", seems that we are back into that revolving door , once again ?<br />
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skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-46918062190387698622013-10-10T14:45:00.001+02:002013-10-12T10:25:03.476+02:00Mc quaid GONE ! But so is Tour of NZ !Through Incompetence the Tour of NZ 2013 was down graded from a UCI 2.2 scheduled Event to whatever ! Take a look at the 2014 Calendar ! GONE ! No 2014 Event ! Seems that the NZ " Anti Doping Testing Lab " was not at the standard required by UCI management at that time ? The solution was to send ANY " Anti Doping Tests " to Sydney , however , UCI was expecting the Organisers to pay the ADDITIONAL Costs ? Whatever the truth , we are going into 2014 , with NO " Tour of NZ " ! Here is the link to the Organisers decision :<br />
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<a href="http://www.roadcycling.co.nz/RaceTalk/womens-tour-of-new-zealand-cancelled-for-2013.html">http://www.roadcycling.co.nz/RaceTalk/womens-tour-of-new-zealand-cancelled-for-2013.html</a><br />
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Those looking at the following chart will see that about the same time in 2013 , there was an alternative Womens' UCI 2.2 Event in Costa Rica ! WHERE ? Yes in Costa Rica , where do they send the UCI required " Anti Doping TESTS "?<br />
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New Zealand is a Sporting Country , that FIGHTS above it's weight in Worldwide Events ! So many Olympic Gold Medals are collected by their Sports Athletes in Cycling , Rowing and other sports , that even Powers such as Great Britain & Australia , look to their success and try to emulate and attract their Talent ! It may have been noticed by readers that it was New Zealand that very NEARLY recovered the " America's Cup " , last month ! With the investment of nearly $NZ100Million , it was a cliff hanger event that saw the US finally awake from their nightmare of ONE Win to the 8 wins of NZ , to seize the day , when they finally drew level !<br />
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With the ability to find this level of Investment , it comes as a surprise to see that NZ Authorities allowed their " Anti Doping Laboratory Facilities " to drop below the standard required by WADA ? Third world countries can be excused for this taking place , but i doubt any NZ Athlete looking to compete at Rio in the Olympics OR Paralympics will be happy to see their Career Hopes diminished by this situation continuing ?<br />
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Recently UCI published the 2012 Annual Accounts , it showed a Surplus as a result of the Income from the 2012 Olympics . Most of this money was placed in Reserves , looking to the future of Cycling ? Could it not have been possible for the UCI to have made some of these monies available to " Assist " funding Anti Doping at the 2014 Tour of NZ ? Take a look at 2014 Calendar ! Do you see the " Tour of NZ "?<br />
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Like any other Sporting Body , UCI prepares for the NEXT Years , somewhat in Advance ? It would be safe to assume that the UCI Womens Calendar was drawn up under the Administration of Mc quaid , then sent to the UCI Congress for their approval ? If that is the case , then TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE , the UCI need to contact the Organisers of the " Tour of NZ " and advise that IF they reschedule the 2014 Event , that they will receive FUNDING towards the " Anti Doping " testing required ! WITH no Womens Events in UCI Oceania Region in early 2014 , it is doubtful that the Racers will be TOO BUSY to attend ?<br />
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Over the years Womens Racing has been allowed to COLLAPSE , a reading of the following article will show the 2013 planned schedule as against the actual situation that was achieved :<br />
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Whilst under the stewardship of mc quaid , the UCI sought to be a more Global entity , can anyone believe that Costa Rica was more important than New Zealand ? Sponsorship is a funny animal , but i doubt that there are MORE Sponsors available for the Costa Rican Event than there are for NZ ?<br />
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Oceania was provided with New Leadership when @gaudryt took the reins in 2013 , reports lead<br />
to the fact , that she has done a GOOD JOB ! That must be a certainty , since she was elected to the Vice Presidency of Cycling by her Peers at the UCI Congress in Firenze during September ! It will come as NO Surprise to see Womens Cycling in Oceania have INCREASED presense in the 2015 Womens UCI Calendar , BUT ; why not rework the 2014 Calendar to include the :<br />
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" TOUR of New Zealand "<br />
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Here is a link for what has been proposed for 2015 :<br />
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The management of this Tour has decided on a new approach for 2015 , AMATEUR Status ! Is Cycling in New Zealand ready to give up on THEIR Professionals , even though that Olympic Gold medalist , Sarah Ullman has retired ?<br />
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ADDITION on 12th Oct 2013<br />
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Nothing to do with Womens racing but needs more thought !<br />
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I would also like a to address race organisers and the UCI. I hope the new UCI President is open to feelings that currently live among the riders. That alone would be quite a change, as well as a major step forward for the riders.<br />
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The way road cycling seasons are organised right now, the number of races and their levels of difficulty, it is all a bit much, if not wrong. All organisers want to have the race with most heighth difference, the longest climb, the steepest climb, the longest race... In short, their aim is to have something out of the ordinary for their own race so as to distinguish themselves from the others.<br />
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In a time where we all want to do away with doping more than ever before, there is a clear discrepancy between what the riders are able to manage and what is presented to us during races.<br />
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This year, I participated in races under extreme weather conditions. During Milan-Sanremo we suffered severe snow storms and in the Tour of California we had to endure temperatures of up to 50 degrees. For both these races, fans were urged to stay put at home and not to make unnecessary journeys. We, however, were urged to be offering the spectacle the audience was expecting from us, despite the clear and apparent risks to the health of an entire peloton. This is clearly too much, and it shows that through various associations within cycling, no clear vision, let alone appropriate pro-active intervention, has emerged so far.<br />
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And then I did not even mention the lengthy transfer journeys during stage races. These journeys go at the expense of the rest and recovery so desperately needed. Therefore, my question is rather simple: do we really need all those extreme circumstances? Does it not suffice already that riders simply go all out and themselves provide spectacle for all cycling enthusiasts?<br />
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<br />skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-72567833584769659722013-09-10T15:27:00.002+02:002013-09-10T22:49:11.014+02:00YOU COULDN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP ! PHAT'S ANTICS !It's Tuesday and phat the rat is at it again ! With the internet providing the World with constant Updates , the truth is available 24/7 , yet there are those that " Huff & Puff " , and hope we the poor saps , can't follow the action or read between the lines !<br />
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For years the " Clinic " of that famous Forum , Cyclingnews.com , has had that famous refrain " It will be revealed on Tuesday " ! Well we certainly get to read the revealed " info " on most Tuesdays ! This week we were entertained with the relevation of WHAT WENT on in the June 2013 , UCI Management meeting in Bergen . We had ALL seen the rumours in the Media , also confirmed by UCI Management Member , Brian Cookson's Blog , shortly thereafter . Respecting the Confidentiality of the Meeting , Brian only revealed the bare info confirming a disturbing report being made available at that Meeting of the UCI Members .<br />
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Today we find the Media full of more revealing detail . Following excerpts will give the reader a better understanding of the situation that exists .<br />
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The report tabled was quite extensive but a leak of a 3 page summary is now in the Public Domain :<br />
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<a href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2013/09/UCI-Dossier-document.pdf">http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2013/09/UCI-Dossier-document.pdf</a><br />
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See below for the content of that report !<br />
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Released also today , is Brian Cookson's latest instalment of his Blog , containing confirmation of the accuracy of this report , establishing the similarity to that tabled in June :<br />
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His short statement :<br />
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" <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6;">These allegations, which appear to be similar to those made to the UCI Management Committee in June, are clearly very serious. For the good of the UCI and cycling, they should be immediately and thoroughly investigated by the relevant authorities. I hope that this matter can be fully resolved before the UCI congress on 27 September.</span><br />
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"For my part, I remain totally committed to a democratic election under the Constitution of the UCI and will continue to talk and listen to national federations and voting delegates on how, together, we can grow cycling globally and restore faith and trust in our sport."</div>
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It is worth visiting the Blog , since there are links to previous entries , which in the main address the timeline , since his announcement of his Candidacy for the role of UCI President . His Twitter feed will no doubt highlight the reference to the June Meeting in Bergen .<br />
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" <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">“This is a scurrilous and libellous attack on my character, with a political agenda that is both nakedly transparent and totally contemptible,” he wrote, “and unfortunately one that is completely in character with the tactics of my opponents.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Had there been NO Truth in the report tabled in Bergen , most people would be entitled to assume that he would have taken up the matter at an earlier time , with the issue of one of his " FAMOUS KIMMAGE STYLE LEGAL ACTIONS "?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Things are suspiciously fishy at Aigle , since we have had the FIRST Le Tour , in recent History , where there were NO SANCTIONS for Doping PUBLISHED ! Could it be that phat has a desk drawer , full of the " Positives " , but dare not reveal them , since he is in the " How to WIN FRiends mode "?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> " </span><span style="color: #686464; font-family: Merriweather, serif;">A few weeks back the news came out that there were no positive tests from the Tour de France. There were over 600 tests carried out and I can tell you, we all had our fair share of early morning visits. I think it’s encouraging. Cycling is light-years ahead of all other sports when it comes to testing."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #686464; font-family: Merriweather, serif;">Source of this comment leads back to a new site , with the mystery Racer , yet to be discovered :</span></div>
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<a href="http://cyclingtips.com.au/2013/09/the-secret-pro-the-late-season-lull/">http://cyclingtips.com.au/2013/09/the-secret-pro-the-late-season-lull/</a></div>
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This is not the ONLY Site , that is suspicious of the lack of " Sanctions ", emanating from the first " Le Tour" in recent times , to not find itself saddled with numerous DOPING CHEATS ! Here are a selection of comments from :</div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"> " Okay, so when I write it like that, it’s not that funny. Maybe we should cue a laugh track. I’m sure Monty Python could have made a better joke of it, provided we weren’t talking about Pat McQuaid, but something humorous, like the Spanish Inquisition."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"> " But then I remembered that McQuaid had managed enough arm twisting to secure the following:</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">The Swiss federation to nominate him (even if only briefly)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">The Malaysian federation to propose a change to the constitution</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">The Moroccan federation to nominate him</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">The Thai federation to nominate him</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Bear in mind that this Blog post originated on the 3rd Sept , and a lot can happen in a week of Politicing :</span></span><br />
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<a class="account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav" data-user-id="1364145012" href="https://twitter.com/moran_anto" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;"><strong class="fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id" style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: underline;">Anto Moran</strong> <span class="username js-action-profile-name" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: #bbbbbb;">@</span>moran_anto</span></a><small class="time" style="color: #bbbbbb; float: right; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 1px; position: relative;"><a class="tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/moran_anto/status/376831910187503616" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;" title="12:18 AM - 9 Sep 13">9 Sep</a></small></div>
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As uci president I would establish a cabinet of Schenk, gaudry, gustav larsen and poss <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/jaksche" style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #66b5d2;">@</span>jaksche</a> to review all activites</div>
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THis is the MAN of Conscience that caused phat the rat to live in fear the past few months ! I had been calling for @GaudryT to be elected President for some time ! Seems that others realise HER WORTH !</div>
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<a class="account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav" data-user-id="1364145012" href="https://twitter.com/moran_anto" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="avatar js-action-profile-avatar" src="https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/3542914080/e48f949bc14240db1aedf78addd3a4e7_normal.jpeg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 0px; float: left; height: 48px; margin-left: -58px; margin-top: 3px; width: 48px;" /><strong class="fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id" style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: underline;">Anto Moran</strong> <span class="username js-action-profile-name" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: #bbbbbb;">@</span>moran_anto</span></a><small class="time" style="color: #bbbbbb; float: right; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 1px; position: relative;"><a class="tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/moran_anto/status/376832152110780416" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;" title="12:19 AM - 9 Sep 13">9 Sep</a></small></div>
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as uci pres I would have an independent review into all UCI financials since 99</div>
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<a class="account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav" data-user-id="70707518" href="https://twitter.com/irishpeloton" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="avatar js-action-profile-avatar" src="https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/2872963573/d5828542d11298004b56387c776becb6_normal.jpeg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 0px; float: left; height: 48px; margin-left: -58px; margin-top: 3px; width: 48px;" /><strong class="fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id" style="color: #139c31; text-decoration: underline;">Cillian Kelly</strong> <span class="username js-action-profile-name" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: #bbbbbb;">@</span>irishpeloton</span></a><small class="time" style="color: #bbbbbb; float: right; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 1px; position: relative;"><a class="tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/irishpeloton/status/377332421148278784" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;" title="9:27 AM - 10 Sep 13">7h</a></small></div>
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<a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/stesalmon73" style="color: #139c31; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #71c383;">@</span>stesalmon73</a> that Tour of Ireland story when we remember that Pinotti wasn't paid his winnings for years, is even more appalling.</div>
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<a class="account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav" data-user-id="70707518" href="https://twitter.com/irishpeloton" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="avatar js-action-profile-avatar" src="https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/2872963573/d5828542d11298004b56387c776becb6_normal.jpeg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 0px; float: left; height: 48px; margin-left: -58px; margin-top: 3px; width: 48px;" /><strong class="fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id" style="color: #139c31; text-decoration: underline;">Cillian Kelly</strong> <span class="username js-action-profile-name" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: #bbbbbb;">@</span>irishpeloton</span></a><small class="time" style="color: #bbbbbb; float: right; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 1px; position: relative;"><a class="tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/irishpeloton/status/377321821533913088" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;" title="8:45 AM - 10 Sep 13">8h</a></small></div>
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Well done to <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/velonews" style="color: #139c31; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #71c383;">@</span>velonews</a> and <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/nealrogers" style="color: #139c31; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #71c383;">@</span>nealrogers</a> for getting this story on McQuaid <a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/09/news/leaked-file-alleges-deep-uci-corruption-cover-ups_302277" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/REsxpdQOCo" rel="nofollow" style="color: #139c31; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/09/news/leaked-file-alleges-deep-uci-corruption-cover-ups_302277"><span class="tco-ellipsis"></span><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;">http://</span><span class="js-display-url">velonews.competitor.com/2013/09/news/l</span><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;">eaked-file-alleges-deep-uci-corruption-cover-ups</span></a></div>
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<a class="account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav" data-user-id="70707518" href="https://twitter.com/irishpeloton" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="avatar js-action-profile-avatar" src="https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/2872963573/d5828542d11298004b56387c776becb6_normal.jpeg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 0px; float: left; height: 48px; margin-left: -58px; margin-top: 3px; width: 48px;" /><strong class="fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id" style="color: #139c31; text-decoration: underline;">Cillian Kelly</strong> <span class="username js-action-profile-name" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: #bbbbbb;">@</span>irishpeloton</span></a><small class="time" style="color: #bbbbbb; float: right; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 1px; position: relative;"><a class="tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/irishpeloton/status/377320207058214912" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;" title="8:38 AM - 10 Sep 13">8h</a></small></div>
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So Armstrong rode Tour of Ireland so McQuaid would ignore rules for his comeback & he didn't even have the decency to ride up Patrick's Hill<a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/09/news/leaked-file-alleges-deep-uci-corruption-cover-ups_302277" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/REsxpdQOCo" rel="nofollow" style="color: #139c31; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/09/news/leaked-file-alleges-deep-uci-corruption-cover-ups_302277"><span class="invisible" style="color: #139c31; font-size: 0px; line-height: 0; text-decoration: none;">02277</span><span class="tco-ellipsis" style="color: #139c31; text-decoration: none;"><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;"> </span>…</span></a><br />
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As uci president I would establish a cabinet of Schenk, gaudry, gustav larsen and poss <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/jaksche" style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #66b5d2;">@</span>jaksche</a> to review all activites</div>
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THis is the MAN of Conscience that caused phat the rat to live in fear the past few months ! I had been calling for @GaudryT to be elected President for some time ! Seems that others realise HER WORTH !</div>
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<a class="account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav" data-user-id="1364145012" href="https://twitter.com/moran_anto" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="avatar js-action-profile-avatar" src="https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/3542914080/e48f949bc14240db1aedf78addd3a4e7_normal.jpeg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 0px; float: left; height: 48px; margin-left: -58px; margin-top: 3px; width: 48px;" /><strong class="fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id" style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: underline;">Anto Moran</strong> <span class="username js-action-profile-name" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: #bbbbbb;">@</span>moran_anto</span></a><small class="time" style="color: #bbbbbb; float: right; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 1px; position: relative;"><a class="tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/moran_anto/status/376832152110780416" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;" title="12:19 AM - 9 Sep 13">9 Sep</a></small></div>
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as uci pres I would have an independent review into all UCI financials since 99<br />
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<a class="account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav" data-user-id="227687574" href="https://twitter.com/TheRaceRadio" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="avatar js-action-profile-avatar" src="https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1192713177/radio_normal.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 0px; float: left; height: 48px; margin-left: -58px; margin-top: 3px; width: 48px;" /><strong class="fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: underline;">Race Radio</strong> <span class="username js-action-profile-name" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: #bbbbbb;">@</span>TheRaceRadio</span></a><small class="time" style="color: #bbbbbb; float: right; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 1px; position: relative;"><a class="tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/TheRaceRadio/status/377415323365818368" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;" title="2:56 PM - 10 Sep 13">1h</a></small></div>
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.<a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/cooksonforuci" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #67b58e;">@</span>cooksonforuci</a> statement on UCI corruption <a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://briancookson.org/en/news/" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/w8tfYDFiEJ" rel="nofollow" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://briancookson.org/en/news/"><span class="tco-ellipsis"></span><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;">http://</span><span class="js-display-url">briancookson.org/en/news/</span><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;"></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;"> </span></span></a> "immediately and thoroughly investigated by the relevant authorities"<br />
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<a class="account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav" data-user-id="31414269" href="https://twitter.com/jaimiefuller" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;"><strong class="fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id" style="color: #333333;">SKINS Chairman</strong> <span class="username js-action-profile-name" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: #bbbbbb;">@</span>jaimiefuller</span></a><small class="time" style="color: #bbbbbb; float: right; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 1px; position: relative;"><a class="tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/jaimiefuller/status/377306119657762816" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;" title="7:42 AM - 10 Sep 13">9h</a></small></div>
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Best piece I've read on the Pat McQuaid presidential election. He will stop at nothing to save his job <a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://redkiteprayer.com/2013/09/not-dead-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-780734" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/oaNdZbXIu3" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://redkiteprayer.com/2013/09/not-dead-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-780734"><span class="tco-ellipsis"></span><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;">http://</span><span class="js-display-url">redkiteprayer.com/2013/09/not-de</span><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;">ad-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-780734</span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;"> </span>…</span></a></div>
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as uci pres I would get drunk and enjoy my 600K salary. Good night!</div>
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as uci pres I would get every start rider and DS into to a room and tell them to get their act together</div>
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<a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/jaimiefuller" style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #66b5d2;">@</span>jaimiefuller</a> was right. <a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23mugabe&src=hash" style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #66b5d2;">#</span>mugabe</a> is taking notes.</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">In a little over Two Weeks , we the Public , will see the UCI choose one of TWO Candidates to lead the UCI into the next 4 year term ! Jacques Rogge , that great mate of Nein Fordruggen , steps down today , after the Buenos Aires Election of his successor . With his departure and the reports that Nein is disowning his " NEVER , Never , never " statements AND his association with phat , the ship of state that phat was commanding , has now taken on the shape of a submarine , that has left its tubes open to let in the flood ?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">The title of this Blog Post , comes from Dame Tanni ( UCIIC Member , </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> ) , whose Tweet in recent times regarding the UCI going ons was " </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Lucida Grande, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">YOU COULDN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP ! " !</span></span></div>
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...what makes what he did particularly odious." You mean WE, surely Bill?</div>
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"lies, bribery, attempted extortion, attempted vote-buying, attempts at entrapment" A James Ellroy novel? No, the UCI Presidential elections</div>
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Is this bizarre , IOC asking Lance to return his Bronze from Sydney 2000 Olympics to pass to another CONVICTED Doper ? Jacques , it's in the post ! Yeah , the Unbelievable once again !</div>
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IOC wants Lance Armstrong to return his 2000 Olympic bronze. To give it to Abraham Olano, who was 4th & was positive for EPO at '98 Tour?</div>
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<span title="12:55 PM - 10 Sep 13">12:55 PM - 10 Sep 13</span>
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<a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/Aushiker" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #67b58e;">@</span>Aushiker</a> <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/SafeCyclingOz" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #67b58e;">@</span>SafeCyclingOz</a> <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/delbified" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #67b58e;">@</span>delbified</a> <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/StevenN_Zonzi" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #67b58e;">@</span>StevenN_Zonzi</a> <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/stokecity" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #67b58e;">@</span>stokecity</a> Y/day i asked Link to <a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://thecyclingsilk.blogspot.com" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/S955VPjOAs" rel="nofollow" style="color: #038543; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://thecyclingsilk.blogspot.com"><span class="tco-ellipsis"></span><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;">http://</span><span class="js-display-url">thecyclingsilk.blogspot.com</span><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;"></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;"> </span></span></a> Lots of HELPFUL Legal advice !</div>
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Saddened to hear of another bunch hit while training in Waikato. Our thoughts and best wishes are with all the riders involved.</div>
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As mentioned above , following is the Bergen Summary .<br />
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http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2013/09/UCI-Dossier-document.pdf<br />
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This summary of "A Report on Corruption in the Leadership of the Union Cycliste<br />
Internationale" (The Report), which has also been referred to in the media as "The Dossier," is<br />
being provided as clarification to some of the misperceptions surrounding The Report. The<br />
individual providing this infonnation has seen the entire Report consisting of 54 pages and 26<br />
document exhibits, and helshe has knowledge of the individuals described in detail in The<br />
Report. The release of this summary was not directed by anyone who commissioned or owns<br />
The Report. The individual providing this information has been told that the reason the entire<br />
Report as not been made publicly available, is because it has been turned over to law<br />
enforcement authorities for follow·up.<br />
The Report was investigated and written by two senior law enforcement and intelligence<br />
officials who claim to have more than 60 years of investigative experience, They claim to have<br />
been assisted by an internationally known private investigative firm with offices across the<br />
globe, The Report claims the following:<br />
1. There is testimonial and documentary evidence that in the late summer of2012, Pat McQuaid<br />
and Hein Verbruggen solicited what amounted to a bribe of 250,000 euros from a named procyling team owner. The monies were allegedly for the UCI to help further promote the named<br />
team, and cycling in general in the country of the team and team owner. The named team owner<br />
declined to pay the requested monies.<br />
2. There is testimonial and documentary evidence that neither UCI nor its private promotional<br />
ann known as Global Cycling Promotion, S.A. was officially involved in the solicitation of the<br />
funds, and that the funds were supposed to be paid to a specifically named front company located<br />
in the UAE, involving a named secret bank account with ties to a named finance company in<br />
Switzerland.<br />
3. There is testimonial evidence that when employees of another named professional cycling<br />
team tried to involve UCI in a disagreement with team owners over the failure ofteam owners to<br />
pay employees, UCI instead became involved in a corrupt relationship with the team owners and<br />
allowed the illegal non·payment of salaries to continue, The witness who provided this<br />
testimonial evidence claimed to have documentary evidence of this corrupt relationship<br />
including documents from a named international accounting firm that were altered.<br />
4, There is testimonial evidence that after the rider Alberto Contador failed a doping test in<br />
2010, UCI tried to engage in a cover-up of the failed test in exchange for money, The witness who provided this testimony advised the efforts were not successful because the media became<br />
aware of the story before the cover-up could be completed. The witness claims there are other<br />
witnesses who can provide corroborative testimony.<br />
5. There is testimonial evidence that in 2009 when Lance Armstrong was making a comeback to<br />
cycling, he had not been in the UCI doping testing pool for the previously proscribed period of<br />
time. Mr. McQuaid agreed to a bending of these rules, which allowed Mr. Armstrong to ride in<br />
the Tour Down Under for an appearance fee of $1 million and in exchange, Mr. Armstrong<br />
ab'Teed to ride in the Tour of Ireland for free - a race he otherwise would not have participated in.<br />
Further, that Mr. McQuaid benefited from this agreement because his relatives or friends were<br />
involved in directing the Tour of Ireland. The witness claims a personal, first-hand account of<br />
these facts.<br />
6. There is testimonial evidence from more than one witness concerning the well-known 1999<br />
Tour de France urine samples that allegedly eventually contained evidence that Mr. Armstrong<br />
failed doping tests, and that Mr. Verbruggen arranged for a friend of his, Emile Vrijman to<br />
conduct the independent review and report about the incident. Further, that Mr. Armstrong's<br />
personal attorneys wrote and edited portions of the report so they were most favorable to Mr.<br />
Armstrong. It is further alleged that Mr. Armstrong helped pay for the report. One witness<br />
stated that there is email evidence between Mr. Armstrong's attorneys and UCI officials, which<br />
prove these facts. There is testimonial and documentary evidence that the night before Mr.<br />
Armstrong appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Mr. Verbruggen was very concerned these<br />
events were going to be disclosed during the interview of Mr. Armstrong.<br />
7. On 18 May, 2013 at approximately 1500, Mr. McQuaid was interviewed extensively for<br />
several hours by the two investigators about the allegations in The Report. The Report states he<br />
denied all of the allegations, but the investigators claim there is testimonial and documentary<br />
evidence that he lied about his knowledge and role in the allegations. Me. McQuaid has never<br />
disclosed that he was interviewed during the investigation, and that he knows the nature of the<br />
allegations as contained in The Report.<br />
8. On 8 June, 2013 at the UCI Management Committee meeting in Bergan, Norway some of the<br />
contents of The Report were disclosed to and discussed by Management Committee members.<br />
Mr. McQuaid said he was going to bring the allegations to the UCl's Ethics Commission for<br />
investigation. 9. During the week of 10 June, 2013, there is testimonial and documentary evidence that Mr.<br />
McQuaid communicated with at least one of the members of the UCI Management Committee<br />
and demanded a copy of The Report so he could personally refer the allegations concerning<br />
himself to the UCI Ethics Commission.<br />
10. There is testimonial and documentary evidence that On 29 June, 2013 at approximately 1700in Corsica, France, Mr. McQuaid was given an opportunity to read the entire report and ask<br />
questions or make comments concerning the contents of The Report. The investigators claim<br />
that he spent approximately one hour reading the report, making notes. and that he asked no<br />
questions, and made no comments.<br />
11. There is testimonial evidence from more than one witness that after Mr. McQuaid read The<br />
Report in Corsica, France, he communicated with Mr. Verbruggen about the contents of The<br />
Report. Further, that Mr. Verbruggen then contacted several of the witnesses in The Report in an<br />
apparent effort to distance himselffrom Mr. McQuaid.<br />
12. It thus appears the recent statements in the press last week by Mr. McQuaid that he has<br />
never seen The Report are false. It appears the statements to multiple witnesses by Mr. McQuaid<br />
that he intended to bring the allegations he was aware of in The Report to the UCI Ethics<br />
Commission are false. It appears the statements by both Mr. McQuaid and Mr. Verbruggen inthe press last week that they have not recently communicated, and that Mr. Verbruggen no<br />
longer has anything to do with Mr. McQuaid or UCI, are also false.<br />
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<br />skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-4347852020511075372013-08-04T08:25:00.001+02:002013-08-04T11:11:21.652+02:00LUNATICS running the ASYLUM ?Race Cyclists have been told that Anti Doping in the Upcoming US Events will not include " HGH & EPO " , nor will USADA be allowed to participate ! We ALL Know that these are the PEDs of choice in Cycling but UCI has decided to overlook these tests ?<br />
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Currently phat the rat is president of the UCI and wishes to continue into a third term . Having lost the original Nomination by the Irish Federation , he then sought that of the Swiss Federation , which is now subject to legal challenge . Behind the scenes he has been active , and in cooperation with a number of MINOR National Federations , has caused to be put forward controversial changes to the UCI Constitution, which they propose to make RETROSPECTIVE ! So controversial are these changes that the Russian Federation has warned of Legal action and the various Media Pundits have had a field day .<br />
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Here is a timeline of events this year copied from Cycling News :<br />
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April 13, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcquaid-celebrates-cycling-ireland-endorsement" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">McQuaid celebrates cycling Ireland endorsement</a><br />
April 13, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcquaid-endorsed-by-cycling-ireland-for-uci-presidency" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">McQuaid endorsed by cycling Ireland for UCI presidency</a><br />
April 15, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kimmage-angered-by-cycling-irelands-support-for-mcquaid" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kimmage angered by cycling Irelands support for McQuaid</a><br />
April 16, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/moran-resigns-after-voting-against-mcquaid" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Moran resigns after voting against McQuaid</a><br />
April 26, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/is-pat-mcquaids-future-in-doubt" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Is Pat McQuaids future in doubt</a><br />
April 26, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cycling-ireland-to-re-consider-its-nomination-of-mcquaid-for-uci-president" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cycling Ireland to re-consider its nomination of McQuaid for UCI president</a><br />
May 16, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcquaid-backed-by-swiss-cycling-federation-for-uci-presidency" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">McQuaid backed by Swiss cycling federation for UCI presidency</a><br />
May 23, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/pat-mcquaid-cycling-has-an-extremely-bright-future" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pat McQuaid: Cycling has an extremely bright future</a><br />
May 23, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/reactions-to-pat-mcquaids-stakeholders-comment" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Reactions to Pat McQuaids stakeholders comment</a><br />
June 3, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-cookson-to-run-for-uci-presidency" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Report: Cookson to run for UCI presidency</a><br />
June 4, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cookson-confirms-candidacy-for-uci-presidency" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cookson confirms candidacy for UCI presidency</a><br />
June 4, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/q-and-a-uci-presidential-candidate-brian-cookson" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Q and A: UCI presidential candidate Brian Cookson</a><br />
June 5, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cooksons-bid-for-uci-presidency-has-professional-support" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cooksons bid for UCI presidency has professional support</a><br />
June 5, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcquaid-fires-a-warning-shot-at-uci-presidential-rival-cookson" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">McQuaid fires a warning shot at UCI presidential rival Cookson</a><br />
June 6, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/confederacy-of-dunces-a-look-into-the-uci-presidential-election" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Confederacy of Dunces? A look into the UCI presidential election</a><br />
June 7, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pinotti-welcomes-brian-cooksons-uci-presidency-bid" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pinotti welcomes Brian Cooksons UCI presidency bid</a><br />
June 7, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/makarov-responds-to-mcquaids-insinuations" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Makarov responds to McQuaids insinuations</a><br />
June 12, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/swiss-cycling-federation-backing-of-mcquaid-called-into-question" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Swiss cycling federation backing of McQuaid called into question</a><br />
June 13, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/could-pat-mcquaid-face-a-vote-of-no-confidence-at-uci-management-committee" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Could Pat McQuaid face a vote of no confidence at UCI management committee</a><br />
June 15, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/irish-cycling-clubs-vote-against-backing-mcquaid-for-uci-presidency" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Irish cycling clubs vote against backing McQuaid for UCI presidency</a><br />
June 16, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mike-plant-publicly-ends-his-support-of-pat-mcquaid" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mike Plant publicly ends his support of pat McQuaid</a><br />
June 18, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cookson-reacts-to-dossier-on-mcquaid" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cookson reacts to dossier on McQuaid</a><br />
June 22, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cookson-says-he-wont-rely-on-courts-to-silence-dissent" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cookson says he won't rely on courts to silence dissent</a><br />
June 25, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcquaid-attacks-half-baked-cookson-manifesto" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">McQuaid attacks half baked Cookson manifesto</a><br />
June 25, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/opinion-cookson-the-zero-communication-strategy" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Opinion: Cookson the zero communication strategy</a><br />
July 4, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/q-and-a-brian-cookson-discusses-the-uci-presidential-campaign" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Q and A: Brian Cookson discusses the UCI presidential campaign</a><br />
July 8, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcquaid-releases-uci-presidency-campaign-manifesto" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">McQuaid releases UCI presidency campaign manifesto</a><br />
July 17, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/petition-plans-for-womens-tour-de-france-unrealistic-says-cookson" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Petition plans for womens Tour de France unrealistic says Cookson</a><br />
July 30, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/malaysia-supports-mcquaids-bid-for-re-election" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Malaysia supports McQuaids bid for re-election</a><br />
July 30, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcquaid-calls-his-nominations-by-thailand-morocco-valid" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">McQuaid calls his nominations by Thailand, Morocco valid</a><br />
July 30, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/proposed-uci-election-changes-smack-of-attempted-dictatorship-says-cookson" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Proposed UCI election changes smack of attempted dictatorship says Cookson</a><br />
July 31, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/usa-cycling-president-concerned-with-uci-presidential-process" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">USA Cycling president concerned with UCI presidential process</a><br />
July 31, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcquaid-touts-anti-doping-initiatives-in-re-election-bid" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">McQuaid touts anti-doping initiatives in re-election bid</a><br />
July 31, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/malaysian-motion-may-allow-new-candidates-to-enter-presidential-race" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Malaysian motion may allow new candidates to enter presidential race</a><br />
July 31, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/aigcp-questions-amendment-to-uci-election-protocol" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">AIGCP questions amendment to UCI election protocol</a><br />
August 1, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vaughters-mcquaids-record-does-not-support-campaign-claims" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Vaughters McQuaids record does not support campaign claims</a><br />
August 2, 2013 - <a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcquaid-to-face-additional-legal-challenge" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 130, 132) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">McQuaid to face additional legal challenge</a></div>
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It is apparent that phat the rat feels that he should no longer be thought of as Jim Burn ( that 1970s englishman found in contravention of IOC rules in Sth Africa ), but is now emulating the " Dear Leader of Nth Korea " & Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe 's style of leadeship of the UCI and thus Cycle Racing .<br />
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42 " Voting Delegates " are responsible for choosing the Future President of the UCI , in an Election that will take place on the 23rd September 2013 during the Firenze Congress . Already we are hearing that there are Items being ADDED to the " Agenda " , normally required to be considered by the "UCI Management Board " before being added . Seems that the UCI Constitution is being challenged , continually , by those under the influence of the current incumbent ? Must be difficult to work for an Organisation , where you are under continual threat of loss of employment , if you do not give way regarding what appears to be a triffling detail ?<br />
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Has anyone noticed that there have been , " NO Positives " from the 2013 " Le Tour "? Seems that ALL the Racers , that is the WHOLE PELOTON , decided to mark the 100th Edition of " Le Tour " , by giving up ALL the health products that their TEAM Doctors & Organisation provide them with during their Career ? Of course they will also have modified their OWN Dietry intake to achieve this SPECTACULAR Result ?<br />
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Fact is , UCI are in the position of choosing WHAT to test for , and WHEN to release those results ! In past years we have heard of a bunch of " Positives " being discovered on the unattended desk of a UCI Employee ! It was reported that the employees desk was thought to have been cleared when they departed ? REALLY ? Smacks of some thinking that those outside UCI Circles , are thought to be GULLIBLE ?<br />
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As mentioned earlier US Races about to take place are going to be denied oversight by USADA . As far as i am aware , USADA , are required to test and then SANCTION any Racer that contravenes WADA Codes ? What is different in the USA , as far as UCI is concerned ? Lance is not racing , LL is not racing , GH is not racing , so if reports from previous years are correct , they should not have to worry about their " Protoges " , failing the " Anti Doping Controls "? Could it be that certain UCI personnel , still have bent noses from their run in with USADA , over the " Considered Decision " from 2012 ?<br />
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Copies of Travis Tygart comments , that are pertinent :<br />
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" <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;">“The whole conversation and dialogue around the races, just like we saw at the Tour de France this year, is suspicion about riders which is unfair to those riders. It detracts from the beauty of the sport. It is all happening because of the lack of leadership that back in November said they were going to take decisive and transparent action to put the sport on a new foundation for clean competition. Yet they have done nothing since.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;">“We are not doing our job if we don’t speak about the problem this causes. Decisive and transparent action was promised, but nothing has happened. We have been saying this since October 10th 2012. We are approaching a year pretty quick and both clean athletes and those that love this sport are sick and tired of the inaction.”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;"><br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/15146/Tygart-blasts-UCI-over-refusal-to-let-USADA-do-tests-at-the-USA-Pro-Cycling-Challenge-and-other-top-events.aspx#ixzz2ayqTeMGI" style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none;">http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/15146/Tygart-blasts-UCI-over-refusal-to-let-USADA-do-tests-at-the-USA-Pro-Cycling-Challenge-and-other-top-events.aspx#ixzz2ayqTeMGI</a></span></div>
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skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-69401753367354213002013-07-14T22:43:00.001+02:002013-07-16T14:40:07.840+02:00EMULATING LANCE ! Lance who ?<br />
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Today's result in the 100th " Le Tour " , ridden on Bastille Sunday , was quicker than the TDF Road Book had predicted ! In fact the early pace was such , that you would have thought these guys were going half the distance , on a totally flat terrain ! With 48km covered in the first hour ,even though there were 3 Cat 4 road bumps along the first 30km . The pace was lifted to 50.5kph median in the second hour , partly due to the fact that there were no cat bumps and a strong breakaway led by Peter Sagan was up the road . The pace took the break out to 7+ minutes , and was so strong that Burghart & Rollands were unable to bridge when it was still only a minute in advance .<br />
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With 20km to the finish line Silvain Chavenel was still only 28 seconds up after riding solo for 9 km but managed to stay ahead until about 13km when the day's action really started to boil . Meanwhile the other escapees had been absorbed along those tree lined roads and Peter Sagan had made an impression by emulating the " Robbie Mc Ewan Wheelie " just as the Peloton reached him .With Bakelants , Nieve and Quintana mixing it with Silvain , Team Sky moved to the front of the peloton . Froome was led by two of his trusties of the " Magnificant 7 ", but with Contador sniffing at his heels , catching a freebie .<br />
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First Kennaugh pulled , then Richie Porte took on the task of leading the retinue of hopefuls , but with his strong pace they fell by the roadside . As Nieve faded , Quintana continued then FRoome dropped through the gears and " Spun like a washing machine " , in such a manner that Contador was left stalled in disbelief and Quintana was caught about 7km from the line . Baulked by the motorcycles , Froome had Quintana back nipping at his heels , words were exchanged and briefly Quintana took the lead , albeit briefly .<br />
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With what was apparent on Eurosport , it was easy to feel that Froome was operating at a far superior level to the other Racers and thus in the last 2km , managed to cross the finish line , 29secs in advance of Quintana ! Reports from a variety of resources suggest that this ride measured from the 15km mark , was several minutes slower than previous efforts , including that of Mayo and Armstrong !<br />
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During the ride i saw Tweets from " he who should be forgotten " :<br />
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My impressions of the day's events were mixed , since the TDF Road book generally has 3 " Median Speeds " and was predicting 39kph as the quickest , whereas Froome finished with 41.7kph , this calls into question , how many of the Peloton , could operate at such a high threshhold for 6 hrs or so in the visible heat and windy conditions that Mont Ventoux can inflict ? Now read of oxygen being administered to Quintana , after his arrival and rumours of Froome needing attention also ? As to reports of a Million+ spectators on the Mont Ventoux , that was not that apparent from the overhead shots .<br />
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Lance along the years has gathered many admirers that are still loyal to him despite the USADA and Oprah Interview . Even in recent days many Spanish are coming out and openly supporting his behaviour . There are others that are hard line against him and his Team Members fraudalent activities . Reading up on some of his previous supporters i came across the following segment in :<br />
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" <span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.90625px;">But, don’t tell me that just because cyclists have cheated in the past that it is impossible to be at the top of cycling without cheating. I know that there are cyclists in today’s peleton who are riding clean at the highest levels of the sport. I have a son who at 8yrs old was climbing alpine mountain passes, at 10 years old he was riding 100 mile cycling Fondos, now at 12 years old Liam is riding entire stages of the Tour de France and racing with a lot of success in Europe - all things that might be thought of as impossible. The secret to Liam’s success is hard work and the belief that anything is possible. It is my hope that he never has to face some of the decisions other cyclists had to face in the past, and when faced with difficult decisions he will have the strength to make the right choices. The magic of cycling is real – I know because we live it almost every day!</span><br />
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Bill and Liam did a short interview at the Team Presentation in Porto Vechio , in which i made a few remarks and reading their account of riding with the BMC Team , the <br />
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Whilst the Cricket result for Oz , was disappointing , even worse news was to be announced for Athletics ! It was bad enough that Tyson Gay was announcing last Monday that he had a Positive , but to hear several others announced on Sunday , including Olympic Medalists :</div>
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TRUTH & RECONCILIATION COMMISSION for All Sports , is NOW NECESSARY !</div>
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Jacques Rogge either does the RIGHT THING or he will be remembered in History as a Scoundrell !</div>
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skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-30247381113631126812013-07-07T21:34:00.001+02:002013-07-08T09:37:06.025+02:00REST DAY at " Le Tour "!After 2 Days of the Pyrennees , " Le Tour " moves north , racers by air , their Equipment by Road ! Fans , well they will do the best they can ! Georgethecyclist.blogspot left Albi by car for the first 100 miles with a fellow Touring Cyclist but will continue the slog North at about 10MPH , hoping to arrive in time to see Tuesday's Arrivee near St Malo ! Better you than me , my friend !<br />
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Each Tour de FRANCE has it's retinue of " Drug Busts /Cheats " , usually it takes a few days for the announcement , but the dates are generally associated with " Rest Days "! Already the Gendarmerie has taken several hours turning over the contents of the " Radio Shack Camper Van " , fruitless effort , to the relief of ALL Fans .<br />
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Seems the UCI Presidential Race is now in full swing with ONLY 2 Candidates , both people are using time and money to impress the 40 other " Voting Delegates " ! phat the rat has called for " Pantani's Legacy " to be overturned , seen to a racer of the " 100th Le Tour " being sent home for the disgraceful offence of being unable to stay within 25% of the Winning Team's time last Tuesday ! Matters not that he was severely injured and rode the entire 25km after the Ramp , alone ! Good to see that phat applies the rules in a " Fair & impartial manner "! Of course " King Cav , in the past was treated if a different manner , as were other " Mates " ! Could be that phat is wearing " Burn proof armour on his butt , in case the Americans & Italians decide to roast him ?<br />
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GiroRosa , the Italian 8 day stage race finished today , with Vos running in 2nd to Mara Abbott of USA Team EXG :<br />
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Reporting the goings on during this event was Tiffany of Orica , although i saw several nights Highlights thanks to the Event coverage by RAI TV :<br />
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Coming in the near future is a Docu on Womens' Racing :<br />
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Back to " Le Tour " , in a few days , we will see what the UCI , will have done at this " 100th Edition ", but had i had my way , this Petition would have seen the UCI handling matters in a far more satisfactory way :<br />
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Wonder if those 42 " Voting Delegates " will even consider " Truth & Reconciliation Commission " whilst in Firenze ?<br />
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Both Candidates are voicing , WHAT they think people consider to be issues , but ALWAYS with "qualifications attached "!<br />
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Great EXCUSE ! " Our Rules currently do not allow "!<br />
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<br />skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-8979481625515086302013-06-17T12:53:00.000+02:002013-06-17T12:54:49.742+02:00Phat , Sling yer hook ! BEGONE !The following tweets say it ALL !<br />
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@DavidWalshST 15 Jun<br />
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1/2: It is reluctantly that an Irishman quotes Oliver Cromwell but what happened in Dublin today in relation to Pat McQuaid justifies it:<br />
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2/2: "You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately. Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go."<br />
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Totally relevant comment about phat the rat by a renowned Sports Journo .<br />
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Problem is though , there are those so out of kilter that they trot out the following drivel :<br />
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Seems that the saturday meeting was not as close as the 74 for phat & 91 for " GO! " , suggest ! It is reported that many of the " Oldguard , had the right/privelege to issue 2 votes " , thus although in a democratic system , ALL are equal , like the old USSR , Cycling Ireland has other ideas about democracy .<br />
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Thanks to the likes of Anto Moran & Colin Mc Grane of Cycling Ireland , Cycling Sport , is getting closer to being able to rid itself , of the UCI Constitution , that essentially preserves the wishes of the Aigle Tag Team Duo .<br />
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Comments in Cycling News Forum tend to suggest that phat the rat will be towed from the stage , scratching the floor as he attempts to retain a vestige of his former powers .<br />
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" <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">Remember Hein runs the UCI like he owns it. So, if Hein wants Pat to remain, chances are good we'll see some more interesting interpretations of UCI procedure.</span><br />
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Also remember the UCI is not a Democracy. Sure, people vote for stuff, but votes are bought and sold by people that do not have to report back to ground-level members. I have no doubt the likes of Makarov, Cookson, and Thom Wiesel's proxy Plant are helping kick Pat out. But, it's a complicated, opaque structure.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #e1e4f2; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px; font-style: italic;">All expenses paid housing, travel account and access for his family to riders and races.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #e1e4f2; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px; font-style: italic;">They need to destroy him. Embarrass him.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #e1e4f2; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px; font-style: italic;">They </span><b style="background-color: #e1e4f2; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px; font-style: italic;">asked him to resign on Friday. He did not.</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: #e1e4f2; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px; font-style: italic;">Pat is not stupid. </span><b style="background-color: #e1e4f2; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px; font-style: italic;">The majority of the management committee were on on the Armstrong heist.</b><span style="background-color: #e1e4f2; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px; font-style: italic;">Many have also benifited from presidency. They've done deals. Exposé him. He'll expose them.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">Like your post suggests, the Management Committee had to be in on the fraud. Wouldn't it be a shame if the dossier were strategically leaked?</span><img alt="" border="0" class="inlineimg" src="http://forum.cyclingnews.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px; vertical-align: middle;" title="Big Grin" /><span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;"> C'mon guys! Go for broke!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">Pat's got quite a bit of resources to get things going his way again.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">I still want to know what Hein's got to say about it. Maybe he needs to write another letter to the UCI's voting members? "Pat and I aren't terrorists! And another thing, we never ever ever never made money on the side because of our position at the UCI." That will be leaked in hours.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">I found the patriotic call quite amusing when at the earliest opportunity Pat remembered he was a Swiss cycling member as well as that when he was off in South Africa he had no hesitation in pretending to be English.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">McQuaid doesn't care about nationalism, McQuaid only concern is himself.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">@thehog - Also, as was pointed out to me recently, if McQuaid is ousted he is without a job and any real prospect of getting one.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">He currently pulls in a nice tax free sum that he doesn't need to touch as everything else is covered by either UCI or IOC.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">If he had gone with some dignity he might have ended up on some board somewhere - now not even Sportsaccord would touch him.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">With this in mind , i would like to see that the Future of Cycling Sport is guaranteed a FRESH START by what could be described as a fresh face ! For the person i have in mind , it may be a sacrifice of family life , but they have the credentials , that the German Woman and Aussie woman may currently lack ?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">as President of Oceania division of the UCI , thus on the Management committee , Tracey Gaudry is the</span><br />
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Her Twitter address is @GaudryT, there needs to be a great deal of support displayed to encourage her to give up the comforts of Family Life in Oz , to take on a task , that most of the UCI Management Committee feel they are unable to handle ?<br />
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IF she wishes to Spring Clean UCI , I say " Good on yer , Digger !<br />
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It is with some dismay that i see Irish Cycling being dragged through the mire by an Irishman now living and working in Switzerland . Not only is his behaviour objectionable to me as an Irish born Australian , but also to other Cyclists , WORLDWIDE !<br />
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Pat Mc Quaid currently holds the position of UCI President and is due to seek re-election in Septenber for a third term in office . This position requires him to protect the constitution of the Union Cyclists International , yet he chooses to breach these rules & regulations for which he receives a Salary from that Organisation .<br />
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In the early 1970's he chose to breach Cycling Rules in a very serious manner and was discovered in South Africa , passing himself off as " James Burn ". Under this name he sought to ride in a variety of Cycle races in defiance of the IOC Bans on International Athletic Competition . When discovered , IOC banned him for LIFE , from their events .<br />
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Currently Cycling Ireland have convened an Extraordinary General Meeting to decide whether to Nominate him for the 3rd term of UCI President . In April 2013 , the Cyling Ireland Board decided amongst themselves to support that nomination . In disgust , Anto Moran , a vice President of this Board , resigned , effective immediately . He then discovered that there were anomalies in the conduct of this meeting and quietly advised the board , who then decided that the " EGM " was now a necessity . In recent days the Swiss Cycling Federation , was induced to step in and thus nominated Burns/Mc Quaid for the candidacy .<br />
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Your Excellency , the rules of the UCI , call for the Candidates to be " Nominated by the country of their Licence ! Mc Quaid holds an " Honourary Irish Licence " granted for his services by Cycling Ireland ! It is quite clear that " Rules " , as far as he is concerned are for " OTHERS "!<br />
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Perhaps Mc Quaid has Dual Citizenship , now that he works in Switzerland and held Posts in a variety of International Organisations , some since withdrawn . However he is still Irish Born and thus will respect advice from such as YOURSELF !<br />
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Cycling in Ireland is enjoying a rennaisence and there are many Irish Young in the Top Echelons of International Cycling Competition . There are others such as Ciaran Power , who quit , rather than be subjected to the " Doping Policies " to which the current crop of Cycle Racers are exposed . It is common knowledge that there is a " Biological Passport " programme , but there has been little or no testing during the past 18 months .<br />
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Last year Mc Quaid set up " UCIIC " , but when they tried to do the job that was required , he had it shut down for reasons that he thought acceptable to him .<br />
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Whatever Credibility , UCI had , in the early 1990's , it has evaporated during the Presidency of Hein Verbruggen , before and since 2005 under Mc quaid's administration . Until new leadership and transparency are introduced at UCI , there will only be a " SSDD " attitude held by top management !<br />
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Mr President , with respect , only YOU , can prevail on mr mc quaid , to see that UCI deserves a better future ! Mc Quaid family have in the past been good for Irish Cycling ! But that day has PAST ! Enough is already ENOUGH ! In may 2014 , you will welcome the Giro d'Italia to Ireland , do you want to see a Great Festival of Cycling that is moving forward , OR , a sport mired in crisis ?<br />
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Skippy Mc Carthy<br />
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Copies being sent to<br />
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Anto Moran<br />
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<br />skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-66275733163559372582013-04-14T20:53:00.000+02:002013-04-14T21:46:29.485+02:00This isn't TRUE ? IS IT ?COPIED from elsewhere :<br />
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I began as an amateur in 2000 with Bruno Leali. In 2001 I moved to Team San Pellegrino, run by Secondo Volpi, and in 2002 I turned professional, riding for three years at Saeco, when they also employed Simoni, Di Luca and Celestino. Following that, from 2005 I was employed by Cofidis, in 2007 and 2008 I was at Liquigas alongside Pellizzotti, Pozzato, Nibali and Di Luca. In 2009 I moved to Amica Chips, run by Mori Simone (which collapsed in mid 2009), then from May 2009 I moved to Gianni Savio's Androni Giocattoli. At the start of 2011 I moved to Lampre ISD.<br />
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I got to know Michele Ferrari during the first years of my professional career when I rode for Saeco. I don't remember who, but someone gave me the Doctor's number, and I booked an appointment to take just one test at his home in Ferrara. I believe it was in 2002, but I don't recall precisely the year. On that occasion he said nothing to me about taking drugs, nor advised me on banned practices. I went back to Ferrari at the end of 2006, when I had a contract with Liquigas for the next year.<br />
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I have suffered from a thyroid problem from 1997, when I was still a boy and what I was an amateur cyclist.<br />
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At the end of 2006 when I had thyroid troubles I thought to go back to Dr Ferrari to resolve the problems that were coming from my thyroid dysfunction. I asked the Liquigas personnel (Amadio, Corsetti) for permission to visit Ferrari to take care of my problems, and no-one opposed my decision. I telephoned Ferrari at his home and made an appointment. During the first appointment I set out my health problems to Ferrari and asked if he could help me. Ferrari replied that given that he knew that I rode for Liquigas there were no problems in me using him. In that situation he said to me that the preparatore "must know the athlete and adjust his aim". It was a clear observation and I understood at once its meaning. I state that from then I went periodically to Ferrari also because in 2007 I had the endorsement from Liquigas. During that meeting with Ferrari we agreed a payment of 12.000 Euro a year for his services, payable in instalments. Of those instalments I paid only a fraction of around 3,000 Euro (I don't remember exactly), since in March I had some sort of viral problem with my heart and I stayed inactive until July 2007. I state however that from the beginning of 2007 I presented myself at Monzuno to take the tests, making contact via his Swiss number, which he gave me at the first meeting at the end of 2006. In the camper where we met to do the tests, Ferrari had a haemoglobin meter to test haemoglobin. Every time in the tests done on subsequent occasions he tested my haemoglobin. At the time of the tests he drew me up a training chart, weighed me, and made an assessment of my overall health.<br />
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When I returned to training after my heart problems, I went to Ferrari at St Moritz together with Bertolini, Francesco Moser's cycling nephew, Gasparotto, Pellizzotti, Chicchi and several others from other teams. Many of them came from Livigno. I state that in 2006 I went to Livigno of my own accord for training, and there I saw Ferrari with a group of cyclists, among whom was Vinokourov. On the occasion of July 2007, after my sickness, I went as stated to St Moritz and spoke with Ferrari about taking EPO. Ferrari told me to take it in small doses, 1000 UI per day intravenously. "With 1000 you go up, with 500 it's stable," he said. I stayed at St Moritz for 10 days and for 10 days I took EPO as I had been shown by Ferrari. I did as Ferrari advised me, taking Eprex and stopping two or three days before a race. I don't remember exactly for how many days I took EPO, but certainly no less than 7. For sure I had seen Ferrari even before I went to St Moritz, and for sure he advised me on how to take EPO that I [preventivamente mi] had obtained through a one-time amateur cyclist from Brescia by the name of Manuel Bresciani, who I know at San Pellegrino in 2001. I started to take EPO following the advice of Filippo Manelli in 2003, and he showed me to take it sub-cutaneously on the stomach, stopping one week before the race. Ferrari didn't start me on EPO, but simply showed me a different way of taking it with regard to Manelli. So when I went to Ferrari I already knew the substance, that it was forbidden, and what its effects were. I remember that effectively my haematocrit changed 4-5 percentage points. Endocrinologists I have heard explained to me that the effect of this changes would be due to my thyroid dysfunction, since even in that period where I was taking nothing I continued to have changes in haematocrit.<br />
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In contrast to what Filippo Manelli had said, Michele Ferrari explained better to me th eway of taking EPO to not be caught positive. While Manelli had told me to take it in the stomach area, subcutaneously, and advised me to stop a week before the race, Michele Ferrari and his method of taking precise measured doses intravenously gave the possibility of taking it up to two or three days before the race, and benefiting from a greater period of effect.<br />
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In 2007 I won at San Sebastian and at other small races, and took some good placings.<br />
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Following this I suppose that I went back again to Ferrari, given that he lived near me. I remember that at on time in 2007 I saw Popovych and Bileka at Ferrari's house. I state that speaking with other members of the Liquigas team I learned that Pellizzotti went to Ferrari at Monzano. I know that many of my colleagues from Liquigas went to Ferrari because we spoke of it among ourselves, and the team itself was aware: Pellizzotti, Kreuziger, Gasparotto, Chicchi. Doing Ferrari's tests alongside me I sometimes saw Pellizzotti, Gasparotto and Possoni. At the end of his test, we went into his camper one at a time and the examinations were done personally, without the others present.<br />
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Between 2007 and 2008 we turn to talk of other things. In 2007 the whereabouts requirements (Adams protocol) came out, and thus there was a chance of being found positive for EPO, hence Dr Ferrari advised me to transfuse my own blood, the "in and out" that we speak about in the interception dated 27-08-2010. Before Ferrari's advice I had never done a blood transfusion. I don't recall exactly where Ferrari explained to me for the first time how to transfuse. I remember that he explained the details of the method, saying to get hold of the special bags via veterinary channels. I got the first ones from Manuel Bresciani. He told me to withdraw between 350 and 500cc, depending on recovery time and my objectives. He told me to knot the bag and to weigh it on scales so that I would know the weight, and hence the amount withdrawn. Before inserting the needle he told me to make a knot in the tube and after that to begin the withdrawal. When the right quantity was reached the tube would be blocked by the clips and the knot would tighten. I did it two or three time because I was afraid that it would get infected. Once the bag was filled he advised to keep it in a Liebherr fridge (a hospital fridge) at a controlled temperature of between 2 and 4 degrees. Ferrari showed me the type of fridge to buy, pointing it out on a leaflet. I myself took care of finding a supplier and bought the fridge in the province of Ravenna, It was Ferrari also who showed me the temperature for preservation of the blood.<br />
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Ferrari also advised me as to the timing of blood transfusions, saying to draw the blood before going to altitude and to reinfuse it upon my return, hence to better explain the phase shifts of the parameters, haematocrit, reticulocytes, etc.<br />
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Before this meeting with Ferrari I had never done blood transfusions. It was he who showed me the way as I have said above, and even so the first time I was afraid of doing it.<br />
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I began that practice in 2008 and did it just one time in the summer because in that time Liquigas forbade me from going to Ferrari, in a change of attitude to their previous tolerance of the visits.<br />
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The first time that I withdrew blood and put it back according to the methodology that Ferrari had shown was in August 2008 for the races that month. I reinfused the blood about 20 days after I had withdrawn it. Ferrari told me that the blood should be reinfused after approximately 20 days and after a period at altitude.<br />
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In 2009 I did one bag before the Giro del Trentino. That year I won a stage at the Giro d'Italia. I did a couple of bags in the summer of 2009 in preparation for the final part of the season. In 2010 I did my first bag before the Trittico Lombardo, the second before the Gran Premi odi Camaiore (as reported in the interception daterd 27-08-2010) and the third before the Giro di Lombardia.<br />
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I saw Michele Ferrari at the end of the 2010 season. Knowing of the investigation into Popovych, he told me to throw everything away because there was a risk of searches. The last time I saw Ferrari he advised me that as an alternative to the traditional bags I should use PP (polypropylene) bags that are hard to find in transfusion centres, or to decant the blood into a glass phial that had just been emptied. I remember that at that meeting in November 2010 I advised him that that situation seemed to me to be extremely dangerous with the possibility of contaminating the blood and a risk of clots.<br />
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It was Ferrari who first told me that you could find the bags easily through veterinary channels because they weren't controlled and the product was the same.<br />
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Filippo Manelli advised me on taking GH, in particular Geref which I only took a few times on account of its incompatibility with my thyroid problems. Manelli knew about my thyroid problems when I saw him between 2003 and 2006. Nevertheless he advised me to use GH (I don't remember the brand) and other hormones. I only took th ehormones that Manelli advised me to a few times on account of its incompatibility with my condition. Manelli advised me on drugs in his private studio in Gavardo. I paid Manelli for both the consultations and the drugs.<br />
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I began to take Testis della Guna in August 2010 on the advice of Michele Ferrari. I took it as he advised me "half a phial on the shoulder". In his camper Ferrari sometimes gave me also an unlabelled phial of a substance that he didn't tell me what it was, telling me to put it on my shoulder, that it wasn't dope, and that it wouldn't harm me. He never revealed to me what was in that phial for which I paid 80 Euro cash.<br />
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In 2010 I paid Ferrari around 3000 Euro in cash. In 2009 I paid little because I rode for Simone Mori's Amica Chips, which collapsed and didn't pay my salary.<br />
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I have nothing else to add.<br />
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skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-39480670025301915402013-04-01T10:05:00.004+02:002013-04-01T10:13:56.704+02:00CANCELLARA : Rampant ?<br />
Favourities at the RVV , had different outcomes ! Easter Sunday was just another work day for the Racers as the Ronde VV ran through 100+miles in near freezing conditions .<br />
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Champion in a number of Editions , Tom Boonen , must have wondered if he should have stayed home and watched the race in bed ? 12 miles into the race , he was on the ground , awaiting an Ambulance , for the ride to the Hospital . Reports say there are no broken bones but i can't help thinking , that this will set his " Classics Season " back , somewhat ?<br />
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When we look at Individual Time Trials at the various Grand Tours , we see the winner cross the finish line at an average of just under 50 kph . Most of these events are over less tthan 10kms ? When the distances are 50 km + , the averages are around the 45+kph . In any event , these are the expected results and would not raise comment ?<br />
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Having run 250 km or so to the top of the Paterberg , yesterday , Cancellara , having shaken Sagan loose , on this climb , decided that he would demonstrate why he was World ITT Champion & Olympic ITT Champion . With a few seconds in hand at the top of the climb , he upped the pace to cover the remaing 12 km on a 49.5 kph pace ! Most racers have difficulty handling this pace for 12 km , yet , here we have a man , having already ridden 250 km , setting out for the finish , as if the day was just starting ?<br />
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Sagan is reported to have had difficulty holding Cancellara's wheel on the Kwaermont , some say that he overcooked there ? During the flat , between the climbs , it appears he was unable to regain the motivation necessary to persevere in the " Red Zone " ? Had he managed to crest with Cancellara , would he have had the reserves to hold the wheel to the finish ? It is reported that Sagan has a stronger sprint than most , so couldd he have satisfied all those that were predicting his victory .<br />
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Throughout the commentary on German Eurosport , there were continous expectations of Sagan & Cancellara producing a result . Doubt any of the Commentators were expecting the ITT Performance that Cancellara displayed ? Harmon , the English Commentator , ie reported to have uttered :<br />
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" 'the only way you can beat Sagan....is to kill him'<br />
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There are reports that the word " literally " , was in this comment ?<br />
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Sagan has emergad in recent times as an outstanding sprinter , with good acceleration in both long and short sprints , certainly able to get results without the Sprint Trains , that so many others rely upon . Having crested the Peterberg , yesterday , Peter waited for Roelands so as to conserve the advantage they had on the rest of the Peloton . As a result of their combined effort , they were able to preserve their Podium aspirations .<br />
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With lousy Broadband internet connection , i have to rely on German Eurosport , for the Cycling coverage , would enjoy more , if my German comprehension was better ? Recall being in Belgium near Brussels , in the early 2000s , on my way to the UK , at Sunday race . The weather whilst clear was at freezing point , with frost on the ground , didn't even bother to get the bike out of the car . Crowds at the start , around the Team Pullmans were well wrapped up and those along the course were inhabiting the refreshment stalls .<br />
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As i prefer to ride the race route , rather than await the arrival of the race , this was amongst the only occasions that i have visited a " Classic / Monument of Cycling ". Racers are there just for the day and the team workers are flatout making sure that everything works , no time for socialising under the circumstances .<br />
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skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-18156717810272189142013-03-16T14:24:00.000+01:002013-03-16T15:13:37.271+01:00Jon Vaughters : trying to educate the CLUELESS !Road Race Cycling is in CRISIS ! Has been for some time now ! In an effort to help the tifosi , understand the TeamOwner/Manager point of view , a Past Racer , retired from the actual Racing but now running a Team , took time out from his other responsibilities , to give those that hide/ live under the rocks , commonly known as the CyclingNewsForum Clinic , an insight to what a member of Cycling Elite , experiences. Drawing on his vast experience as a Racer & now Team Manager , he has over the past four days , served up information on his current Thinking and past experiences .<br />
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Valuable insights could have been made available to those interested , since the CNF clinic is available to ALL that wish to pose questions . Getting answers depends on the quality and form of the questions posed .I think that a larger group of people view what takes place than offer comment . Some of those that comment though , would be regarded in society with distaste , i could describe them as pyrannas in a feeding frenzy . It reflects badly on the so called " Moderators ", that they allowed some longer term commenters , to overstep the bounds of decency . <br />
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As a resource to stay abreast of Cycle racing , Cycling News is close to the best available . Most Racers would be aware of this site , since they find themselves interviewed when they achieve something of note . The Forums are no doubt also visited by the Racers and others working with the Teams . Doubtless those people would also be aware that Jon Vaughters tends to post comments in the " Clinic " occasionally . Any that are following this thread in recent days :<br />
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will have now seen that there is absolutely no respect for them , their Teams or Team Owners . One wonders , if the Racers , when requested for future interviews , that they will oblige ? What is the purpose of " Moderators " when something , crawls out from under their rock , using an avator & untracable nickname , pose as " intelligent " , then tip a bucket of sewerage , over someone that enters the thread with " CONFIRMED CREDENTIALS "! That this person has a past that he has PUBLICLY declared and a current situation , which is the envy of many is not an excuse that is acceptable .<br />
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The following comment is an example of the crass stupidity displayed by a worm that hides behind a pseudonym :<br />
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As for the other team owners. This place is read by all who can and talked about by all the rest of the pro cycling world.<br />
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As for 'venom', you tell that to the families of <b><span style="font-size: large;">those who died from the peer pressure to dope</span></b> in order to make it in the pro cycling world.<br />
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JV is naive to come on a forum and not expect fans to react with anger, cynicism and sarcasm towards a sport and one of its fromer dopers that has treated the fans with contempt at best, never mind the riders.<br />
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He says he wants to address it. Well it needs a revolution of action* to change something so ingrained in the sport that most who enable it think it is integral to the sport.<br />
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*Action = people in positions of power being removed from the sport for ever. I am talking UCI, DS, docs etc etc "</div>
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Earlier i had called on Jon Vaughters to help encourage more of his fellow Team Owners/Managers to add to the information that could be gleaned from the " Clinic "! My comment follows :<br />
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" <span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">JV gives the clinic an enormous compliment , by visiting , something he is not paid to do , nor gives him a great deal of benefit .</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">In return , there are those that sit in judgement on his views , others that are outright insulting !</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">What do you suppose the other team Owner/managers think about sticking a toe in this cesspool ? Doubt ANY Racers feel inclined to do more than read the observations made here , why would they reveal their doubts about their personal difficulties in their career , when those that act like pyrannas , twist any input !</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">Too late now to encourage OTHER Team Manager/Owners to contribute their POV , since this season is getting busier . Why waste time on a bunch of NO HOPERS , that wish they were relevant to the Sport of Cycling !</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">JV , that you are taking the time to contribute , is appreciated , i have learnt a great deal more here from your recent 3 days of contribututions , than the time i spent at the tirreno-Adriatico , when i had several chats with this seasons racers .</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">JV , if you were on the outside of the Teams , what would you do to make the " Clinic " a force to be visited by Team Owners/Managers seeking to improve the SPORT of Cycling ? What could " Clinic Members " do that would make this FORUM a force with views & expectations to be listened to and respected ?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">As some are aware , i have been naive in thinking that The Cycling Sport wants rid of the hierachy of the UCI , they do little of consequence to make this a reality . Those on the UCI Management Committee prefer to listen to the holders of the keys to the treasury , than those pontificating about what they are unwilling to do . "</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">JV gives the clinic an enormous compliment , by visiting , something he is not paid to do , nor gives him a great deal of benefit .</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">disagree. being in here helps him tremendously, imo.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">he's selling himself as the anti-doping figure in the peloton.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">no time to look for links now, but mainstream media love to quote him as the anti-doping flagbearer who even engages with the fans on internet anti-doping forums. in other words, being in here significantly increases his credibility in the eyes of the mainstream sports media. You don't have to be a wizzard to see the advantages, also in terms of sponsorship. It's clever, really.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">...And yet Ricco stayed inbetween the believable w/k.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">the believable w/k, another one of vaughters' red herrings.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">important point. it's not as much about hesjedal as it is about the fallacy of the system, and how vaughters is in the habit of downplaying said fallacy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">basically the data don't suffice to say whether Ryder 2012 was clean or not, yet there comes jonathan assuring us he was clean because the data say so.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">JV is, imo, playing with the clinic half the time while using it for his own ends the other half, whether to be one of the 'lads', push his anti doping profile or gets off teasing hardcore fans.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">But it is simple( if expensive) if a team wants to prove it is clean. Make the riders live in European mainland for the duration of the season from 2 weeks before their 1st European race to Lombardia and get them independently tested for a bloodpassport to then be published at the end of the year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Yes this would probably be expensive but it only need to be done to team leaders and super doms. Obviously a team like Sky should do all as we are told they are all super talented but a team like Garmin needs only do a max of 10 riders.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">That teams are not intrested in proving they are clean says a lot about the sport. They all think signing up to MPCC means they are clean. Bollixz.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If MPCC was about clean cycling they would be calling for similar and setting it up with wada. Doesn't need UCI and if worked UCI would have to adopt it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">JV calls the current situation a utopia, i think he is blinded by Hesjedal's Giro, which he probably never foresaw for a team like his, but as a fans, the answer to how that was achieved is the same answer levelled at all past Gt winners with few exceptions, till something proves it different. Hesjedal aint no LeMond.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">JV talks a lot about his experiences......which is admirable, and telling.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Because he is still involved in high level professional cycling, there is a kind of juxtaposition in what he writes, regarding his experiences from the past and now in the present.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">He is clashing here in the forum with idealism from posters and what he really knows is going on in "the real world" of pro racing.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">And what does he really know vs what he is saying in here? BTW, how do we know this is really JV?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Anyway, the whole clean schtick and his presence in here has always been an enigma to me. Why does he profess clean cycling, with the implication being the others are dirty? Why would this be good for the sport from a sponsorship side...why would Garmin sponsor a team that will be competing against dopers and thus losing alot, and being associated with a sport so full of dopers that a selling point of certain teams is no PED use? But, they don't lose alot...they even won a GT last year.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">To sniper etal, why would JV say anything other than what he is saying about SKY, and either sound like a sore loser or open himself up legally, or be ushered out of the sport pronto? And, how can he defend his clean rider's winning GT's against doped competition if he starts saying everybody else is doping?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">What does he gain by posting here, opening himself up to contradictions and criticism? I asked early on in this thread a question, which never got answered until a few pages ago; why ask for so much more testing $ if things are clean? I guess it took him a few months to come up with an answer now....it is to thwart off future improved drug use else this clean time will go away. This is the first I have heard about this. How novel, and not too believable IMO.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I gravitate back and forth on whether this guy is really doing alot to improve the sport or if he is full of ****, ****ing with everybody. That means the forum, the sport, everybody. Coming in here and not being able to say certain things or promoting cleanlilness, rightfully so in my mind with the SKY thing because of the situaton, is a no win situation.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Promoting cleanliness in the sport while qualifying the shadows is a no win situation. Asking for 3x more testing $ while winning GT's makes no sense. If I was him I would just STFU but he keeps on. It makes no sense to me.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Of course I also stated LA should just pay people off and go off in the distance and admit nothing, before his buffoonery on Oprah. I don't have a good recent track record in predicting what idiots will do or why they do what they do. There is absolutely no benefit for him being in here and alot of downside, which makes me want to believe him even if I think he is an idiot for doing so. That flies in the face of the factual inconsistencies pointed out by non-starstruck posters which cannot be ignored, and casts doubt.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Yes it is most perplexing isn't it?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">In cycling where extensive doping programs are introduced you are either in or out....in out...in out...shake it all about. If your out, you would come on the forum - with conviction?...to shake it all about?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">You think he comes on here with conviction? How can he do that, with whatever repurcussions are flying around? Posters want him to come on here and jam riders and teams who are beating his allegedly clean riders and he gets sued and kicked out of the sport, while his clean riders are beating dopers he is jamming in the Giro. WTF? It's like a who's on first routine.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Or, you believe him that everything is mostly clean and 3x more money is needed for the future, while skirting around the points that posters have brought up in here about the present? That too sounds like BS.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I have no idea whether either his riders are doping on their own or if there is something team wide, or if things are as clean as he says in the peloton. This forum has no idea whether or not they are seeing a clean performance or not. It's the clinic way, eternal pessimism, and the public thinks all cycling is are dopers anyway. Hypocrisy abounds in the clinic, and if anybody believes JV on face value then they should GTFO of the clinic and never question any riders, like the joke 2011 of Gilbert.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">JV can't prove any of those things one way or the other, as has been shown in here. So, what is the point, not only in posting in here but his whole gig?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">As for the other team owners. This place is read by all who can and talked about by all the rest of the pro cycling world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">JV talks a lot about his experiences......which is admirable, and telling.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">He is clashing here in the forum with idealism from posters and what he really knows is going on in "the real world" of pro racing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">You took ONE Guy, stuck your fingers in both of his eyes , spun him around , pointed at the door , and expected him to find his way out with Dignity?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">JV gives the clinic an enormous compliment , by visiting .</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">No he doesn't. To be fair to the guy, sports fans in general can be kind of a weird premise for interactions with others, and your fawning is a good example of that. That said, Somewhere in this thread, he uses "Kiddos" as a reference for forum participants. That alone says volumes. It's fine if you wish to pretend otherwise, but it is pretending.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">You guys are right. They all dope. *******s. And I'm a ******* too.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">ok, since victory has been achieved, a round of back patting is in order.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wonder if this is the last time he takes note of what passes in this thread ? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">My comment to the " Clinic 2 after reading this :</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">" </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">CONGRATS W#*nk*rs !</span><br />
<br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">You had the Op to see a little of the thinking of those that RUN Cycle Sport !</span><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">You took ONE Guy , stuck your fingers in both of his eyes , spun him around , pointed at the door , and expected him to find his way out with Dignity ?</span><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">WHO is going to come and treat YOU as Adults after that display of STUPIDITY ?</span><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">dirty works , says i am fawning !</span><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">All of you ignorants that know better than the Profis , hiding behind your avatars , deserve NO CREDIBILITY !</span><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">Even some of the " mods " , deserve a wake up call !</span><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">Too many times i have asked how the " Clinic " can be a " FORCE " in seeking a change , what a waste of effort that was !</span><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">Each of you scoring points off each other so as to acheive what ?</span><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">NOTHING !</span><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">Less than NOTHING !</span><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">Get over yourselves , as a group , you are not worth the time of DAY for a Profi looking for a sense of what the Tifosi is thinking !</span><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">Back to Comedy , folks ! Who has the next segment of Joke a minute ? "</span></div>
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Actually, he's perfectly entitled to say that. He can say what he wants. I'm just not entirely sure why he wastes his time in here. Honestly, it's become like a cult. There's no arguing with a religious fundamentalist. Just smile, and go to the pub.<br /><br />The only sensible response is to enjoy it for comedy value, and spend any actual anti-doping energy somewhere actually useful.</div>
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<i style="font-size: 14.44444465637207px;"><u>'The biggest zealot, the crazy zealots''</u></i><span style="font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">, man, you have some issues. Take a chill pill.</span><br style="font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><br style="font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><span style="font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">If you do not like the Clinic you could always do yourself the pleasure by staying away.</span><br style="font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><br style="font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><span style="font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">Vaughters comes here to juggle with the monkeys who are trying to figure out how to crack the coconut, nothing more. And, sometimes, just to point us on a new release in the press coming soon. And yes, he gets confronted with the doping issue of the whole peloton, is that fair? Not entirely, but, hey, since when is life fair?</span></div>
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Right now Team Sky is making the sport look terrible. It does not matter if the team's riders are not doping. The results are such an outlier to what is usual, they smell bad. To make things worse, the sport is run by a moron. Can anyone imagine McQuaid as the CEO of a Fortune 500 company giving a quarterly earnings conference call. The market's faith in the company would fall off a cliff moments after he began speaking. The stock would crater.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">That's the point I made a few days ago, a heartbreak thread...when you have people who say "let's look at what's going on and talk about it reasonably" and others who declare "I've looked at what's going on and I'll tell you how it is, oh and BTW Sky are a bunch of cheaters and dopers, that's not even open to discussion", not to mention that dude, the biggest zealot of course who made it to JV's ignore list (and mine) who knows so little about cycling that he confuses Lepheimer with Horner, what can you expect? It's a miracle it's gone on for so long.</span><br style="font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><br style="font-size: 14.44444465637207px;" /><span style="font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">Frankly I hope JV moves on to better things, like the forums outside the clinic where the crazy zealots can't indulge in their little crusade.</span></div>
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FIRED ! Now we find that this recently dismissed person left a sting in the tail ! 5 “ dopers files “ are found , after this departure from UCI HQ !<br />
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Question is , Why was the person sacked by UCI ? Had it been for incompetence then why was All the work done by that person not audited to see what they had been involved with recently ? Would this have found the “ Missing Files “ earlier ? When some people leave a job because they are not doing it well would not the “ Supervisor” have concerns about the “ Quality “ of work done ? Perhaps a few more heads should roll? <br />
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Some time back there was discussion about whether Cycling should continue to be an Olympic Sport because of the “ Doping Problems ” ! Whether Cycling can continue to be considered an Olympic Sport will largely depend on how it is managed in the Near Future and thus it is time that the hierarchy at UCI is replaced with those who can “ Bite the Bullet “ and face up to the reality that there are serious problems that neet to be addressed NOW ! To many UCI is short for “USELESS , COMPLACENT , INCOMPETENT “ ! <br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Col. Jessep: You want answers?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px;">The UCI were fully lawyered up. I counted six alongside Pat on the UCI benches.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px;">Anyone who doubts the independence of the commissioners is flat wrong. They were openly sceptical of the UCI and turned down UCIs request to put the process on hold, for now at least.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px;">The commissioners did not understand why they had not received documents and were concerned that even you accept the UCIs reason about T&R replacign the currrent process, that excuse only really became valid a week ago when the amnesty discussion started.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px;">UCIIC keen to have all three of USADA, WADA and CCN involved in the review, as they have both evidence and expertise.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px;">At one point, Ian Mill regarding the T&R process said to the the commissioners something like "you have chosen to take the side of WADA and USADA".</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px;">UCI have only agreed to support T&R because UCIIC pushed them to do so. To be fair, they do have reasonable arguments abotu the length of time such a process will take, but they then seem to want to put everything else on hold while this was completed.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px;">UCI raised the cost of the process many times, and said that they would "partly fund" a T&R / amnestry process. This looks to me like the next defensive position for the UCI. They may refuse to go ahead with T&R until there is sufficient funding from other stakeholders."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">UCI want panel suspended. Panel requesting docs. UCI say expense is reason for not releasing, esp if panel won't consider matters in the end</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">UCIIC says needs to be persuaded UCI not using truth and reconciliation disagreement to "kick into long-grass" allegations in USADA report.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">UCI counsel - "why have two processes when you could have one?" Independent panel increasingly aghast at UCI position.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">UCI counsel responds by saying that "we're funding this process" as one reason why it won't release requested docs to independent panel.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Things heating up at UCIIC meeting. Panel demanding to UCI counsel to see documents. Say no documents provided by them to panel.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Truth and reconciliation process wouldn't begin until middle of year. UCI counsel says twelve months before all involved give evidence.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">UCI say no amnesty can go ahead without changes to WADA code. No April hearing, no report in June. Commission they established neutralised.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">UCI accept need for truth and reconciliation process but it must go wider, involve WADA. Say proposed UCIIC hearing in April can't go ahead.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">UCI about to explain its position on amnesty and truth and reconciliation process.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">UCI counsel:3 week window for doping amnesty proposed. UCI declined. Strength of amnesty highlighted by Armstrong's statement he'd take part</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">At UCI commission meeting. Lead counsel says it has met with "omerta" and without amnesty for witnesses evidence over doping will be limited</span></span><br />
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skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-46979497593554158222013-01-13T10:55:00.001+01:002013-01-26T19:44:05.498+01:00 OPRAH WINFREY advised .<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_ABhfvJ_jyL1Bhpewf0g62OkOj2M0sGwTINf-EnKNFqqtt-4o-CUUhm5it9kT_MiwcSUIS83mTJ2qAthBcG3wZsYQBMuIBBwPGILxxgzAtDNkRVvK4QceStBAIg2u7pSEVmxUDKsKmkS/s1600/2lancepage13s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_ABhfvJ_jyL1Bhpewf0g62OkOj2M0sGwTINf-EnKNFqqtt-4o-CUUhm5it9kT_MiwcSUIS83mTJ2qAthBcG3wZsYQBMuIBBwPGILxxgzAtDNkRVvK4QceStBAIg2u7pSEVmxUDKsKmkS/s320/2lancepage13s.jpg" width="320" /></a>As you awake this morning , your mind may well be dwelling on the upcoming interview with Lance ? Whether you decided to initiate the Interview , or Lance's Interests prompted the approach , is immaterial . There is a great deal of Speculation about how you will approach the questions that will be posed to Lance . Many people are wondering if you have the " Skillset " to go the Hard Yards needed to get the TRUE Answers , that the PUBLIC deserve , or will it be a " Tease " , setting up the situation where someone else will gather the accolades ?<br />
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Nobody is really interested in the Cosmetic setting , that Lance is providing , by using his personal home as the setting . This usually would be seen as putting YOU , under an obligation to " Soft Peddle " , with the questions , as well as allow Lance's family members to wander on to the scene . Your Female viewers will enjoy this scenario , however , with the amount of advance Publicity , it is apparent , that this is not the audience you are seeking , nor the purpose of this Event ?<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVm0P-CB9fxMEVd5yOn2mmWb5hqTRJXxjTA6h5g9xotVVe1JVS4dcGctd903FCNZzURV9S8hPXSVnDkn2fX3XViAar75uOWMemKi9zYV-ymK0hGK-yZeFk9I2iafOOb2YI80rT1rVa4G6/s1600/oprah+at+lance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVm0P-CB9fxMEVd5yOn2mmWb5hqTRJXxjTA6h5g9xotVVe1JVS4dcGctd903FCNZzURV9S8hPXSVnDkn2fX3XViAar75uOWMemKi9zYV-ymK0hGK-yZeFk9I2iafOOb2YI80rT1rVa4G6/s320/oprah+at+lance.jpg" width="320" /></a>By now you are aware that there are many people that have a " Vested Interest " in seeing Lance , meet head-on with his moment of truth ! Over the years , you have had a number , of these types of Interviews , each has had it's own individual characteristics , and thus a variety of results . No point in me speculating about what either of you wish to see , as the outcomes of this Event ! Make certain that whatever you decide to do will be seen , as a positive result , since a " wishy washy presentation " , will result in more of your viewers , deciding that you have had your time in the Limelight , and choose to watch other programs in your time slot !<br />
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David Walsh , author of the " Seven Deadly Sins " , as well as a long term foe of Lance , has published an " Advert " in the Chicago Tribune , setting out 10 Questions , his Twitter Following gave him , following the tweet requesting their input ! The " Advert Link " is here : <br />
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Frankly , i was surprised that several more Important Questions were not asked .Questions , that would be guaranteeded to cause discomfort , both for you , the poser , and Lance , being unable to escape the consequences , unless he chose to say , " They are subject of Legal Proceedings ( 5th Amendment ?)!<br />
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Reports of your staff dealing with Betty Andreu and Travis Tygart , have surfaced also , so it would seem that some additional groundwork has been done in preparing your inquisition ?<br />
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Some years ago , a similar attempt was made on a TV Program , to broadcast , a Confession , that resulted in something less than an Admission of Guilt , from another Sporting Star ! This " Admission " , was advertised in advance , also , to have been a " Confession " , but the result can be seen in this Link : <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2Ma2BwEfTHMBQnFXb1HjnnPuLcaEVH-az1jMf06jxcT0-XdjkHCMx8xAVhxO6XFD4CK13CsE47cBKDY8-Iz6X6yDBin-ipUEz944xeSZABAqJomXLQyLz1Wy9_SlgTHtn_PwNZPVd6si/s1600/comic+oprah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2Ma2BwEfTHMBQnFXb1HjnnPuLcaEVH-az1jMf06jxcT0-XdjkHCMx8xAVhxO6XFD4CK13CsE47cBKDY8-Iz6X6yDBin-ipUEz944xeSZABAqJomXLQyLz1Wy9_SlgTHtn_PwNZPVd6si/s320/comic+oprah.jpg" width="258" /></a>Lance may be reticent to discuss the " Appearance Fees " he received from the South Australian Government , but " His Friend ( his words in the past ) Mike Rann , appears to wish that they were more distant acquaintances , judging by the following " Tweet ":<br />
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@skippydetour Please dont mention my name and that man in the same sentence again... I'm trying to distance myself from any connection!<br />
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We are all aware of your trip to Australia , for which YOU , also received " Appearance Fees " , and no doubt produced favourable Publicity , for Australian Tourism Interests . So many Events these days result in favourable outcomes for all parties involved . My personal view of CNN News Network , is that currently , it is a series of Adverts , separated by " Breaking News Events "! Each time a program goes to " Messages " , there appear 5+ "ads " , One Direct Ad. then 4+ program ( sponsors mentioned )Ads . On approach to "top of the hour " , there can be as many as 9+ such Ad/s !<br />
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Having written an Open Letter to Lance , days ago , delivered via his Twitter feed , i have covered many of the Aspects , that the Public are expecting to see him reveal , however , here is the link for your perusal :www.skippyblogging.blogspot.com . Doubt that it tells you much more of consequence , in relation to his situation ?<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cPLLTHv7vKeDmGCDWsArfrND9ItHaW2WTHfrP7oE5G2pbxMKBiFdsh9XprKgyIEek6oKCpz2SoLGEC18K2m_42c9PczpC0yPC3nrW6nSzu7CkICJzdd9o4rynwC0DlA3Xyta_I8HmtRp/s1600/011513-toon-luckovich-ed+lance+enhancers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cPLLTHv7vKeDmGCDWsArfrND9ItHaW2WTHfrP7oE5G2pbxMKBiFdsh9XprKgyIEek6oKCpz2SoLGEC18K2m_42c9PczpC0yPC3nrW6nSzu7CkICJzdd9o4rynwC0DlA3Xyta_I8HmtRp/s320/011513-toon-luckovich-ed+lance+enhancers.jpg" width="320" /></a>With Sally Jenkins writing about her relationship with Lance and then Graham Watson issuing his Blog , defending his actions , particularly in respect of Greg Lemond , it came as little surprise that Juliet Moncur would suggest that Lance was preparing himself for an " Event "! In fact as much as a year ago some wags on the CyclingNews Forum/Clinic , a forum Lance appears to visit , suggested that Lance would be Using Your Show as a medium , when the time came to Confess ! Could be this idea lodged in his mind , since these people are very stridently vocal in the derision they pour on anything he has done in recent years . Perhaps you have contacted Mike Anderson , now located in New Zealand , since his failed Court Action with Lance ?<br />
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With the Show being " Pre Recorded " on Monday , i doubt that i will have to get up early in Austria , on Friday Morning , to watch on a Computer Link . The amount of Major News Network interest in recent days , suggests that there will be " Teasers/Leaks " as early as Tuesday . An uncomfortable Lance , making FULL DISCLOSURES , will bring you Plaudits , however , anything less , will see you deluged with derision , perhaps resulting in people not bothering to watch the full program ?<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iiaEtKkFLGhWuO2f-EW22xkJ5JgxYrgvbEVkKvHXW-FocD8tmPbV9D_n26V9rjClhXNd-QHDMlgXChmTXZh5Q8oJydiXlJ2ingDOajmNAPqxDlwfdbRQMc_xdAnG7gBp9_GNPV0fXyo9/s1600/spank+lance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iiaEtKkFLGhWuO2f-EW22xkJ5JgxYrgvbEVkKvHXW-FocD8tmPbV9D_n26V9rjClhXNd-QHDMlgXChmTXZh5Q8oJydiXlJ2ingDOajmNAPqxDlwfdbRQMc_xdAnG7gBp9_GNPV0fXyo9/s320/spank+lance.jpg" width="320" /></a> Apart from the questions posed by " David Walsh's Tweet " , i should like you to ask about people such as Jon Vaughters , Alberto Contador , Johan Bruyneel , Ekimov , Hincapie and Popovitch, and how they impacted Lance's fight for credibility ? There are also Questions that should be addressed about Members of the UCI Executive , Heinous Verbruggen , Phat Mc Quaid and WADA personalities , as well as the " Saugy Lab. Director"! <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUkQcO7VHMIlIiPJLIPfZyAHDg0NXCq2BGG9CN65agtWZJBexNqAJIRSUOR9U8RG4p6WeZmL1-z_eubeoQ-d46ae_Q0mw7ImAbT4ZEv3lpm40cNO7ry7pR3Rx6Ak74tWNtBuXB7SV0VMg/s1600/el+diablo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a>Another area i am curious about is " Why was there a NEED for the " LiveSTRONG.ORG and the LivesTRONG .com ? Also why Did Lance Charge " .com " so much for his presense at their events , seems to me , this was " profiteering BIG STYLE "!<br />
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Lance has had dealings with Dr Ferrari and others over the years , even paid for "exclusivity with Dr Ferrari " so we are told by those " in the know "! What other sources of PEDs , did he have AND were there ANY Product , that was not OUT of Clinical Testing ? Curious to find out what he knows of " AICAR ", reports of this being readily available these days !<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKR37vRP9pg9DZrQudpDu8v4S_DF59k_8qqhRepVjuOUYSt2nTjBYZ3U3DABLjtiFkkqGYY5VKe48oI_mpTT_ovQ1aQtIjUB__DqMYKhsuwn3dxxuunCODeKg_3WqCWU1BXG8_88rn0uJ/s1600/travis+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKR37vRP9pg9DZrQudpDu8v4S_DF59k_8qqhRepVjuOUYSt2nTjBYZ3U3DABLjtiFkkqGYY5VKe48oI_mpTT_ovQ1aQtIjUB__DqMYKhsuwn3dxxuunCODeKg_3WqCWU1BXG8_88rn0uJ/s320/travis+2.jpg" width="320" /></a>What will Lance have to say to people like " Emma O'Reilly , Betty Andreu and Paul Kimmage " , ALL People that he " defamed and maligned "? Questions regarding the Girona situation and the Israel situation require answers also ! With the suspected Personal Net Worth of Lance , there must be many Enterprises where he has an Investment , in conjunction with other Athletes and Sport Personalities worthy of discussion / disclosure ! There are a number of Ex Racers , that are associated with Lance , now in Investment Banking and Owning Sports Teams , that could bear scrutiny , since they appear to be " Teflon Coated "! I recall that " NIKE " , was reputed to have sent $250000 to Geneva , in the early 2000's , what does Lance have to add to this Event ?<br />
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Would appear to me that a series of Interviews , with Direct Questions , could be more beneficial to ALL parties , than this " one off Event "!<br />
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No doubt , with the level of interest , this Letter will get buried until after the interview , so am Tweeting links to @LanceArmstrong , @DavdWalshST , @PaulKimmage ,@KathyLeMond amongst others<br />
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Ciao<br />
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NB some additional advice from other sources :<br />
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THE OBSERVER NEWSPAPER'S 10-STEP PATH TO REDEMPTION<br />
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1. Observe an injured, even dignified, silence. Give nothing away.<br />
2. Express televised contrition, ideally to a popular host.<br />
3. Involve your wife/partner in 1. and 2.<br />
4. Apologise to everyone, but don't confess.<br />
5. Suffer a life-threatening illness.<br />
6. Write a book; write three books.<br />
7. Smile through your tears; be brave.<br />
8. Mobilise the support of influential friends and allies.<br />
9. Turn to prayer; find a priest; talk about confession, but keep the details private.<br />
10. Keep Buggering On.<br />
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Betsy Andreu offering five very well chosen questions:<br />
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Betsy Andreu, victim of many attacks from Lance Armstrong, plays Oprah and tells News what she would ask cyclist at sit-down<br />
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1. Will you admit that the hospital incident happened and will you describe it in detail?...<br />
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2. Did you intimidate or tamper with witnesses who implicated you in doping?...<br />
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3. Why did the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, Andre Birotte Jr., shelve the federal investigation into allegations that you were involved in defrauding the government, drug trafficking, money laundering and conspiracy?...<br />
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4. Do you know if the investigation was ended for political reasons?...<br />
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5. How do you plan on undoing the damage you did to people, especially those who were your friends, people like Frankie?<br />
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This is what people are reported to be doing :<br />
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<br />skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045948860442711266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915051309213720956.post-63264764678745327232013-01-05T20:07:00.001+01:002013-01-06T10:17:25.351+01:00LANCE ! "Does he think people completely stupid?"CONTROVERSY rages , just about ALL the Major News Networks are abuzz with " Speculation about a "POSSIBILITY "! That a Cycling Journo that haunts the " Le Tour " each year , offers the idea , that there are people " close "to Armstrong , sounding out the atmosphere , regarding " An Admission of Guilt ", makes good copy , is debatable ? Would YOU , if you were Lance , have " Close Friends " , talking to the Media ? Who in their right mind , dealing with such a sensitive subject , would allow this type of disclosure ?<br />
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BBC World News are treating this " possibility " on their Sports News Feed ticker tape , just before an item about Macclesfield , the fourth Division Football Team , making theirv way into the fourth round of a football tournament . Aljazeera , RT News , Sky News and CNN News , ALL , are constantly parroting this development !<br />
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Last month , we had Sally Jenkins , the co author of a number of " Lance books " , declare her continuing support for Lance , now we have Juliet Moncur , known in past years , as a L.A. " Groupie , come out with what i regard as an early " April Fools Joke "! That Juliet works for the New York Times , and has written many articles about Lance , makes this story viable and thus visible . Seems like it must be a slow News day , as most News Sport segments , are sidelining the " Racist Controversy " involving Boateng of AC Milan Football team , to run with this myth .<br />
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CNN Sport , having received an email from the Armstrong Lawyer , Tim Herman , declaring <span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">“He’s doing O.K. for a guy that has had his livelihood and his life torn from him, but he’s very strong,” have been presenting a more balanced perspective .</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Follows are a few items to give you an idea of how MOST have received the reports , but at the bottom you will find a copy of this item :</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Does this ring any bells ? Causes me to think about what could happen in thre near future !</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Most of the Social Media sites are carrying a variety of POV from ALL sides of the Controversy .</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Twitter being 140 characters carries condensed view points :</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> David Walsh , Well Known for writing many books about Lance since 1999 , when his doubts first surfaced , tweeted these : Read from the bottom for best appreciation , even then may be confusing , at least to me :</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;">David Walsh @DavidWalshST</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;">LA and the truth? Provided it is the whole truth, and comes with contrition, my instinct would be to say well done. 1st time for everything.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;">1h David Walsh @DavidWalshST</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;">Forgive the ineptitude shown in not sending No.2 in correct sequence. But put that little jigsaw together. It's worth it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;">1h David Walsh @DavidWalshST</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;">2. "If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary only to . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;">1h David Walsh @DavidWalshST</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;">4. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;">1h David Walsh @DavidWalshST</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;">3. separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;">1h David Walsh @DavidWalshST</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;">1. Before the urge to bury Lance Armstrong even deeper consider this quote from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;">2h David Walsh @DavidWalshST</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;">He cannot rebuild his life until he tells the truth, so the confession is going to happen. Also, Livestrong's only chance lies in truth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;">Others had their say :</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">1h Athlete Motivation @LV_Sports</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Whoever said winning isn't everything probably didn't win.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">34m Charles Pelkey @Charles_Pelkey</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Lance Armstrong is thinking about admitting he's a doper. In other news, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar may soon cop to being tall.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Fat Cyclist @fatcyclist</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">.@UCI_Overlord If I confess, it will be an exclusive interview with @RippFinklemann so I can ask about his hair care product strategy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">37m Fat Cyclist @fatcyclist</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">YES ON ALL ACCOUNTS. RT @paulvt: But have you denied it for decades? Or sued people for saying or printing that you did it?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">41m Fat Cyclist @fatcyclist</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">BREAKING NEWS: I'm considering leaking to the press speculation that I'm considering acknowledging something that everyone already knows.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Lance Armstrong has less integrity than<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Bernie Madoff. Let the vultures at him.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">I think we've all heard enough from this charlatan. Can we all move on now, please?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">We just spent an entire election cycle forced to deal with another transparently mendacious, me-at-all-costs alpha male who came dangerously close to duping his way to the white house. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Let's call this behavior for what it is and do our part to not perpetuate it by banning this cheating perjurer from sport permanently and refusing to allow his slithering return to the limelight.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">If he pays back all of the money and spends some time in jail, I'd be happy to forgive him. Anything less simply dishonors sport. Talent or not, he cheated, he lied, he must pay the consequences. Any punishment less than that would be a travesty. And I don't care if everyone else was doing it. That is no defense. Remember Nuremberg?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> so in essence that friend is saying, "This money means more to me than your respect for me", and since friends don't think to themselves about how they could profit from their relationship with you, that person never really was your friend.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">“Will he pay Christophe millions of dollars for forcing him out of the sport?” Andreu asked, referring to Christophe Bassons. Bassons has said that Armstrong threatened him because he suggested banned drugs fueled Armstrong’s comeback from cancer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">“Will he compensate (Tour de France champion) Greg LeMond for ruining his bicycle business? Will he apologize to Emma (O’Reilly, Armstrong’s former masseuse) for calling her a prostitute? Forgiving doesn’t mean being a doormat. Being a Christian doesn’t mean allowing people to profit from their crimes.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Race Radio @TheRaceRadio</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">NYDN on the #crapfession http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/i-team/cyclist-lance-armstrong-public-confession-drug-article-1.1233634 … “Will he pay Christophe for forcing him out of the sport?”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;">AS most can see , the comments on the " Possibility " of a Confession are " Toxic " to put it kindly !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">1/ From the desk of Armstrong:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Dear fans, cyclists, patriots, and others:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">It is with great dismay that I have wrestled with what the USADA has wrought upon me. With great conviction and spirit, my therapist and I have struggled with the issue of 'who am I' and 'who I was'. With much soul searching and a series of breakthroughs, we both discovered that I was essentially in a Dissociative Fugue state during most of my time I 'was' a cyclist. So you see friends, what I mean to say is that who I was was not who I really am.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">The hallowed reserve of truth that is Wikipedia states that a "Dissociative fugue usually involves unplanned travel or wandering, and is sometimes accompanied by the establishment of a new identity." The wandering I exhibited was mostly contained to France, the new identity was that of a world class cyclist. But you see, the problem was that I was not as good as I thought I could be, so in order to put some foundation to this identity I skirted rules, purchased souls, and injested a small pharmacy worth of drugs, all this so that I could be a lycra wearing alpha male.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Sadly, this '7 Time Tour Winner' is not who I really am or in fact was. What caused this fugue state to grip and corrode my soul? Was it the cancer? Was it the sight of Didi Senft in a red unitard? I don't know if I'll ever know.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Currently, my goals and aspirations are much more modest. My therapist and I have both concluded that a life outside of the spotlight is much more agreeable to who I really am. Therefore, I plan on retiring to an Idaho potato farm to raise championship potatos, with the hopes that some day one of my prize potatoes will somehow land me on a taping of Hee Haw. That would be.....nice.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">I second Race Radio, blame it entirely on some external forces. If he can burn Johan and not implicate the UCI, I think he'll try to discredit Contador too. it's a viable strategy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">3/ The statement will be more lies and personal attack. . Even though I doped a little in 2010 with Contador by my side while Johan supervised, the USADA is still wrong about the rest, Johan loves cancer. The statement ends with "please forgive me so I can continue to fight cancer appearing at triathlons" And the faithful launch into a weird ejaculatory glee and the rest of us just shake our heads.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">4/ I don't know if it would be a letter though. Maybe a TV guest appearance.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">5/ "When I came back from cancer, I walked into a culture of doping. I simply had to take drugs to get my job back.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">I was amazed to win in 1999 and even more amazed by how much I achieved to raise awareness of cancer, and raise money.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">I was embarrassed by my success. But the cancer sufferers begged me to continue. 'Win again, Lance' they implored. How could I refuse their pleas?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Six years later my feelings of conscience became overbearing. I quit the sport I loved.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">But the cancer sufferers haunted me. 'I could be doing so much more for them' I thought. And the profits at Livestrong were down.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">So, in 2009, I headed for the kitchen, reached for the oil, and got back on my bike.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">If you punish me now, you will be denying millions of cancer sufferers the chance of a new life"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">6/ .. Everyone stricken by cancer knows that you have to take medication...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">7/ Even though I hated to do it for cancer, and hated to do it because of the plague in cycling (from Festina and the evil French, the evil Germans, the evil Italians...), I had no choice. Once I was on medication, I was on an even playing field with the bad dopers. That I survived and won is an inspiration to all cancer sufferers that the medication works. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Regards,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> " If , when LA is stripped of his 7 titles, all the cancer sufferers whose lives were saved by awareness will immediately turn to dust with only a small grey pile and a yellow rubber bracelet left behind. I bet Travis Tygart didn't think about that when he started this witchhunt, huh?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> He isn't doing this because it is the right thing to do ethically, but because he wants to continue his professional athletic career, such as it is. I say no to that. He should consider getting involved in long-term psychotherapy, not long-distance athletic events. He has the earmarks of a sociopath. If he is not a sociopath, then he suffers from what is sometimes termed 'malignant narcissism'. He could start on a path of personal redemption by apologizing to those who he bullied and cowed into silence, and those he sued who had the courage to say what he was really doing. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Also, he should hire the best public relations (PR) team available. This PR job being floated by his friends, or, as the article puts it, "the people with knowledge of Armstrong’s situation", contradicts what his own lawyer is saying. What a botched effort this trial balloon is. Whoever is perpetrating this effort is only continuing to enable this ruthless, selfish jerk. Stop enabling him, people, for his sake, and because you are continuing to hurt any chances he could make a real recovery if he ever becomes contrite. "</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> " Some cyclists had better access to drugs than others. Some cyclists had their doping regimens supervised by more skilled doctors, who knew tricks about dosage, timing and mode of administration that other doctors did not know. Some teams had their own internal blood and urine testing labs, so that they could keep their riders at chemical concentrations just below the legal limit at all times, or stall the authorities if any one rider briefly exceeded the limit. Some teams had inside knowledge of how and when drug tests were going to be administered, via a network of spies, corrupt experts and spotters. "</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> " Lance your offer is still all about getting what you want. Still trying to manipulate your situation. No deals-the ban stays. "</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> " As with all things LA, he will only confess if and when it provides him personal benefit, he will not because he thinks that it is the right thing to do. He has spent his life convincing himself and others of his greatness, nothing will change that . "</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> " As for rescinding, his life-time ban: NO WAY! He is serial cheat: I wish that USADA could go all the way back to his early days and document that he was juiced then as well and later in his career. "</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> " Had he been truthful from the start, how different things would be. This is not a conscience thing, it's a manipulation of public opinion. It's also human, none of us are exempt from trying to brazen things out hoping we can escape our feet being put the fire. Okay, Lance, you screwed up, and had you not being taking drugs, my son would have stayed in Madrid and trained as a cyclist, but he knew he couldn't compete with you or your confederates. You got fame and fortune and deserved neither. The irony is, had you not had cheater genes working, and my son did not, who is now a cardio/thoracic surgeon, you will be haunted for essentially ruining the cycling thing for years, and the irony referred to, "You might have been a world champion anyway, not to the extent you were under the influence, but participating adding validity to the sport and being credited for what you naturally are whether you were first or fiftieth, it would add up to something admirable. You need to apologize from the heart, but you're not ready yet "</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Betty Andreu , is the author of the " headline quote " , i think she has best summed up the situation !</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">My take is that Juliet Macur , has sought an advantage , reported rumours , and her integrity will suffer a hit .</span></span><br />
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It took a "photographer" to "write" the most balanced piece we've seen yet. <a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://www.grahamwatson.com/view/viewmain.html" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/ziGmTenu" style="color: #0e9ec8; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank" title="http://www.grahamwatson.com/view/viewmain.html"><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;">http://www.</span><span class="js-display-url">grahamwatson.com/view/viewmain.</span><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;">html</span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span class="invisible" style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;"> </span>…</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">This tweet was in response to Graham's recent Blog on the situation of Cycling as we enter the 2013 Cycling Season :</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Not a great fan of Graham , but enjoyed his take on the current Cycling Scene and his picks for winners of a variety of events , would recommend people to have a read of an excellently written article .</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Another good article worth the read :</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><u>http://www.5280.com/magazine/2013/01/talking-points?page=0,1<a href="http://www.5280.com/magazine/2013/01/talking-points?page=0,1">http://www.5280.com/magazine/2013/01/talking-points?page=0,1</a></u></span><a href="http://de.scribd.com/doc/116345925/Outline-of-failure-to-respond" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></a></span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> " Been left wondering if MACUR feels like the victim of an early " April Fools Day Joke ! Last year we saw sally jenkins create controversy and this week Graham Watson write his blog . Not having read any of his previous efforts , i can't tell , if it was spoon fed to him ?</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> Last year i predicted that the closing of the Grand Jury was an attempt to smooth " feathers ", and that it would reopen in April/May after the " Presidential Honeymoon period "! Finding this item seems to confirm that conjecture :</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Some speculate that it has gone away ? How far ? My blog has a few answers but i think " Betty A. summed it up brilliantly , " lance-does-he-think-people-completely-stupid.html "</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Kathy LeMond , has added this item , a superb summing up of the obnoctious subject that keeps giving :</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">http://aol.sportingnews.com/sport/story/2013-01-05/lance-armstrong-caught-in-web-he-created-cyclist-deserves-no-sympathy</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Pres.Putin is handing out " Passports " , currently , Lance would do well think of Sochi , as a replacement for Aspen . Perhaps the Russian Mafia can provide a " Horse head for him to sleep with , a la " godfather film "?</span></span><br />
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This week , his post is about US Cycling , and directs his readers to another website , that has abundant detail of the " Life and Times of Les Earnest "! Having read Charles's effort i followed the link and this was the result :<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">” Doping is just part of the problem ”</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">By Les Earnest, Cyclops USA, 2012 December 8</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Those that have failed to read the " Donati report " will be unaware of the extent that " Doping / PED products , TAINT ALL SPORT , in recent years . Les's article , starts out with him as a 3yo , on a trike , and continues throughout his involvement with US Cycling Administration until recent days . His work with US Cycling appears to have been a series of confrontations with " THOSE " intent on manoevouring the Administration into a facility that would allow the likes of " Lance Armstrong and his associates " to evade responsibility for complying with " Fair Play " ! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Found this Article by Les , as disturbing as the ” Donati Report “!</span><br />
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Would appear that the ” fix ” is not as apparent to the general public !</div>
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Knew that Greg LeMond could not expect any assistance from the US Cycling Club so already suggested that Tracey Gaudry persue the UCI Presidency .</div>
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Those voting in the UCI Elections , that vote for ” Status Quo ” , will be sending a signal , that they deserve investigation for a variety of unconscionable behaviours !</div>
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Currently think , that the only successful assault on ” Fortress Aigle ” , will be by the Swiss Authorities as a result of the submissions offered them by Paul Kimmage & co !</div>
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There is not the will for ANY substantial number of Cyclists to refuse to renew Licence registration for the period required for a result .</div>
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Seems to me Charles , the sooner YOU start ” Change.org/petition/Ted-Stevens-Olympic-and-Amateur-Sports-Act-REPEAL-or-AMENDMENT ”</div>
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The sooner US Cycling gets a FRESH Makeover !</div>
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Will take a person of your calibre to do this , but count on me as ” first in the ” sign on queue “!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Not seen the name of the Cycling Athlete elsewhere , but thought that when an Athlete was advised of the Sample " A " , the matter became Public Knowledge ? Convenient that the tachnicality that cleared Roberto Heras , was announced at the same time . Amongst my souveniers is a " Vuelta Podium Shirt ", autographed by Roberto , guess it will be worth keeping after all ?</span></span><br />
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Yes , there is evidence that “ UCI “ wish they were organised ! Hilarious to think that phat could think an old fashioned “ Hot Line “ to report “ Dopers “ was an innovation ! Floundering around , now that he has had his head handed to him , anything other than staying stumm appeals to him as a way out of the corner he has backed himself into .<br />
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Wonder if phat ever stops to think about , what will come of , the things that he has proposed recently ? It takes little effort to seek advice , from those that sit with him on the UCI Management Committee , but then he perhaps regards asking for , advice as a sign of weakness ?<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihensIXsnHnPejyTzIKR8QAwnU-Z7q92Q2h292dBSlkG3pYozN0OtfSfDWQgNszG-D1g5JMwyK0wX19kLdsPV58qogeraA0Gn-izV42xhUws51EyylEcSKecp7orB-oZzIEIJEny3eFkMi/s1600/Ashenden_Michael_B&W.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihensIXsnHnPejyTzIKR8QAwnU-Z7q92Q2h292dBSlkG3pYozN0OtfSfDWQgNszG-D1g5JMwyK0wX19kLdsPV58qogeraA0Gn-izV42xhUws51EyylEcSKecp7orB-oZzIEIJEny3eFkMi/s320/Ashenden_Michael_B&W.jpg" width="213" /></a>Mike Ashenden does not mince words , when commenting to velonation.com , on the proposed “ hot line “ recently , in the following article :<br />
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“ For the UCI to urge riders to come forward with info. Now is like a fox with feathers in it’s mouth urging the next chicken to come down off it’s roost “.<br />
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When the UCI tried to muzzle him , earlier this year , he decided to resign . Since then he has been outspoken on a whole range of matters and the UCI must be ruing the day they thought to stifle his voice ? Read a whole raft of articles that have brought to light , matters which UCI would prefer “ Jo Public “ to be unaware .<br />
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Skins , the Company , have taken UCI to court , in an action to collect US$2M , that they plan to reinvest in “ Clean Cycling Sport “! They have gone further by asking the public to add any information that will strengthen their action . Link to the article :<br />
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Jamie Fuller in this latest item says as follows :<br />
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“ I would love to hear from anyone , etc ( my computer is not copying and pasting as it should )!<br />
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Toto has posted another of his cartoons :<br />
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Lance was the victim of the British sense of humour on the 5th November , when some Kentish people celebrated Guy Fawkes night with his effigy :<br />
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