Riis admits to EPO... ESPN gets it before bike sites



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Mike Jacoubowsky

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ESPN (and presumably others) carried the news about Riis' confession well
ahead of Cyclingnews.com and Velonews.com. Not quite what I expected.

Great to get mainstream publicity, I guess???

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
 
On May 25, 8:32 am, "Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email protected]> wrote:
> ESPN (and presumably others) carried the news about Riis' confession well
> ahead of Cyclingnews.com and Velonews.com. Not quite what I expected.
>
> Great to get mainstream publicity, I guess???
>
> --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReactionBicycles.com

Dude, even wikipedia got it before bike sites.
 
On May 25, 9:32 am, "Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email protected]> wrote:
> ESPN (and presumably others) carried the news about Riis' confession well
> ahead of Cyclingnews.com and Velonews.com. Not quite what I expected.

I watched the live video feed (not in English) but MSNBC was the first
place I saw a written summary (In English) of what was said.

The ESPN site said:
"Riis said he no long considered himself a worthy winner of the Tour,
and indicated he would be willing to give back the title."

So the 1996 Maillot Jaune would now go to the runner-up? And that
would be ... Oops, never mind.

DR
 
DirtRoadie wrote:
> The ESPN site said:
> "Riis said he no long considered himself a worthy winner of the Tour,
> and indicated he would be willing to give back the title."
>
> So the 1996 Maillot Jaune would now go to the runner-up? And that
> would be ... Oops, never mind.

Let's expand in that a little:

1 Bjarne Riis DK 95 57'16"
2 Jan Ullrich D 1'41"
3 Richard Virenque F 4'37"
4 Laurent Dufaux CH 5'53"
5 Peter Luttenberger AUT 7'07"
6 Luc Leblanc F 10'03"
7 Piotr Ugrumov LET 10'04"
8 Fernando Escartin E 10'26"
9 Abraham Olano E 11'00"
10 Tony Rominger CH 11'53"

Who would you give the jersey to?

Bjarne should just keep it.

Bob Schwartz
 
Bob Schwartz wrote:

>
> Who would you give the jersey to?


39. Chris Boardman (Gbr) à 1h27'44"
 
On May 25, 10:32 am, "Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email protected]> wrote:
> ESPN (and presumably others) carried the news about Riis' confession well
> ahead of Cyclingnews.com and Velonews.com. Not quite what I expected.
>
> Great to get mainstream publicity, I guess???
>
> --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReactionBicycles.com

Maybe because they were too busy covering actual racing?
 
Dans le message de news:[email protected],
Bob Schwartz <[email protected]> a réfléchi, et puis a
déclaré :
> DirtRoadie wrote:
>> The ESPN site said:
>> "Riis said he no long considered himself a worthy winner of the Tour,
>> and indicated he would be willing to give back the title."
>>
>> So the 1996 Maillot Jaune would now go to the runner-up? And that
>> would be ... Oops, never mind.
>
> Let's expand in that a little:
>
> 1 Bjarne Riis DK 95 57'16"
> 2 Jan Ullrich D 1'41"
> 3 Richard Virenque F 4'37"
> 4 Laurent Dufaux CH 5'53"
> 5 Peter Luttenberger AUT 7'07"
> 6 Luc Leblanc F 10'03"
> 7 Piotr Ugrumov LET 10'04"
> 8 Fernando Escartin E 10'26"
> 9 Abraham Olano E 11'00"
> 10 Tony Rominger CH 11'53"
>
> Who would you give the jersey to?
>
> Bjarne should just keep it.
>
> Bob Schwartz

EXACTLY! it's only the little minds on RBR who have some unimaginable stake
in changing all the results. The riders know that it is irrelevant.

I get the feeling that some writers, here, want to go back to their bookies
to settle scores. Cycle racing is something they just plain don't
understand.
 
On May 25, 10:11 am, "Sandy" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dans le message denews:[email protected],
> Bob Schwartz <[email protected]> a réfléchi, et puis a
> déclaré :
>
>
>
>
>
> > DirtRoadie wrote:
> >> The ESPN site said:
> >> "Riis said he no long considered himself a worthy winner of the Tour,
> >> and indicated he would be willing to give back the title."
>
> >> So the 1996 Maillot Jaune would now go to the runner-up? And that
> >> would be ... Oops, never mind.
>
> > Let's expand in that a little:
>
> > 1 Bjarne Riis DK 95 57'16"
> > 2 Jan Ullrich D 1'41"
> > 3 Richard Virenque F 4'37"
> > 4 Laurent Dufaux CH 5'53"
> > 5 Peter Luttenberger AUT 7'07"
> > 6 Luc Leblanc F 10'03"
> > 7 Piotr Ugrumov LET 10'04"
> > 8 Fernando Escartin E 10'26"
> > 9 Abraham Olano E 11'00"
> > 10 Tony Rominger CH 11'53"
>
> > Who would you give the jersey to?
>
> > Bjarne should just keep it.
>
> > Bob Schwartz
>
> EXACTLY! it's only the little minds on RBR who have some unimaginable stake
> in changing all the results. The riders know that it is irrelevant.
>
> I get the feeling that some writers, here, want to go back to their bookies
> to settle scores. Cycle racing is something they just plain don't
> understand.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Hopefully they do what is right and give the jersey to Virenque, since
T Mobile was full of dopers. FRANCE WINS! FRANCE WINS!!!!

RVD
 
On May 25, 10:11 am, "Sandy" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dans le message denews:[email protected],
> Bob Schwartz <[email protected]> a réfléchi, et puis a
> déclaré :
>
>
>
>
>
> > DirtRoadie wrote:
> >> The ESPN site said:
> >> "Riis said he no long considered himself a worthy winner of the Tour,
> >> and indicated he would be willing to give back the title."
>
> >> So the 1996 Maillot Jaune would now go to the runner-up? And that
> >> would be ... Oops, never mind.
>
> > Let's expand in that a little:
>
> > 1 Bjarne Riis DK 95 57'16"
> > 2 Jan Ullrich D 1'41"
> > 3 Richard Virenque F 4'37"
> > 4 Laurent Dufaux CH 5'53"
> > 5 Peter Luttenberger AUT 7'07"
> > 6 Luc Leblanc F 10'03"
> > 7 Piotr Ugrumov LET 10'04"
> > 8 Fernando Escartin E 10'26"
> > 9 Abraham Olano E 11'00"
> > 10 Tony Rominger CH 11'53"
>
> > Who would you give the jersey to?
>
> > Bjarne should just keep it.
>
> > Bob Schwartz
>
> EXACTLY! it's only the little minds on RBR who have some unimaginable stake
> in changing all the results. The riders know that it is irrelevant.
>
> I get the feeling that some writers, here, want to go back to their bookies
> to settle scores. Cycle racing is something they just plain don't
> understand.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Hopefully they do what is right and give the jersey to Virenque, since
T Mobile was full of dopers. FRANCE WINS! FRANCE WINS!!!!

RVD
 
Sandy wrote:
> Dans le message de news:[email protected],
> Dan Gregory <[email protected]> a réfléchi, et puis
> a déclaré :
>> Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
>>> ESPN (and presumably others) carried the news about Riis' confession
>>> well ahead of Cyclingnews.com and Velonews.com. Not quite what I
>>> expected.
>> I saw it first on
>> http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/20070525_170254Dev.html
>
> No, I did - RSS. This is a racing forum, remember.
>
>
my RSS is quicker than yours
;-))
 
On May 25, 10:11 am, "Sandy" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dans le message denews:[email protected],
> Bob Schwartz <[email protected]> a réfléchi, et puis a
> déclaré :
>
>
>
>
>
> > DirtRoadie wrote:
> >> The ESPN site said:
> >> "Riis said he no long considered himself a worthy winner of the Tour,
> >> and indicated he would be willing to give back the title."
>
> >> So the 1996 Maillot Jaune would now go to the runner-up? And that
> >> would be ... Oops, never mind.
>
> > Let's expand in that a little:
>
> > 1 Bjarne Riis DK 95 57'16"
> > 2 Jan Ullrich D 1'41"
> > 3 Richard Virenque F 4'37"
> > 4 Laurent Dufaux CH 5'53"
> > 5 Peter Luttenberger AUT 7'07"
> > 6 Luc Leblanc F 10'03"
> > 7 Piotr Ugrumov LET 10'04"
> > 8 Fernando Escartin E 10'26"
> > 9 Abraham Olano E 11'00"
> > 10 Tony Rominger CH 11'53"
>
> > Who would you give the jersey to?
>
> > Bjarne should just keep it.
>
> > Bob Schwartz
>
> EXACTLY! it's only the little minds on RBR who have some unimaginable stake
> in changing all the results. The riders know that it is irrelevant.
>
> I get the feeling that some writers, here, want to go back to their bookies
> to settle scores. Cycle racing is something they just plain don't
> understand.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Hopefully they do what is right and give the jersey to Virenque, since
T Mobile was full of dopers. FRANCE WINS! FRANCE WINS!!!!

RVD
 
Dan Gregory wrote:

> Sandy wrote:
>> Dans le message de news:[email protected],
>> Dan Gregory <[email protected]> a réfléchi,
>> et puis a déclaré :
>>> Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
>>>> ESPN (and presumably others) carried the news about Riis'
>>>> confession well ahead of Cyclingnews.com and Velonews.com. Not
>>>> quite what I expected.
>>> I saw it first on
>>> http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/20070525_170254Dev.html
>>
>> No, I did - RSS. This is a racing forum, remember.
>>
>>
> my RSS is quicker than yours
> ;-))

I tried RSS but kept getting dropped, which is a lot like racing for most
of the members of this forum.

--
Bill Asher
 
Dans le message de news:[email protected],
Dan Gregory <[email protected]> a réfléchi, et puis
a déclaré :
> Sandy wrote:
>> Dans le message de news:[email protected],
>> Dan Gregory <[email protected]> a réfléchi,
>> et puis a déclaré :
>>> Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
>>>> ESPN (and presumably others) carried the news about Riis'
>>>> confession well ahead of Cyclingnews.com and Velonews.com. Not
>>>> quite what I expected.
>>> I saw it first on
>>> http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/20070525_170254Dev.html
>>
>> No, I did - RSS. This is a racing forum, remember.
>>
>>
> my RSS is quicker than yours
> ;-))

I read that before you finished typing it.
 
Dan Gregory wrote:
>> my RSS is quicker than yours
>> ;-))

William Asher wrote:
> I tried RSS but kept getting dropped, which is a lot like racing for most
> of the members of this forum.

Its all about band width.
 
On May 25, 1:11 pm, "Sandy" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dans le message denews:[email protected],
> Bob Schwartz <[email protected]> a réfléchi, et puis a
> déclaré :
>
>
>
>
>
> > DirtRoadie wrote:
> >> The ESPN site said:
> >> "Riis said he no long considered himself a worthy winner of the Tour,
> >> and indicated he would be willing to give back the title."
>
> >> So the 1996 Maillot Jaune would now go to the runner-up? And that
> >> would be ... Oops, never mind.
>
> > Let's expand in that a little:
>
> > 1 Bjarne Riis DK 95 57'16"
> > 2 Jan Ullrich D 1'41"
> > 3 Richard Virenque F 4'37"
> > 4 Laurent Dufaux CH 5'53"
> > 5 Peter Luttenberger AUT 7'07"
> > 6 Luc Leblanc F 10'03"
> > 7 Piotr Ugrumov LET 10'04"
> > 8 Fernando Escartin E 10'26"
> > 9 Abraham Olano E 11'00"
> > 10 Tony Rominger CH 11'53"
>
> > Who would you give the jersey to?
>
> > Bjarne should just keep it.
>
> > Bob Schwartz
>
> EXACTLY! it's only the little minds on RBR who have some unimaginable stake
> in changing all the results. The riders know that it is irrelevant.
>
> I get the feeling that some writers, here, want to go back to their bookies
> to settle scores. Cycle racing is something they just plain don't
> understand.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

"...go back to their bookies to settle scores." LOL!

Would love to hear that conversation! That would have to make "Who's
On First?" seem rather lame by comparison.
 
DirtRoadie wrote:
>> So the 1996 Maillot Jaune would now go to the runner-up? And that
>> would be ... Oops, never mind.

Bob Schwartz wrote:
> Let's expand in that a little:
>
> 1 Bjarne Riis DK 95 57'16"
> 2 Jan Ullrich D 1'41"
> 3 Richard Virenque F 4'37"
> 4 Laurent Dufaux CH 5'53"
> 5 Peter Luttenberger AUT 7'07"
> 6 Luc Leblanc F 10'03"
> 7 Piotr Ugrumov LET 10'04"
> 8 Fernando Escartin E 10'26"
> 9 Abraham Olano E 11'00"
> 10 Tony Rominger CH 11'53"

Hallelujah , irony lives despite repeated attempted murders by rbr.
 
On May 25, 5:02 pm, Stu Fleming <[email protected]> wrote:
> Donald Munro wrote:
> > Dan Gregory wrote:
> >>> my RSS is quicker than yours
> >>> ;-))
>
> > William Asher wrote:
> >> I tried RSS but kept getting dropped, which is a lot like racing for most
> >> of the members of this forum.
>
> > Its all about band width.
>
> e.g. "Metallica is a band width guitars."

Ouch!
Bill C
 
Donald Munro wrote:
> Dan Gregory wrote:
>>> my RSS is quicker than yours
>>> ;-))
>
> William Asher wrote:
>> I tried RSS but kept getting dropped, which is a lot like racing for most
>> of the members of this forum.
>
> Its all about band width.
>

e.g. "Metallica is a band width guitars."
 
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