TdF '07 - Here we go... again

gplama said:

"Cycling cannot afford to let riders named in the case enter the Tour if they are not cleared of suspicion," race director Christian Prudhomme told L'Equipe.

Conversely, how can we honestly stop them racing until they are proven guilty?

gplama said:

From Eurosport...
I wonder how much cash Disco will have to pay for them to let Ivan ride? 🙄

Hmm...If Basso's case was dropped - does that mean he's been 'cleared' of any cheating-type-thing ??

And...If 12 months down the track, and NOONE has 'copped the bust' - how long IS the expected period that they remain 'under suspicion' ??

The doping thing sh1t's me as much as any other. But if I smoke weed, and get 'randomly tested' by workcover, then I'm screwed - no matter how much pastry I throw at them. If this multi-million dollar organisation can't put a line through this [censored], and get on with the job - then WHO THE F..K CAN ??!!?? BECAUSE I'M GETTING SICK AND TIRED OF OVERPAID F..KING BUREAUCRATS RUINING MY FUN !!!!!!!!!!

Thank CHRIST for Stuey ! 😠 !

gm

gravelmuncher said:

snip...(about Basso )

And...If 12 months down the track, and NOONE has 'copped the bust' - how long IS the expected period that they remain 'under suspicion' ??

...snip...(correct)

Thank CHRIST for Stuey ! 😠 !

gm

Exactly, and thus has AllanD also been cleared according to Prudhomme?

"suspicion"and thus ASO moaning will continue from Francais until Prudhomme can organise a local winner of le Tour and as long as "L'Equipe" sells papers to its doting "Publique", (so it can pay its insiders at the Lab in Châtenay-Malabry and secreted in UCI, to "fix" things)

Sorry about the yelling and the potty mouth - I'd just got home from a party, and was a little bit lubricated.

*Note to self - no forums after parties...* :o

gm

On Apr 20, 9:55 pm, Jono L <Jono.L.2pc...@no-

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gplama said:

"Cycling cannot afford to let riders named in the case enter the Tour
if they are not cleared of suspicion," race director Christian
Prudhomme told L'Equipe.

Conversely, how can we honestly stop them racing until they are proven
guilty?

--
Jono L

It's not a court of law, that's why. They can set the rules as they
see fit. I could imagine a challenge in a court to such rules, but we
all know how long that would take.

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It's not a court of law, that's why. They can set the rules as they
see fit. I could imagine a challenge in a court to such rules, but we
all know how long that would take.

but its tried in the court of public opinion..

notice today that Landis's B samples are claimed by"LÉquipe", to contain synthetic tesosterone, and Landis's people were excluded from the testing ( but obviously not "L'Equipés' people).

How did "LÉquipe" get the findings ??????

It is getting dirtier, Landis's pile of problems has just got bigger and LeTdF's Prudhomme may be smiling that he could finally declare a winner straight after the USADA hearing in May in the US...for a day at least before L appeals.

L maintains he is innocent, the Lab stuffed up, it is a conspiracy, and the French were out to get anyone leading who was American.

Unless L confesses we will never know if he lied. I doubt that the processes will get to the real truth on their own. I am dubious of much of the information published by LÉquipe and the methodology of the French Lab and worried by its close association with LÉquipe.

And in the court of Public Opinion the real loser is cycling...

From Eurosport.... (ok, so technically this is Giro talk not TdF) 🙂

Ivan Basso was suspended by his Discovery Channel team after Italian investigators reopened a doping case against last year's Tour of Italy winner.

"It has always been Team policy to hold our riders to the highest standards while respecting their rights and privacy. For these reasons we have requested that Ivan not race until we receive more information and this issue has been resolved," said Discovery's General Manager Bill Stapleton.