Matt Posted July 23, 2013 Share Stuart O’Grady has announced his retirement from the professional peloton today. While Australia’s first Classics champion, six-time Olympian and inaugural Tour Down winner had originally stated his intention to retire next year, O’Grady has opted to readjust his plans on the heels of a historical Tour de France for ORICA-GreenEDGE. Click here to view the article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daideron Posted July 23, 2013 Share He had a long and fruitfull career and was a great rider to watch. Loved his Paris Roubaix victory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydude Posted July 23, 2013 Share Isn't he also implicated in that French Senate report coming out on Wednesday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat-ass Posted July 23, 2013 Share Great career, hopefully clean..... But its good he is opening a gap for new young talent..... Time for the new brood!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Steer Posted July 23, 2013 Share Isn't he also implicated in that French Senate report coming out on Wednesday? I hope not, classy and tough bike rider. But yeah, he comes from the darkest days of the sport (and the track!) - so I guess it would not be terribly surprising Will respect him regardless though, like I said, classy and tough bike rider r0adrunner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted July 23, 2013 Share The one with the most Tour de France finishes...Remarkable career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetseun Posted July 23, 2013 Share An end of a great career. Respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted July 23, 2013 Share Stuart is a great guy and had a awesome career......i am pretty sure we'll see the O'Grady name in the Pro peloton in a few years . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zee Posted July 23, 2013 Share some journalist are saying that the sudden retirement is due to the French Senate report which is due tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-man Posted July 24, 2013 Share Ai another doper - http://www.heraldsun...f-1226684658992 STUART O'Grady has admitted to doping before the 1998 Tour de France and says one horrible mistake will tarnish his entire career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bob Posted July 24, 2013 Share Was implicated in the list of riders today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bob Posted July 25, 2013 Share The std response has been tripped out: - I did it myself- Only did it once or twice- Felt pressured He's been asked to resign from his position from the Australian Olympic Committee: "Members of our London Olympic Team who elected Stuart to the athletes' commission are entitled to be angry knowing they had supported an athlete who had cheated," AOC president John Coates said in a statement." I do find it funny that the std answer of 'everyone was doing it so I had to make it a level playing field' gets trotted out and followed by 'only once or twice, festina affair came along, didn't go back to it'. When is someone (apart from Lance and TH) going to have the balls to stand up and say 'Yup. sorry I was streaming EPO from my eyeballs for most of the time and that's the truth'. If the pelaton was doing it for +/- 10 odd years there is no way you could survive, let alone win, by only doing it once or twice. Edited July 25, 2013 by hellocolour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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