Thor Buttox Posted June 3, 2018 Posted June 3, 2018 http://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/4838/uci-checked-froomes-bike-six-times-for-motor-at-giro-ditalia One for the haters, perhaps...
Patchelicious Posted June 3, 2018 Posted June 3, 2018 http://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/4838/uci-checked-froomes-bike-six-times-for-motor-at-giro-ditalia One for the haters, perhaps...But Salbutamol and her emails
Thor Buttox Posted June 4, 2018 Posted June 4, 2018 But Salbutamol and her emailsConstructing a straw man that resembles Mr Froome unfortunately takes just 2 mins and about two handfuls of the stuff.
Gen Posted June 4, 2018 Posted June 4, 2018 Such a stupid headline... suppose had the headline read UCI inspected 58 bikes in their x-ray box during the Giro or even Yate's bike was inspected 11 times no-one would've clicked on the link... Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk
ScottCM Posted June 4, 2018 Posted June 4, 2018 Daaamn. 1500 pages is hard-core. That must have cost a pretry penny! No wonder he believes that after people hear the "full story" he will be vindicated. With that amount of "Scientific" evidence i would also be confident. But here is the issue for our sport, there is no way the global population will be given all the facts from both sides as it won't sell blogs, papers or headlines. So each journalist will pick and choose certain part to strengthen their view point of Froome's guilt or innocence and at the end of the day the sport suffers, so i really wish the @55hole who leaked this AFF last year gets his karma soon.
Eldron Posted June 4, 2018 Posted June 4, 2018 No wonder he believes that after people hear the "full story" he will be vindicated. With that amount of "Scientific" evidence i would also be confident. But here is the issue for our sport, there is no way the global population will be given all the facts from both sides as it won't sell blogs, papers or headlines. So each journalist will pick and choose certain part to strengthen their view point of Froome's guilt or innocence and at the end of the day the sport suffers, so i really wish the @55hole who leaked this AFF last year gets his karma soon. Agreed. It would have been better for everyone if the rules were followed and the public only found out about the issue after it had been resolved. This half pregnant situation isn't good for anyone.
andydude Posted June 4, 2018 Posted June 4, 2018 I have no idea how people have been writing this up as being a scathing criticism on Froome. Bennet is a straight talking, p*ss taking kiwi and that is nothing more that a tongue in cheek comment laced with irony and humour that has been seized on as the rallying cry for all twitter warriors as proof from within the peloton that Froome not only took a few puffs on his inhaler but his inhaler has some magic sauce in it that makes you work hard on your weaknesses, descend better, have your rivals mess-up their tactics, wait for a helper who was a *** descender and not a great engine and was hanging on, not realise that it was a the attack that it was at the time it was and generally blow their chance of the giro. If the same attention was paid to Bennetts comments the next day when he clarified what he said you can tell that he was genuinely annoyed how his comments had been attributed. Maybe he should have been a bit less jokey in the first comments with the 'done a landis' but it's incredible how blindly people fit comments to suit their narrative. But even GB's comment the next day are happily seized upon as evidence that he's been told to toe the line and wiped into line by the conspiracy. "If we can’t compare a cyclist to another cyclist, we can’t make a comparison to any cyclist in the last 20 years,” Bennett argued just before the stage start.“I didn’t say that Froomey went out and railed a load of gear and came back and won the stage. I’m just saying he made a bigger comeback than Easter Sunday. There’s no innuendo. I’m not [implying] anything. But if we can’t make comparisons in cycling, if we can’t compare it to Pantani, we can’t compare it to Merckx then, because we don’t know what was going on there.“It’s nothing to do with drugs or anything like that. But it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. People on Twitter want it to mean what they want it to mean."Even though I like your response, I think that you missed the point which was about omerta in the peleton. So it was refreshing to hear something unscripted, even though it was obviously tongue in cheek. Now let me go warrior on twitter! Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk
ScottCM Posted June 11, 2018 Posted June 11, 2018 Are Sky serious about becoming more transparent or just trying to win some good PR? http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/chris-froome-ramps-up-tour-de-france-preparations-after-giro-ditalia-recovery/ Either way, I like it
geomark Posted June 11, 2018 Posted June 11, 2018 Are Sky serious about becoming more transparent or just trying to win some good PR? http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/chris-froome-ramps-up-tour-de-france-preparations-after-giro-ditalia-recovery/ Either way, I like it Looks like cycling news' salbutamol count is dropping in articles....
Patchelicious Posted June 11, 2018 Posted June 11, 2018 Looks like cycling news' salbutamol count is dropping in articles....Clicks sell ads
ScottCM Posted June 13, 2018 Posted June 13, 2018 Chris Froome's reputation 'tarnished forever' over anti-doping case - Lizzie Deignan https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jun/11/chris-froome-lizzie-deignan-doping-cases-reputations “A rider should be protected because inevitably there will be things that happen, grey areas that should be looked at logically, scientifically, and analysed in court,” Deignan told the When Orla Met podcast. “That’s an inevitable part of having asthma and taking an inhaler and I think unfortunately he hasn’t had a fair process. It’s a very personal story.”
HeadDown Posted June 13, 2018 Posted June 13, 2018 Lizzie Deignan (Armitstead), she of the 3 missed anti doping tests.... Chris Froome's reputation 'tarnished forever' over anti-doping case - Lizzie Deignan https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jun/11/chris-froome-lizzie-deignan-doping-cases-reputations “A rider should be protected because inevitably there will be things that happen, grey areas that should be looked at logically, scientifically, and analysed in court,” Deignan told the When Orla Met podcast. “That’s an inevitable part of having asthma and taking an inhaler and I think unfortunately he hasn’t had a fair process. It’s a very personal story.”
Butterbean Posted June 13, 2018 Posted June 13, 2018 Lizzie Deignan (Armitstead), she of the 3 missed anti doping tests....Did you even read the article? She made a point where everyone was ready to crucify over the missed doping tests but failed to mention how she was tested the very next day, each time. The problem, as pointed out, is that due process is not fairly publicised, only the stuff that makes headlines and clicks happen get a mention, the rest is ignored. I still cannot believe there has not been WAY more criticisms levelled against the UCI for allowing this leak, or whichever agency was responsible. If athletes private information can be leaked so effortlessly, there's a larger problem afoot.. It's asthma medication for ****s sakes...
HeadDown Posted June 13, 2018 Posted June 13, 2018 Did you even read the article? No. She has a questionable past. She made a point where everyone was ready to crucify over the missed doping tests but failed to mention how she was tested the very next day, each time. I get stopped for a DUI and tell the cop I'll pop in for a blood test tomorrow? They're surprise visits for a reason. The problem, as pointed out, is that due process is not fairly publicised, only the stuff that makes headlines and clicks happen get a mention, the rest is ignored. True but smoke is smoke. I still cannot believe there has not been WAY more criticisms levelled against the UCI for allowing this leak, or whichever agency was responsible. If athletes private information can be leaked so effortlessly, there's a larger problem afoot.. If not leaked would any of us know that, on GT results, one of the greatest riders of all time had a doping violation? (If he doesn't crash CF will 'walk' the tour. In the modern era only Armstrong and Indurain have dominated to the same extent - pity there weren't more leaks during their time at the top)It's asthma medication for ****s sakes... So why has he got more of the stuff floating around his system than any asthma patient would? Others have been banned for less.
Bonus Posted June 13, 2018 Posted June 13, 2018 As has been mentioned on here several times before, we shouldn't know or be judging CF on a matter that is, according to the people in charge, confidential. The same as we ARE NOT judging all the other riders currently in the same sorts of position, because we don't know about them. Anyone unhappy with the process needs to be addressing the UCI about it. They are the only ones who can make or change the rules.
Patchelicious Posted June 13, 2018 Posted June 13, 2018 Did you even read the article? She made a point where everyone was ready to crucify over the missed doping tests but failed to mention how she was tested the very next day, each time. The problem, as pointed out, is that due process is not fairly publicised, only the stuff that makes headlines and clicks happen get a mention, the rest is ignored. I still cannot believe there has not been WAY more criticisms levelled against the UCI for allowing this leak, or whichever agency was responsible. If athletes private information can be leaked so effortlessly, there's a larger problem afoot.. It's asthma medication for ****s sakes...But where is the fun in that?
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