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I think / hope this report might contain some surprises Tour...word on the grapevine is it will recommend the implementation of " sporting fraud " law ...which would be a big step in the right direction ...but we will see.
Coming out Monday https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/digital-culture-media-and-sport-committee/news/doping-report-flag/
Like it?..I,m in it...well if your very quick on the pause button on Bismark course stage finish .. :)
A lot of clips were filmed during the 1984 Coors Classic and all riders had to sign a waiver to allow footage to be used .
I was a member of the GB Olympic team that rode that year .
Most...
I know for a fact Sutton has bullied men to...we are not likely to see any of his victims disclose it for much the same reason we rarely see men report domestic abuse .
Sutton, sexist or bully?
He,s both.
Having been in the same team as him in 88 I can recall him very clearly expressing the view that cycle racing " was no place for sheilas " and yes he did speak like that.
As my mrs was a former National Champion and Shane a notoriously aggressive fella I...
That, s an awful lot of may -be,s Tibitan....I guess when the current GB track coach coached the Russian team before returning to the GB team he didn't bother to tell em they were structurally doing it wrong...lol
Posing this question regards the Russian" State sponsored " doping..take a look at the medal tables and pose the question..if Russia has a state sponsored doping program( which it might have)..then why is the "free West" doing so much better across many sports?...Is it seriously believed that...
Not really doping but might helps in understanding the motive,s ...
be interested to hear some views.
The Olympics.
Why they matter so much to the "elite " and" The State " is
so keen to promote the Olympics? ..
There are two aspects to this.. and unless your own of those people that refuse...
As a Brit and former Olympian myself ( 84 ) I,m finding it bloody embarrassing....
my fellow Brit cycling fans would be screaming blue murder if any other country was as dominant as GB are being on the track...
nothing seams to blind peeps as much as patriotism does it ! :(
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Sky.
Its been pointed out that Murdock,s News Corp owns The Times newspaper and the case put that they surely wouldn't want to expose any wrong doing within Team Sky.
Well lets ponder this. Team Sky,s budget is just 2% of Sky UK,s promotional budget.
Murdock,s empire is often accused of...
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Cant go into detail but a little birdy tells me there is more to come re this story and this is the first salvo... we shall see.
Re Team Sky...should *** hit there don`t discount Murdock,s media empire " throwing under the bus" anyone it see,s fit. Plausible deniability of any...
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Couple of points re this doc.
1. Top athletes will know what substances they want and by going to one " outside " the system they create " plausible deniability " for there teams.
2. Bragging.... Doc,s..doping suppliers ...come in all types of personality.
Back in my day I...
Re: British Doctor claims he doped 150 sports stars includin
UKAD respond : http://www.ukad.org.uk/news/article/ukad-statement-following-sunday-times-investigation