Recent content by red_death

You are right it doesn't but how does one prove a negative? Well that is hardly Wiggins's fault! By all means rail against the UCI for their failures. Perhaps and time will tell - it took time for the truth about USPS to come out, but if the cynics are correct then GB has been doping since...

No one in the UK hides from the fact that Simpson doped - you can be iconic for the wrong reasons, though I would argue in Simpson's case it is more tragic than iconic. The irony of accusing Boardman is precisely that he needed to take PEDs for his osteo but didn't. Either that or he was doping...

Red herring to cover that yuo have nothing - how can I be any more specific? A tiniest shred of hard evidence eg failed doping tests, admissions from team members etc etc The doubters are right that absence of evidence does not mean he is not doping, but equally it is plainly ridiculous to say...

He also said the wheels (supplied by a French company) were rounder than the other teams...you're really scraping the barrel now....

So basically it all boils down to jealousy - the UK has the best tech /coaching /training / magic wheels. Of course sport is still essentially a game. Sure the age of the glorious amateur (not that there was ever really such a thing) is long gone, but that is life - things evolve and progress.

That isn't evidence, that is merely supposition / or fairly tenuous grounds for suspicion at best. The fact he no longer is so forthright about doping doesn't mean he is doping.

Quick tin foil helmets time chaps...they are monitoring our every move. If you knew anything about either the UK or East Germany you would realise how offensive you are being to the both (trivialising what the East Germans went through and making out that we have a Stasi-like state). Omerta...

Really? More remarkable than people who have switched from MTB'ing? As to "maybe only bested by one of the all time greats" - again really? Do you really believe that? I don't see either of them being anywhere near Armstrong/Pantani/Ullrich. I'd be surprised if Wiggins won more than 1 or 2...

It isn't just 2008 and 2012 though is it. If they are going to do it properly [the false accusations] then they have to go back to the root of it and include 92 (Boardman), 2000 (Queally, Team Sprint, Team Pursuit, Women's Ind Pursuit) and 2004...makes it an even longer time period to keep...

+1. I love the accusations of hand waving....whilst providing absolutely nothing except delusions, slurs and magic wheels....

Ohurugu has been done to death in the UK. Gatlin was fair game. No idea what you are implying about Mo Farah. It was quite simple on Millar - given that Millar was now available Brailsford felt he had to pick the best team available for the UK. You are right he could have left him out and...

You are mistaken / misinterpreting - she was discussing to the accusation made by the USA coach and lots of the BBC commentators (eg Adrian Moorhouse - much more famous swimmer than Claire Balding!) et al were saying how unfair the accusations were...

Err no it isn't - why was Bauge not banned for 2 years? Or Ohurogu? The Wada code actually specifies 2 years for failed tests and min 1 year (max 2 years) for missed tests. Though application of reductions seems much more variable for missed tests. Source...

Actually the majority of the British presenters defended her against the accusation from a USA coach...but don't let facts get in the way of things. I don't actually think Bauge dopes - he was guilty of the same thing as Ohurogu ie missing tests. What riles about Bauge is his ungraciousness in...

Why would he beat him every year? Motivation, willingness to train as hard, prioritisation all come into play. It isn't as though he is a no hoper for 3 years and then pulls something completely different out of the bag - we are talking fractions of a second difference here.