Recent content by Shortleg

Abbott, Big Pharma & the knicks I may be wrong but I reckon that Abbott only ever rides in Pollie Pedal colours. This could be loyalty to his favourite fund-raising effort (which does quite well in terms of money raised & media gets). The down side to that is that it is quite hard to...

All, I've been away from here for a while but earlier today I posted this piece at my Crikey blog, The Northern Myth in Australia. New PM Tony Abbott's Liberal Party coalition was successful at last Saturday's Australian general election. Abbott is a bike-riding fitness freak who each year...

Exactly. And the effect that the egregious and flagrant breaches had upon his ability to respond to the allegations and his career - during the 17 weeks of that delay he went on to race and enter into a contract when he should have been told with 7 days of the test results. Appalling conduct on...

There is a confidentiality order in place - so please respect this ... at paragraphs 230 to 233 of the Decision ANCILLARY MATTERS; IDENTITY OF THE APPLICANT In earlier interlocutory proceedings in this matter, a differently constituted Tribunal determined that the athlete who filed this...

There is a confidentiality order in place - so please respect this ... at paragraphs 230 to 233 of the Decision ANCILLARY MATTERS; IDENTITY OF THE APPLICANT In earlier interlocutory proceedings in this matter, a differently constituted Tribunal determined that the athlete who filed this...

OOPS! Try This one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkrdqJHQHxs&list=UUPyb1dDiGoZ07j_DKzam4sQ&index=1&feature=plcp

See the clip just gone to air in Australia on ABC here.

The sell stuff as well apparently - including rubber wristbands ... http://bikepure.org/

ABC (Aust) radion News report This piece went out on the ABC's midday news magazine (radio), The World Today: http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2012/s3618358.htm. Apart from the rather misleading header it is OK. I note that "No one from Cycling Australia or ASADA would talk to The...

You nailled it in one ... 41/2 monmths for UCI to notify the cyclist when it should have done it in 7 days ...

Why cycling's anti-doping system is broken - my latest at The Northern Myth: On Tuesday this week the cycling world watched the International Cycling Union (the UCI) follow the United States Anti-Doping Association’s (USADA) lead and strip Lance Armstrong of the seven Tour de France titles that...

My contribution pre-dates Turtur's comments and doesn't say as much as I know (or can say) but may be helpful - from today's Crikey. DOWN UNDER, THE RED CARPET WAS ROLLED OUT FOR ARMSTRONG

Yep and found it - Turtur and LA Thanks. More to come on this one I suspect ...

Turtur, UCI & TDU Mike Turtur – will an “absolute coup” turn into “quite a mess”? Posted earlier at the "Ashenden & Cycling Australian president on Cycling Central (Aus. TV)" and suggested better at this older Turtur thread - which i think may be more active in coming days ... This from...

Cuddles on Schumi ... This just in at ABC: Australia's 2011 Tour De France winner Cadel Evans has admitted meeting the Italian doctor at the heart of the Lance Armstrong scandal more than a decade ago but said they never discussed doping. Evans, who was Australia's first winner of the...