AFLD's Pierre Bordry is retiring

[theswordsman]

He sure didn't sound like he was contemplating retirement when he spoke of an ongoing relationship with the American investigation. I hope to God Novitsky asks to have those 1999 samples tested while Bordry is still in charge.

France's anti-doping agency president, Pierre Bordry, has resigned after five years in charge.

Bordry told The Associated Press he will step down as soon as his successor is appointed, probably next month

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/more/09/24/french.antidoping.boss.ap/

 

[Anonymous]

Unless he is planning to co-operate with the investigation and feels it would be better for him not to be at the AFLD while that happens. Being a witness could be a full time job.

 

[theswordsman]

That would be good, but I'm not sure how it would work when he gives up all legal authority.

The AFLD has had to get by on a reduced budget. The day he talked about Armstrong's samples, he said that they'd have difficulty meeting WADA's requirement for out of competition testing. Part of it was budget, and part was because some guys move around intentionally and only update their Whereabouts the day before, so they can't get to them on time. Then he's had the ongoing battle with the Evil Empire over Tour de France testing.

I thought that last week was a really strong one for the fight against doping, but this one, with the McIlvain testimony and this retirement announcement kills the buzz. I hope the seemingly sudden retirement isn't happening because of Bordry's announcement last week and Armstrong's friendship with Sarkozy. And I really hate that things are so messed up that an idea like that can pop into my head.

According to L’Èquipe, Bordry had become increasingly frustrated by negotiations with the French Ministry of Health and Sport over the AFLD’s budget. The 71-year-old Bordry’s announcement comes as the AFLD is campaigning for an expensive modernisation of its Châtenay-Malabry laboratory and appealing for funding to maintain its current level of 9,000 tests per year.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bordy-steps-down-as-head-of-afld

The precise reason for Bordry's resignation was not immediately clear.

"Important decisions are to be made in the near future and since I had only a few months left in my presidency I wanted to pass it on now," he said, without elaborating.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/24092010/2/doping-french-anti-doping-agency-president-resigns.html

 

[Squares]

Ever since he talked about giving Novitsky the samples, he was doomed!!!

Clearly, Lance used his influence over the French Government to make them cut the budget to a level that couldn't sustain the lab and forced Bordry to resign.

 

[zapata]

Ever since he talked about giving Novitsky the samples, he was doomed!!!

Clearly, Lance used his influence over the French Government to make them cut the budget to a level that couldn't sustain the lab and forced Bordry to resign.

Armstrong on twitter says: "Au revoir, Pierre."

http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong/status/25420732279

 

[sartain]

Armstrong on twitter says: "Au revoir, Pierre."

http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong/status/25420732279

The stink coming off of this smoldering turd just continues to worsen. My guess now is that those samples will NEVER see the light of day in the US for any testing. LA's connections run VERY, VERY, VERY, deep.
I have to say after the events of the last two days, I have to agree with Berzin . . . it is not looking good for us.

 

[Adamastor]

He sure didn't sound like he was contemplating retirement when he spoke of an ongoing relationship with the American investigation. I hope to God Novitsky asks to have those 1999 samples tested while Bordry is still in charge.

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/more/09/24/french.antidoping.boss.ap/

Just wanted to rectify the title of this thread: bordry is resigning, not retiring

 

[hfer07]

Sad news, since he was part of the few people working really hard for a clean sport. I have the feeling that his early resignation has some ties to his willingness to cooperate in the LA case-in which I sense the TDF organizers are eager to protect the race record from any embarrassment/incompetence exposure/damage IF the investigation unveils publicly LA's doping throughout his reign...

 

[mwbyrd]

Sad news, since he was part of the few people working really hard for a clean sport. I have the feeling that his early resignation has some ties to his willingness to cooperate in the LA case-in which I sense the TDF organizers are eager to protect the race record from any embarrassment/incompetence exposure/damage IF the investigation unveils publicly LA's doping throughout his reign...

Or..just maybe...he felt like retiring/resigning?????

 

[Cobblestones]

Or..just maybe...he felt like retiring/resigning?????

It would be quite a coincidence. No, the timing of this suggests otherwise.

 

[theswordsman]

Just wanted to rectify the title of this thread: bordry is resigning, not retiring

He's seventy years old, leaving a job nine months before his term is over. If you leave a French government position before your term is over, are you likely to get another government position at that age? Or is he retired from the French government for good? People retire from positions as firefighters or American military after twenty years of service, even if they're forty years old. It doesn't mean they don't go on and do other things. Or would it only have counted as retiring if he had finished his five year term? If a player quits a tennis match before it's over, they say he retired. I dunno.

Thanks for straightening me out, though with your sixth post to the forum. It was a valuable contribution to the thread. If I read that he takes another position, I'll update.

 

[la.margna]

of course, after having given a livestrong trek bike to the French president and licked his *** on several occasions, Lance called up Sarkozy after Bodry wanted to release his samples to Novitzky and asked him to kick Bordry's ***....

Pharmstrong = Antichrist??

corrupt mother of all cheaters at least... cheatstrong

 

[Kennf1]

Great. Add Bordry's name to Clerc and Gripper. The ones who want clean sport are doomed.

 

[Polish]

Bordry was in charge of Dope Testing at this year's Tour de France.
Watching over the UCI's shoulder. Telling them who to test. Suprise tests.

With the squeaky clean Tour this year, maybe Bordry feels "Mission Accomplished'!

I will miss his entertainment, however.

Ill Gotten Pee Pee....ShowerGate....NeedleGate....Astana Preferential Treatment. What a jokester.


He has damaged the TdF pretty bad however.
Will take years to recover if it ever can.

His "resignation" was overdue.

 

[Hugh Januss]

Bordry was in charge of Dope Testing at this year's Tour de France.
Watching over the UCI's shoulder. Telling them who to test. Suprise tests.

With the squeaky clean Tour this year, maybe Bordry feels "Mission Accomplished'!

I will miss his entertainment, however.

Ill Gotten Pee Pee....ShowerGate....NeedleGate....Astana Preferential Treatment. What a jokester.


He has damaged the TdF pretty bad however.
Will take years to recover if it ever can.

His "resignation" was overdue.

Congrats on a new benchmark for moronic posting.

 

[Kodiak]

Here's a possibility that hasn't been brought up. What if his resignation is to allow him to come out with information that would have been considered privilaged and confidential while still in his current capacity? Maybe he'll be free to tell just how deep LA's influence really runs...

 

[sartain]

Here's a possibility that hasn't been brought up. What if his resignation is to allow him to come out with information that would have been considered privilaged and confidential while still in his current capacity? Maybe he'll be free to tell just how deep LA's influence really runs...

One can only dream . . . I will send you a few bottles of '97 Barolo if that is the case!

 

[powerste]

Ill Gotten Pee Pee....

Welcome to the Kindergarten forum, boys and girls

 

[Kodiak]

One can only dream . . . I will send you a few bottles of '97 Barolo if that is the case!

and I'll gladly accept them.

 

[python]

i doubt his resignation has anything to do with texas specifically or his most recent offer of the’99 samples.

novi, if he really felt the need for the samples, would not need a public offer as he knows too well the proper channels.

the likeliest reason for the early retirement is a series of disappointments of the old anti-doping warrior combined with his results-centred personality.

at some point you have to say ‘all the best’ and exist if you’re tired of beating your head against the the government-supported bureaucracy wall.

unfortunately he is the second untimely casualty at afld after the passing away of jacques de ceaurriz last year - an epo test co-author and a multi-year lndd director.

hope we'll hear from bordry. people with his personality don't just vanish.

 

[workingclasshero]

Bordry was in charge of Dope Testing at this year's Tour de France.
Watching over the UCI's shoulder. Telling them who to test. Suprise tests.

With the squeaky clean Tour this year, maybe Bordry feels "Mission Accomplished'!

I will miss his entertainment, however.

Ill Gotten Pee Pee....ShowerGate....NeedleGate....Astana Preferential Treatment. What a jokester.


He has damaged the TdF pretty bad however.
Will take years to recover if it ever can.

His "resignation" was overdue.

what a load of ****, cockbreath

 

[Polish]

what a load of ****, cockbreath

wch, the Government Funding for the Government run AFLD has been dwindling year after year for a couple years now. The writing has been on the wall. The survival of the AFLD itself is probably in question.

One can look on the bright side, however.
The War on Doping is now in the mopping up stage.
The future is looking much better.

The new young rider generation is different from all the generations that have gone before. Greg Lemond has proclaimed it you know.

Also, has Floyd ever apologized to Mr Bordry for sliming the AFLD?
Maybe Floyd can apologize at the World's Doping Conference...

 

[python]

i usually ignore polish ...but

...unfortunately, another good thread got wasted by polish's meaningless allegories and stupid humour.

 

[Beech Mtn]

Pierre Bordry resigns as France’s Anti-Doping chief: Budget cuts cited as reason for outspoken agency leader to quit

According to French sports daily l’Equipe though, it has been frustrations over often stormy negotiations with the French Ministry of Health over the AFLD budget that has caused him to offer his resignation. Relations have been especially strained as the ministry objected to Bordry’s speaking to the media over the apparent reduction in funding.

“A number of decisions must be taken, which I prefer to leave to my successor,” he told the paper.

The AFLD’s main laboratory in Châtenay-Malabry, just outside Paris, performs around 9000 tests per year. With budget cuts though, many of the senior members of the agency are worried about the agency’s ability to enforce the French anti-doping law of April 2006 in future.

So he's resigning in protest, so to speak. Not just to go play golf.

 

[MacRoadie]

...unfortunately, another good thread got wasted by polish's meaningless allegories and stupid humour.

Which part was allegorical and which part was humorous? I could only make out meaningless and stupid.