AFLD's Pierre Bordry is retiring

[Benotti69]

Agree that "Bordry's Offer" was the final straw that got him CANNED.
Last in a long list of buffoonery and grandstanding and attention seeking.

Bordy's replacement at the AFLD will probably finally dispose of those worthless compromised 12 year old samples from Lance.

That is if Bordry does not take the weewee with him as he packs up his office belongings on his last day at work.

Speaking of 'weewee' do you stop polishing when he needs to go or is that part of your gig?

 

[Beech Mtn]

Pierre Bordry resigned from ALFD due to “lack of political will to fight doping”

Pierre Bordry resigned from ALFD due to “lack of political will to fight doping”: French anti-doping chief blames vested interest of sports-business

He was also critical of the current French political establishment over its relationship with the seven-time Tour winner. Particularly president Nicolas Sarkozy, whose relationship with Armstrong he cites as one of the sources of pressure on his agency.

“You can’t pay tribute to Lance Armstrong without acknowledging the doubts that hang over his performance,” said Bordry.

The result of all this, claims Bordry, is a 2011 AFLD budget reduced to 2009 levels.

“For the Tour de France 2010,” he said, “we asked to perform additional checks; the UCI of course refused. We then took it to the [World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)], who decided in our favour. But we had no support from the Ministry of Sports.

“There was even a minister who asked us not to deal with the Landis case,” he claimed, referring to former Sports Minister Jean-François Lamour, who also sat on the committee of WADA between 2004 and 2007, “three days before the meeting where we instructed his case in disciplinary terms.

 

[Race Radio]

Bruno Genevois is the new head.

http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/aut...e-francaise-antidopage-02-10-2010-1092549.php

Could be a good pick. He is more legal focused.

 

[davestoller]

Pierre Bordry resigned from ALFD due to “lack of political will to fight doping”: French anti-doping chief blames vested interest of sports-business

Like I said in above post.
No, not trolling, just speaking the truth, which some here dont like.

No, urine samples from the 99 Tour are not the equivalent of a foreign hacker who cracked the Pentagon's vaunted firewall.
Duh.

This is a sports agency, with some old frozen 99 test tubes laying about, and the head of the sports agency offers them to a US criminal investigation--in a press release, in public?
SOmehow that is proper?

If anyone in USADA did that they would be fired, period.
Obviously there are all kinds of channels and legal issues to sort out to even THINK about doing that, much less saying to the public you want it to happen in, what, an interview with the press?!

 

[Race Radio]

This is a sports agency, with some old frozen 99 test tubes laying about, and the head of the sports agency offers them to a US criminal investigation--in a press release, in public?
SOmehow that is proper?

If anyone in USADA did that they would be fired, period.
!

It is proper for agency's to share information and evidence. It is quite common, happens daily.

You are confused. This is a Federal investigation, not USADA. Nice try at confusing the issue though.

 

[Tim_sleepless]

Last in a long list of buffoonery and grandstanding and attention seeking.

Summarized your post nicely I think. You should use it again.

 

[poupou]

Retired Pierre Bordry speaks (Le Parisien Newspaper)

About other sports, he allegates that they could have access to better drugs because they have much more money.

And he chose to not retire before TDF to avoid that his retirement could be seen as a victory of Lance Armstrong.

Pierre Bordry, ancien président de l'Agence française de lutte contre le dopage : "Ils [les autres sports, NDLR] sont plus riches donc ils ont peut-être des produits plus sophistiqués"

"Je n'ai pas démissionné avant le Tour : je ne voulais pas que cela soit interprété comme une victoire d'Armstrong".

 

[Chef_Vodnik]

Retired Pierre Bordry speaks (Le Parisien Newspaper)

About other sports, he allegates that they could have access to better drugs because they have much more money.

And he chose to not retire before TDF to avoid that his retirement could be seen as a victory of Lance Armstrong.

Pierre Bordry, ancien président de l'Agence française de lutte contre le dopage : "Ils [les autres sports, NDLR] sont plus riches donc ils ont peut-être des produits plus sophistiqués"

"Je n'ai pas démissionné avant le Tour : je ne voulais pas que cela soit interprété comme une victoire d'Armstrong".

Is there any way we can get that source here? Newspaper Scan, or is it online somewhere already?

 

[poupou]

Excerpt by cyclismag
http://www.cyclismag.com/article.php?sid=6170

The full article is probably online here:
http://www.leparisien.fr/abo-sports...ci-gachent-le-cyclisme-14-10-2010-1108331.php

 

[HoustonHammer]

Like I said in above post.
No, not trolling, just speaking the truth, which some here dont like.

No, urine samples from the 99 Tour are not the equivalent of a foreign hacker who cracked the Pentagon's vaunted firewall.
Duh.

This is a sports agency, with some old frozen 99 test tubes laying about, and the head of the sports agency offers them to a US criminal investigation--in a press release, in public?
SOmehow that is proper?

If anyone in USADA did that they would be fired, period.
Obviously there are all kinds of channels and legal issues to sort out to even THINK about doing that, much less saying to the public you want it to happen in, what, an interview with the press?!