AFLD's Pierre Bordry is retiring

[JRTinMA]

http://www.lequipe.fr/Aussi/breves2010/20100924_160608_bordry-quitte-l-afld.html

I'm willing to jump in on the LA must be behind this conspiracy but in his own words Bordry says differently, I don't see why he would hold his tongue and not come right out and blame LA, whats he have to lose? Seems he was just sick and tired of fighting for funding.

To Theswordsman's point, this article says he retired, FWIW.

 

[Rupert]

Sock in mouth

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

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

One more occasion where Lance would have done better by just keeping his mouth shut.

 

[callac]

One more occasion where Lance would have done better by just keeping his mouth shut.

He couldn't help it, could he?
I wonder how many of his followers have an idea about what he is talking about...

 

[JRTinMA]

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

Um, yeah, it must have been the allegory...Polish stop quoting The Old Man and the Sea and leave out your silly The Wizard of Oz references.

 

[mtb Dad]

One more occasion where Lance would have done better by just keeping his mouth shut.

'Au revoir' does mean 'until we see you again'. I wonder if he really meant that?

 

[callac]

'Au revoir' does mean 'until we see you again'. I wonder if he really meant that?

I thought about that too... he probably doesn't know the difference between au revoir and adieu.

 

[Squares]

I thought about that too... he probably doesn't know the difference between au revoir and adieu.

FWIW: One is french and one is german, so it would seem that he used the appropriate term for a frenchman.

 

[Anonymous]

Um, yeah, it must have been the allegory...Polish stop quoting The Old Man and the Sea and leave out your silly The Wizard of Oz references.

As if you know what an allegory is without first looking it up...

 

[Polish]

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

Python, what part of my post did you dislike the most?

When I guessed CORRECTLY that budget issues had an impact on the resignation? I am glad it was not Health Reasons thank goodness.

Or when I stated ACCURATELY that Floyd slimed and almost libeled not only Bordry but the whole staff of the AFLD? Was Bordry invited to the Doping Conference at the Worlds? He should have been. Interesting possible discussion between Floyd and Bordry lol.

Or maybe when I looked OPTIMISTICALLY towards the future just like Greg did in his last TdF Blog. (The same blogs where he predicted Bordry's enemy would not start,ooops,would not make it into France,ooops would not finish,ooops).

 

[JuandeBapos]

would it be to optimistic to see Bodry resignation as a chance for somebody younger & more energetic to continu his work?
I could think of a lot of better things to do then his job when I'm 71 & not in it for the money...

 

[workingclasshero]

FWIW: One is french and one is german, so it would seem that he used the appropriate term for a frenchman.

they're both french

 

[DAOTEC]

I thought about that too... he probably doesn't know the difference between au revoir and adieu.

You are right workingclasshero both French, and PB's remark had some heavy load, meaning Pierre B isn't going away at all, just taking some distance from the daly lab hunting and starting the Sherlock Holmes stuff I gues, as all these bounty hunting farts do.

 

[Iker_Baqueiro]

You are right workingclasshero both French, and PB's remark had some heavy load, meaning Pierre B isn't going away at all, just taking some distance from the daly lab hunting and starting the Sherlock Holmes stuff I gues, as all these bounty hunting farts do.

Hey DAOTEC, I like the "fart figure".

Why is this Armstrong issue not clear to the world ?
I mean, everyone who's ever practiced sports with discipline, by pure logic, knows Armstrong doped to win his so f'ing named "7 time tour winner".
For some stupid reason, the rest of the world doesn't see it. It sucks.

f'you Armstrong

 

[AnythingButKestrel]

My bet is that Bordry resigned b/c AFLD *is* committed to release the 1999 samples. Bordry doesn't want to release the samples *then* retire b/c that would look like he committed a "wrong" act then jumped ship, thus tainting the evidence.

I just can't believe that after all Bordry's forthright talk on LA, that he would sandbag at the last minute. The B samples will get re-tested. Karma has got to bite LA in the *** sooner or later.

 

[craig1985]

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.

I have some questions for you:

1) Are you on drugs or have been drinking; and
2) If not, how have you not been perma banned?

 

[hmronnow]

FWIW: One is french and one is german, so it would seem that he used the appropriate term for a frenchman.

No. Both are french. It so happens that germans like to say adieu, but that doesn't change the fact that dieu means god in french. In german in ould be gott. Swiss-german, they even like to say 'adi'.

 

[Bicicleta]

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?

FYI, the retirement age in France is 60. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ghW88QwPQen9sDpVQVNiTffoFLCA

 

[davestoller]

Regardless of where you stand on LA, for an employee of the French Government to offer drug testing samples to the US government in a criminal inquiry, raises so many legal questions that I think it is likely he got canned.

Hopefull from Sarko straight down.

How can a foreign government provide evidence in a US domestic investigation?

How can the head of an anti doping agency violate the terms of the riders contract they sign when they agree to testing--that the sample will only be used for testing or blind anonymous research?

I think it was highly improper for him to suggest this course of action and would have been illegal if he had. THe riders union would have lots to say about this.

 

[Race Radio]

Regardless of where you stand on LA, for an employee of the French Government to offer drug testing samples to the US government in a criminal inquiry, raises so many legal questions that I think it is likely he got canned.

Hopefull from Sarko straight down.

How can a foreign government provide evidence in a US domestic investigation?

How can the head of an anti doping agency violate the terms of the riders contract they sign when they agree to testing--that the sample will only be used for testing or blind anonymous research?

I think it was highly improper for him to suggest this course of action and would have been illegal if he had. THe riders union would have lots to say about this.

I can only assume you are joking or trolling

Governments share evidence all the time. It is a daily occurrence. There is nothing in the riders contract that limits the ability for the samples to be used for a criminal investigation. Not that this would stop any criminal investigation anyways.

 

[Barrus]

Regardless of where you stand on LA, for an employee of the French Government to offer drug testing samples to the US government in a criminal inquiry, raises so many legal questions that I think it is likely he got canned.

Hopefull from Sarko straight down.

How can a foreign government provide evidence in a US domestic investigation?

How can the head of an anti doping agency violate the terms of the riders contract they sign when they agree to testing--that the sample will only be used for testing or blind anonymous research?

I think it was highly improper for him to suggest this course of action and would have been illegal if he had. THe riders union would have lots to say about this.

Quite honestly it offers no legal questions almost at all. And foreign governments provide evidence almost daily with US domestic investigations, in todays global village governmental cooperation is relatively easy, and really an often happening occurence. Why do you think Interpol was created?

 

[Anonymous]

Regardless of where you stand on LA, for an employee of the French Government to offer drug testing samples to the US government in a criminal inquiry, raises so many legal questions that I think it is likely he got canned.

Hopefull from Sarko straight down.

How can a foreign government provide evidence in a US domestic investigation?

How can the head of an anti doping agency violate the terms of the riders contract they sign when they agree to testing--that the sample will only be used for testing or blind anonymous research?

I think it was highly improper for him to suggest this course of action and would have been illegal if he had. THe riders union would have lots to say about this.

There is no way you are that stupid. I smell the faint odor of BPC.

 

[Kennf1]

Regardless of where you stand on LA, for an employee of the French Government to offer drug testing samples to the US government in a criminal inquiry, raises so many legal questions that I think it is likely he got canned.

Hopefull from Sarko straight down.

How can a foreign government provide evidence in a US domestic investigation?

How can the head of an anti doping agency violate the terms of the riders contract they sign when they agree to testing--that the sample will only be used for testing or blind anonymous research?

I think it was highly improper for him to suggest this course of action and would have been illegal if he had. THe riders union would have lots to say about this.

I would think that if Sarkozy, a man who received a $6,000 bike personally from Armstrong as a gift and was so giddy to see him flew to the top of a mountaintop finish in this year's Tour, was somehow behind the firing, THAT would raise legal questions.

 

[Polish]

Regardless of where you stand on LA, for an employee of the French Government to offer drug testing samples to the US government in a criminal inquiry, raises so many legal questions that I think it is likely he got canned.

.

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.

 

[Benotti69]

Regardless of where you stand on LA, for an employee of the French Government to offer drug testing samples to the US government in a criminal inquiry, raises so many legal questions that I think it is likely he got canned.

Hopefull from Sarko straight down.

How can a foreign government provide evidence in a US domestic investigation?

How can the head of an anti doping agency violate the terms of the riders contract they sign when they agree to testing--that the sample will only be used for testing or blind anonymous research?

I think it was highly improper for him to suggest this course of action and would have been illegal if he had. THe riders union would have lots to say about this.

The US government wants to get its hands on a British citizen who hacked their military computer system. Why not get info from a French agency about an American who defrauded a US government agency?

 

[Anonymous]

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.