Alberto Contador suspended until August 2012 (loses all results July 2010 - Jan 2012)

[Forunculo]

I will be shocked if the aso invite Saxo to the 2013 tour as a wildcard

Russian money.


Hey guys we need a new thread or revive this post now his comeback is imminent, actually he is clear to race right now.

 

[webvan]

UCI not impressed with Danish lawyer's opinion, or with the blurbs of our resident legal experts, or maybe they just missed them: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-stands-firm-on-contadors-worldtour-points

Now this : http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/contador-will-not-attend-pointless-tour-of-beijing

Not sure how blackmailing is going to work for Riis and Bertie...

 

[Michele]

Indeed it looks like Riis got some clear message from McQuaid to take part at it.

 

[hrotha]

WHOAAA, mind blown
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showpost.php?p=783778&postcount=149

 

[webvan]

Well as ProTour (or whatever it's called now) they have to go there, just not with Bertie if they follow through on their threat.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Lol reading the first pages of this thread is so funny

 

[sniper]

Well as ProTour (or whatever it's called now) they have to go there, just not with Bertie if they follow through on their threat.

On behalf of the fight against doping, and on behalf of his own clean riders, JV should really raise his voice in this matter, tell Riis to back off and be happy Contador is still allowed to race in the first place. Contador is presently cheating his way past Garmin riders.

 

[webvan]

Absolutely and Riis shouldn't forget that originally a guy caught cheating was not to be hired by a pro team for 4 years.

I'm pretty sure that UCI don't react too well to threats anyway and that Riis is going to lose his ProTour status and hopefully lose his job and be gone for good.

 

[BroDeal]

On behalf of the fight against doping, and on behalf of his own clean riders, JV should really raise his voice in this matter, tell Riis to back off and be happy Contador is still allowed to race in the first place. Contador is presently cheating his way past Garmin riders.

The UCI is in the wrong here. They are trying to enforce a rule change on people who committed offenses before the rule existed. It is ex post facto law. Riis has every right to challenge it.

It is likely flat out illegal as ex post facto law violates Europe's convention on human rights. It also probably runs afoul of employment laws.

 

[LaFlorecita]

The UCI is in the wrong here. They are trying to enforce a rule change on people who committed offenses before the rule existed. It is ex post facto law. Riis has every right to challenge it.

It is likely flat out illegal as ex post facto law violates Europe's convention on human rights. It also probably runs afoul of employment laws.

This .

 

[ebandit]

way to go laflo

Lol reading the first pages of this thread is so funny

way to go laflo! i had wondered how you had reached 6000 posts so quickly

 

[Danilot]

It is likely flat out illegal as ex post facto law violates Europe's convention on human rights. It also probably runs afoul of employment laws.

I'm no legal expert, but the ECHR refers to criminal offences, which isn't what we're dealing with here. It doesn't necessarily cover civil and sporting offences.

Certain jurisdictions, including the United States of America and most likely the ECHR, allow ex post facto laws in civil cases.

 

[webvan]

Yes we've been over that before, the rule applies to all new contracts, if Riis didn't like that rule he shouldn't have signed the contract and hired a rider not caught cheating...but we all know what Riis does with rules, he thinks they're for suckers.