"another interesting piece I found on the UCI and president Pat McQuaid " Thread

[Benotti69]

Cycling Ireland release a statement giving the reasons for backing McQuaid.



http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-...backing-pat-mcquaids-uci-election-nomination/

Scared McQuaid will take their candy away.

 

[heart_attack_man]

Scared McQuaid will take their candy away.

Exactly my thoughts...

 

[skippy]

phat the rat has shown the IRISH Cycling Community , his CONTEMPT for the " UCI Rules & Regulations " he is EMPLOYED to oversee/protect !

Cycling Ireland are now REQUIRED to act in the BEST INTERESTS of the Worldwide Cycling Sports Community and NOT ONLY refuse endorsement of a Nomination , but in October 2013 call him to account , strip him of ALL that has been offered him during the period he has held an Irish License , and banish him to ignominy in the Cycling Community , further make sure nobody like Oprah gives him a place to do an " armweak moment 2 !

As James Burn , he showed GROSS Contempt for his Irish Racing Licence by masquerading as a racer in South Africa ! He was " Banned " by the IOC from Life Time Olympic Competition , yet in London , he is shown on TV presenting on the Medals Podium .

As Pat Mc Quaid , he appeared tonight on CNN Sports World programme denying the questions posed by a young woman , who i doubt , deviated from a PREPARED SCRIPT ! Even then , it was apparent that the TRUTH was taking a beating .

My thanks to Leakylens for publishing the TRUTH and also to Anto Moran for having the decency to walk away from the phat cheer club !

Ireland's National President , Michael D.Higgins , should look at whether Citizenship can be stripped from this poor specimin of humanity

 

[DirtyWorks]

Whoops! That Swiss nomination is no good

This is why I love the UCI. They've got a rule for absolutely every case.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/oth...-bid-hits-fresh-stumbling-block-29274287.html

As a former president of Cycling Ireland, McQuaid holds an honorary lifetime Cycling Ireland licence and it was confirmed by Cycling Ireland yesterday that he has an Irish licence for 2013.

Even though he has lived near UCI headquarters in Switzerland since 2005, under UCI rule number 1.1008, the licence holder "shall remain affiliated to that (Irish) federation until the expiry of the licence, even if he changes country of residence".

If the EGM vote miraculously does not nominate McQuaid, expect the UCI to find some more rules to facilitate a nomination. I'm sure they've got them.

 

[skippy]

AS an Irish born Aussie , i have taken the time to write to the Irish President , michael D. Higgins , asking him to intervene !

those of you that want to act can go to :

tourdafarce.blogspot and copy the email address , so as to add YOUR voice to the need to remove this pestilent pinple on the derriere of cycling !

Who knows if phat the rat will listen to his Family's president , but surely there are Family members who live in Ireland , that will want to respect the wishes of their community ?

 

[del1962]

So McQuaid keeps his Olympic Gig

 

[ebandit]

and..........

and with todays 'rousing speech' from fat pat on the election trail from uci

there is not EVER going to be any hint of an apology for everything that

happened on his watch

Mark L

 

[martinvickers]

AS an Irish born Aussie , i have taken the time to write to the Irish President , michael D. Higgins , asking him to intervene !

those of you that want to act can go to :

tourdafarce.blogspot and copy the email address , so as to add YOUR voice to the need to remove this pestilent pinple on the derriere of cycling !

Who knows if phat the rat will listen to his Family's president , but surely there are Family members who live in Ireland , that will want to respect the wishes of their community ?

I think that boat sailed when he jumped to the swiss. I'm all for getting rid of him, but this won't work. Petition the swiss. Or find an alternative candidate.

 

[cathulu]

He may have support of the Swiss but let the Irish play this Farce out and remove Irish support. It is important to not captitulate on this step at least.

 

[martinvickers]

He may have support of the Swiss but let the Irish play this Farce out and remove Irish support. It is important to not captitulate on this step at least.

Oh, I hope and trust they will - but I'm more interested in results than gestures.

 

[heart_attack_man]

The news of Pat's ASOIF nomination has been well received on twitter...

https://twitter.com/UCI_cycling/status/339394287408140288

 

[doperhopper]

Wow, Pat wants Uniballer's help, can it get more absurd?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcquaid-calls-on-armstrong-to-help-fight-doping

Imagine Hitler creating his own post-war "Nuremberg Truth Comittee" and asking Himmler to help him fight neonazis.

 

[Aleajactaest]

Wow, Pat wants Uniballer's help, can it get more absurd?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcquaid-calls-on-armstrong-to-help-fight-doping

Imagine Hitler creating his own post-war "Nuremberg Truth Comittee" and asking Himmler to help him fight neonazis.

He'll never get any help. The only path forward can not involve UCI at all. This is one of the few times JV has been right. If the UCI wants credibility, they should so what JV said. Dedicate a portion of each teams budget to pay a third party do to ALL the testing. UCI can't have ANY part in it. Additionally, they can't be involved in the penalty phase either. Their sole role is to enforce the decisions of this external agency.

Now, for that agency to succeed, they need the T&R commission so they can make their testing program as good as possible. Not only what to test for but a complete understanding of how people escaped detection in the past and present.

 

[thehog]

Wow, Pat wants Uniballer's help, can it get more absurd?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcquaid-calls-on-armstrong-to-help-fight-doping

Imagine Hitler creating his own post-war "Nuremberg Truth Comittee" and asking Himmler to help him fight neonazis.

Pat knows Lance can’t put anything on record unless part of T&R. Lance has to worry about his collusion cases against the government. Any manipulation with UCI will have an adverse effect on his cases.

Lance is stuck.

Still, be good if he would just take down the UCI. But I doubt he’ll be doing it. Too much at stake.

 

[Oldman]

Now Pat wants to test the Puerto blood bags...now? He must think someone missed a payment.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Now Pat wants to test the Puerto blood bags...now? He must think someone missed a payment.

nah, rather he wants to look like a tough anti doping crusader at this point.

In reality hes doing very little about the problem.

Just a clown being controlled by Hein.

 

[thehog]

This made me laugh;

Boss Boss da plane is coming.

All your dreams can come true on Fantasy Island.

"He should jump on his private plane, come to Switzerland and say, 'What should I do?'" McQuaid told reporters. "He still hasn't apologized to the sport of cycling. If he has information that is valuable to the sport he should come forward."

McQuaid said Armstrong should also meet with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and World Anti-Doping Agency to provide full details on how he cheated to win the Tour de France seven times. The American was stripped of all the titles last year after admitting to doping.

"Everyone accepts he has not come clean," McQuaid said. "He should sit down and work with us."

"I do not think the UCI made mistakes," the Irish official said. "The facts show the UCI was always the most advanced federation in the fight against doping. The problem was the products that couldn't be tested for at the time. There were no tests available for the products. The UCI was not to blame.

 

[poupou]

Now Pat wants to test the Puerto blood bags...now? He must think someone missed a payment.

No, as payement he is seeking help from people, teams and federations that have cyclists with blood bags there.
If they hehp him, when reelected then he could clean as repayement.

 

[Race Radio]

Cookson

He has wisely left himself out of the discussion as anyone who announces becomes the target of a McQuaid smear campaign. He is playing it smartly, let Pat be exposed then announce your plan

Good post Race, spot on...

 

[observer]

Now Pat wants to test the Puerto blood bags...now? He must think someone missed a payment.

This is one thing I like about Pat. He knows that other sports are involved, and is trying to bring them into it as well, take the spotlight off cycling for a bit.

 

[heart_attack_man]

This is one thing I like about Pat. He knows that other sports are involved, and is trying to bring them into it as well, take the spotlight off cycling for a bit.

I don't think that's what he's trying to do by announcing this - my take on it is that he's attempting at the last minute to appear 'tough' on doping, so he can point at his latest efforts and say "See?". Politicking at it's best - I reckon he's making this call in public, and would be doing all he could to make sure it doesn't actually happen in private. Certainly no big names will be going down because of it.

McQuaid is a Clown.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

I don't think that's what he's trying to do by announcing this - my take on it is that he's attempting at the last minute to appear 'tough' on doping, so he can point at his latest efforts and say "See?". Politicking at it's best - I reckon he's making this call in public, and would be doing all he could to make sure it doesn't actually happen in private. Certainly no big names will be going down because of it.

McQuaid is a Clown.

My immediate thought at reading it was - he knows they've already been destroyed / no way they are going to be released.

 

[ElChingon]

Pat just said he is releasing all the Lance docs the UCI has!

I found a sample page!

Note: The paper is white as seen on the edges of the black out

 

[TubularBills]

Admission of Guilt.

A clear admission of "inadvertent" complicity:

"The problem is that at that time - I was not president of the UCI - EPO tests were not certified. A result would be positive or negative but the UCI could not act. You could not even says that there were suspicions because it paved the way for, perhaps, a lawsuit against us," he said. "You could just target the athlete during the next competition. This is what was done during the 2001 Tour de France on Armstrong."

In America we call this the "Texas Two Step."

Blah, Blah, Blah '...our hands were tied.'

The rest of the article is the same, belated cooperation with the enforcement bodies:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-to-pass-on-armstrong-information-to-usada-wada

The music has stopped in Switzerland.

And, so begins the last dance.

~ Sir Dancelot

 

[D-Queued]

A clear admission of "inadvertent" complicity:

"The problem is that at that time - I was not president of the UCI - EPO tests were not certified. A result would be positive or negative but the UCI could not act. You could not even says that there were suspicions because it paved the way for, perhaps, a lawsuit against us," he said. "You could just target the athlete during the next competition. This is what was done during the 2001 Tour de France on Armstrong."

In America we call this the "Texas Two Step."

Blah, Blah, Blah '...our hands were tied.'

The rest of the article is the same, belated cooperation with the enforcement bodies:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-to-pass-on-armstrong-information-to-usada-wada

The music has stopped in Switzerland.

And, so begins the last dance.

~ Sir Dancelot

Don't forget the bit at the end where Phat claims that WADA and USADA are responsible.

Right.

Anyone remember what great friends Hein & D!ck are?

Or how D!ck surprised Hein with the control forms that the UCI (Zorzoli) had signed for the '99 samples that were EPO positive?

Or, what about the Vrijman whitewash of the whole affair?

Explicit, orchestrated cover-up specifically of Lance's doping.

Pat lives in Egypt. He loves de Nile.

Dave.