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

[fmk_RoI]

far before my time.....but didn't the UCI start in 1900 and what is now USAC start in 1920? In 1900 it would have been League of American Wheelmen. I think Victor used to bring US riders over to ride the Buffalo Velodrome, perhaps that is the connection?

He probably just made it up

His connection was purely business, yes, he attended US Sixes + other races to ID talent to bring to Europe, and later helped sourcing Continental riders for the Sixes.

And it was either the LAW or the breakaway NCA in those days, I forget which (I could check, but such detail is unimportant for the question).

 

[fmk_RoI]

Surely it would only be relevant if 'Rule 51', or a direct equivalent was in existence. I would assume the constitution or statutes have been altered or updated over time, particularly when the UCI took back in FIAC & FICP back in the early 90's.

Don't make presumptions. Check.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

Don't make presumptions. Check.

I did. I found nothing.

What did you find?

 

[mtb Dad]

funny. just done reading vroemen's blog, and chassot's resignation hits the CN front page:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/swiss-cycling-president-resigns-over-mcquaid-affair

Pat came through this week though, with a three year license for Romandie. http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=OTU5OA&MenuId=MTI2Mjc

Gotta make sure UCI voters know you keep your promises, even if you lose your job backing Pat.

Not only that, the license expires just before the next election in 2017.
http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/g...bjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=ODc3MzU&LangId=1

Gotta make sure those supporters stay loyal.

 

[fmk_RoI]

Not only that, the license expires just before the next election in 2017.
http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/g...bjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=ODc3MzU&LangId=1

Uuum, that page states very clearly that all licences expire in 2016. Which is quite a ways before the 2017 Congress. A whole Congress before, actually.

 

[Race Radio]

Watch this space. Pat is losing it again over the supposed leaking of the Plant/Marakov dossier

 

[Race Radio]

Bam....Pat's life just got worse, a lot worse

http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/09/news/leaked-file-alleges-deep-uci-corruption-cover-ups_302277

 

[Scott SoCal]

Bam....Pat's life just got worse, a lot worse

http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/09/news/leaked-file-alleges-deep-uci-corruption-cover-ups_302277

Beer? Check.

Popcorn? Check

This is getting good.

 

[red_flanders]

Pretty disconcerting to see quarter-million dollar bribe attempts happening in 2012. Wonder how many were accepted that we don't know about.

This is the environment in which we're supposed to believe that cycling has cleaned up. Yep, heard that one before.

 

[Race Radio]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcq...ek-as-contador-and-pellizotti-cases-rumble-on

I wonder how much Pat was paid to attend a team launch?

 

[PosterBill]

how does one not avoid jail time? These are serious charges not for the election, but rather the police

 

[GreasyMonkey]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcq...ek-as-contador-and-pellizotti-cases-rumble-on

I wonder how much Pat was paid to attend a team launch?

...and to which bank account was it payable to? UCI..... I think not, Global Cycling Promotions SA, hmmm, nah..... ?????

 

[observer]

ah, should we read between the lines that a Russian team was being bribed?

 

[BroDeal]

I wonder how much newly formed teams like Radio Shack, Green Edge, and Sky paid under the table for their World Tour licenses. I guess Geox forgot to pay McQuaid.

 

[PosterBill]

One would hope that a criminal investigation is underway by some goverment...to gather some of that info you need to pull electronic records, wire tap, etc...

 

[MarkvW]

Well, McBruggen cheerfully sued two relatively poor people for defamation. It will be interesting to see whether or not McBruggen sues a rich guy for defamation--when he's REALLY been defamed.

 

[coinneach]

You gotta admire the man:
“This is a scurrilous and libellous attack on my character, with a political agenda that is both nakedly transparent and totally contemptible,” he wrote, “and unfortunately one that is completely in character with the tactics of my opponents.”
Class that, Pat

 

[zebedee]

Chutzpah, we call it!

 

[sniper]

some random questions:

- who made the summary?
- who leaked the summary?
- why wasn't the whole document leaked?
- will we see the whole document, including some of the "documentary" evidence referred to in the summary?

One thing in the summary report that struck me as unlikely was the alleged testimonial evidence that Verbruggen was ****ting colours the night before Oprah. How can/could the investigators know about this? Were they there holding his hand on the couch in front of the tele or what?

 

[bobbins]

Seems like far too much corruption just to be the one person responsible.

Landis was right when he said they need to take the whole thing down and start again.

 

[hektoren]

The report dossier seems to me to be short on hard evidence. Some people "claim to have evidence stashed away, somewhere. A lot of alleged testimonial evidence is worth doodlysquat.

 

[IndianCyclist]

some random questions:

- who made the summary?
- who leaked the summary?
- why wasn't the whole document leaked?
- will we see the whole document, including some of the "documentary" evidence referred to in the summary?

One thing in the summary report that struck me as unlikely was the alleged testimonial evidence that Verbruggen was ****ting colours the night before Oprah. How can/could the investigators know about this? Were they there holding his hand on the couch in front of the tele or what?

Answers to ur questions.
-Makarov
-Makarov
-Because it didn't suit Makarov
-Yes when it is to the benefit of Makarov.

 

[hrotha]

The summary is rather disappointing. Until we see the full dossier, I'm going to assume someone's trying to mislead us.

That said, most of those points were either known or suspected, so it's perfectly believable.

 

[Froomador]

some random questions:

- who made the summary?
- who leaked the summary?
- why wasn't the whole document leaked?
- will we see the whole document, including some of the "documentary" evidence referred to in the summary?

One thing in the summary report that struck me as unlikely was the alleged testimonial evidence that Verbruggen was ****ting colours the night before Oprah. How can/could the investigators know about this? Were they there holding his hand on the couch in front of the tele or what?

This "dossier" is going to backfire - sadly doesn't suggest any smoking gun evidence. Without such, this is going to appear what it actually is - an another attempted smear by Makarov.

McQuaid for all his faults could actually be right, Brian could be merely a puppet - All hail Comrade Cookson!

 

[Bag of Guts]

Presidential puppet and his shady, malevolent overlord finally get served their just desserts by presidential puppet in waiting and his shady, malevolent overlord.

This is getting ridiculous.