Brailsford and Lefevere blame the riders for lying to them?

[TheEnoculator]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/brailsford-stunned-by-usada-disclosures

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/we-didnt-know-about-leipheimer-case-when-he-signed-claims-lefevere

Seriously, how long have these guys been in the business? They should have known better. They should know USPS was one of the dirtiest teams in cycling. Both Barry and Leipheimer came from USPS, did Brailsford and Lefevere expect them to be squeaky clean, past and present?

Brailsford and Lefevere should shoulder some of the responsibilities for hiring them, instead of just throwing the riders under the bus.

 

[Red Lobster]

Clearly, both are full of siht. They knew.

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

Did Brailsford ask about Yates, Rogers, Possoni, Leinders etc?

 

[Benotti69]

This is why there will be no change in the sport. So called team clean are a bunch of liars.


Brailsford would need to be living in outer mongolia not to have know what was going on. He is part of the problem.

 

[Bala Verde]

It's a clear case of don't ask, don't tell.

 

[roundabout]

I can just about imagine Lefevere asking, uh, Pecharroman "Son, did you steamroller the field in Catalunya and Euskal Bizikleta clean?"

"yes" *makes shifty eyes*

"Welcome aboard."

So yeah, I can totally see Lefevere being clueless about actual abilities of riders.

 

[Epicycle]

Lefevere was the one who used threatening tactics in an attempt to smoke out the unnamed rider on the team who talked about Quickstep doping to the Het Laatste Nieuws 5-6 years ago. He told all the riders on the team they would have to file lawsuits against the newspaper...his plan was to see which rider would hesitate, thus uncovering the snitch.

 

[JRTinMA]

They are either liars or idiots.

 

[TheEnoculator]

This is why there will be no change in the sport. So called team clean are a bunch of liars.


Brailsford would need to be living in outer mongolia not to have know what was going on. He is part of the problem.

Agree 100%. I was happy to see a flurry of confessions, then I see this. So there's no need for managers and DS's to exercise judgement calls? If the rider said he's always been clean, he's hired. In cycling, almost everybody lies, you don't just take the word of any rider.

This is shameful, worse than omerta.

 

[sel1700]

This whole story is a complete joke and shows that the whole sport is still crap. Dowsetts comments make me laugh and the bbc are showing pictures of contador as they explain the case.nothing will ever change.

 

[pelodee]

This has been very unfortunate for both teams, what with Ibarguren and Leinders too.

 

[pelodee]

Lefevere was the one who used threatening tactics in an attempt to smoke out the unnamed rider on the team who talked about Quickstep doping to the Het Laatste Nieuws 5-6 years ago. He told all the riders on the team they would have to file lawsuits against the newspaper...his plan was to see which rider would hesitate, thus uncovering the snitch.

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jan07/jan23news2

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/mar07/mar12news2

 

[ChewbaccaD]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/brailsford-stunned-by-usada-disclosures

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/we-didnt-know-about-leipheimer-case-when-he-signed-claims-lefevere

Seriously, how long have these guys been in the business? They should have known better. They should know USPS was one of the dirtiest teams in cycling. Both Barry and Leipheimer came from USPS, did Brailsford and Lefevere expect them to be squeaky clean, past and present?

Brailsford and Lefevere should shoulder some of the responsibilities for hiring them, instead of just throwing the riders under the bus.

Their not knowing is about as believable as LL saying he hasn't been a doping POS for his whole career. Lefevere and Brailsford are as believable as Madoff.

 

[Sarcastic Wet Trout]

"I am shocked, SHOCKED I say, to find doping going on in my cycling team," says Brailsford and Lefevere in unison.

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

They obviously spent time working out how Bjarne Riis deals with a member of his team being busted for doping.

 

[Epicycle]

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jan07/jan23news2

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/mar07/mar12news2

Thanks.

"I do not require them to do this, I merely ask them to," (Lefevere) said to Sportwereld.be. "But whoever doesn't do it makes themselves suspicious as being the one who spoke to Het Laatste Nieuws. I can assume that no one would be so stupid as to file a complaint against themselves."

He laid this claim out more specifically, according to Sporza.be. He said that if someone does not participate, "then we will know immediately who from our team talked to them. ... The riders are also victims of these doping charges. The article endangers their future."

That's some mafia sh!t.

 

[frenchfry]

"I am shocked, SHOCKED I say, to find doping going on in my cycling team," says Brailsford and Lefevere in unison.

Funny but my reaction was that I was surprised that I wasn't shocked in the least. Same as after reading Tyler's book. Of course I didn't know many of the details, but the overall situation was so obvious to anyone who has been following that it is almost disappointing that there isn't much that wasn't already suspected.

A soigneur I know that works for a French team wasn't shocked, so how could team managers be so. These guys should be run out of cycling.

 

[Alexandre B.]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lefevere-on-chris-froome-case-if-cycling-wants-to-be-credible-things-have-to-be-clearer/
The guy truly cares about a cleaner sport, right? (chuckles)

 

[jmdirt]

"I don't speak for long, but clear enough you can hear a pin drop. I don't repeat myself that much but I swear that if you're my rider, and you destroy my team, I will be coming after you until hell." -Lefevere

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re:

"I don't speak for long, but clear enough you can hear a pin drop. I don't repeat myself that much but I swear that if you're my rider, and you destroy my team, I will be coming after you until hell." -Lefevere

"You hear that, Lotz?"

 

[Benotti69]

Re:

"I don't speak for long, but clear enough you can hear a pin drop. I don't repeat myself that much but I swear that if you're my rider, and you destroy my team, I will be coming after you until hell." -Lefevere

Anyone remembers Lefevere going after Museeuw, Landuyt, Boonen, Lotz, Barredo et al until hell?

 

[42x16ss]

They’re shocked alright. Shocked that the riders actually confessed....