Changes Cookson has implemented at UCI

[gooner]

Good interview with Cookson.

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/...-and-Sponsorship/UCI-Sponsorships-Media.aspx?

 

[Benotti69]

sure, its a chicken and egg situation. An expense cap would be needed before an larger team effort can be done imo.

Nope not a chicken and egg scenario. It is quite simple. Cycling needs to clean up its act, but cant because the teams know no other way other than doping, because they all know that everyone dopes as that is the culture.

Teams have always found money for doping. They can find the money for anti doping if they truly wanted too. They dont want to. That is why the sport is in a cesspit. The culture is to dope. Who is going to change that? Cookson? We will see but i doubt Cookson will do more than apply better management structures to make the sport look better rather go forward with a plan to clean cycling up.

 

[DirtyWorks]

Good interview with Cookson.

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/...-and-Sponsorship/UCI-Sponsorships-Media.aspx?

The reason Cookson is so interested in television production is it is a Bach project. http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Global/Issues/2013/12/06/Media/Olympic-sports.aspx

Here's some American history on the topic: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/..._u-s-olympic-network-usoc-and-ioc-thomas-bach

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Cookson treated like a rockstar down under:

Has good support. Lets see if he can deliver over the next 12 months or so.

 

[zigmeister]

Like any new true leader....appoint an independent commission to review the whole doping thing and anybody that might have been involved.

It is an easy way to separate yourself from the situation and not really take direct involvement. So when something might have been overlooked, or people like Lance end up never giving you anything, then 5yrs later, they drop some bombs, it doesn't come back to bite Cookson in the rear. Well played!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Like any new true leader....appoint an independent commission to review the whole doping thing and anybody that might have been involved.

It is an easy way to separate yourself from the situation and not really take direct involvement. So when something might have been overlooked, or people like Lance end up never giving you anything, then 5yrs later, they drop some bombs, it doesn't come back to bite Cookson in the rear. Well played!

Not saying CIRC will deliver anything, but a well funded independent commission with significant scope and power is the only way to get things done in these cases. No alternative.

 

[Bosco10]

Cookson treated like a rockstar down under:

Has good support. Lets see if he can deliver over the next 12 months or so.

Cookson is happening, I guess, but who is that healthy looking lass in the pic?!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Cookson is happening, I guess, but who is that healthy looking lass in the pic?!

Wife?

jhdashah

 

[Dazed and Confused]

UCI approves reduced sanctions for cooperation with CIRC.

From article on CN: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-approves-reduced-sanctions-for-cooperation-with-circ

I recommend allocating 10% of the CIRC budget for a 'cash-for-info' fund to get the ball rolling.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

UCI approves reduced sanctions for cooperation with CIRC.

From article on CN: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-approves-reduced-sanctions-for-cooperation-with-circ

I recommend allocating 10% of the CIRC budget for a 'cash-for-info' fund to get the ball rolling.

They could outsource info recording to a third party media crew and retain rights to the movie / book that results from the spillage.

We still don't have the terms though do we?

 

[Morbius]

Still waiting for the terms of reference, the terms of the reduced sanctions, and lots of other info. CIRC don't seem to have a web site yet.

It seems as though this time they are trying to do things the right way round, and get agreement from all the parties before making the detailed announcements. Here's hoping anyway.

 

[pancakes]

HLN.BE were reporting yesterday that at the CX Worlds UCI inspectors examined junior and ladies medal winners bikes for motors......
Rough translation of key bit;
"They took out the saddle pin and looked in the seat tube with a small camera to see if a motor sat inside. Until now no positive (they call 'it' mechanical doping!) results"

Yep, now cycling is clean no need to raid hotel rooms or team buses just check the kids' bikes the dirty little cheats.

Well done Brian........more podium appearances please and see if you can borrow Wiggo's throne.

 

[Benotti69]

Impartial?????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8brdIJq4RI

 

[BYOP88]

Hahahaha and (some) people thought cycling would change for the better with Cookson in charge of cycling. The only things that will change is the ToB will soon be a WT race and no Sky rider will get busted.

 

[DirtyWorks]

It seems as though this time they are trying to do things the right way round, and get agreement from all the parties before making the detailed announcements. Here's hoping anyway.

Pat and Hein had an independent commission that (whoops!) went independent so they got fired.

It will be interesting to see how carefully the limits of this group are defined. If they have broad powers and use them, it will be an epic page-turning report documenting widespread federation corruption.

I'm a pessimist and predict strategic revelations with a similar propaganda function as the Vrijman report.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Impartial?????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8brdIJq4RI

Not too clever is it?
Gotta step up above the nationalist stance etc.
As long as I see some initiatives along the way, Cookson will continue to get my vote.

12-18 months will be required before his term can be evaluated.

This is rookies mistakes.

 

[86TDFWinner]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ot...e-dynamite-evidence-doping.html#ixzz2pImknM3e



A UCI source?

Has anyone heard anything at all if Cookson found any incriminating evidence on those computers, or did everyone's favorite Cancer boy throw some people a few sheckles, to make it "go away"? Seems this news has kinda sorta went the way of all those positives for CB, or am I wrong?

 

[Dear Wiggo]

Has anyone heard anything at all if Cookson found any incriminating evidence on those computers, or did everyone's favorite Cancer boy throw some people a few sheckles, to make it "go away"? Seems this news has kinda sorta went the way of all those positives for CB, or am I wrong?

I was under the impression that was one of the things the CIRC were looking into.

 

[EnacheV]

If in the past they got the random doper here and there but i have a strange feeling of silence now.

Bauke Mollema ‏@BaukeMollema Mar 12
Waiting to do my first UCI blood control of the year. Isn't that a bit late?

Combined with a string of weird results in the past months, which gives me a feeling of free for all time, i start to think it was better from anti-doping pov with Pat at the helm.

 

[Race Radio]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-to-broadcast-womens-world-cup-races

UCI to broadcast Women's World Cup races

 

[sniper]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-to-broadcast-womens-world-cup-races

UCI to broadcast Women's World Cup races

investing in gender equality.
good thing of course, and a nice way to camouflage for the lacking effort to erradicate doping.
uci should be as active in the tackling of doping as they are in finding new revenues and generating more money.

 

[RobbieCanuck]

Impartial?????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8brdIJq4RI

rolleyes:

Cookson is just stating an opinion based on his relationship and knowledge of Sky's practices. That is not being partial. Surely the President of the UCI is entitled to his opinions if they appear to be based on personal knowledge.

I believe that if cogent, credible evidence were to be produced that Sky was doping he would not ignore it or try to sweep it under the carpet as Verburggen and MacQuaid would do.

His knowledge is certainly more exhaustive than the speculation produced in the Clinic that Sky are doping. I am not saying they are not, it is just that some of the arguments in favour of them doping are pretty specious.

 

[sniper]

His knowledge is certainly more exhaustive than the speculation produced in the Clinic that Sky are doping.

verbruggen's knowledge was more exhaustive as well.

 

[RobbieCanuck]

verbruggen's knowledge was more exhaustive as well.

His knowledge of what. You are comparing apples to oranges. Cookson is saying based on his personal dealings and knowledge of Skys practices that in his opinion they are not doping. This opinion whether you agree with it or not appears to be based on personal knowledge.

If you are referring to Verbruggens exhaustive knowledge of doping in the peloton and his failure to act, this is entirely different because for Verbruggen to say he did not know the extent of the doping is a lie.

 

[red_flanders]

His knowledge of what. You are comparing apples to oranges. Cookson is saying based on his personal dealings and knowledge of Skys practices that in his opinion they are not doping. This opinion whether you agree with it or not appears to be based on personal knowledge.

If you are referring to Verbruggens exhaustive knowledge of doping in the peloton and his failure to act, this is entirely different because for Verbruggen to say he did not know the extent of the doping is a lie.

It's troubling because no matter what his interaction with the team, he has no way of knowing from that interaction that they're doping. As such, to publicly state that he thinks a team with which he's so closely linked is not doping, looks very much like a conflict of interest.

He should steer well clear of commenting on Sky's cleanliness or lack thereof.