Benotti69 said:The amount of athletes added to the @UCI_cycling "Sanctions” .pdf after this interview: Zero
Who should have been added then?
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Benotti69 said:The amount of athletes added to the @UCI_cycling "Sanctions” .pdf after this interview: Zero
ebandit said:....uh oh....here he goes again with the racial bait
Mark L
thehog said:I was referring to Cooksons prejudicial comments with respect to Riis et al.
Yates, Julich appear not to be under the same pressure. Perhaps Oleg struck a deal with BC?
Who knows?
Parker said:Riis and Vino are both the team General Manager. Julich and Yates are just staff.
You're most probably right.del1962 said:Those who are saying Cookson is worse than McQuaid still haven't addressed the fundamental point that the relationship between WADA and the UCI had broken down under McQuaid, and since Cookson took power the relationship is now workable.
I would have though in the fight against doping in cycling this relationship is a key factor. Much more important than cherry picking a few individual cases.
del1962 said:Those who are saying Cookson is worse than McQuaid still haven't addressed the fundamental point that the relationship between WADA and the UCI had broken down under McQuaid, and since Cookson took power the relationship is now workable.
I would have though in the fight against doping in cycling this relationship is a key factor. Much more important than cherry picking a few individual cases.
thehog said:Cookson needs to get rid of Riis and Vino and give us Julich & Yates.
They are better because English is their first language.
Catwhoorg said:TacklingDopingSport @NoDopingInSport 2m 2 minutes ago
We are delighted to announce the @UCI_cycling President, Brian Cookson, as a speaker at TDS 2015. More speakers and full agenda coming soon.
“It’s a bit of a chick and an egg [situation], I’m told, and passing a simple rule at this point in time could potentially be counterproductive. But it does remain an important objective,” the Guardian newspaper quoted him as saying.
“The women who have been involved in the Women’s Road Commission have told me that the result of that would not be 500 women suddenly being paid the minimum wage,” Cookson continued. “They’ve told me that actually most of the teams that currently present themselves as professional teams would fold or re-register as amateur teams, so they wouldn’t end up paying those women anything at all anyway.”
If the UCI is to become a modern and progressive international federation, we must ensure that there are rules specifying teams guarantee a minimum wage for women pro road riders and proper, modern terms of employment. I commit to achieving this in my first year in office. (Brian Cookson, UCI President, September 2013)
the sceptic said:Lets not forget what Cookie promised.
Thanks for proving my point.
TailWindHome said:Should he stick to the manifesto even when being advised otherwise?
thehog said:Cookson, a man who would say and do anything to get elected.
Did he research that manifesto? That's right, he paid a PR firm to write it.
What a joker.
TailWindHome said:Should he stick to the manifesto even when being advised otherwise?
veganrob said:I'm sure he had advisers previously to make such statement.
Benotti69 said:Cookson, old(and new) school politician. Make promises then fail to deliver and find all the excuses under the sun.
If women's teams went amateur (is there such a thing anymore) the UCI would lose all the lovely licence money
thehog said:"I declare that all decisions will be made up on the spot, I will align myself to women cyclists in a vain attempt to get elected and pretend that doping will be more independent. I will give out TUEs to Sky riders at a whim and keep the flow of cortisone to all, Elect 1, Brian Cookson"
thehog said:"I declare that all decisions will be made up on the spot, I will align myself to women cyclists in a vain attempt to get elected and pretend that doping will be more independent. I will give out TUEs to Sky riders at a whim and keep the flow of cortisone to all, Elect 1, Brian Cookson"
TailWindHome said:Has anyone (accept me) asked me about the TUE committee promised for the Tour?
thehog said:In the name of transparency I'm sure it's obvious to all
thehog said:In saying that, I think it must have been in place as Porte couldn't get his meds to go bananas.
thehog said:In the name of transparency I'm sure it's obvious to all