Ekimov and Russian Cycling Federation

[Beech Mtn]

According to this article, Viatcheslav Ekimov is running for President of the Russian Cycling Federation (Congress of Federation of Cycling Russia). The link is to a Google translation of an article written in Russian.

The original article is google-translated here.

Hopefully someone else can read Russian and shed more light on what's happening. The Google translation is a bit unclear.

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

I am not sure why it is such a big news, how someone would find it interesting enough to ask for more details.

He's basically saying step-by-step his political program, how he's gonna rebuild the sport and who's he going to work with.

Pretty boring stuff really.
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[Delicato]

+1. Nothing special, really.

 

[Escarabajo]

Just what we need, dopers running cycling federations.

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

Just what we need, dopers running cycling federations.

Are you're sure you don't confuse him with Tyler Hamilton?
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[Beech Mtn]

Are you're sure you don't confuse him with Tyler Hamilton?

Tyler is not running for head of USCF. I find the timing quite strange given that Floyd allegations about USPS team/Lance/Bruyneel would also tend to implicate Eki. Seems an odd time to launch one's political career right in the middle of a scandal.

 

[jens_attacks]

yeah and a what a big scandal!now really, it's just a scandal for pubers,only they care about doping.

Eki was a great cyclist and he''ll certainly become president of that federation.

 

[amp300]

Will he leave Shack for Katusha then?

Actually I don't care, slower day then normal now that all the bike races, world cup matches, and NCAA's are over, and it was the only question that I thought of.

 

[Race Radio]

The important question, will he make Mullets mandatory for the national team?

 

[Nikolai]

Hopefully someone else can read Russian and shed more light on what's happening. The Google translation is a bit unclear.

I'm fluent in Russian (my native language). What exactly is unclear in the article? It's translated reasonably well (for a machine translation anyway).

 

[Race Radio]

I'm fluent in Russian (my native language). What exactly is unclear in the article? It's translated reasonably well (for a machine translation anyway).

I agree it is well translated.

The only question I have is will Eki have the national team use his doctor in Valencia or will they use a Russian one?

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

Will he leave Shack for Katusha then?

Yeah, that's what i thought of.

But there is no mention of "Katyusha" anywhere in his program, which means that russian federation doesn't meddle into the team's politics which is a very good thing i think (unlike cycling federation of Kazakhstan that thinks "Astana" is their own backyard to rule).

So i don't think he will be in Katyusha, but he definitely would have to leave Shack to start working as president of national cycling federation.

Update:

Or not. As it happens one can do both. Andrey Chmil works both in Katyusha and as president of cycling federation of Moldova.
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[python]

Will he leave Shack for Katusha then?

yep, that’s the only interesting angle here.

i don’t know if he has to join katusha but it seems reasonable to speculate he’ll leave the shack - either because he feels his job security will be gone with la/jb leaving the scene this year with la’s retirement or because he’ll draw a sufficient pay from the russian federation. i also know for a fact there was some friction between him and bruyneel over gusev firing and between him and the federation over gusev not selected for the beijing games

i find it interesting that eki decided to run for a political office after - and this is not well known - he turned down an offer to become a national team coach.

so to summarise, if eki is looking for a job he must be insecure in his present job or wants to step up or both.

 

[Nikolai]

Yeah, that's what i thought of.

Update:

Or not. As it happens one can do both. Andrey Chmil works both in Katyusha and as president of cycling federation of Moldova.

Yes because a 'conflict of interest' assumes a new meaning east of Poland. Tchmil, Konishev, Ekimov etc are just old buddies and do what they want. Eki's RadioShack job is probably a lot of fun but his new one in Moscow will be a serious business. Time to move on and play with the big boys (Itera).

 

[Race Radio]

Eki does not get it
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ekimov-loses-bid-to-be-russian-federation-head