Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

[brownbobby]

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Poor Ulissi and Petacchi...

Maybe not...depending on what decided this case, they may be in line for some substantial compensation off the back of Morgans work

 

[Der Effe]

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We will so block the race.

And we will enjoy this.

Do it. I might even come over from the Netherlands and join. This is about so much more than just cycling, but about psychopath bullies getting away with anything they want. Whether it is letting the economical market implode or ride yourself to glory in one of the biggest sporting events in the world. The narcissism, the total lack of empathy and utter disrespect for human dignity - I can no longer watch all that's ugly persevere. Enough is enough.

 

[craigmalone]

Fcuk cycling. I hope it burns now

 

[samhocking]

You don't even know what Froome's case is about in real terms. How can social media know what the precedent is lol?

 

[Alexandre B.]

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We will so block the race.

And we will enjoy this.

Do it. I might even come over from the Netherlands and join. This is about so much more than just cycling, but about psychopath bullies getting away with anything they want. Whether it is letting the economical market implode or ride yourself to glory in one of the biggest sporting events in the world. The narcissism, the total lack of empathy and utter disrespect for human dignity - I can no longer watch all that's ugly persevere. Enough is enough.

He will not see the summit of Alpe d'Huez anyway.

 

[macbindle]

Psychopathic bullies?

How can you even think about saying that when you have absolutely no idea of the evidence presented?

Go outside and get some fresh air :lol:

 

[MartinGT]

It's very coincidental that less than 24h after ASO announce a ban, he is suddenly let off.

 

[wrinklyvet]

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Fcuk cycling. I hope it burns now

It is cruel to see what the consequences of the decision are for those who had invested such personal emotion and expectation in a different result. One had only to read the rule to see what rubbish it is as a pece of draftsmanship and it will now have to be rewritten so that one way or another it can be applied in real time in the real world.

 

[BlackWhiteEagle]

So apparently Berto just took the wrong LABA. Should've taken Salbutamol instead of Clenbuterol and he would be fine ...

 

[LaFlorecita]

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There is a giant pink elephant in the room and we're all supposed to ignore it. We now know for a fact that Froome abuses the salbutamol regulations and that it helped him win the Vuelta, but not even the win is stripped. Just outrageous. UCI can expect a big claim from Ulissi and Petacchi in the mail.

 

[macbindle]

What is weird is that it was reported that the verdict would be delivered Wednesday after a hearing tomorrow

 

[Mayo from Mayo]

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I suspect this will end in tears for the ASO - Will add the ASO could have made this decision weeks ago - Colour me cynical.

Suspect this will end in tears for the UCI - Will add the UCI could have made this decision weeks ago - Colour me cynical.

 

[craigmalone]

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I suspect this will end in tears for the ASO - Will add the ASO could have made this decision weeks ago - Colour me cynical.

Suspect this will end in tears for the UCI - Will add the UCI could have made this decision weeks ago - Colour me cynical.

Hope it does, and for WADA aswell

 

[macbindle]

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There is a giant pink elephant in the room and we're all supposed to ignore it. We now know for a fact that Froome abuses the salbutamol regulations and that it helped him win the Vuelta, but not even the win is stripped. Just outrageous. UCI can expect a big claim from Ulissi and Petacchi in the mail.

We don't know that. We don't know what evidence was presented and accepted.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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What is weird is that it was reported that the verdict would be delivered Wednesday after a hearing tomorrow

That would have been the verdict in the case of ASO preventing Froome from racing.

 

[silvergrenade]

Vroom Vroom Froome!

 

[wirral]

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What is weird is that it was reported that the verdict would be delivered Wednesday after a hearing tomorrow

You have confused two separate judicial processes.

 

[macbindle]

Yesterday Nibali thought it was christmas

 

[Red Rick]

I'm out.

 

[MartinGT]

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Yesterday Nibali thought it was christmas

In theory he should still think it is after the hard racing at the Giro.

No doubt when the Dawg smashes him at the Tour Kirby and Co will be telling us the Giro was easy this year and just a procession around Italy.

 

[wrinklyvet]

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There is a giant pink elephant in the room and we're all supposed to ignore it. We now know for a fact that Froome abuses the salbutamol regulations and that it helped him win the Vuelta, but not even the win is stripped. Just outrageous. UCI can expect a big claim from Ulissi and Petacchi in the mail.

Actually, that was not the outcome, was it? As La Gazetta dello Sport reported (translated): "Too many gray areas in the rules, which will now have to be rewritten." So no, you don't know that.

 

[Bolder]

I'm not a conspiracy theorist at all, but it really does look as if ASO pushed the UCI to come to a (favorable) decision. What was so complex about Froome's case that it couldn't have been decided, say, over the winter?

For cycling's sake, someone needs to leak the details (or UCI needs to lay it out) why the AAF was a big nothingburger.

 

[MartinGT]

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I'm out.

Exactly how I feel.

I will watch the classics and then that's it. I goto Belgium every year as I love the history around there re WW1 & WW2. The racing now for me is a second part.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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There is a giant pink elephant in the room and we're all supposed to ignore it. We now know for a fact that Froome abuses the salbutamol regulations and that it helped him win the Vuelta, but not even the win is stripped. Just outrageous. UCI can expect a big claim from Ulissi and Petacchi in the mail.

We don't know that. We don't know what evidence was presented and accepted.

Yes, we do. Froome himself said he used more of the salbutamol that day, because of an "acute asthma attack". At least, that was one of his countless versions of events. Another was that he inhaled some after the stage before the interview. Taking into account these two explanations (and the contradiction), can you not see he uses it to gain an unfair advantage? The day before the test he got dropped like a stone. The day of the test he was riding with the best again. It helped him win the race. Nibali should have won that Vuelta.

 

[telencefalus]

hey admins it's time to close all cycling forums ....