Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

[Alpe73]

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What lynch mob? The guy was a joke from day one! It was just a matter of time...

Blanco .... my best pal! You break me up. You could do stand up.

“It’s only a flesh wound. :lol:

No joking ... 5GTs ... be could give you the Vuelta ... and still have quatro

What IF ... IF ... that gangly-watt-starring MF comes back and does the duplo :surprised:

Man ... that’s really gonna f—k up your head.

Maybe you can hedge your bets by rehearsing now ... what shyte you’re gonna hurl then.

 

[Lo squalo di messina]

They probably removed the sky logos for safety reasons. Dawg is scared which is funny if he still plans to ride the tour.
He aint fooling anyone tho, nobody looks that bad on a bike but froomenstein himself.

 

[webvan]

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Exactly whether and how Corriere della Sera would know this, isn't clear - but if true, that last part is very important, because it means the plea bargain is for perhaps 9 or even 12 months:
- nine months backdated to September leaves open the possibility of riding the 2018 TDF
- twelve months backdated sacrifices both the Giro and the Tour de France, but maybe seems acceptable, since Froome is not welcome at TDF this year, anyway
- the fear of getting banned for two years is real, if 9 - 12 months seems like a good deal in comparison

There could be internal disagreement, whilst Froome is busy drafting motorbikes in Africa, and doesn't know what is going on with the lawyers. So both he and Michelle deny the news, albeit for different reasons

Yeah it can't well be backdated with the lack of self suspension. As you say he's not welcome at the TDF so the best he can hope for is get a "clean" start at the Vuelta (like Bertie in 2012) and hope people "forgive" him in time for the 2019 season.

That leaves the small problem of Sky having to fire him for a doping suspension though...

 

[Wiggo's Package]

Froome's AAF is the gift that keeps giving - more popcorn!

 

[RedheadDane]

So... according to the report Froome might admit to taking Salbutamol (sp?) so he'll get a lenient ban at between six and nine months, so he'll still be able to ride the Giro and the Tour.
Now, I'll admit that math isn't my strong suit, but the Giro starts May 4, and it's currently January 30. Six-month ban ain't gonna be of much use here.
Unless of course they do indeed make it back-dated...

 

[webvan]

At this point one thing is pretty certain is that he won't race the Giro and Tour in 2018 !

 

[pastronef]

They probably removed the sky logos for safety reasons. Dawg is scared which is funny if he still plans to ride the tour.
He aint fooling anyone tho, nobody looks that bad on a bike but froomenstein himself.

check the comments in the Instagram pics, the kudos on Strava. people, normal fans, know fyck about the Clinic/twitter and the style brigade on here who moan every second about his style. the fans not involved in twitter/clini outnumber us by hundreds thousands, and until them dont turn their backs to sky and Froome, he is fine. "safety reasons"... nah.

 

[hfer07]

So.....
It appears SKY & Froome are close to reach a deal with the UCI by pleading guilty in a exchange for mere 6 month ban...?

what a joke

 

[thehog]

Corriere della Sera is owned by the RCS Group, which owns both the Giro and Corriere, so one would expect some form of informal arbitration.

 

[rick james]

Going bat sh!t crazy because a pro rider does a big moto paced ride and uploads it to strava

 

[pastronef]

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Going bat **** crazy because a pro rider does a big moto paced ride and uploads it to strava

and gets flagged, and is hiding cause he wears no team kit, and the kit is black to get more sunlight and dehydration, and the kit is black for safety reasons because the casual people on the road hate him, the kit is black because he´s suspended etc etc

 

[gillan1969]

So.....
It appears SKY & Froome are close to reach a deal with the UCI by pleading guilty in a exchange for mere 6 month ban...?

what a joke

nah...as then we get the joy of watching the world's ungainliest athlete compete as both a convicted doper and a proven liar...hapless indeed

 

[Escarabajo]

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So... according to the report Froome might admit to taking Salbutamol (sp?) so he'll get a lenient ban at between six and nine months, so he'll still be able to ride the Giro and the Tour.
Now, I'll admit that math isn't my strong suit, but the Giro starts May 4, and it's currently January 30. Six-month ban ain't gonna be of much use here.
Unless of course they do indeed make it back-dated...

He obviously would not take any deal that wasn't back dated. I always thought that was a given.

Reminds me of when they offered the Texan a deal and he wouldn't take it. Now in retrospective that was a sweet deal.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Froome has denied there is any truth in the story.

where? when? thanks

Fake News strikes again

I expected him to come out and say all this is 100% true

 

[watertight]

I think we are finding out how long it takes to figure out whom and how much to bribe. Reminds me of the Tommy Doper timeline though this situation is more ridiculous.

 

[Blanco]

Re: Re:

What lynch mob? The guy was a joke from day one! It was just a matter of time...

Blanco .... my best pal! You break me up. You could do stand up.

“It’s only a flesh wound. :lol:

No joking ... 5GTs ... be could give you the Vuelta ... and still have quatro

What IF ... IF ... that gangly-watt-starring MF comes back and does the duplo :surprised:

Man ... that’s really gonna f—k up your head.

Maybe you can hedge your bets by rehearsing now ... what shyte you’re gonna hurl then.

And you say you're interested in good bike racing! What a joke :lol:

 

[Netserk]

Sunday´s 270 km ride. swipe to see the scooter
https://www.instagram.com/p/BeffEFNjPpp/?explore=true

Oops, maybe they should have cropped the motorbike out of those photos
Nice find...

https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/216919507-Segment-Leaderboard-Guidelines

Guidelines for motor-paced rides:
Motor-pacing, or drafting behind a motorized vehicle, is considered motor-assistance and conflicts with the fairness and integrity of leaderboards. When uploading data from a motor-paced ride, please use the option on the activity edit screen

I don't do Strava, but that "leaderboard integrity" part sounds familiar from somewhere

He look guilty as well!

Remember this from 2007?

UCI goes after the "Men in Black"

The UCI has targeted "six or seven" top riders who are suspected of using doping products, by subjecting them to extra unannounced doping controls. Some of these riders have already produced "non-negative" results, according to Anne Gripper, director of the UCI's anti-doping program. "We have picked out six or seven riders who are considered high-risk cases because of their suspect behaviour and subsequent good performances in the Tour de France," she told the press agency Belga. Some of these riders "have already had three or four unannounced doping controls," although the UCI only requires one per rider per year.

Gripper said that "We have information that they train in strange places." The controllers refer to the riders as the "Men in Black", because they wear neutral clothing on their training rides, rather than their team kit, which helps them avoid attention by the UCI controllers.

"Some of the results may well be announced before the start of the Tour de France," Gripper said. "Several abnormal results have already come in. We are busy with those results and not all of them are negative," she said, "but it will take time, because we have to respect the process, the analysis of the B samples, before we can make any announcements."

 

[Irondan]

Sunday´s 270 km ride. swipe to see the scooter
https://www.instagram.com/p/BeffEFNjPpp/?explore=true

Oops, maybe they should have cropped the motorbike out of those photos
Nice find...

https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/216919507-Segment-Leaderboard-Guidelines

Guidelines for motor-paced rides:
Motor-pacing, or drafting behind a motorized vehicle, is considered motor-assistance and conflicts with the fairness and integrity of leaderboards. When uploading data from a motor-paced ride, please use the option on the activity edit screen

I don't do Strava, but that "leaderboard integrity" part sounds familiar from somewhere

He look guilty as well!

Remember this from 2007?

UCI goes after the "Men in Black"

The UCI has targeted "six or seven" top riders who are suspected of using doping products, by subjecting them to extra unannounced doping controls. Some of these riders have already produced "non-negative" results, according to Anne Gripper, director of the UCI's anti-doping program. "We have picked out six or seven riders who are considered high-risk cases because of their suspect behaviour and subsequent good performances in the Tour de France," she told the press agency Belga. Some of these riders "have already had three or four unannounced doping controls," although the UCI only requires one per rider per year.

Gripper said that "We have information that they train in strange places." The controllers refer to the riders as the "Men in Black", because they wear neutral clothing on their training rides, rather than their team kit, which helps them avoid attention by the UCI controllers.

"Some of the results may well be announced before the start of the Tour de France," Gripper said. "Several abnormal results have already come in. We are busy with those results and not all of them are negative," she said, "but it will take time, because we have to respect the process, the analysis of the B samples, before we can make any announcements."

Men in Black...

 

[pastronef]

Sunday´s 270 km ride. swipe to see the scooter
https://www.instagram.com/p/BeffEFNjPpp/?explore=true

Oops, maybe they should have cropped the motorbike out of those photos
Nice find...

https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/216919507-Segment-Leaderboard-Guidelines

Guidelines for motor-paced rides:
Motor-pacing, or drafting behind a motorized vehicle, is considered motor-assistance and conflicts with the fairness and integrity of leaderboards. When uploading data from a motor-paced ride, please use the option on the activity edit screen

I don't do Strava, but that "leaderboard integrity" part sounds familiar from somewhere

He look guilty as well!

Remember this from 2007?

UCI goes after the "Men in Black"

The UCI has targeted "six or seven" top riders who are suspected of using doping products, by subjecting them to extra unannounced doping controls. Some of these riders have already produced "non-negative" results, according to Anne Gripper, director of the UCI's anti-doping program. "We have picked out six or seven riders who are considered high-risk cases because of their suspect behaviour and subsequent good performances in the Tour de France," she told the press agency Belga. Some of these riders "have already had three or four unannounced doping controls," although the UCI only requires one per rider per year.

Gripper said that "We have information that they train in strange places." The controllers refer to the riders as the "Men in Black", because they wear neutral clothing on their training rides, rather than their team kit, which helps them avoid attention by the UCI controllers.

"Some of the results may well be announced before the start of the Tour de France," Gripper said. "Several abnormal results have already come in. We are busy with those results and not all of them are negative," she said, "but it will take time, because we have to respect the process, the analysis of the B samples, before we can make any announcements."

Men in Black...

you remember when riders wrote in the whereabouts they were in Mexico and instead were in Livigno, dressed in black?

why would Froome post rides on Strava, instagram pics etc, and ride in black? to hide? ahahha! every man and his dog knows he´s in South-Africa from before Christmas.

 

[Netserk]

It's so that you can control at what time you will get tested while out of competition. I take it you remember Floyd's reason for purchasing a motorcycle?

 

[pastronef]

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It's so that you can control at what time you will get tested while out of competition. I take it you remember Floyd's reason for purchasing a motorcycle?

he shoudnt have posted any insta pic and always trained in black so could get the average hour when the testers would come.

 

[hazaran]

You guys realize that under the whereabouts system, you only need to specify for a single daytime hour each day where you will be? So no, no one in their right mind would specify an hour where they are "training somewhere in an 100 km radius around Johannesburg", because if the tester can't find you in that hour, that's on you.

https://www.wada-ama.org/en/media/news/2018-01/wada-welcomes-echr-decision-to-back-whereabouts-rules

You gotta put a minimal effort in here.

 

[pastronef]

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You guys realize that under the whereabouts system, you only need to specify for a single daytime hour each day where you will be? So no, no one in their right mind would specify an hour where they are "training somewhere in an 100 km radius around Johannesburg", because if the tester can't find you in that hour, that's on you.

https://www.wada-ama.org/en/media/news/2018-01/wada-welcomes-echr-decision-to-back-whereabouts-rules

You gotta put a minimal effort in here.

thank you for the explaination.

 

[Netserk]

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You guys realize that under the whereabouts system, you only need to specify for a single daytime hour each day where you will be? So no, no one in their right mind would specify an hour where they are "training somewhere in an 100 km radius around Johannesburg", because if the tester can't find you in that hour, that's on you.

https://www.wada-ama.org/en/media/news/2018-01/wada-welcomes-echr-decision-to-back-whereabouts-rules

You gotta put a minimal effort in here.

That only means you *have* to be available that hour. They can still test you at other times.

 

[pastronef]

Re: Re:

You guys realize that under the whereabouts system, you only need to specify for a single daytime hour each day where you will be? So no, no one in their right mind would specify an hour where they are "training somewhere in an 100 km radius around Johannesburg", because if the tester can't find you in that hour, that's on you.

https://www.wada-ama.org/en/media/news/2018-01/wada-welcomes-echr-decision-to-back-whereabouts-rules

You gotta put a minimal effort in here.

That only means you *have* to be available that hour. They can still test you at other times.

I´ll have to read more on the matter, but in the link posted above it says

"Since the inception of Whereabouts rules, they have been modified and improved to make them more user-friendly and less intrusive while still retaining their effectiveness. Today, athletes in the Registered Testing Pool (RTP) indicate one hour per day when they will be available to undergo a doping control and where they will be at the time. This was reduced from 24 hours per day and allows athletes to keep their personal life separate from anti-doping."