General News Thread

[Armchair Cyclist]

That could make for decent time gaps after the prologue.

 

[Netserk]

both the ramp as well as the hill around 35° - so ~70%. Sounds still fairly cruel.

Riders would start with hiking boots then.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Antonio Tiberi fined €4000 for shooting and killing a San Marino minister's cat with an air rifle.


Hopefully soon out of contract, disgusting

https://twitter.com/x/status/1630454359732396032

View: https://twitter.com/cyclingpro/status/1630454359732396032?t=WHJY5Y3ARfUbbIsEDOqqFg&s=19

 

[SafeBet]

I don't think he'll be out of contract but he might find himself without a residence in San Marino sooner than later.

 

[Netserk]

Antonio Tiberi fined €4000 for shooting and killing a San Marino minister's cat with an air rifle.


Hopefully soon out of contract, disgusting

Disgusting??? Is it any worse than the removal of other pests (I don’t know the circumstances here)?

 

[DNP-Old]

Disgusting??? Is it any worse than the removal of other pests (I don’t know the circumstances here)?

Excuse me?

 

[tobydawq]

Disgusting??? Is it any worse than the removal of other pests (I don’t know the circumstances here)?

Uh?

 

[Netserk]

I don’t think it’s intrinsically worse to shoot a cat than a rat or a mole.

But it’s of course wrong to unlawfully damage another man’s property.

 

[limak_]

Antonio Tiberi fined €4000 for shooting and killing a San Marino minister's cat with an air rifle.


Hopefully soon out of contract, disgusting

https://twitter.com/x/status/1630454359732396032

View: https://twitter.com/cyclingpro/status/1630454359732396032?t=WHJY5Y3ARfUbbIsEDOqqFg&s=19

Lol, you're acting like he would've shot a man. Ok that was super stupid from him, but unless he showed any disturbing behaviours in the peleton I don't see a reason why this event should determine his cycling career. He admitted himself guilty, he will face the consequences as a private person, end of story.

 

[search]

you need to be a proper *** to shoot any kind of animal for fun

 

[Netserk]

you need to be a proper *** to shoot any kind of animal for fun

Is hunting game not for fun?

 

[tobydawq]

I don’t think it’s intrinsically worse to shoot a cat than a rat or a mole.

But it’s of course wrong to unlawfully damage another man’s property.

Of course you don't.

I'm not saying that ilmaestro doesn't exaggerate with a wish of him being stripped the title of pro cyclist, by the way.

 

[tobydawq]

Is hunting game not for fun?

Is destroying property - alive or dead - of government people smart?

 

[hrotha]

When I saw the news on Twitter I was like "shall I drop by the ol' Cycling News Dot Com message board because they're probably talking about this and someone there is definitely cool with shooting cats" and sure enough

 

[Netserk]

Is destroying property - alive or dead - of government people smart?

I already wrote that doing that is wrong, so why are you asking?

 

[DNP-Old]

I'm not saying that DNP doesn't exaggerate with a wish of him being stripped the title of pro cyclist, by the way.

Wah?

 

[tobydawq]

I already wrote that doing that is wrong, so why are you asking?

I think you edited it after? Anyway, I didn't see that part.

 

[tobydawq]

Wah?

Sorry, ilmaestro it was.

 

[search]

I don't think Trek will fire Tiberi, but they temporarily suspended Simmons for not displaying what the team wants to stand for, and this obviously can be the case here as well.

 

[Red Rick]

Guys we are all just hypocrits for our lack of protesting game hunting, and we should all be extremely grateful to Netserk for exposing our flaws.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Disgusting??? Is it any worse than the removal of other pests (I don’t know the circumstances here)?

Tiberi shot the cat in the skull from close range to test his air-rifle, and killed it. It's a disgusting behaviour and is not that of a mentally sound person.

It's bizarre that you are even trying to debate this. You must have not a lot going on this morning

 

[BR2]

I find hunting in general a weird hobby, but at least it's something that many do because they've been doing it with their fathers or something and in the end the animals are usually eaten. He didn't plan to eat the cat, was he? Honestly, it's just the behaviour of an extremely unpleasant person, and although on the one side it's his private behaviour, cycling pays their riders to bring positive attention to their sponsors, so I agree with search, it could be possible to suspend him.

 

[Netserk]

Guys we are all just hypocrits for our lack of protesting game hunting, and we should all be extremely grateful to Netserk for exposing our flaws.

I don't think that makes anyone a hypocrite, but it does reveal that the line isn't drawn at shooting animals for fun. You could make a distinction between justified and unjustified killing of animals for fun, but I responded to an unconditional statement.

 

[SafeBet]

I don't think Trek will fire Tiberi, but they temporarily suspended Simmons for not displaying what the team wants to stand for, and this obviously can be the case here as well.

I think Trek knew about this since it dates back to June 2022 but of course the media interest might bring different consequences.
Also, I'm not sure this was translated, he used a pellet gun.

 

[hrotha]

I don't think that makes anyone a hypocrite, but it does reveal that the line isn't drawn at shooting animals for fun. You could make a distinction between justified and unjustified killing of animals for fun, but I responded to an unconditional statement.

Your point would be a lot more compelling if recreational hunting wasn't already hugely controversial, and quite likely to be frowned upon by most people tearing Tiberi a new one for what he did