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Dear Wiggo

Dear Wiggo

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Dead Star said:
David Millar *facepalm*. You could've just swapped Wiggins with Armstrong and gone back 10 years. Hard work etc etc.....
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Oh but Millar was grilling McQuaid in that recent press conference! He's here to save cycling!!

So glad his true colours can be revealed so soon after that episode....
 
The Hitch

The Hitch

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The presenter says : "Thats where the cycling media and cyclingjournalists have to take credit. They ask the questions that journalists in other sports do not"

:confused::rolleyes:
 
The Hitch

The Hitch

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Who was the guy that he hates people who act clean that arent and that there are too many people claiming to be clean in cycling that arent.

I like:)

Also Hamilton says he thinks cycling is cleaning up because "if you dont have hope what do you have". Pff what a weak mans argument. Im going to be a millionaire because i hope it will come true. :rolleyes:

**** Pound far wiser - "there will always be more money in tipping off an athlete"
 
Arnout

Arnout

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The Hitch said:
Who was the guy that he hates people who act clean that arent and that there are too many people claiming to be clean in cycling that arent.

I like:)

Also Hamilton says he thinks cycling is cleaning up because "if you dont have hope what do you have". Pff what a weak mans argument. Im going to be a millionaire because i hope it will come true. :rolleyes:

**** Pound far wiser - "there will always be more money in tipping off an athlete"
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That's not what he said as I understood it. He answered to question whether he believed that cycling would once be clean. If one does not believe in that, this fight is indeed not worth fighting.

Bassons said he will NOT be leading the UCI in future, sadly. He said that attending dinners and wearing suits and the sorts are not his thing.
 
argyllflyer

argyllflyer

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The Hitch said:
The presenter says : "Thats where the cycling media and cyclingjournalists have to take credit. They ask the questions that journalists in other sports do not"

:confused::rolleyes:
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To be fair, I have never heard any sportwriter in the UK ask say Tiger at the Open "do you take PEDs to improve your strength?" or ask Rooney "why don't you take mind expanding drugs?"

The cycling media *do* ask questions. Remember Wiggins' wee rant. Anthony Tan was seriously pushing it during one of the subsequent press conferences.
 
The Hitch

The Hitch

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argyllflyer said:
To be fair, I have never heard any sportwriter in the UK ask say Tiger at the Open "do you take PEDs to improve your strength?" or ask Rooney "why don't you take mind expanding drugs?"

The cycling media *do* ask questions. Remember Wiggins' wee rant. Anthony Tan was seriously pushing it during one of the subsequent press conferences.
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Yes in other sports its just as bad.

The guy who asked wiggins the questions did not ask direct. Dont remember hearing that moron tan, but for the only time in my life, im intrigued what he said.

Walsh and Kimmage and a few others are the heroes, but to say that the cycling media takes any credit is an insult to them. THey were alone in it and they were bullied for being it. The cycling media rode behind Armstrong all the way until this year. Even in 2009 the story was still all about Armstrong. They did not ask any questions they defended him and helped build and build his reputation.

Its like in my country those who campaigned for freedom were presecuted by the communists but when the communists saw the writing on the wall they all changed sides and tried to claim credit for the fall of communism.
 
Arnout

Arnout

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The Hitch said:
Who Hamilton? Those were his exact words - "if you don't have hope what do you have".
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Yeah he has hope that cycling will clean up, not that it is cleaning up. At least that's how I understood it.
 
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01ngqxd/5_live_Sport_Peddlers_Cyclings_Dirty_Truth/

Mark Chapman presents a special programme focusing on drugs in cycling through the Lance Armstrong era.

Hear from one of Armstrong's former team mates, Tyler Hamilton, as well as interviews with **** Pound, the former head of WADA and Emma O'Reilly, Armstrong's former masseuse. Plus British cyclist David Millar who was banned for two years after admitting taking performance enhancing drugs and Christophe Basson, a French cyclist who was driven out of the sport by Armstrong and other riders after he spoke out against drugs.
 
argyllflyer

argyllflyer

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The Hitch said:
Yes in other sports its just as bad.

The guy who asked wiggins the questions did not ask direct. Dont remember hearing that moron tan, but for the only time in my life, im intrigued what he said.
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http://soundcloud.com/cycling-central/tour-de-france-stage-12

Tan pops up half way through. Can't remember if was the one I'm thinking of though. Should say that context is everything as this was not long after the rant and my first instinct was "don't push a doping question as he'll do one again!"
 
hondated

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We definitely need at least another hour and then we may have started to address the issues that are actually relevant to todays cyclists.
As far as Iam concerned the issues Paul Kimmage recently raised have still not been addressed and until they are then heres one person that is not going to celebrate any cycling victories.

I found it interesting that it was not until Millar had had his say that the comment was made about some of those advocating stricter controls were in reality two faced.

And on the subject of Millar one minute he is saying the UCI is too bureacratic and then he is making a play for a position with them. Still it just confirms what I have always thought about him prior to doping and that is he thinks that he is better than he is.
 
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Dead Star said:
David Millar *facepalm*. You could've just swapped Wiggins with Armstrong and gone back 10 years. Hard work etc etc.....
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Whittle was pretty dismissive of St Dave though I doubt many casual listeners will have picked out the subtlety of what he said.
 
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summerhill said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01ngqxd/5_live_Sport_Peddlers_Cyclings_Dirty_Truth/

Mark Chapman presents a special programme focusing on drugs in cycling through the Lance Armstrong era.

Hear from one of Armstrong's former team mates, Tyler Hamilton, as well as interviews with **** Pound, the former head of WADA and Emma O'Reilly, Armstrong's former masseuse. Plus British cyclist David Millar who was banned for two years after admitting taking performance enhancing drugs and Christophe Basson, a French cyclist who was driven out of the sport by Armstrong and other riders after he spoke out against drugs.
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This is now available to download
 
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Thought the bbc 5 live program was great, although Millar is really starting to **** me off with his bs.


interesting to hear decanio talking about riders pretending to being antidoping when they actually weren't. wonder who he's talking about...

Also, I thought the UCI might escape this but things could get interesting with the uci after ashenden talking about the 'triangle' today.
 
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