Moron of the Day Award:

[Markyboyzx6r]

When he did the whole "I've changed, both as a rider and as a man" bit a few years ago after he came back from his ban - I sort of had a grudging respect for him. He was all guns blazing and seemed to be genuinely up for change within the sport.

He then goes quiet on the issue. Not just quiet, but slags off Landis. Now, he knows Armstrong doped, he knows Landis is right in saying that Armstrong doped - yet he's willing to attack the messager rather than say anything about Armstrong.

That, to me, indicates a lack of backbone. He's happy to be on the side of the bully rather than get bullied himself. If he really stood by his convictions, he'd stick his neck out there. This idea that keeping things quiet is for the good of cycling is rubbish, but he seems to tow that line.

It's a pity 'cause he does come across as articulate and I thought he did a good job handling that Giro situation. But when it comes to being a man of moral standing? No, I'm sorry, but he really is utter mince.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Far from being stupid, Millar is actually unusually articulate for a cyclist and unlike most professional cyclists can hold up his end of a conversation about something other than cycling. He also, as others have noted, acted with a lot of dignity and sensitivity as race leader in the wake of Wouter's death.

I do agree that he played the man rather than the ball when it comes to Landis, something which was out of keeping with his general stance on doping since his own bust. His statement about the 2008 Giro being loaded with Cera is however not out of keeping with his normal approach to the issue and it certainly isn't evidence of stupidity. It's a statement of the obvious in fact.

 

[Astana1]

Definitely lost some respect for Millar. He simply can't have it both ways.

 

[Zweistein]

Far from being stupid, Millar is actually unusually articulate for a cyclist and unlike most professional cyclists can hold up his end of a conversation about something other than cycling.

A used car salesmen can also hold his end of a conversation but I won't call him intelligent or articulate. However, I doubt a used car salesmen would have the balls to pile up an insulting about of BS like Millar has.

 

[thehog]

David Millar

One year ago:

"He's reached the end of the road and I just find it disgusting," said Millar from his home training base in Girona, Spain. "He's a liar and a cheat and he has nothing left in cycling so he just wants to burn the house down."

Today:

“I think 2008 was much harder because a lot of guys were on CERA,” Millar said after Tuesday’s time trial

Guess what genius? The house really does need burning down. It's probably time to wake and smell and haggis.

"At the January 2004 Cofidis Team presentation, David Millar wearing the world champions winners band on his jersey (ITT) said 'I don't want to comment on this (Gaumont affair) - except to say that I have never used drugs, and I am convinced that this controversy doesn't include anyone else in the team. I wish to re-iterate I have never used illegal products'.”

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Ironically for an athlete who never failed a drugs test — he was caught when a search of his flat by the French drugs squad revealed a cache of EPO — Millar is now a staunch advocate of out-of-competition testing. “The International Cycling Union (UCI) has to instigate more out-of-competition and random testing,” he said. “I’ve hardly heard of any of the boys undergoing random testing by the UCI. So where is all this testing? Random controls are the only way to stop it all.

“By all means test the top Tour favourites, with random tests on a regular basis. Cycling needs those kind of testing tactics — I think that all sport does. The UCI need to get a grip on it. Where is the prevention? Why don’t the UCI publish lists of who they random-test each month and the results, so that we know they’re doing it? It’s the UCI’s responsibility and I don’t think they’re fulfilling that responsibility.”I want my comeback to be credible and inspiring, for me and for others and for younger kids. I owe that to cycling and my friends. I want it to be unquestionable and good to watch.

Because it is possible to win without doping.”Millar’s ban, which ends on June 23 next year, was only the beginning of his problems. “Things kept getting worse, with financial issues and a lot of other escalating worries,” he said. “It was very hard. I think we all deal with those situations and get out of them differently. I had my own way of getting through it and getting my head back above water.

“I lost everything and was punished, but that’s what punishment is. You don’t come out of it easily. The circumstances dictated that I ended up paying a very high price for my errors compared to other people.”

 

[Mambo95]

thehog:

I have nothing against you personally, because I don't know you, but....

If I had claimed that:

1. Lance Armstrong is a worse criminal than Bernie Madoff

and

2. The UCI's corruption may jeopardise Switzerland's membership of the European Union

then I would probably stay away from a 'Moron of the Week' thread.

 

[tubularglue]

moron of the day, me

for mounting a handmade clincher, and believing it would spin true. My old Italian made tires ran straighter than this crap. jmo


I digress