Hugh Januss said:Picking of nits...............is your ..............forte.............
That's not nit picking
It's an important distinction.
Astana had contact with a banned person - that's the offence.
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Hugh Januss said:Picking of nits...............is your ..............forte.............
sniper said:
TailWindHome said:That's not nit picking
It's an important distinction.
Astana had contact with a banned person - that's the offence.
hrotha said:Why the "still"? The Astana thing changes nothing in regards to any particular rider, and we've had more than enough evidence of Nibali's doping for years.
It's not even the first time the above happens to Astana.
The only evidence specifically about Nibali that I am aware of is that Fanini has said that Nibali has trained with Ferrari (before the 2009 Tour de France).Hugo Koblet said:I rarely follow doping cases so pardon my ignorance, but could you - or anyone else for that matter - show me some of this evidence against Nibali?
The article, published in La Repubblica on Wednesday, featured quotes from Ivano Fanini, president of Continental squad Amore & Vita-McDonald. Fanini alleged that Pellizotti and Nibali had been training with Ferrari in Livigno before this year's Tour de France.
"There is evidence that Dr. Ferrari, in the weeks preceding the Tour de France, rode on a scooter between Livigno and Saint Morritz following a number of riders, including Nibali and Pellizotti, with a stopwatch in hand," said Fanini, according to La Repubblica.
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The La Repubblica article also alleged that two riders had worked with Ferrari in Livigno in 2007. Fanini said that, at the time, he had advised Liquigas manager, Robert Amadio, who confirmed to him that Nibali and Pellizotti were in Livigno. However, he said Amadio denied that the riders were training with Ferrari.
Hugo Koblet said:I rarely follow doping cases so pardon my ignorance, but could you - or anyone else for that matter - show me some of this evidence against Nibali?
TailWindHome said:That's not nit picking
It's an important distinction.
Astana had contact with a banned person - that's the offence.
Benotti69 said:You think Astana running a team wide program and Nibali is clean? Really?
The sport is long past the stage of looking for evidence of doping against a rider. It is looking for why a rider just might be clean. And you know what no one wins a 3 week stage race without PEDS.
Well, the way you edited my post in your quote, those aren't actually my thoughts.Roude Leiw said:LOL, my thoughts exactly
He was allegedly seen training with Ferrari in 2009, a time when, according to Bertagnolli, basically all the top brass at Liquigas worked with him (Bertagnolli didn't actually name Nibali but in my opinion it's unlikely he didn't work with Ferrari, all things considered). Ferrari was then allegedly seen at an Astana training camp in 2013.Hugo Koblet said:I rarely follow doping cases so pardon my ignorance, but could you - or anyone else for that matter - show me some of this evidence against Nibali?
skippythepinhead said:how about you start your own poll to see general opinion on what's worse, contact with a banned person, or hiring a person you should have known would be banned? Just add in a "they're both bad" option please.
Netserk said:The only evidence specifically about Nibali that I am aware of is that Fanini has said that Nibali has trained with Ferrari (before the 2009 Tour de France).
Quickest source I could find was this:
Italian newspaper La Repubblica printed an article in August 2009 with sport director Ivan Fanini, who said he had proof that Nibali trained with Ferrari. Nibali sued, the case was dropped in 2011, and Fanini paid a fine of around 4,000 euros.
Hiring a doping doctor (fact) is obviously worse than being rumoured that a banned doctor was at a training campTailWindHome said:General opinion on what's worse is irrelevant
Hiring someone who later gets banned isn't an offence.
Unless you're suggesting teams are sanctioned based on what they "should have known"
TailWindHome said:General opinion on what's worse is irrelevant
Hiring someone who later gets banned isn't an offence.
Unless you're suggesting teams are sanctioned based on what they "should have known"
ray j willings said:If this was Sky instead of Astana
You would be as usual " as a BR forum sky fan boy who only have one agenda" be defending them to the highest mountain. My fave words " hypocritical ka ka "
hrotha said:I don't assume all the top guys dope, as I think that's a methodologically wrong approach (it would make us unable to realize if things actually changed, for example), but when someone with this kind of baggage starts doing what Nibali does, I'm practically certain they're doping.
TailWindHome said:What is it you find hypocritical about my position?
TailWindHome said:General opinion on what's worse is irrelevant
Hiring someone who later gets banned isn't an offence.
Unless you're suggesting teams are sanctioned based on what they "should have known"
TailWindHome said:General opinion on what's worse is irrelevant
Hiring someone who later gets banned isn't an offence.
Unless you're suggesting teams are sanctioned based on what they "should have known"