Oh , The Irony!

[Darryl Webster]

A young Paul Kimmage, 5th from left, sponsored by Sudafed!

 

[steelciocc]

???

Are you in that pic too Darryl?

 

[Darryl Webster]

Are you in that pic too Darryl?

No, it was posted on my FB ..thought I`d share my amusement..

 

[scribe]

Amgen Tour takes the cake. But that one is pretty good too.

 

[Darryl Webster]

Amgen Tour takes the cake. But that one is pretty good too.

I couldnt agree more. WTF is a maker of EPO doing sponsoring a bike race?..

What next, Imperial Tobaco sponsoring Oncology wards?.

 

[Maxiton]

Based on my studies of Libertarianism, I think Colombian and Mexican drug cartels should be able sponsor cycling teams. After all, they have all the money, so why not? (And how different would it be from Amgen and the makers of Sudafed, Bourroughs Wellcome Co.[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]?) [/font]And also the CIA.

Thanks for posting the great pic. It could only be improved if it were signed by Bjarne Riis, Johann Bruyneel and Lance.

 

[Benotti69]

A young Paul Kimmage, 5th from left, sponsored by Sudafed!

i dont actually see the irony, i doubt at that stage in his career Kimmage, as an amateur in Ireland, knew anything about doping. It was only upon entering the pro world that his eyes were opened.

It is slightly funny, but not hilariously so. It would be ironic if it happened after he wrote his book.

 

[Darryl Webster]

i dont actually see the irony, i doubt at that stage in his career Kimmage, as an amateur in Ireland, knew anything about doping. It was only upon entering the pro world that his eyes were opened.

It is slightly funny, but not hilariously so. It would be ironic if it happened after he wrote his book.

Of course Paul was just a young innocent lad, the irony is that he`d become the outspoken anti doping voice he`s become. Cycling could do with many more like him.
No way was I sugesting hypocrisy.

 

[Anonymous]

I couldnt agree more. WTF is a maker of EPO doing sponsoring a bike race?..

What next, Imperial Tobaco sponsoring Oncology wards?.

I think at the time sudafed was purely a decongestant containing ephedrine, which at the time wasnt banned.

 

[Beech Mtn]

I think at the time sudafed was purely a decongestant containing ephedrine, which at the time wasnt banned.

Been hanging out over at Levi's wiki page again?

 

[RTMcFadden]

Based on my studies of Libertarianism, I think Colombian and Mexican drug cartels should be able sponsor cycling teams. After all, they have all the money, so why not? (And how different would it be from Amgen and the makers of Sudafed, Bourroughs Wellcome Co.[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]?) [/font]And also the CIA.

Thanks for posting the great pic. It could only be improved if it were signed by Bjarne Riis, Johann Bruyneel and Lance.

Actually, Sudafed is manufactured and distributed by McNeil Consumer Products Co., a division of Johnson & Johnson.

 

[Benotti69]

Of course Paul was just a young innocent lad, the irony is that he`d become the outspoken anti doping voice he`s become. Cycling could do with many more like him.
No way was I sugesting hypocrisy.

I didn't think you were but it is likely to be misinterpreted by some of the 'lesser lights' on here who dont know that cycling in Ireland was such a minority of a sport that to call it a minority sport meant is was bigger than it actually was. Sean Kelly raced his first few races on a standard bicycle and not a racing bike..

 

[andy1234]

I didn't think you were but it is likely to be misinterpreted by some of the 'lesser lights' on here who dont know that cycling in Ireland was such a minority of a sport that to call it a minority sport meant is was bigger than it actually was. Sean Kelly raced his first few races on a standard bicycle and not a racing bike..

What has the minority sport comment got to do with anything?

 

[Maxiton]

Actually, Sudafed is manufactured and distributed by McNeil Consumer Products Co., a division of Johnson & Johnson.

Thanks for straightening that out. That makes all the difference in the world.

 

[Benotti69]

What has the minority sport comment got to do with anything?

My comment was to say that to hint at substance abuse in Irish cycling is so laughable, as laughable as LA being clean.

 

[Darryl Webster]

My comment was to say that to hint at substance abuse in Irish cycling is so laughable, as laughable as LA being clean.

Blimy...the only "hint" that that was my sugestion by my posting of the pic is that one contructed in peeps minds!
Im fairly sure Paul Kimmage himself would see the funny side.

 

[andy1234]

My comment was to say that to hint at substance abuse in Irish cycling is so laughable, as laughable as LA being clean.

Darryl wasnt hinting at doping in Irish cycling. Only you seem to have come up with that angle.
Secondly, you dont seem to know much about Irish cycling history based on your substance abuse comment.

 

[Benotti69]

Darryl wasnt hinting at doping in Irish cycling. Only you seem to have come up with that angle.
Secondly, you dont seem to know much about Irish cycling history based on your substance abuse comment.

no doubt you are about to give us all a lesson. The floor is yours. 4, 3, 2, 1 go....

 

[Benotti69]

Blimy...the only "hint" that that was my sugestion by my posting of the pic is that one contructed in peeps minds!
Im fairly sure Paul Kimmage himself would see the funny side.

I have no doubt that Kimmage would laugh and loud too. i was talking about others interpretation and as my numbered stalker will no doubt prove.

 

[Irish2009]

Having raced on & off since 1985 I can say the majority of Irish domestic riders ride clean, but there have been a few that have tested positive & been punished. Now that's cleared up, second from the left in the photo is Kevin Kimmage, Paul's brother, and a class rider as all the Kimmages' were.

 

[Irish2009]

...and thats Oliver McKenna on the left, brother of famous domestic rider Ben "The Gentleman" McKenna, the first ever "real cyclist" to offer me any encouragement the club in case you couldnt make it out is Balbriggan C.C.

 

[Benotti69]

Having raced on & off since 1985 I can say the majority of Irish domestic riders ride clean, but there have been a few that have tested positive & been punished. Now that's cleared up, second from the left in the photo is Kevin Kimmage, Paul's brother, and a class rider as all the Kimmages' were.

I think i remember Paul rating his brother Raphael as a better rider than himself.

 

[straydog]

Sorry, I thought the irony in the title of this thread referred to the fact that spending too much time in close proximity to Paul gives you a headache!

Personally I "dope" with sudafed all the time....and I am irish!

 

[Elagabalus]

What I want to know is who was responsible for drawing the "hitler moustache" on the guy on the extreme right? Probably the little "trickster" kid front and center-definitely not the kid on the left (who looks like he never had any friends and always got dropped) ...