Orvieto said:
Terribly policy. What does Brailsford think Yates and Rogers will do - admit their involvement at Disco and with Ferrari, then politely step away? He's backed them into a corner will surely backfire on them. You can just see it. On the day before a big climb in next year's Tour De Froome, somebody will leak something juicy about either of them.
Is Brailsford really this naive? Does he think these secrets can be kept now or does he honestly believe Yates in particular when he says "I worked with Lance but never had any inclination this type of practice was going on"?
He's backed them into a corner that will backfire on the riders. They sign now, and if anything comes out, the story will be those dirty liars told fibs to clean Sky. The real story of course is that, intentionally or otherwise, Brailsford is enforcing Omerta. He's pushing the responsibility for cycling's problems onto his staff, instead of creating an environment that helps solve the problem.
Bassons example shows us there might be a clean rider on a dirty team. But if Brailsford wants to run around doing asinine counterproductive stuff like this, there is absolutely no chance I will give HIM the benefit of the doubt. This is not about SKY riders to me, this is about Brailsford. I wish I had the opportunity to look him in the eye and tell him to fvck off.
The faux shock and insistence that cycling is clean now, gives the impression that most of cycling is mindless reverting to learned behavior while under stress. The BS worked in the past, so they think it will work again. They disregard the fact that we now have proof that we were mislead by the UCI and cycling fraternity on a grand scale. Whether or not they are telling the truth about cycling being cleaner or their team caring about clean cycling they won't be believed.
Cycling and cycling teams need to take action. Not words, not rider declarations, not wilting protestations of shock and horror. Action.
Sky should fire Rogers and Yates if they DON'T come clean, not if they do.