Teams want independent investigation of UCI

[luckyboy]

https://twitter.com/mattslaterbbc

 

[Briant_Gumble]

Here, here

 

[JPM London]

Where? Where? Hear? Hear?

 

[the asian]

The teams wont unite for it to happen.

 

[IFRider]

I think the teams need (and probably want) to get to a point where there's enough trust in the system that they're not always thinking "well, most of us have levelled the playing field but those other bar stewards have started doping again, so now we have to too"

 

[luckyboy]

@danroan says: "The AIGCP - represents pro cycling teams -calls for independent commission - outside UCI - to examine doping practises over last 20 yrs"

 

[luckyboy]

stream for sky sports news if anyone wants to see JV
http://www.vipboxsports.eu/watch/1267/1/www.vipbox.tv/watch/28637/1/magic-tv-live-stream-online.html

 

[TheEnoculator]

I expect Sky would jump on this.

 

[thehog]

Pat shut it down.

 

[luckyboy]

Luuc Eisenga: Out of the aigcp meeting. All signs on understanding the past, assesing the present and working on measures to make cycling a better place. That includes a aigcp request for an independant audit on anti-doping procedures.

 

[hrotha]

I'm sceptical about pro teams working seriously for total transparency when so many of them are dirty. I don't see Astana cooperating closely with FDJ for example.

 

[thehog]

Mutiny on the horizon!

Pat shut this down.

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

Is the mutiny really about wanting clean cycling or cynical opportunism by teams who want to enrich themselves. Remember Vaughters Garmin friendly proposals for cycling - lots of TTTs and helmet cameras.

Replacing one bunch of self-serving showponies with another bunch of self-serving showponies is not progress.

 

[purcell]

Pat, Hein and everybody else at the UCI firmly believe that their little theatre yesterday was good enough, that it satisfied all of the cries for change and that they can get back to business as usual, today.

I confess, after 40 years of following cycling I think I have pretty much hit the wall.

I honestly see little chance that anything will change.

Time to go back to just watching the local juniors race their bikes.

 

[131313]

Is the mutiny really about wanting clean cycling or cynical opportunism by teams who want to enrich themselves. Remember Vaughters Garmin friendly proposals for cycling - lots of TTTs and helmet cameras.

Replacing one bunch of self-serving showponies with another bunch of self-serving showponies is not progress.

I'm all for looking at things critically, but there's criticizing just for the sake of criticizing, which seems to be the case here? How is calling for an independent investigation of the UCI's policies WRT doping a bad thing? What would you suggest as an alternative?

 

[More Strides than Rides]

I'm sceptical about pro teams working seriously for total transparency when so many of them are dirty. I don't see Astana cooperating closely with FDJ for example.

An optimist would say that more trust in a level playing field would preclude teams from "needing" to dope, just to compete.

Not sure how many optimists are in the clinic though...

 

[Lukenwolf]

How exactly do they plan to get Astana and Euskatel into that agreement Saxobank and Radioskank would run a sizable risk, too

 

[luckyboy]

SSN on cycling talk now. JV should be pretty soon

 

[Don Quixote]

First Mig, Jalabert and now "We're all clean, we just have an image problem courtesy the UCI"

Oh ffs...

Sometimes I wonder if cyclists deserve cycling.

 

[Benotti69]

If ever there was a time to set up a breakaway 'league' now is the time and McQuaid had better resign before that starts to snowball and UCI becomes irrelevant in cycling.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Teams such as Katusha (DS is Ekimov) or Astana (DS is Vino) care more about cleaning up IN cycling rather than cleaning up cycling.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I'm sceptical about pro teams working seriously for total transparency when so many of them are dirty. I don't see Astana cooperating closely with FDJ for example.

hahaha. you and your fairytales

 

[Buttermilkbiscuit]

SSN on cycling talk now. JV should be pretty soon

Can I listen to this online?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Is the mutiny really about wanting clean cycling or cynical opportunism by teams who want to enrich themselves. Remember Vaughters Garmin friendly proposals for cycling - lots of TTTs and helmet cameras.

Replacing one bunch of self-serving showponies with another bunch of self-serving showponies is not progress.

lol, many fo you are so full of it. if teams wouldn't have asked for an idependant investigation you go rampant on them and when the do it's stil not good I guess if next they cure aids and cancer you will find ways to turn it in something bad

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

How exactly do they plan to get Astana and Euskatel into that agreement Saxobank and Radioskank would run a sizable risk, too

those teams are clean. unless you can prove otherwise