Oh Joni...Ricco' said:Joni Brandão out of Volta a Portugal due to "clinical/medical reasons". No more info given by the athlete or his team... Makes us wonder...![]()
Some dutch guy on twitter says Brandao was assaulted with a bat and has a broken armRicco' said:Joni Brandão out of Volta a Portugal due to "clinical/medical reasons". No more info given by the athlete or his team... Makes us wonder...![]()
That was Luis Mendonça, from Louletano.GuyIncognito said:Some dutch guy on twitter says Brandao was assaulted with a bat and has a broken armRicco' said:Joni Brandão out of Volta a Portugal due to "clinical/medical reasons". No more info given by the athlete or his team... Makes us wonder...![]()
Someone else is saying he got his news mixed up and that it was some other rider on a portuguese team but no name is mentioned
Either way, what the hell? Who assaults a rider with a bat? and why?
Apparently it's not as blatant on the World Tour teams...Parker said:Why don't World Tour teams sign these guys? Sure they may be doping but, according to most here, aren't all the top riders doping.
They are? What makes you think that they may be doping?Parker said:Why don't World Tour teams sign these guys? Sure they may be doping but, according to most here, aren't all the top riders doping.
Still not as ridiculous as Paris-Tours 2004 but closeDekker_Tifosi said:Absolutely hilarious. This is just taking the p1ss.
It's a little easier to do when the field is not as strong but still ridiculous.Dekker_Tifosi said:Absolutely hilarious. This is just taking the p1ss.
It's every year the same thing.Dekker_Tifosi said:Absolutely hilarious. This is just taking the p1ss.
We can close this thread and that will be the end of that, if you want.BigMac said:It's every year the same thing.Dekker_Tifosi said:Absolutely hilarious. This is just taking the p1ss.
People who keep watching that farse are part of the problem. **** that race and **** portuguese cycling.
Dead *** tired of this ****** band of criminals. Arrest the all. They give you the sanctimonious crap on TV as if all this is within the realm of normal. Hypocrites, liars, thugs. Disgusting.
And then there are the braindead fans who'll trash you just for suggesting riders are dirty. Jesus, this country is really dumb.
Please, please, let this race die. No more threads.
Oh no, that was just rhetoric. As long as the race lives we absolutely need this thread.Irondan said:We can close this thread and that will be the end of that, if you want.BigMac said:It's every year the same thing.Dekker_Tifosi said:Absolutely hilarious. This is just taking the p1ss.
People who keep watching that farse are part of the problem. **** that race and **** portuguese cycling.
Dead *** tired of this ****** band of criminals. Arrest the all. They give you the sanctimonious crap on TV as if all this is within the realm of normal. Hypocrites, liars, thugs. Disgusting.
And then there are the braindead fans who'll trash you just for suggesting riders are dirty. Jesus, this country is really dumb.
Please, please, let this race die. No more threads.
Let me know...
No worries, that race makes me cringe so I can only imagine how infuriating it must be for the people of Portugal...BigMac said:Oh no, that was just rhetoric. As long as the race lives we absolutely need this thread.Irondan said:We can close this thread and that will be the end of that, if you want.BigMac said:It's every year the same thing.Dekker_Tifosi said:Absolutely hilarious. This is just taking the p1ss.
People who keep watching that farse are part of the problem. **** that race and **** portuguese cycling.
Dead *** tired of this ****** band of criminals. Arrest the all. They give you the sanctimonious crap on TV as if all this is within the realm of normal. Hypocrites, liars, thugs. Disgusting.
And then there are the braindead fans who'll trash you just for suggesting riders are dirty. Jesus, this country is really dumb.
Please, please, let this race die. No more threads.
Let me know...
Sorry for the profanity btw. This just gets on my nerves.![]()
I laugh a lot honestly. But then, I don't care for the portuguese scene and only watch a couple of stages of the Volta if I'm at home at the moment.Irondan said:No worries, that race makes me cringe so I can only imagine how infuriating it must be for the people of Portugal...BigMac said:Oh no, that was just rhetoric. As long as the race lives we absolutely need this thread.Irondan said:We can close this thread and that will be the end of that, if you want.BigMac said:It's every year the same thing.Dekker_Tifosi said:Absolutely hilarious. This is just taking the p1ss.
People who keep watching that farse are part of the problem. **** that race and **** portuguese cycling.
Dead *** tired of this ****** band of criminals. Arrest the all. They give you the sanctimonious crap on TV as if all this is within the realm of normal. Hypocrites, liars, thugs. Disgusting.
And then there are the braindead fans who'll trash you just for suggesting riders are dirty. Jesus, this country is really dumb.
Please, please, let this race die. No more threads.
Let me know...
Sorry for the profanity btw. This just gets on my nerves.![]()
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Idunno, I thought this was pretty special even by Volta standards.BigMac said:It's every year the same thing.Dekker_Tifosi said:Absolutely hilarious. This is just taking the p1ss.
People who keep watching that farse are part of the problem. **** that race and **** portuguese cycling.
Dead *** tired of this ****** band of criminals. Arrest them all. They give you the sanctimonious crap on TV as if all this is within the realm of normal. Hypocrites, liars, thugs. Disgusting.
And then there are the braindead fans who'll trash you just for suggesting riders are dirty. Jesus, this country is really dumb.
Please, please, let this race die. No more threads.
Saw that. Anti-doping in the Cookson era where no one at Pro-Tour tests positive anymore. Like the 1 second iPad wave at the bikes to check for motors. I don't think anyone at the UCI actually cares anymore.Mayomaniac said:Have you heard the Nocentini story?
Yesterday he got tested, but they didn't know where to store the B sample, so they just gave it back to him, making the whole test meaningless because of the missing B sample.
Source: http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/2017/08/13/103953/nocentini-e-il-regalo-a-sorpresa-antidoping-provetta-tuttobiciweb.it
According to La Gazzetta they acted like total amateurs, his teammate marwue also got tested and they had to sting him 3 times before they were able to get some blood.
And Jesus Ezquerra's comment on Nocentini's instagram?Mayomaniac said:Have you heard the Nocentini story?
Yesterday he got tested, but they didn't know where to store the B sample, so they just gave it back to him, making the whole test meaningless because of the missing B sample.
Source: http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/2017/08/13/103953/nocentini-e-il-regalo-a-sorpresa-antidoping-provetta-tuttobiciweb.it
According to La Gazzetta they acted like total amateurs, his teammate marwue also got tested and they had to sting him 3 times before they were able to get some blood.