Was Sean Yates drunk on Eurosport ?

[Cycle Chic]

Did anyone think Sean Yates was slurring his speech on the Pre-World Road race studio banter on Saturday,....before the womens race. ??

He was slouched / hanging off his chair and he couldnt string a sentence together...it was odd.

 

[Race Radio]

I did not see it but that is pretty much how he is all the time

 

[Cycle Chic]

I,ve seen many times before in the studio with Richardson...but this was bizarre...maybe he was trying out Astanas new cocktails

 

[thehog]

Did anyone think Sean Yates was slurring his speech on the Pre-World Road race studio banter on Saturday,....before the womens race. ??

He was slouched / hanging off his chair and he couldnt string a sentence together...it was odd.

Sean Yates has a very bad heart condition which causes him to loose his speech at times. He can no longer ride his bike. Which upsets him greatly.

 

[cydonian]

Its very sad. I read in a cycling magazine, a letter written in from some guys that ride with him. He had a stroke in the summer, which was related to his heart condition, i hope he gets better, he's a great guy. He did our cycling clubs prize presentation a number of years back. All the best Sean, if you read this.

 

[thehog]

Its very sad. I read in a cycling magazine, a letter written in from some guys that ride with him. He had a stroke in the summer, which was related to his heart condition, i hope he gets better, he's a great guy. He did our cycling clubs prize presentation a number of years back. All the best Sean, if you read this.

He relates the heart condition to the drug use in the 80/90's peleton.

 

[Cycle Chic]

Wow thank you so much for that information. I feel awful now. I,m just watching Eurosport and again it is very obvious that he has had a mild stroke.

 

[Barnaby]

He relates the heart condition to the drug use in the 80/90's peleton.

Where does he say this or is it 'a bloke told me someone said....'?

 

[issoisso]

Was Sean Yates drunk

Yes

on Eurosport ?

Sure, if you want to be specific

 

[doddy13]

On a slightly unrelated note, how famous has JC just got after Harmon name checked him on eurosport.

 

[thehog]

On a slightly unrelated note, how famous has JC just got after Harmon name checked him on eurosport.

JC is awesome. He's buying beers tonight.

 

[Barnaby]

He relates the heart condition to the drug use in the 80/90's peleton.

Where does he say this or is it 'a bloke told me someone said....'?

Answer please?

 

[Anonymous]

Answer please?

i have googled fairly extensively and can find nothing, ive also done searches on seans diary on all entries involving his heart and can find nothing there either...

a wasted hour, or not...

 

[180mmCrank]

i have googled fairly extensively and can find nothing, ive also done searches on seans diary on all entries involving his heart and can find nothing there either...

a wasted hour, or not...

Not time wasted - thanks for checking this out - and dispelling a FBDP (fat bloke down the pub) said it so it must be true!

All the best to Sean.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

Not time wasted - thanks for checking this out - and dispelling a FBDP (fat bloke down the pub) said it so it must be true!

All the best to Sean.

+1 .... Thanks Dim.

I too started checking in on the story.

He has had a heart condition since 2003.
He was taken to hospital in June of this year with dizzy spells - I believe that is where the rumour that he had a stroke circulated from.

I have found nothing to back up any claim that he had suffered a stroke.

 

[thehog]

Answer please?

Colin Sturgess. He will tell exactly what Sean Yates was up to. Sean was an old school drug user. He was the Doctor for the young English boys in the peleton. With help from the Belgium’s they popped more gear than the lead singer of Depeche Mode.

Go search Colin's details on the net.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

....
Go search Colin's details on the net.

I have searched and found nothing- even if I found something by Colin it does not back up your earlier assertion that he had a stroke and that his heart conditions were the result of PED abuse.

If you have information that backs up either of your claims then you should present it - and if it there is anything about PED's it should be presented in the Clinic.

As I said earlier - I have been not been able to find anything that says he suffered a stroke.

 

[pmcg76]

Colin Sturgess rode with Tulip, same team as Joe Parkin of 'A Dog in a hat' fame and we know what went on there.

Also Paul Kimmage alluded to Yates showing him how to first use a needle in 'A Rough ride' so not exactly shocking if what the Hog is saying regarding doping is true.

However, it is unfair to make the automatic connection between doping and Yates condition which is indeed very sad. Some real evidence is required before jumping to such conclusions.

Yates always seemed such a tough guy, a real hard man. He was one of the riders I always liked when I first started following cycling. Good luck to him.