what about Ricco with a Croatian racing licence??

[Zam_Olyas]

Riccardo Riccò reported as taking out a Croatian racing licence for 2012
by Shane Stokes at 11:34 AM EST



Read more: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/1...an-racing-licence-for-2012.aspx#ixzz1kCtM2FYk

Could rider be trying to evade CONI disciplinary action?

With less than two weeks to go before he is due to appear before the national anti-doping tribunal called by Italian Olympic Committee CONI, it appears that Riccardo Riccò may be attempting to sidestep the process.

According to Biciciclismo, the controversial Italian has taken out a license with the Croatian cycling federation, thus moving away from his own national federation.


Edit: here http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=46823

Riccardo Riccó está inscrito en la Federacion Croata de ciclismo con la Licencia N° 2787. Su registro ha sido realizado por el equipo Meridian Kamen que nunca escondió su voluntad de contar con el polémico corredor italiano.

 

[Louison]

I hope he does it and that WADA and the UCI decide to make an example of him. What a piece of garbage.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

VDB's story revisited.

Every year the teams get murkier, the doping stories get murkier, private life's a mess...

Let's see in which hotel room this guy will end.

 

[Thomsena]

Ricco needs to **** right off.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

For the sake of his health, his family and his sanity, Riccardo needs to be as far from cycling as he can possibly be.

Not all that easy when Vania's a cyclist, and her brother's a pro cyclist (for the Croatian-licenced team he hopes to join)...

 

[will10]

Ricco is my guilty pleasure and I can honestly say I wouldn't mind seeing him back. I will now be criticised by numerous posters who are fans of Vinokourov, Basso, Contador, Armstrong, Valverde.....

 

[Fetisoff]

Would love to see him back in the protour, not gonna happen though.

 

[Parrulo]

Ricco is my guilty pleasure and I can honestly say I wouldn't mind seeing him back. I will now be criticised by numerous posters who are fans of Vinokourov, Basso, Contador, Armstrong, Valverde.....

i agree with you i also want ricco back. he would bring excitement to races with his attacking style and would also prolly bash the schlecks and their constant whining

 

[hrotha]

Ricco is my guilty pleasure and I can honestly say I wouldn't mind seeing him back. I will now be criticised by numerous posters who are fans of Vinokourov, Basso, Contador, Armstrong, Valverde.....

None of those other riders have been officially caught twice. That's not a trivial distinction.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Ricco is my guilty pleasure and I can honestly say I wouldn't mind seeing him back. I will now be criticised by numerous posters who are fans of Vinokourov, Basso, Contador, Armstrong, Valverde.....

For the sake of the entertainment value of races, he would be great to have back. The difference between him and those riders you mention, however, is that there isn't the element of control with him, and you feel like for the sake of his health it's best he stay away. There have already been allusions in this thread to hotel rooms alone. I just feel that Vino, Basso, Contador, Armstrong, Valverde... those guys cheated at sports. They knew what they were doing. Riccò? I don't feel like he does. I don't trust him to keep it under safe control.

 

[Fetisoff]

I've figure out what the whole Ricco situation kind of remind me of...

The Britney Spears episode of South Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britney's_New_Look

 

[Ruudz0r]

I did want to see Ricco back after his first suspension because he brings excitement and I believe in 2nd chances, however since he blew it again and clearly is a total idiot I dont want to see him back racing.

 

[jens_attacks]

i hope he get his shiit together and come back.but as a mature person.i didn't give up on him but still i got mixed feelings because i feel he won't have anyone to look after him and yes included medical staff.and that should NEVER happen.
it's a delicate subject anyway.

 

[hfer07]

He's truly refusing to go down-isn't he? At this point, there is no way he should be allowed to cycling- & if somehow he does once more, it's going to be for the wrong reasons-nobody with common sense would ever hire this guy-he's just a huge liability and a mad man with the sinful sense of self righteousness & "immunity" -a la DiLuca-whose sins cannot prevent him from racing

Ricco had a golden chance to do it right-he blew it & he should start accepting that reality, instead of digging deeper in that grave.....

 

[will10]

None of those other riders have been officially caught twice. That's not a trivial distinction.

and Ricco has?

 

[ultimobici]

VDB's story revisited.

Every year the teams get murkier, the doping stories get murkier, private life's a mess...

Let's see in which hotel room this guy will end.

Except VDB was riding but not finishing granfondi.

In August 2006, Vandenbroucke was caught in an Italian amateur race at Inverno, run by an organisation not associated with the Italian federation or Olympic committee, using a licence made out to "Francesco del Ponte"[n 8] and bearing a photo of the world champion, Tom Boonen.[42] He described himself as Swiss and living in Rome, giving the address of a beauty salon.[17]
Vandenbroucke said riding had been "a weakness". He said: "I dropped out of the race. I have never crossed the line in amateur races and I have never wanted to falsify their races."[42] He rode because he "needed races", he said, at a time when he felt strong. He denied sticking Boonen's picture on his licence, saying he would have chosen someone else's picture.

 

[ultimobici]

and Ricco has?

Tested positive in 2008 Tour despite trying to evade testers.

Then in 2011 there was the blood trouble.

Goodbye to bad rubbish IMO.

 

[MarkvW]

VDB's story revisited.

Every year the teams get murkier, the doping stories get murkier, private life's a mess...

Let's see in which hotel room this guy will end.

VdB's in a different class, I think. VdB struggled with mental illness. I don't see any of that with Ricco. VdB is really a tragic story. Ricco is more like a running joke at the UCI's expense.

 

[BroDeal]

He's truly refusing to go down-isn't he?

Why should he not fight it? The sport is filled with dopers. You don't see the average fan crying about the inclusion of scumbags like Leipheimer. You don't see them crying about teflon dopers like Kloden. The percentage of riders who have been pros for more than five or six years and had any laudable results that have not doped is very very small. Yet the fans want the few who get caught treated like pariahs. That gives validity to the UCI's scapegoat policy.

 

[Stingray34]

Posters, and fellow pros, are hating on Ricco not because he's a doper, but because he's bad at doping for getting caught twice.

 

[hrotha]

and Ricco has?

Yes. Yes he has.

 

[will10]

Yes. Yes he has.

You said officially caught twice. I think we're still waiting on that one

 

[spalco]

For the sake of his health, his family and his sanity, Riccardo needs to be as far from cycling as he can possibly be.

Not all that easy when Vania's a cyclist, and her brother's a pro cyclist (for the Croatian-licenced team he hopes to join)...

They need to ****ing ban him then. Keeping him in limbo all that time is unfair to him and everyone else in cycling and makes a mockery of anti-doping in general.

If he broke the rules, ban him; if he didn't let him ride. If Valverde is allowed to come back with applaus from many people, I don't see why Ricco can't.

 

[El Pistolero]

They need to ****ing ban him then. Keeping him in limbo all that time is unfair to him and everyone else in cycling and makes a mockery of anti-doping in general.

If he broke the rules, ban him; if he didn't let him ride. If Valverde is allowed to come back with applaus from many people, I don't see why Ricco can't.

Because Valverde only got caught once, Ricco twice. Ricco can't return because he'll be banned for life.

 

[spalco]

That "twice" is debatable so far. This whole thing happened almost a year ago, didn't it? Why isn't he banned yet?

I do agree with those who say it would probably be better for Ricco to quit pro cycling, and I'm under no illusion that he would ever ride clean, but this situation is totally ****ed up imo.