What is your beef with the UCI?

[Dallas_]

So Dallas, are these enough reasons?

Lot of good info ...........I'm IN

 

[D-Queued]

Lot of good info ...........I'm IN

And, slipping back to the byzantine and arcane rules:

Is your bike banned?
http://theinnerring.blogspot.com/2011/01/is-your-bike-banned.html

You have got to be kidding.

There must be some major mfgr's that are pressing (cash into someone's hands) hard for this.

Dave.

 

[theswordsman]

Philip Nielsen raced in Mexico in April 2010. He returned a positive for Clenbuterol from that race on January 13, 2011. The Danes are awaiting an explanation from the UCI as to why it took so long.

http://politiken.dk/sport/cykling/ECE1170438/ni-maaneders-ventetid-dcu-venter-paa-forklaring/

 

[bianchigirl]

The problem with fixing the UCI is that everything - including WADA - is linked to the IOC, the single most corrupt body in world sport. Whilst Verbruggen is able to exercise influence over the UCI the corruption/fraud will never end

 

[flicker]

Their president has absolutely no respect for the Giro d italia. He said that it should be perhaps Cut down.

Unforgivable. I say rather than cut down the Giro and Vuelta we cut down Mcquaid.

Metaphorically of course

I think it was Cadel Evans or Jens Voight who said that he understood why people doped when he rode the 08 Giro. Insane transfers, after back to back mountain TTs and mountain stages.

Of course you saw the shot of Simoni, Armstrong, DiLucca and others lying in a gondola as a publicity shot in the 09 Giro. Also the Milan circuit race where the riders protested because of a dangerous course.

Of course Pedro Horrillo went off a cliff and the race organizers did not even know it.

If you want ROLLERBALL well don't call it the Giro call it ROLLERBALL.

Hey I watch American Football, I realize it is a doping bloodsport.

That is not what cycling should be. Yet some here think the riders shouldn't dope. Cut the stages and you will see a more competitve, cleaner race.

 

[euanli]

No you won't, cut the races and you will see them ride harder.

 

[flicker]

No you won't, cut the races and you will see them ride harder.

I thought the top Giro contenders are going all out.

 

[fmk_RoI]

Have heard a lot of negative comments about the UCI in the clinic. Maybe some of us 'newbs' could also gain a better insight! I have read a thread where BB stated us newbs weren't up to speed!

To try and answer the original Q,this link may help.