Doping git thread

[mjr]

I haven't.

As bad as this?
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Close. It's hard to find a photo which conveys the full "drawn with crayons" horror and it's worse with the standard team colour arm and leg warmers but

might give some idea. Doesn't show the postbox red and canary yellow (non-fluo!) bits on the helmet well though.

 

[AndyRM]

This does a 'good' job of it.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

A great write-up from The Inner Ring http://inrng.com/2015/03/oleg-tinkovs-dream-team-nightmare/

 

[zimzum42]

Badly worded official statement:

http://www.tinkoffsaxo.com/news/tinkoff-saxo-statement-bjarne-riis/

 

[Crackle]

Badly worded official statement:

http://www.tinkoffsaxo.com/news/tinkoff-saxo-statement-bjarne-riis/

Badly worded might be the understatement of the thread.

 

[rich p]

Loved this comment under the statement!

#jesuisbjarne Oleg, you are the wallet of the team but Riis is the heart and Contador the legs

 

[zimzum42]

Maybe they can snap up Manolo Saiz, he's always been clean...

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Don't forget they've got Sean Yates and Steven de Jonghe waiting to step up if needed...

 

[rich p]

Maybe Oleg is going to copy Sky's squeaky clean policy and Bjarne is the first casualty.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

The founder of Saxo Bank has spoken out in support of Riis http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...s-for-tinkov-to-resolve-riis-situation-163718

 

[The Couch]

Some more rumours on Astana:
A Dutch newspaper has reported that they will get their WorldTour license revoked and therefore will only be able to apply for a tier 3 license (Continental) as was told them by a senior official (Although the commission will only meet on April 2)
Astana will anyway use whatever legal appeals they have to defend their license

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Stand easy chaps, stand easy. We have nothing to concern ourselves about with Astana and Kazakh cycling, they have it covered by a few generations of the same family on a day trip:

I particularly like the pink coolbag for the vials.
http://astanaproteam.kz/en/page/news/6403-kcf-winter-cycling-championships-anti-doping-controls/

 

[Crackle]

Is that kenny Dalglish on the right?

 

[SWSteve]

Is that kenny Dalglish on the right?

He looks just as happy as Dalglish

 

[oldroadman]

He looks just as happy as Dalglish

Everyone's happy at Astana. Until the licence commission hearing.