Froome and Wiggins TUEs

[Deleted member 26715]

Breaking News - UCI have cleared Chris Froome

http://www.skysports.com/cycling/ne...by-uci-and-wada-over-salbutamol-test-findings

 

[Crackle]

http://road.cc/content/news/244420-...y-jiffy-bag-doc-breaks-silence-and-reveals-he

UCI statement - Well.........pressure was on to get this sorted before the start of the Tour

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Understated Cycling Irony: The UCI understands that there will be significant discussion of this decision....

 

[Bollo]

No I got my wires crossed. I thought Brommers was referring to the ASO exclusion (which would be CAS) not the whole AAF thing (which is indeed UCI).

So it's all over? Just like that? Phooey. Just when it was getting interesting.

The court of French public opinion may not have closed the case.

 

[si_c]

No I got my wires crossed. I thought Brommers was referring to the ASO exclusion (which would be CAS) not the whole AAF thing (which is indeed UCI).

So it's all over? Just like that? Phooey. Just when it was getting interesting.

Whilst I'm happy it has been resolved, it would be good for transparency sake if they released the expert reasoning and evidence base behind this. Otherwise people will (quite rightly) still have doubts.

 

[Adam4868]

Never any doubt....let the race begin !

 

[Crackle]

Hinault will be spitting teeth out. Let's hope they're his own.

 

[Milkfloat]

The public need more details, I wonder if they will be forthcoming.

 

[Beebo]

This means that the Giro and Veulta results are ratified and Froome holds all three titles

 

[Twizit]

The court of French public opinion may not have closed the case.

I'm putting bets on some "incident" involving the public and their opinion having a material impact on the race outcome. Absolute shame if this does happen, but given the vitriol we've seen in the past I can only see it escalating from here - especially given the lack of any detail and what appears to be "we've cleared him.... and lots of experts were involved.... but we're not going to tell you any more than that"

 

[User269]

The public need more details, I wonder if they will be forthcoming.

Various sources of details, including this.

 

[Joffey]

Kudos to the leaker of the AAF, they have managed to further ruin cycling reputation when no actual offence had been committed. What a tool.

Sky saying 19% over after adjustment for dehydration - hardly double. The media have got their clicks & sales though so no harm done eh?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Some people irrationally don't like other people & will do all they can to hurt them, especially if they are better than their guy/girl

 

[smutchin]

WADA informed the UCI that it would accept, based on the specific facts of the case, that Mr Froome’s sample results do not constitute an AAF

This is the really interesting part of the statement. They're going to have to take salbutamol (and probably other asthma treatments) off the list now because this renders the limit effectively unenforceable.

Never mind Hinault, Ulissi must be absolutely fuming.

 

[FishFright]

Kudos to the leaker of the AAF, they have managed to further ruin cycling reputation when no actual offence had been committed. What a tool.

Sky saying 19% over after adjustment for dehydration - hardly double. The media have got their clicks & sales though so no harm done eh?

TBH I would have preferred that it was never a 'secret' and the whole process was dealt with openly and quickly just after the Vuelta. My faith in the UCI has not grown at all

19% over is hardly under too

At least it's cleared up in time for the Tour I suppose and I can adopt my Scottishesque any one but Sky approach =D

Here's to a great Tour!