UCI and Paul Kimmage

[thom]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toe_the_line

well there you go - i always thought it was towed !

 

[rich p]

well there you go - i always thought it was towed !

I thought you thought it was toad

 

[yello]

You calling Kimmage a toad? I'm offended.

 

[thom]

I thought you thought it was toad

i just liked it as wordplay; the toads toed the line

 

[thom]

Stories about Nike being involved in UCI corruption - $500,000 payment at time of Verbruggen ?

USADA’s explosive “reasoned decision” has focused new attention on people who have claimed for years that the cyclist’s success was fueled by performance-enhancing drugs – critics who found themselves threatened by Armstrong and his lawyers and marginalized in the media. One of those critics is Kathy Lemond, the wife of American cyclist Greg Lemond, who testified under oath during a 2006 deposition that Nike paid former UCI president Hein Verbruggen $500,000 to cover up a positive drug test.​

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[johnr]

Stories about Nike being involved in UCI corruption - $500,000 payment at time of Verbruggen ?

USADA’s explosive “reasoned decision” has focused new attention on people who have claimed for years that the cyclist’s success was fueled by performance-enhancing drugs – critics who found themselves threatened by Armstrong and his lawyers and marginalized in the media. One of those critics is Kathy Lemond, the wife of American cyclist Greg Lemond, who testified under oath during a 2006 deposition that Nike paid former UCI president Hein Verbruggen $500,000 to cover up a positive drug test.​

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Chapeau, Thom, you just keep coming up with the goods.

 

[Kiwiavenger]

I will definatly be following the case with great interest.

they have to continue with the action as to withdraw it would scream that they are trying to hide something, if it continues something will come out that may show them in a bad light.

 

[thom]

Chapeau, Thom, you just keep coming up with the goods.

It's not me ! I just post links to other people's stories from twitter ;-)

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Should we just merge this with the Amrstrong thread? It's basically running on an entirely parrallel course now...

 

[thom]

Should we just merge this with the Amrstrong thread? It's basically running on an entirely parrallel course now...

I prefer not myself - the LA thread is destined to be an undirected discussion, emotive and ill informed - perhaps there is much overlap and the info is related but I think the Kimmage case and information pertaining to UCI corruption is deserving and sufficiently different to the LA speculation that it is nice to have a filter from it.

 

[rich p]

... and certain posters don't bother with this thread either which is a welcome relief.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

... and certain posters don't bother with this thread either which is a welcome relief.

True, true.

 

[thom]

... and certain posters don't bother with this thread either which is a welcome relief.

characterised as those that object to the focus of USADA being solely on LA funnily enough

 

[Flying_Monkey]

characterised as those that object to the focus of USADA being solely on LA funnily enough

I know. I also invited those certain people to contribute to my how to reform the UCI thread and there has still been nothing...

 

[thom]

I know. I also invited those certain people to contribute to my how to reform the UCI thread and there has still been nothing...

indeed, a running joke really.
To be fair, the LA issue is just a seductive ballooning schmorgasbord of a speculation and misinformation, pickled with this cancer story. You can't force people to share your interpretation of the complexity on an internet forum and there's no glory in winning a debate about it on cyclechat !
Best they make up their own minds.