oldroadman
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Not that I's any kind of old cynic of course...

It was also depend if he views himself as "running a business" or being the president of a sports governing body; but I am not sure why there cannot be transparency when "business" is involved.Obviously there is big money involved, so the comment about Mr Cookson begs the question "if you were running a business and were offered shedloads of cash to operate in a certain country for a while, would it be wise to let them know that it was only a cash exercise to fund development elsewhere?"
Wouldn't be in business very long, transparency is good but not too much so and not always wise.
I rolly hoopoe tsar's Wright.Of course, that whole episode might have been started by someone having trouble with autocorrect / autocomplete...
For those without Marmion's polyglot talents, here's the Google Translate mangling of the above El Pais page:
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http://deportes.elpais.com/deportes/2016/12/27/actualidad/1482866433_093478.html&edit-text=
A review of Dekker's book, I hope it gets an English translation
https://cyclingtips.com/2016/11/sex...iew-of-thomas-dekkers-tell-all-book-my-fight/
I wonder what for. Couldn't be much worse than the tale of dinner with the parents. Isn't blackmail usually a crime prosecuted by the state, too?Dekkers ex-manager is now suing him for blackmail.
I wonder what for. Couldn't be much worse than the tale of dinner with the parents. Isn't blackmail usually a crime prosecuted by the state, too?
Is he dead; who knew?You couldnae make this up, Lawson Craddock is a prize-winning nobber: "Doping and other stuff aside, he was still the best cyclist who ever lived.”
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...s-308373?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social
Is the prick on twitter?You couldnae make this up, Lawson Craddock is a prize-winning nobber: "Doping and other stuff aside, he was still the best cyclist who ever lived.”
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...s-308373?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social