Or Accupuncture but that involves needles and we know Brad has never had an injection...
Froome and Wiggins TUEs
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smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
I bet he doesn’t inhale either.
Siclo
Veteran
http://road.cc/content/news/238468-froome-backs-brailsford-says-team-sky-has-evolved-early-days
Froome backing Sir Dave, Sir Dave backing Froome, starting to look like a last stand
Froome backing Sir Dave, Sir Dave backing Froome, starting to look like a last stand
Adam4868
Guru
Who of the team is not backing him ?
Siclo
Veteran
No-one, at least publicly. I just thought it was amusing for Froome to be so quick to defend Sir Dave, IIRC he wasn't quite so keen not too long ago
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Whoever they sue for that will have the last laugh at the bad spelling
http://road.cc/content/news/238513-...-blame-anti-doping-rules-not-team-sky-and-sir
Some back tracking here from the head of the select committee and a huge amount of sense spoken by a 5 time gold medalist
Some back tracking here from the head of the select committee and a huge amount of sense spoken by a 5 time gold medalist
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
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well said Sir Steve Redgrave,
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Redgrave is only saying what several of us have said in this thread already.
Also worth bearing in mind that the Wiggins TUE case dates back to the good old days of Pat McQuaid's stewardship of the UCI. Several things have changed since then, although the UCI is still far from perfect.
Lappartient talks a good game but it's too early yet to say if he has the chops to carry through on his reforming agenda.
Also worth bearing in mind that the Wiggins TUE case dates back to the good old days of Pat McQuaid's stewardship of the UCI. Several things have changed since then, although the UCI is still far from perfect.
Lappartient talks a good game but it's too early yet to say if he has the chops to carry through on his reforming agenda.
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
In fact, I'd say Redgrave has completely missed the point (although to be fair he's not the only one), as this line demonstrates:
FFS.
And this isn't a "grey area which has been introduced recently" as Redgrave seems to think - David Millar and Tyler Hamilton have admitted to abusing the TUE system to take Kenacort 20 years ago and I doubt it was a new thing even then.
As for solving the problem of TUE abuse, UKAD have been trying to get triamcinolone banned outright for ages but WADA have resisted so far. Probably because WADA agree with those like @mjr who don't want to see athletes with genuine chronic medical conditions punished for the crimes of others. Geraint Thomas is more of the view that TUEs are never justified. It's a tricky one, but yes, the policing of TUEs needs to be as tight as possible to avoid any of these potential "grey areas". File under "No shoot, Sherlock."
FFS.
And this isn't a "grey area which has been introduced recently" as Redgrave seems to think - David Millar and Tyler Hamilton have admitted to abusing the TUE system to take Kenacort 20 years ago and I doubt it was a new thing even then.
As for solving the problem of TUE abuse, UKAD have been trying to get triamcinolone banned outright for ages but WADA have resisted so far. Probably because WADA agree with those like @mjr who don't want to see athletes with genuine chronic medical conditions punished for the crimes of others. Geraint Thomas is more of the view that TUEs are never justified. It's a tricky one, but yes, the policing of TUEs needs to be as tight as possible to avoid any of these potential "grey areas". File under "No shoot, Sherlock."
FishFright
More wheels than sense
So this time a politician is to be believed ? I wonder why that is ?
