Froome and Wiggins TUEs

[Crackle]

It seems that the new clean is now 19.5% higher than it was a few weeks ago ....

Or the whole Salbutamol test is flawed.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

...but mostly I think we're a level-headed bunch...

Can I distance myself from this statement?

 

[User169]

From the Freeman book: big turds from the Sky riders.

 

[Crackle]

From the Freeman book: big turds from the Sky riders.

Nasty Twitter account, doesn't look like the book is worth reading though.

 

[User169]

Nasty Twitter account, doesn't look like the book is worth reading though.

Apologies if so. It was retweeted by Ross Tucker.

 

[uncle_adolph]

I thought the comments from Grenadier in response to this article were quite interesting.....

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/wad...l-loophole-by-avoiding-pharmacokinetic-study/

 

[rich p]

I also feel vindicated not to trust anything Ross Tucker says as being impartial.

I had a little spat with Tucker the other day on Twitter remarking how sad it was that he'd become a tabloid type reactionary.

 

[biking_fox]

Froome's Giro data is released to the BBC - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/44694122 who find nothing suspicious in it, just meticulous planning.

Personally I found it fascinating insight into just how detailed you need to be to succeed. But I didn't bother downloading all the charts.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

There's a growing list of scientists and doctors who have done wrong to Sky; they should be ashamed of themselves, without them there would be no suspicions...

 

[Bollo]

Quite a good summary of the state of play...

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...es-out-fighting-before-tour-de-france-defence

Lappartient feels hard done by. Poor UCI. I might send a donation.

Speaking to the BBC, Lappartient said: “Froome had more financial support to find good experts to explain the situation.” Lappartient said that Froome “brought a lot of experts with him to try to demonstrate that he’s not guilty” and added that the UCI was “in the middle of a big battle between Team Sky and the test itself and Wada.”

 

[mjr]

Lappartient feels hard done by. Poor UCI. I might send a donation.

Maybe he's sore that Cookson stopped the accused being expected to make a donation?

 

[Milkfloat]

Nice to see that Lappartient is following the UCI tradition of having a president who is a complete arse. He should be happy that someone had the ability to be able to challenge what is turning out to be a totally flawed rule, not bemoaning the fact that they can prove themselves innocent.

 

[StuAff]

UCI is just sticking to the usual 'principles' of worldwide sporting administrations....

 

[mjr]

Hinault "no regrets" about calling for riders to strike https://www.velonews.com/2018/07/news/hinault-no-regrets-froome-rider-strike-remarks_472127

 

[roadrash]

Hinault is a bit of a nob ,