Froome and Wiggins TUEs
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mjr
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...team-sky-and-british-cycling-compensation-bid is a bit strange, quoting Lapdog as saying that this report centering on incidents in 2012 shows that problems identified by 2015's CIRC report still haven't been fixed. How would acting after 2015 have changed what happened in 2012? Has anyone seen the original interview, possibly in French, to say if het Graun are misquoting?
Edit: oh it's changed since I started writing to attribute it to a UCI statement and not Lapdog personally. I'll go search later.
Edit: oh it's changed since I started writing to attribute it to a UCI statement and not Lapdog personally. I'll go search later.
Very good. Very good indeed.
mjr
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Also, one of the things offered by autocomplete if I start tapping out his surname.
david k
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Do we think it's only sky who may have took advantage of the loopholes in medical exemptions?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/43316602
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/43316602
Hacienda71
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I can't help think the Russian hackers have got exactly what they wanted. Sky have crossed the ethical line which doesn't surprise me given the marginal gains ethic (do anything legal to maximise your chances). Nobody has said they have broken the rules just used the system to their advantage , but who else has? It would be very interesting to see the entirety of TUE use across the professional peleton. Although the teams will all claim medical confidentiality.
Slick
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What's good for the goose......
Sky may be the required fall guys though as they were obviously the most successful.
Is that not the British way?
Lappartient is clearly enjoying a bit of easy Anglo-Saxon bashing, but Sky only have themselves to blame for claiming to be something they were not. Can you imagine what the (picking a team name absolutely at random) Astana's ethical policy looks like? Apart from maybe specifying acceptable currencies for bribes and the minimum depth to bury a dead prostitute, it's likely a pretty thin document.
Members of the MPCC you cynic. Well they were while it suited them....
david k
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Agreed, I wonder to what extent others used TUEs in the same way, in fairness if one team has to justify it they all should
david k
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Maybe not, but should we sent a precedent that teams who have been hacked have to answer questions, those who are not hacked are free to abuse TUEs?
Slick
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If we are asking one team to come clean, surely everyone will be held eventually to the same scrutiny?
