Sinkewitz one year ban

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited November 2007 in Pro race
And T-Mobile fined €40,000
Edit : Getting confused. Some media says T-Mob got fined, some Pat.

Probably Pat even though he's made his charity donation.
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • phil s
    phil s Posts: 1,128
    According to news wires here, Sinkewitz was fined
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    It must be Sinkewitz - I think the original story I read was wrong.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Surely he loses a year's salary? No?

    What about McQuad's toilet paper? Didn't Sinkewitz sign?
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Timoid. wrote:
    Surely he loses a year's salary? No?

    What about McQuad's toilet paper? Didn't Sinkewitz sign?

    No, you need to get a full 2 year ban for that to take effect.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    iainf72 wrote:
    Timoid. wrote:
    Surely he loses a year's salary? No?

    What about McQuad's toilet paper? Didn't Sinkewitz sign?

    No, you need to get a full 2 year ban for that to take effect.


    So juice up, get caught, admit some things and get away almost scot free.

    Is he still get banned from the PT (for all that's worth)?

    Its bullshit. He should have to name names and speak the whole truth for a reduction in his sentence.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    We don't know what he's said behind closed doors.
    Rule No.10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster
  • skavanagh.bikeradar
    skavanagh.bikeradar Posts: 1,097
    Hopefully he's done a canary act and the 1 year ban is correct.
  • cooper.michael1
    cooper.michael1 Posts: 1,787
    Where is the tough stance on this, its not even really a 1 year ban as he can race again mid way through next season.

    He has basically admitted to systematic doping since 2003. I appreciate he has co-operated with authorities but he should at least serve one full season out. The way it is come April he will have a pro continental contract wating in the wings, and he'll be racing come August....some ban.

    A ban for the whole of 2008 season, would at least give him a Millar type scenario where he may face up the propesct of what life is like without being a pro cyclist.
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    A buddy was talking to an ex-T-mobile rider last week - apparently it was obvious to other riders in the team that Sinkewitz was up to something and they kept trying to drop hints to UCI/WADA to come to one of their training camps to do some out of race tests, but unfortunately they never turned up.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • secretsqirrel
    secretsqirrel Posts: 2,123
    Monty
    Appreciate you might not have got the full story, but it doesn't sound as if any peer pressure was applied from the 'team mates', it wouldn have been in their interests to try and sort it out themselves? Before grassing.

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