Pat opening his gob again

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited March 2008 in Pro race
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/arti ... sion-15134

Leave him alone Pat - Astana have dealt with this exclusion with dignity. Give them back their money for their poxy PT license and let them go about their business.
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • method
    method Posts: 784
    "I know Contador and the people around him and I know that he is a clean and honest rider," added McQuaid

    I don't think I'd make a statement like that about any rider, if I were Pat.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    It's another bad move. By all means, he should say "here are the rules and my role means enforcing them and presiding over changes to them". Once he starts siding with riders, accusations of favourtitism and more will appear.

    He's the head of the governing body, not a fan club chief.
  • vermooten
    vermooten Posts: 2,697
    In a perverse way I know hope AC gets fingered for doping - only to show the world what an arse McQuaid is.
    You just have to ride like you never have to breathe again.

    Manchester Wheelers
  • weyayeman
    weyayeman Posts: 1,141
    we have a saying up here gaan boil ya heed,and I wish McQuaid would.
    :evil:
    How son yee divent need gaan doon the Pit,coz thas plenty coal in the coal hoose
  • phelim
    phelim Posts: 91
    who else will do a better job???
    pjmcg
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Frank Spencer, Mr Bean, the Chuckle Brothers... take your pick.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    phelim wrote:
    who else will do a better job???

    Is that you Pat?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • method
    method Posts: 784
    phelim wrote:
    who else will do a better job???

    I think I could. Sit everyone down, try to work out a way forward for the sport that has the majority of people behind it. Stop trying to collar all the TV money and realise that I'm a governing body and should step back a bit.

    No doubt I'd make a balls up of it, but I don't think it even has to be someone from a cycling background.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    He's now opened his mouth again and attacked the organisation that represents the pro teams, the AIGCP / International Association of Professional Cycling Groups, saying the UCI will suspend all contact with this organisation.
  • micron
    micron Posts: 1,843
    There were rumours that Discovery/Bruyneel had someone on the inside of the UCI tipping them off about testing - looks like we now know who that was. McQuaid should go now - any bit of integrity he might have had is now disappeared
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    micron wrote:
    There were rumours that Discovery/Bruyneel had someone on the inside of the UCI tipping them off about testing - looks like we now know who that was. McQuaid should go now - any bit of integrity he might have had is now disappeared

    Yay, lets bring another random Bruyneel rumour into it. If that's true, why did no one from T-Mobile or basically any other team ever test postive, considering they were all at it.

    No one tested positive because to fail a test you're either an idiot or unlucky.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Richrd2205
    Richrd2205 Posts: 1,267
    I'm struggling to find an appropriate insult for the would-be-alpha-male-but-failing-so-dismally-wannabe-controlfreak-but-really-a-prize-idiot...
    Can the UCI not just sit down & talk to folk in a reasonable manner?
    A wee bit back, I proposed UCI pundit with a competition to guess the next idiot thing they do, I think that "get an appropriate insult for Pat" might be a better option....
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    phelim wrote:
    who else will do a better job???

    Well you're going to need a strong leader, who has experience of control an unruly mob of varying interests. A bullying nature might be appropriate. He should have a good knowledge of doping techniques and testing avoidance. He shouldn't be seen as ASO's puppet. The ability to attract blue chip sponsors is also beneficial.

    So Lance Armstrong it is then.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • vermooten
    vermooten Posts: 2,697
    phelim wrote:
    who else will do a better job???
    Choose from:
    • My aunt who's in her 90s and can't control the drool - or anything else I expect.
    • My cat, Mortimer.
    • The tin of tuna fish I ate for my tea tonight.
    • The same tuna fish as it will re-emerge into the world some time tomorrow.
    Shall I go on?
    You just have to ride like you never have to breathe again.

    Manchester Wheelers
  • aurelio_-_banned
    aurelio_-_banned Posts: 1,317
    Kléber wrote:
    He's now opened his mouth again and attacked the organisation that represents the pro teams, the AIGCP / International Association of Professional Cycling Groups, saying the UCI will suspend all contact with this organisation.
    I haven't seen any reference to this elsewhere. Have you got more details and/or a link?

    Cheers!
  • flattythehurdler
    flattythehurdler Posts: 2,314
    Did any of veerbruggen's seminal fluid leak out?
    Dan
  • campagchris
    campagchris Posts: 773
    phelim wrote:
    who else will do a better job???
    Why not an ex rider of high calibre like Hinault,Lemond,or even Merckx.If the two sides don't pull together there will be no new sponsors coming into cycling.
  • OffTheBackAdam
    OffTheBackAdam Posts: 1,869
    vermooten wrote:
    Choose from:
    • My aunt who's in her 90s and can't control the drool - or anything else I expect.
    • My cat, Mortimer.
    • The tin of tuna fish I ate for my tea tonight.
    • The same tuna fish as it will re-emerge into the world some time tomorrow.
    I vote number 4! :D
    The stink and sight won't improve, but at least there'll be silence from it.
    Remember that you are an Englishman and thus have won first prize in the lottery of life.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    campagchris wrote:
    phelim wrote:
    who else will do a better job???
    Why not an ex rider of high calibre like Hinault,Lemond,or even Merckx.If the two sides don't pull together there will be no new sponsors coming into cycling.
    The UCI deals with all branches of competitive cycling, not the just the circus that is the European professional road scene. I'd propose they split with the UCI and leave the blazers in Aigle to govern the rest of the sport.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    campagchris wrote:
    phelim wrote:
    who else will do a better job???
    Why not an ex rider of high calibre like Hinault,Lemond,or even Merckx.If the two sides don't pull together there will be no new sponsors coming into cycling.

    I think two of those three would hardly be able to take the high moral ground in the fight against PEDs.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • micron
    micron Posts: 1,843
    The blazers in Aigle want to become the governing body for skateboarding and inline skating - and wants to make them olympic sports at the expense of track cycling events. All they're interested in is money, for sure, this is why they wanted the pro tour for the expensive licences and to get TV rights. It would be better if they did concentrate on running the sport well and perhaps leave the organising to those who know.
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    campagchris wrote:
    phelim wrote:
    who else will do a better job???
    Why not an ex rider of high calibre like Hinault,Lemond,or even Merckx.If the two sides don't pull together there will be no new sponsors coming into cycling.

    Hinault's an ASO employee.

    Lemond had a 'what I'd do if I ran the UCI for a day' interview in ProCycling a couple of months ago, but emphasised it was a wistful 'what if' where he could come-out with off-the-wall ideas rather than anything serious.
    I can't really picture him wanting to ringmaster this whole sorry show.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    This is a complex organisation that needs leadership, management and reconstruction. Appointing a big champion from the past might arrive with some goodwill based on his past repuation but I'd much rather see an expert in there. Strip away a few yellow or rainbow jerseys and what do these candidates offer?

    I think the former boss of the French Federation Daniel Baal, the man who introduced blood passports in France a decade ago, used to run a bank or insursance company. Someone with these skills is needed. But he has links to ASO, far from the ideal consensus candidate.

    Sylvia Schenk anyone? Read today's http://cyclingfansanonymous.blogspot.com/ and you can see she exposed suspect practices from Verbruggen.

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