What is going on with the FFC?

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited April 2008 in Pro race
There's this

http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=12443

And that they've told ASO that their classics will be in the UCI calender. Have the UCI managed to wield a big stick successfully?
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Probably a quid pro quo deal with the UCI following Verbruggen's recent capitulation over ASO races and the ProTour.

    Despite all the tantrums, the megaphone diplomacy and the "Its my ball and I'm going home", I'd be very surprised if the UCI and ASO haven't spent the past two months meeting.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • ricadus
    ricadus Posts: 2,379
    It's probably an engineered compromise between the two antagonists, with FFC as acting as the front.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Ahhh. It appearsthe FFC are skint.

    Interesting that the Italians applied some pressure - I guess they were at the meeting when the FFC originally agreed to the calender.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • ricadus
    ricadus Posts: 2,379
    The French federation has been in dire straits since it lost a case that required it to pay a large sum in compensation to a former track rider who was crippled in a velodrome accident.
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