Who's side are you on?

redddraggon

I guess neither side is totally right, but if you had to take sides which way would you swing?

ASO for me, they've got my favourite races (P-R etc)

deal

I voted ASO, to me UCI is more interested in selling expensive pro tour licenses than taking steps to clean up the sport. Effectively they want to be able to sell entry into the tour.

flattythehurdler

Any organisation with veerbruggen et al. at the helm is about as credible as the current regime in Zimbabwe

iainf72

On the ITV coverage of the Tour last night. Mr Prudhomme said he doesn't have a problem with the UCI, he's got a problem with the people in charge.

That's about the sum of it for me.

guv001

I think it would be better if the UCI became what it should be a non profit making regulator for the sport of cycling instead of a power hungry money making organisation trying to muscle in on anything that will make them rich..IMHO

John Stevenson

All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/to ... ohistory08

takethehighroad

Did you hear the "rumour" on ITV last night that ASO are going to run their own series of races in competition with the ProTour? At the moment it seems as though Cofidis have got the monopoly on these but I expect other teams, esepcially French ones, to follow suit.

Keith Oates

The UCI are the elected world body and one, all be it very important and big commercially motivated player, should not be allowed to over rule the world body!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

andrewgturnbull

Hi there.

I'm with Keith on this one - sport should be run by non-profit making organisations.

Cheers, Andy

andyp

andrewgturnbull wrote:

I'm with Keith on this one - sport should be run by non-profit making organisations.

I agree. The trouble is the UCI first under Verbruggen and now under his puppet McQuaid are trying to set themselves up as the sole promoter of professional cycle racing. That's not their role in my opinion.

RichN95.

andyp wrote:

andrewgturnbull wrote:

I'm with Keith on this one - sport should be run by non-profit making organisations.

I agree. The trouble is the UCI first under Verbruggen and now under his puppet McQuaid are trying to set themselves up as the sole promoter of professional cycle racing. That's not their role in my opinion.

Agreed. They want to make themselves rich by selling what doesn't belong to them. It's only those two that ASO what to replace, not the whole UCI. I can't see any way that ASO won't win.

sing_for_absolution

Verbruggen did nothing in the early 90s and they're still not doing enough now.

feersumendjinn

Have to go with UCI not that i'm 100% happy with them I just don't want ASO to have a monopoly on cycling, Its a moot point but how much pull would ASO have if they didn't run the Tour, & if as they say their not using that to influence the teams & riders let them hand the choice of teams to ride it over to an independent selection body...

LangerDan

In the papers this morning, McQuaid has been making some very complementary remarks about ASO and the TdF and seemed to be supporting their right to exclude teams to clean up the sport.
Either the Big Mac has mellowed or having offered Prudhomme some sweeties, he's going to take him into the woods.

I have a feeling that late in the Tour or just after, McQuaid will make announcement that will start "ASO have tried their very best to clean up the sport - BUT we have just discovered......."