Bordry resigns

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited November 2012 in Pro race
See ya Pierre. I'll miss your outbursts in the press.
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
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  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    iainf72 wrote:
    See ya Pierre. I'll miss your outbursts in the press.

    If ever a man was full of hot air and self importance it was him.
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Moray Gub wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    See ya Pierre. I'll miss your outbursts in the press.

    If ever a man was full of hot air and self importance it was him.

    Too right. Thankfully, there's none of that 'round here.

    A sensible decision; as soon as he became the 'story' he was a liability. Now, if only others would follow his lead...
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Are you hinting at another windbag packed full of hot air who works in Aigle, Mr Jones?
  • BikingBernie
    BikingBernie Posts: 2,163
    edited September 2010
    He is probably paying the price for his support of the Novitsky investigations and for offering to retest Armstrong's Tour samples. After all, we all know of Armstrong's close links with Sarko, and what happened to Patrice Clerc in a similar situation.

    Armstrong is already crowing...

    Au revoir Pierre.

    http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong/status/25420732279

    What with this and Stephanie McIllvain continuing to 'toe the party line' it may be that Armstrong's influence is even greater than most people have estimated. (Although we also need to bear in mind the power of the corporate interests who exploit his 'brand').
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    That's right, it's all about Armstrong. :roll:

    Nothing to do with his his issues with his state funding and the fact he was due to retire soon anyway.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • BikingBernie
    BikingBernie Posts: 2,163
    RichN95 wrote:
    That's right, it's all about Armstrong. :roll:

    Nothing to do with his his issues with his state funding and the fact he was due to retire soon anyway.
    Given he was due to retire soon, why not wait? Doubtless the timing was just an amazing 'coincidence'...
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    BikingBernie wrote:
    Given he was due to retire soon, why not wait? Doubtless the timing was just an amazing 'coincidence'...

    Wait until what?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    BikingBernie wrote:
    Armstrong is already crowing...

    Au revoir Pierre.

    http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong/status/25420732279

    Wow. I'm amazed Lance's Blackberry can get a signal inside his hollowed-out volcano.
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  • ratsbeyfus
    ratsbeyfus Posts: 2,841
    DaveyL wrote:
    BikingBernie wrote:
    Armstrong is already crowing...

    Au revoir Pierre.

    http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong/status/25420732279

    Wow. I'm amazed Lance's Blackberry can get a signal inside his hollowed-out volcano.

    :D:D:D

    I had one of them red bikes but I don't any more. Sad face.

    @ratsbey
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    DaveyL wrote:
    BikingBernie wrote:
    Armstrong is already crowing...

    Au revoir Pierre.

    http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong/status/25420732279

    Wow. I'm amazed Lance's Blackberry can get a signal inside his hollowed-out volcano.
    Ernst Stavro Blohard? :P
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Dr No Comment
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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    You Only Comeback Twice
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    For Your Veins Only
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  • ratsbeyfus
    ratsbeyfus Posts: 2,841
    Octopusher

    I had one of them red bikes but I don't any more. Sad face.

    @ratsbey
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    From St Moritz With Love
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    The Man with the Thickened Blood
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Wot, too obvious? Thunderball.

    The HGH is Not Enough.
    On Michele's Secret Service.
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Livestong and Let Die

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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Lie Another Day.



    .........A TUE to a Pill.
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  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    .........A TUE to a Pill.

    *doffs cap*
    @stagehopper
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    That's cheating! I thought it was Scrabble rules... :D

    Anyway, I doff my cap to iainf72 for pointing me in the direction of the cycnlingnews forums. It really is hilarious the way the tinfoil hat brigade over there (i.e. almost all of them) have gone into overdrive over this one.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Top punning, people. Cheers!

    Not sure we've had From Landis With Love though.
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  • dave milne
    dave milne Posts: 703
    A thread that was swiftly descending into BB madness has been saved :D
  • ratsbeyfus
    ratsbeyfus Posts: 2,841
    Interesting comments from Bordry here about his resignation:

    http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/5817/Pierre-Bordry-resigned-from-ALFD-due-to-lack-of-political-will-to-fight-doping.aspx
    He was also critical of the current French political establishment over its relationship with the seven-time Tour winner. Particularly president Nicolas Sarkozy, whose relationship with Armstrong he cites as one of the sources of pressure on his agency.

    “You can’t pay tribute to Lance Armstrong without acknowledging the doubts that hang over his performance,” said Bordry.

    The result of all this, claims Bordry, is a 2011 AFLD budget reduced to 2009 levels.

    I had one of them red bikes but I don't any more. Sad face.

    @ratsbey
  • BikingBernie
    BikingBernie Posts: 2,163
    ratsbeyfus wrote:
    Interesting comments from Bordry here about his resignation:

    http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/5817/Pierre-Bordry-resigned-from-ALFD-due-to-lack-of-political-will-to-fight-doping.aspx
    He was also critical of the current French political establishment over its relationship with the seven-time Tour winner. Particularly president Nicolas Sarkozy, whose relationship with Armstrong he cites as one of the sources of pressure on his agency.
    BikingBernie wrote:
    He is probably paying the price for his support of the Novitsky investigations and for offering to retest Armstrong's Tour samples. After all, we all know of Armstrong's close links with Sarko, and what happened to Patrice Clerc in a similar situation.

    Armstrong is already crowing...

    Au revoir Pierre.

    http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong/status/25420732279
    Not so crazy after all... :wink:
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    BikingBernie wrote:
    Not so crazy after all... :wink:

    No, it's still crazy. Government departments all across Europe have had their funding cut, and the AFLD are no different. Just because Bordry says something, it doesn't make it so.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • BikingBernie
    BikingBernie Posts: 2,163
    RichN95 wrote:
    Government departments all across Europe have had their funding cut, and the AFLD are no different. Just because Bordry says something, it doesn't make it so.
    Cuts or not, it is clear that Bordry is far from happy with the support the AFLD has been given. I also doubt that Sarko was pleased with Bordry's comments about his old mate and bike provider Armstrong. Who knows, perhaps Sarko got on the phone about it and that was the final straw as far as Bordry was concerned...
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    BikingBernie wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Government departments all across Europe have had their funding cut, and the AFLD are no different. Just because Bordry says something, it doesn't make it so.
    Cuts or not, it is clear that Bordry is far from happy with the support the AFLD has been given. I also doubt that Sarko was pleased with Bordry's comments about his old mate and bike provider Armstrong. Who knows, perhaps Sarko got on the phone about it and that was the final straw as far as Bordry was concerned...

    there's not really any need for conspiracy theories here. There's a wealth of evidence against LA without needing resort to complete conjecture.
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  • BikingBernie
    BikingBernie Posts: 2,163
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    there's not really any need for conspiracy theories here. There's a wealth of evidence against LA without needing resort to complete conjecture.
    He was also critical of the current French political establishment over its relationship with the seven-time Tour winner. Particularly president Nicolas Sarkozy, whose relationship with Armstrong he cites as one of the sources of pressure on his agency.
    http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/5817/Pierre-Bordry-resigned-from-ALFD-due-to-lack-of-political-will-to-fight-doping.aspx

    Personally, I think that rather than it being 'complete conjecture', Bordry's positions is such that he knows exactly what is going on behind the scenes...

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