Ricco

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited June 2011 in Pro race
Excellent news fans of attacking exciting dopers!

Ricco has had a change of heart and wants to come back

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/cycling/ ... 8066_x.htm
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    I wondered how long it'd be ;)

    He really is an attacking exciting doper!
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Surely no team will be stupid enough to sign him again. Not even Lampre.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    iainf72 wrote:
    Excellent news fans of attacking exciting dopers!

    Ricco has had a change of heart and wants to come back

    Tsk, tsk, Iain - you forgot the rules.

    If you want to make him impervious to all forms of forum attack and criticism, you have to write his name in the thread title in all upper-case characters thus - "RICCO"

    Liberal application of the word "Champion" (with the "C" again in upper case) throughout your post will also repell any fact-based contradictions.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    afx237vi wrote:
    Surely no team will be stupid enough to sign him again. Not even Lampre.

    Christina Watches? Although, they seem to do as much racing as the Bombay Bicycle Club*.

    *A curry house in Newport
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  • gmb
    gmb Posts: 456
    I'm sure he's very sorry for his continuous and systematic cheating and will return to the sport clean and set a very good example to children of all ages.
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  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    RichN95 wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Surely no team will be stupid enough to sign him again. Not even Lampre.

    Christina Watches? Although, they seem to do as much racing as the Bombay Bicycle Club*.

    *A curry house in Newport

    and many places in the big city, although seemingly a different chain.

    http://www.bombay-bicycle.com/about-us.html
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Well, here's hoping he gets a lifetime ban and won't be allowed to come back ever again.*









    *assuming he is guilty of course.
  • andrewjoseph
    andrewjoseph Posts: 2,165
    If Ricco really is clean, why doesn't he sue Vacansoleil for breaking his contract?
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  • flanners1
    flanners1 Posts: 916
    edited April 2011
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ricco-w ... a-comeback

    SO what happened to his career as a barista then and his diatribe about the ills of pro cycling?

    The man is a PR disaster and a fool, knowing this sport he will have a job again in a couple of weeks :roll:
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  • P_Tucker
    P_Tucker Posts: 1,878
    GMB wrote:
    I'm sure he's very sorry for his continuous and systematic cheating and will return to the sport clean and set a very good example to children of all ages.

    Since when do professional athletes have to be good role models?
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    P_Tucker wrote:
    Since when have professional athletes been good role models?

    Fixed.
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    Flanners1 wrote:
    SO what happened to his career as a barista then?
    3 weeks into the training he realised they were all caffeine addicted freaks
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  • Yorkman
    Yorkman Posts: 290
    Flanners1 wrote:
    SO what happened to his career as a barista then

    Ground to a halt.

    I'll get my coat.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Yorkman wrote:
    Flanners1 wrote:
    SO what happened to his career as a barista then

    Ground to a halt.

    I'll get my coat.

    Bean there, done that.
  • Homer J
    Homer J Posts: 920
    ^^ :lol:
  • flanners1
    flanners1 Posts: 916
    Couldn't take the daily grind. :?
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,559
    Yorkman wrote:
    Flanners1 wrote:
    SO what happened to his career as a barista then

    Ground to a halt.

    I'll get my coat.

    Fired when he forgot to check how long the milk had been in the fridge.
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  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    The pressure ground him down and they had to latte him go when they realised he couldn't take the daily grind :D
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    No tA Doctor wrote:

    Fired when he forgot to check how long the milk had been in the fridge.

    Maybe he didn't realise a fridge could be used to keep milk in.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    AP
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    Professional cyclist Riccardo Ricco' leaves the Italian Olympic Committee headquarters in Rome with his lawyer Fiorenzo Alessi, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, after meeting with the anti-doping prosecutor.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Is he doing the 'Shhh!" sign, or picking his nose?
    frenchfighter wrote:
    AP

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  • CyclingBantam
    CyclingBantam Posts: 1,299
    frenchfighter wrote:
    AP
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    Professional cyclist Riccardo Ricco' leaves the Italian Olympic Committee headquarters in Rome with his lawyer Fiorenzo Alessi, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, after meeting with the anti-doping prosecutor.

    Why are they holding hands?
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Perhaps he 's holding hands with his wife and she's overdone the testosterone a bit
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    His face certainly looks as if he's been "comfort-eating" for the past couple of months. Now he looks even more like a 14-year old ASBO recipient.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    afx237vi wrote:
    Surely no team will be stupid enough to sign him again. Not even Lampre.

    Amore & Vita perhaps

    http://www.rtbf.be/sport/cyclisme/detail_ricco-est-de-retour?id=6103003
  • ms_tree
    ms_tree Posts: 1,405
    After all the stuff Fagnini has said against Pantani over the years - I'm lost for words.
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  • mr prickles
    mr prickles Posts: 10
    wouldn t be surprised if an italian team picked him up purely for the publicity he would generate ....look at phonak when Landis was riding , their sales of hearing aids rocketed!!!.

    Ricco s always seems to land on his feet though so im sure he ll be back at soon with no remorse etc
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    From CyclingNews:

    In a press release issued today, the Amore & Vita team outlined the five conditions upon which they would allow Riccò to join the squad.

    "1. At the next meeting with Fanini, Riccardo must have removed the two earrings, piercings and also the diamond embedded in a tooth. This is evidence of a totally new image.
    2. He must stop working with his agent and also with his trainer. These professionals, and even a his lawyer, will not follow or advise him any longer.
    3. He must update immediately the biological passport and never have a drug or a syringe with him, unless expressly authorized by the team.
    4. He must come to live with his wife and son in a villa on my property a few minutes from team headquarters so we can check him at any time.
    5. He must be available to speak with the competent authorities about his knowledge on the doping system."



    Brilliant. (although I still don;t think he deserves ANOTHER chance).
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Pokerface wrote:
    From CyclingNews:

    In a press release issued today, the Amore & Vita team outlined the five conditions upon which they would allow Riccò to join the squad.

    "1. At the next meeting with Fanini, Riccardo must have removed the two earrings, piercings and also the diamond embedded in a tooth. This is evidence of a totally new image.
    2. He must stop working with his agent and also with his trainer. These professionals, and even a his lawyer, will not follow or advise him any longer.
    3. He must update immediately the biological passport and never have a drug or a syringe with him, unless expressly authorized by the team.
    4. He must come to live with his wife and son in a villa on my property a few minutes from team headquarters so we can check him at any time.
    5. He must be available to speak with the competent authorities about his knowledge on the doping system."



    Brilliant. (although I still don;t think he deserves ANOTHER chance).

    They missed the rest of the 'Ten Commandments'

    6. He must read 'The Death of Marco Pantani' by Matt Rendell, even the boring scientific stuff in the last couple of chapters
    7. He may only refer to himself as 'The Cobra' if he spends a night in a room with actual cobras. Something like the Well of Souls from Raiders of the Lost Ark
    8. He must not hide extracted blood in the tomato juice container in the fridge. My wife likes her Bloody Marys.
    9. He must refer to himself as 'ginger' and not 'strawberry blonde'.
    10. He will not touch the TV remote. We like 'Italy's Got Talent' - just deal with it. And no porn on the laptop beyond 'standard sex'.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    He must drink a pint of beetroot juice for breakfast, each morning.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.

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