Longo facing anti-doping suspension
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Seems she has done an "Ohuruogu" and was not where she should have been when the testers turned up.
Seems she has done an "Ohuruogu" and was not where she should have been when the testers turned up.
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Wonder if this will prompt her to finally retire!"I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0
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We probably won't see her riding for a longo time.0
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she's that old her memory has probably started to fail her :?0
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I wonder if any of the timing related to her husbands internet purchasesFckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0
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cajun_cyclist wrote:We probably won't see her riding for a longo time.
Tickled me this morning, thanks.
As for Longo, once is possibly excuseable, maybe, but 3 times? Really? Time to hang her saddle bags up i reackon!0 -
Looks like the Jeannie's out of the bottle now.0
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iainf72 wrote:I wonder if any of the timing related to her husbands internet purchases
What's he been doing ?0 -
She will throw a tantrum, complain about how the FFC have always got it in for her, say she's a friend of Sarko and get reinstated as untouchable. "Ne touche pas à ma Jeannie!" I can hear echoing around the capital already. Perhaps she needs a bit of support from LA as well.
She might be the beloved of the french public but she should have retired long ago; she's never done anything to advance french women's cycling, just her own career IMHO. (and yse, for me she is one of those sportswomen that I avoid watching, there are a few others).0 -
Don't know nothing about the story of the testing. But seems abit harsh for saying she should retire for not helping to advance Womans French Cycling. Course she is out to help her own career... who wouldn't?
Not her problem is none of the younger crop can't beat her...0 -
rebs wrote:Don't know nothing about the story of the testing. But seems abit harsh for saying she should retire for not helping to advance Womans French Cycling. Course she is out to help her own career... who wouldn't?
Not her problem is none of the younger crop can't beat her...
Perhaps I am a bit old-fashioned but I am still a believer in people putting back into the system what they have got out of it; that is one of the ways that sport progresses, the top helping and stimulating the roots. Perhaps Jeannie Longo feels that she hasn't got enough out of the FFC.0 -
Of course she's clean, she just pedals at a really high cadence.....0
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Probably waiting for the HRT to clear her system!0
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Oh, FFS, stop digging!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/longo-c ... -the-world'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'0 -
LangerDan wrote:Oh, FFS, stop digging!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/longo-claims-she-is-most-tested-athlete-in-the-world
Just wait til LA hears this. That's his title! He's going to be pissed!0 -
RichN95 wrote:I don't suppose that the classic "Senior Moment" defence is going to cut it with the AFLD.
Perhaps if she arrives at the hearing with her knickers on the outside and smelling faintly of Wurthers and prune juice?'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'0 -
She probably is the most tested given such a long career. But that's a point of fact and not helpful.
Why did she miss three tests? Playing around after two missed tests is asking for it, she has tested positive for stupidity.0 -
Pross wrote:Probably waiting for the HRT to clear her system!
(discards cardigan, fans face and stares intently)
DON'T MESS WITH MENOPAUSAL WOMEN, YOUNG PROSS.
The judge will let us off as we have led faultless lives, contribute to society and look entirely harmless.
Jeannie is one of my heroes. I've talked about her to everyone (over the age of 40) in the jogging and gossiping group I go to.
I'm stunned, and may have to self medicate on further gin.
In fact I'm beyond stunned. (Feel free to fill in all emotions expressed by LA fanboys who finally deduced that their hero had feet of clay).0 -
I have been following her career for nearly 30 years. Shocked, but I have heard she is focused on herself only. If she is found guilty then goodbye. Now for some emoticons!
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Tusher wrote:Pross wrote:Probably waiting for the HRT to clear her system!
(discards cardigan, fans face and stares intently)
DON'T MESS WITH MENOPAUSAL WOMEN, YOUNG PROSS.
The judge will let us off as we have led faultless lives, contribute to society and look entirely harmless.
Jeannie is one of my heroes. I've talked about her to everyone (over the age of 40) in the jogging and gossiping group I go to.
I'm stunned, and may have to self medicate on further gin.
In fact I'm beyond stunned. (Feel free to fill in all emotions expressed by LA fanboys who finally deduced that their hero had feet of clay).
Tusher Quite frankly I couldn't care les if she is doped or not (even if I assume she is). It is not relevant. It does not change the fact that after a certain point you should know when to retire. She has a career very nearly long enough to be officially retired; she has nothing more to get out of the sport, very nearly nothing more to put into it (other than offering her body to medical science). Look at Felicia Ballanger or Myriam Fox for examples that show the difference0 -
The only reason she missed the test was because she was taking a bath in the Fountain of Youth. And didn't want anyone else to know where it is.0
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mz__jo wrote:Tusher Quite frankly I couldn't care les if she is doped or not (even if I assume she is). It is not relevant. It does not change the fact that after a certain point you should know when to retire. She has a career very nearly long enough to be officially retired; she has nothing more to get out of the sport, very nearly nothing more to put into it (other than offering her body to medical science). Look at Felicia Ballanger or Myriam Fox for examples that show the difference
This makes no sense to me.
She's the reigning national champion.
Why would she retire? Just to let someone slower have a turn.
Nonsense.“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
TailWindHome wrote:mz__jo wrote:Tusher Quite frankly I couldn't care les if she is doped or not (even if I assume she is). It is not relevant. It does not change the fact that after a certain point you should know when to retire. She has a career very nearly long enough to be officially retired; she has nothing more to get out of the sport, very nearly nothing more to put into it (other than offering her body to medical science). Look at Felicia Ballanger or Myriam Fox for examples that show the difference
This makes no sense to me.
She's the reigning national champion.
Why would she retire? Just to let someone slower have a turn.
Nonsense.
It is bad for the national image of the sport don't you think? That the best rider is over 50. It's bound to affect how seriously people take the sport.0 -
verylonglegs wrote:TailWindHome wrote:mz__jo wrote:Tusher Quite frankly I couldn't care les if she is doped or not (even if I assume she is). It is not relevant. It does not change the fact that after a certain point you should know when to retire. She has a career very nearly long enough to be officially retired; she has nothing more to get out of the sport, very nearly nothing more to put into it (other than offering her body to medical science). Look at Felicia Ballanger or Myriam Fox for examples that show the difference
This makes no sense to me.
She's the reigning national champion.
Why would she retire? Just to let someone slower have a turn.
Nonsense.
It is bad for the national image of the sport don't you think? That the best rider is over 50. It's bound to affect how seriously people take the sport.
So a national champion should retire because she's over 50.
Should Obree have eased up after 59 mins because he was on a home made bike?“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Hmmn not sure what you are trying to say with Obree's bike, maybe you are missing my point. Let me put it this way, if Wiggins was pulling on the British champions jersey in 20years time would you be thinking 'Great stuff Brad, looked after yourself well..amazing' or 'Christ, how bad a state must British cycling be in?!' I know which one would be popping into my head.0
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verylonglegs wrote:Hmmn not sure what you are trying to say with Obree's bike, maybe you are missing my point. Let me put it this way, if Wiggins was pulling on the British champions jersey in 20years time would you be thinking 'Great stuff Brad, looked after yourself well..amazing' or 'Christ, how bad a state must British cycling be in?!' I know which one would be popping into my head.
But that would not be a reflection on Wiggins, just on the state of British Cycling?
If JL still wins races, it's because the new challenges are not emerging. It is not down to her not stepping aside.0 -
Does anyone else remember Reg Harris returning to track racing in this country? and winning! It exposed the threadbare state of British cycling in a stark fashion.
If you are the fastest cyclist and still competing, you have every right to carry on until someone turns up and beats you regularly. It's not about the bike, it is about how good you are.The older I get the faster I was0 -
TailWindHome wrote:This makes no sense to me.
She's the reigning national champion.
Why would she retire? Just to let someone slower have a turn.
Nonsense.
Have you considered why she might be faster than younger riders?0 -
andyp wrote:TailWindHome wrote:This makes no sense to me.
She's the reigning national champion.
Why would she retire? Just to let someone slower have a turn.
Nonsense.
Have you considered why she might be faster than younger riders?
But that's a different argument (despite being more on topic). I think it's pretty clear to all of us that there's an argument that she's winning because she's doping, whether or not you believe this to be so.
But the idea that someone should retire because they're a bit old and making people look bad is just preposterous.Scottish and British...and a bit French0
