More Bio Passport concerns and Fat Pat looks a fool...

CyclingBantam
CyclingBantam Posts: 1,299
edited November 2011 in Pro race
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-new-biological-passport-cases-imminent

Not seen this discussed elsewhere but it looks like there may be some more cases coming out. I guess my view on this is that it is a good thing. If people keep getting caught it must be 'some' deterant to dopers/potential dopers.

The thing that worried me about the story though was McQuaids comments. He is directly commenting on the story and yet then seems to claim he doesn't know what is going on. Why on earth would you go to a press conference/comment on it without getting briefed first? He has basically come out and said he doesn't have a clue what is going on...

"I dont know exactly where we are with the cases"
"I cant tell you when or if it [cases] will happen"
Etc...

Comments

  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    Probably just a bit of a smoke screen/diversion tactics to take the attention away from AC's CAS hearing results.. #thatsmytake
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  • CyclingBantam
    CyclingBantam Posts: 1,299
    Seems I'm not the only one confused! http://inrng.com/

    Doobz, Fair point. Seems a strange way of deflecting the attention though. Making out you are an imbecile!
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    CyclingBantam wrote:
    Seems I'm not the only one confused! http://inrng.com/

    Doobz, Fair point. Seems a strange way of deflecting the attention though. Making out you are an imbecile!

    To be honest though, we already know he's an imbecile so he's not exactly losing a whole lot of respect.
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    at the moment i'm taking this with a pinch of salt. I think cyclingnews are well aware what their readers are interested in and post too many stories about the drug side of the sport. Until something is officially announced this doesn't mean much.

    haven't all the cases with the bio passport so far been dropped anyway
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    sherer wrote:
    haven't all the cases with the bio passport so far been dropped anyway

    Nope..

    Igor Astarloa
    Pietro Caucchioli
    Antonio Colom
    Francesco De Bonis
    Franco Pellizotti
    Ricardo Serrano
    Tadej Valjavec
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  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    Doobz wrote:
    sherer wrote:
    haven't all the cases with the bio passport so far been dropped anyway

    Nope..

    Igor Astarloa
    Pietro Caucchioli
    Antonio Colom
    Francesco De Bonis
    Franco Pellizotti
    Ricardo Serrano
    Tadej Valjavec

    I thought Valjavec and Pellizotti had been dropped after appeals but seems I was wrong there
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    sherer wrote:

    I thought Valjavec and Pellizotti had been dropped after appeals but seems I was wrong there

    Yea I think he has been the highest profile case out of all of them.. His ban ends just two days before the Giro

    http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/10429 ... -2012.aspx
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  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    Would be good to have all the dirty washing done in the closed season rather than a bloodbath at the TDF.

    -jerry
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