Anthony Charteau

LeicesterLad

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/french-federation-tests-for-corticoids-at-4-jours-de-dunkerque

Interesting that the team made the decision to withdraw him from the race...

MrTapir

Hmm it woud be interesting to know if he was tested and the timeframe of testing or hearing about the tests and then him being withdrawn... Quite like Charteau, i sort of thought 'ah he's an upstanding sort'.

prawny

He's french, of course he wasn't cheating, just a coincidence. Move along now nothing to see here.

LeicesterLad

prawny wrote:

He's french, of course he wasn't cheating, just a coincidence. Move along now nothing to see here.

Was going to say, after all the stick they give the Spaniards, if it turns out Charteau is a cheat it will be interesting to see how its reported over in France and Spain...

RichN95.

Every TdF King of the Mountains should automatically get a two year ban. It'll save a lot of bother.

shinyhelmut

prawny wrote:

He's french, of course he wasn't cheating, just a coincidence. Move along now nothing to see here.

What will @festinagirl say?

shinyhelmut

RichN95 wrote:

Every TdF King of the Mountains should automatically get a two year ban. It'll save a lot of bother.

Yep, and every GC winner from north of the equator.

dougzz

ShinyHelmut wrote:

prawny wrote:

He's french, of course he wasn't cheating, just a coincidence. Move along now nothing to see here.

What will @festinagirl say?

That her kid had Fish and Chips for dinner, or some equally enthralling remark

LeicesterLad

dougzz wrote:

ShinyHelmut wrote:

prawny wrote:

He's french, of course he wasn't cheating, just a coincidence. Move along now nothing to see here.

What will @festinagirl say?

That her kid had Fish and Chips for dinner, or some equally enthralling remark

While on the topic, I follow FestinaGirl and find her tweets 99%annoying but then theres the 1% genuinely insightful/newsbreaking/interesting - but I realise i have no idea what her background is, who she is, what her job is, what her links to cycling are(I assume it has something to do with the old Festina team). Can somebody please answer these questions for me...Thanks.

rick_chasey

LeicesterLad wrote:

dougzz wrote:

ShinyHelmut wrote:

prawny wrote:

He's french, of course he wasn't cheating, just a coincidence. Move along now nothing to see here.

What will @festinagirl say?

That her kid had Fish and Chips for dinner, or some equally enthralling remark

While on the topic, I follow FestinaGirl and find her tweets 99%annoying but then theres the 1% genuinely insightful/newsbreaking/interesting - but I realise i have no idea what her background is, who she is, what her job is, what her links to cycling are(I assume it has something to do with the old Festina team). Can somebody please answer these questions for me...Thanks.

Housewife.

Too much time on her hands. Thinks she can change the world by tweeting.


Edit: Nothing wrong with being a houswife. There's a lot wrong with being a douche online.

frenchfighter

Well, I wouldn't be so sure she is a lady...she used to be on this forum fyi

rick_chasey

frenchfighter wrote:

Well, I wouldn't be so sure she is a lady...she used to be on this forum fyi

She was on the real peloton a year or so ago.

inkyfingers

Rick Chasey wrote:

LeicesterLad wrote:

dougzz wrote:

ShinyHelmut wrote:

prawny wrote:

He's french, of course he wasn't cheating, just a coincidence. Move along now nothing to see here.

What will @festinagirl say?

That her kid had Fish and Chips for dinner, or some equally enthralling remark

While on the topic, I follow FestinaGirl and find her tweets 99%annoying but then theres the 1% genuinely insightful/newsbreaking/interesting - but I realise i have no idea what her background is, who she is, what her job is, what her links to cycling are(I assume it has something to do with the old Festina team). Can somebody please answer these questions for me...Thanks.

Housewife.

Too much time on her hands. Thinks she can change the world by tweeting.


Edit: Nothing wrong with being a houswife. There's a lot wrong with being a douche online.

I got the impression she was employed in the public sector somehow, but am not 100% sure. Maybe it's just because she's usually flogging some left leaning solidarity claptrap when not hating everyone other than Garmin and tweeting about her kids swimming lessons.

I have though many times about unfollowing her, but just occasionaly she'll say something interesting and to be fair I have had a couple of fairly rational discussions with her.

Ned Boulting went and interviewed her on the Real Peloton podcast a while ago.

rick_chasey

I'm being a little harsh / hypocritical.

It's not like my post count means I don't have too much time on my hands.

inkyfingers

Rick Chasey wrote:

I'm being a little harsh / hypocritical.

It's not like my post count means I don't have too much time on my hands.

Possibly, but we are talking about a woman who thinks that Monsieur Hollande will be the great saviour of France.

TMR

Rick Chasey wrote:

I'm being a little harsh / hypocritical.

It's not like my post count means I don't have too much time on my hands.

Would you like to paint my fence? Do the gardening?

LeicesterLad

So basically she's just a female cycling fan that has to much time on her hands? Other than badgering the sh*t out of Inrng and Vaughters she has no real link to cycling?

rick_chasey

inkyfingers wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

I'm being a little harsh / hypocritical.

It's not like my post count means I don't have too much time on my hands.

Possibly, but we are talking about a woman who thinks that Monsieur Hollande will be the great saviour of France.

I'm (not so) quietly pleased too.

blazing_saddles

prawny wrote:

He's french, of course he wasn't cheating, just a coincidence. Move along now nothing to see here.

Correct.
That's the best bit of anglo-french engineering since Concorde.

Rick Chasey wrote:

I'm being a little harsh / hypocritical.

It's not like my post count means I don't have too much time on my hands.

13,000+ posts in 2 years is pretty impressive. Who says men can't multi-task?

Festinagirl has followed the sport for many years.
While she may not post to everyone's taste, especially on the subject of doping,
her knowledge of the sport is equal to, or better than a lot of blokes on here.

frenchfighter

Blazing, @festinagirl would prefer the forum doesnt know what she posted under on this forum.

rick_chasey

Blazing Saddles wrote:

While she may not post to everyone's taste, especially on the subject of doping,
her knowledge of the sport is equal to, or better than a lot of blokes on here.

I'm cool with the doping chat.

It's more we're jealous of her hogging JV.

blazing_saddles

frenchfighter wrote:

Blazing, @festinagirl would prefer the forum doesnt know what she posted under on this forum.

Something I did not know. I shall edit. Cheers.

Rick Chasey wrote:

I'm cool with the doping chat.

It's more we're jealous of her hogging JV.

There's a nice little unintentional double entendre in there.

You can tell it's another slow day at the Giro............

inkyfingers

So who is going to PM me Festinagirls Bikeradar log in name?

rick_chasey

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

I'm being a little harsh / hypocritical.

It's not like my post count means I don't have too much time on my hands.

13,000+ posts in 2 years is pretty impressive. Who says men can't multi-task?

OK, OK. Very hypocritical.

Maybe it's the tone. I dunno. *shrugs*.

I probably rub more people up the wrong way.

frenchfighter

I voted Hollande. The majoirty of ppl at the Lycee in London didnt tho.

inkyfingers

Rick Chasey wrote:

inkyfingers wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

I'm being a little harsh / hypocritical.

It's not like my post count means I don't have too much time on my hands.

Possibly, but we are talking about a woman who thinks that Monsieur Hollande will be the great saviour of France.

I'm (not so) quietly pleased too.

Fair enough. The problem with Keynesian economics is that to be successful it relies on governments being relatively prudent in the good times so that they can increase their spending in lean times. Neither France nor many other EU countries did that so you get what we have now which is a corporate debt crisis turning into a sovereign debt crisis.

frenchfighter

Anyone seen any further news on this?

rick_chasey

inkyfingers wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

inkyfingers wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

I'm being a little harsh / hypocritical.

It's not like my post count means I don't have too much time on my hands.

Possibly, but we are talking about a woman who thinks that Monsieur Hollande will be the great saviour of France.

I'm (not so) quietly pleased too.

Fair enough. The problem with Keynesian economics is that to be successful it relies on governments being relatively prudent in the good times so that they can increase their spending in lean times. Neither France nor many other EU countries did that so you get what we have now which is a corporate debt crisis turning into a sovereign debt crisis.

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Pross

inkyfingers wrote:

So who is going to PM me Festinagirls Bikeradar log in name?

Same here, I'm intrigued now as I can't think of many obviously female contributors to the pro race forum (Tusher, Ms Tree) in the time I've been on here (assuming of course that festinagirl is female!).

TMR

Pross wrote:

Same here, I'm intrigued now as I can't think of many obviously female contributors to the pro race forum (Tusher, Ms Tree) in the time I've been on here (assuming of course that festinagirl is female!).

Indeed. It may be his weekend name...

ms_tree

The Mad Rapper wrote:

Pross wrote:

Same here, I'm intrigued now as I can't think of many obviously female contributors to the pro race forum (Tusher, Ms Tree) in the time I've been on here (assuming of course that festinagirl is female!).

Indeed. It may be his weekend name...

It's not me guys!