Ekimov gets his olympic gold

hommelbier
hommelbier Posts: 1,556
edited August 2012 in Pro race
Seems that Hamilton is about to lose his medal from 2004 and it goes to Lance's old teammate and buddy, Vlatcheslav Ekimov. A worthy winner??? - hmmm...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/09/tyler-hamilton-doping-ioc-viatcheslav-ekimov_n_1759682.html

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  • ratherbeintobago
    ratherbeintobago Posts: 636
    {url=https://twitter.com/TheRaceRadio}Race Radio{/url} tweeted not long ago that it might be worth the IOC hanging on a couple of months on this one.

    Andy
    On twitter
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    ratherbeintobago wrote:
    {url=https://twitter.com/TheRaceRadio}Race Radio{/url} tweeted not long ago that it might be worth the IOC hanging on a couple of months on this one.

    Andy

    To give it to whom? :lol:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • ratherbeintobago
    ratherbeintobago Posts: 636
    Dave_1 wrote:
    To give it to whom? :lol:

    Er...
    On twitter
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Ekilicous new Olympic champ?

    Seems legit.
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    ratherbeintobago wrote:
    Dave_1 wrote:
    To give it to whom? :lol:

    Er...

    I've never doped....I'll have it!!
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    hommelbier wrote:
    Seems that Hamilton is about to lose his medal from 2004 and it goes to Lance's old teammate and buddy, Vlatcheslav Ekimov. A worthy winner??? - hmmm...
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/09/tyler-hamilton-doping-ioc-viatcheslav-ekimov_n_1759682.html


    Again, he was a very good cyclist by 1984..before EPO. I respect Ekimov more than I do Berzen or Chiapucci
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Ferrari 1st and 3rd then? Good podium

    Starting to think if someone tests positive post race, the sport they occupied should just be blank - No winner.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    iainf72 wrote:
    Ferrari 1st and 3rd then? Good podium

    Starting to think if someone tests positive post race, the sport they occupied should just be blank - No winner.

    Nah.

    Just say they passed the line first/completed the route in the shortest time and were busted for drugs.

    The racing in cycling is so relative an dependent on others that it's a mug's game to start handing races to people who come 2nd or third.
    _
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Maybe we could run races like Sportives, or school sports days, where everybody goes as fast as possible, but nobody actually wins or loses?
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • rebs
    rebs Posts: 891
    It''s the taking part that counts!

    I hated being told that :P
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    Dave_1 wrote:


    Again, he was a very good cyclist by 1984..before EPO. I respect Ekimov more than I do Berzen or Chiapucci
    Oh yes I remember before 1984 when East European Women were Men and the Men were Supermen.
    I also remember the Milk Race (Tour of Britain) being won by so many East Europeans.
    The Circuit Cycliste du Port Dunkerque races pre 1995 being led by a French team of six Russians which strung the field out to single file and was so long that as they passed the finish line the field was still coming round the corner the other side of the dock.

    Yes I remember pre 1989 and after when the wall came down and those East Europeans joined the Pro ranks.
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • esafosfina
    esafosfina Posts: 131
    Yep... and I suffered the 'results' of those very same Russians and East Germans... not all as squeaky clean as Eki...

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