Cycling; down and maybe "out"

jerry3571
jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
edited January 2013 in Pro race
Cycling, according to Dick Pound, may now be out of the Olympics if he UCI is dropped in it by Lance.
Here's the link below-

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/olym ... 25z;_ylv=3
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”- Albert Einstein

"You can't ride the Tour de France on mineral water."
-Jacques Anquetil

Comments

  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Pound's been saying the same thing ever since he left WADA. Nothing ever comes of it.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    RichN95 wrote:
    Pound's been saying the same thing ever since he left WADA. Nothing ever comes of it.

    Well..when IOC watch LA under oath, maybe something will come of it?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Dave_1 wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Pound's been saying the same thing ever since he left WADA. Nothing ever comes of it.

    Well..when IOC watch LA under oath, maybe something will come of it?

    No it won't. No-one at the IOC listens to Pound.

    Rio have already built the velodrome and the road races show off the sights. It also does well in the TV ratings. Cycling isn't going anywhere.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    RichN95 wrote:
    Dave_1 wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Pound's been saying the same thing ever since he left WADA. Nothing ever comes of it.

    Well..when IOC watch LA under oath, maybe something will come of it?

    No it won't. No-one at the IOC listens to Pound.

    Rio have already built the velodrome and the road races show off the sights. It also does well in the TV ratings. Cycling isn't going anywhere.

    I can't see the IOC sitting on thier hands if Verbruggen and McQuaid et al are implied in systemic doping.
    It's just how far the IOC wants to go.

    Jerry
    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”- Albert Einstein

    "You can't ride the Tour de France on mineral water."
    -Jacques Anquetil
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    If cycling goes then track events and weight lifting should have been dropped years ago
    M.Rushton
  • Rodrego Hernandez
    Rodrego Hernandez Posts: 1,436
    Verbruggen is on the IOC, they won't kick out cycling for things brought about by one of its members. They will probably increase the number of events and reward it for raising awareness of something or other.
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    jerry3571 wrote:
    Cycling, according to Dick Pound, may now be out of the Olympics if he UCI is dropped in it by Lance.
    Here's the link below-

    http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/olym ... 25z;_ylv=3

    He's a Dick for a reason.
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Never listen to a man whose name is a euphemism for masturbation.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Timoid Top Tip there
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Mate, I don't know how they do it over in Ireland, but if you 'pound' it, you're doing it wrong.
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Officlal IO spokesman (i.e. NOT Pound), he say, not likely

    http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/01/ ... rio_271634
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    It is about money. Cycling pulls in a ton of people and is quite a good earner for the IOC. It isn't going anywhere.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    I suppose the IOC could get round things at the Olympics by returning the competition to amateur status for cycling.
    Trouble is these days even the local cycling club has got some kind of sponsorship.

    Just a question about Dick Pound; how is he a Dick? I guess a bad point would be that a lot of the LA thing happened on his watch but since getting out of WADA, he has turned in to a harsh critic.
    Is it that he's Poacher turned Gamekeeper or what?

    Jerry
    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”- Albert Einstein

    "You can't ride the Tour de France on mineral water."
    -Jacques Anquetil
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    I don't think this will happen. Let's hope I'm not proven wrong...
    Road
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    jerry3571 wrote:

    Just a question about Dick Pound; how is he a Dick? I guess a bad point would be that a lot of the LA thing happened on his watch but since getting out of WADA, he has turned in to a harsh critic.
    Is it that he's Poacher turned Gamekeeper or what?

    J

    Que? Pound was a harsh critic when he was running WADA. To the point that I thought he was saying things inappropriate for the leader of WADA. But he's not really changed his tune. Ok, he's delusional about the nobility of the olympics but aside from that.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    I know there is a human trait of facing 2 ways at the same time but if he was genuine about his strong anti doping stance then he's less of a "Dick" and maybe as "Sound as a Pound". (Did you like that??) ;) Jerry
    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”- Albert Einstein

    "You can't ride the Tour de France on mineral water."
    -Jacques Anquetil

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