Brian Cookson to run for UCI President

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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
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    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • rickyrider
    rickyrider Posts: 294
    Brilliant. Bye bye Mcquaid. Now please disappear without a trace.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Well I have been to the hairdressers, done the food shopping for our upcoming huiswarming, bought some hydrangeas from the garden centre and made and eaten an omlette all in the time it has taken to formally see off McQuaid's pathetic attempt to cling on to power.

    I must say though, such good news has made my day off :D

    I might go out for a ride after this U23 race. It's such a nice day!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    iainf72 wrote:
    All that stuff earlier around the constitutions really scuppered McQuaid. Cookson played it well.

    Now, about this 25K bribe..
    Yup. Sorting the paper work out is going to take some time.
    He has three years to try.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Well I have been to the hairdressers, done the food shopping for our upcoming huiswarming, bought some hydrangeas from the garden centre and made and eaten an omlette all in the time it has taken to formally see off McQuaid's pathetic attempt to cling on to power.

    I must say though, such good news has made my day off :D

    I might go out for a ride after this U23 race. It's such a nice day!

    Everyone over to ATC's house for a celebration.
  • meggiedude
    meggiedude Posts: 257
    Someone change Fat Pat's Wikipedia entry - immediately, if not sooner.
    Can I upgrade???
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    This is good news.

    Hopefully, finally, the UCI can start to move forward on a proper level footing where thoughtful, meaningful, strong management as well debate and discussion with all stakeholders can remove the governing body from the old school boy network and brown paper bags full of cash that it had become, and that its actually done for the love of the sport not the power and (corrupt) money that the position brings.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Turfle wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Well I have been to the hairdressers, done the food shopping for our upcoming huiswarming, bought some hydrangeas from the garden centre and made and eaten an omlette all in the time it has taken to formally see off McQuaid's pathetic attempt to cling on to power.

    I must say though, such good news has made my day off :D

    I might go out for a ride after this U23 race. It's such a nice day!

    Everyone over to ATC's house for a celebration.

    Steady on, I haven't got the booze in yet, I'm borrowing a friends bakfiets for that!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    Cookson's just pulled off a face mask and revealed he was Pat McQuaid the whole time.

    Didn't see that coming.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • kaacp
    kaacp Posts: 93
    I've never been so glad in my life to see an Irish person NOT win something....

    Here's to change.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Kaacp wrote:
    I've never been so glad in my life to see an Irish person NOT win something....

    Here's to change.

    But he isn't Irish, he's Thai...
    Correlation is not causation.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Kaacp wrote:
    I've never been so glad in my life to see an Irish person NOT win something....
    What about that time someone nominated Bono for the Nobel Peace Prize?
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  • kaacp
    kaacp Posts: 93
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Kaacp wrote:
    I've never been so glad in my life to see an Irish person NOT win something....

    Here's to change.

    But he isn't Irish, he's Thai...


    They're welcome to him. :evil:
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  • kaacp
    kaacp Posts: 93
    RichN95 wrote:
    Kaacp wrote:
    I've never been so glad in my life to see an Irish person NOT win something....
    What about that time someone nominated Bono for the Nobel Peace Prize?


    Ah now, leave Bono alone!
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  • Bo Duke
    Bo Duke Posts: 1,058
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Well I have been to the hairdressers, .......

    I might go out for a ride after this U23 race. It's such a nice day!

    Where's the logic behind that, pray tell? :shock:
    'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP
  • kaacp
    kaacp Posts: 93
    According to http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-s ... -1.1542526, the vote took place in the former residence of Machiavelli.

    How apt.
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Kaacp wrote:
    According to http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-s ... -1.1542526, the vote took place in the former residence of Machiavelli.

    How apt.
    Haha, that's genius, almost as bad as having a lying puppet as a mascot for the world championships :mrgreen:
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
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    Silver medal for the Irish candidate! Great result for a country that is really only a minnow on the world stage!!
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    But thank god they got rid of that corrupt gobsh!te.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Bo Duke wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Well I have been to the hairdressers, .......

    I might go out for a ride after this U23 race. It's such a nice day!

    Where's the logic behind that, pray tell? :shock:

    :?:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Bo Duke wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Well I have been to the hairdressers, .......

    I might go out for a ride after this U23 race. It's such a nice day!

    Where's the logic behind that, pray tell? :shock:

    :?:

    Going out on your bike just having had your hair done?
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • Bo Duke
    Bo Duke Posts: 1,058
    Ok I'll explain.... you paid for a hair do and now you're going straight out to mess it up?
    'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Ah, ha! Don't worry fellas, I have very short hair, plus I like riding my bike more than I like having neat hair. Priorities! :D
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    RichN95 wrote:
    Kaacp wrote:
    I've never been so glad in my life to see an Irish person NOT win something....
    What about that time someone nominated Bono for the Nobel Peace Prize?
    Or the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest?
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    this is great news for the sport but I think in the short term if he does what he said he would a huge painfull can of worms will be openned first and that won't be good for the sport. How he manages that will be key to how well he does
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Good to see Team GB winning something this week anyway.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • Tom Dean
    Tom Dean Posts: 1,723
    @ffflow: Wanted; removal company, full house contents from Aigle to Craggy Island. Must accept paypal.”
    :lol:
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    sherer wrote:
    this is great news for the sport but I think in the short term if he does what he said he would a huge painfull can of worms will be openned first and that won't be good for the sport. How he manages that will be key to how well he does

    Agreed. To some extent cycling can't sink much lower in the credibility stakes, so going through the skeletons in the closet (which everyone knows are there) shouldn't do more damage than has been done in the last 10 years. But as you say, managing the process and the outcome is key.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    Did Cookson just ignore procedure and constitution to unilaterally declare Pat McQuaid's candidancy valid to suit his own political agenda?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • andrewjoseph
    andrewjoseph Posts: 2,165
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Did Cookson just ignore procedure and constitution to unilaterally declare Pat McQuaid's candidancy valid to suit his own political agenda?

    No, he proposed they move forward, this must have been seconded and agreed.
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