Cookson out. Lappartient in.

The_Boy

Richmond Racer 2 wrote:

Salsiccia1 wrote:

Richmond Racer 2 wrote:

ugo.santalucia wrote:

The problem is the UCI, just the same as the problem is the IOC, or FIFA or UEFA or FIA... large organisations with money are inherently corrupted... Cookson is not a crook and couldn't do much... nobody could

How much money do you think floats around the UCI? Bleeding norah, UCI cant even be mentioned in the same breath as IOC, and CERTAINLY not footie

Therein lies the problem, easily bent to the will of a few interested parties IOC/ASO/Middle East*

*delete as appopriate

tbf I challenge someone to cite a sport that HAS rejected ME money

Someone...? Anyone....?

I've read this post several times now, and my brain refuses to interpret it any way other than RR gloating about her ability to extort money from governing bodies of world sports.

The_Boy

ddraver wrote:

Well looking at positives, .

What do you think this is, the clinic?

awavey

I wouldnt have said he was ineffective, there is some skill at keeping a global sporting organisation on an even keel without attracting scandal or radically upsetting things, see how quickly FIFA seem to have slipped back into old habits and it was the perfect antidote to the previous regimes.

But it is fair to say alot of the stuff he had promised to do in his first manifesto, especially on the womens side of the sport, stalled, went nowhere, got quietly swept under the carpet, and Id agree it suggests he had an almighty tin ear not to have recognised he was going to lose so heavily, that result means less than 1/5 of the federations had any confidence in him, he clearly hadnt been impressing the right movers & shakers.

so will BC get a refund on the money they wasted on his re-election campaign

awavey

"Surprised and disappointed"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cycling/2017 ... sidential/

andyp

Sky are screwed, they won't win another race now their protection at the top has gone.

davidof

RichN95 wrote:

He had originally intended to stand for election to the French Senate, but switched to a UCI run in the summer (perhaps due to the collapse of support for the establishment meant he was unlikely to win on UMP ticket). I think he'll stand down once the soft right re-establish support and he thinks he will win a Senate seat.

The senate are elected by the "grands électeurs" - that is mayors and upwards. They are still largely PS and UMP (LR in fact) so there will still be a big intake from the traditional parties in the forthcoming election. So there must be something more behind his switch.

He is certainly a traditional French politician - holding lots of jobs at the same time. I wouldn't mind 4 salaries. I wonder how much time he'll have for the UCI? Couple of hours a week?

TheBigBean

The_Boy wrote:

Richmond Racer 2 wrote:

Salsiccia1 wrote:

Richmond Racer 2 wrote:

ugo.santalucia wrote:

The problem is the UCI, just the same as the problem is the IOC, or FIFA or UEFA or FIA... large organisations with money are inherently corrupted... Cookson is not a crook and couldn't do much... nobody could

How much money do you think floats around the UCI? Bleeding norah, UCI cant even be mentioned in the same breath as IOC, and CERTAINLY not footie

Therein lies the problem, easily bent to the will of a few interested parties IOC/ASO/Middle East*

*delete as appopriate

tbf I challenge someone to cite a sport that HAS rejected ME money

Someone...? Anyone....?

I've read this post several times now, and my brain refuses to interpret it any way other than RR gloating about her ability to extort money from governing bodies of world sports.

RichmondRacer is a symbol for the middle-east (ME). She is offering to bankroll sporting events, and no one says no.

Richmond Racer 2

U-huh

iainf72

Every time I read the subject of this thread, I have to do it in a Suicidal Tendencies stylee

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rY6TpHBRAcs

Pross

andyp wrote:

Sky are screwed, they won't win another race now their protection at the top has gone.

And French cycling will become great again and it is that conspiracy that has prevented them winning the Tour for over 30 years.

RichN95.

Pross wrote:

andyp wrote:

Sky are screwed, they won't win another race now their protection at the top has gone.

And French cycling will become great again and it is that conspiracy that has prevented them winning the Tour for over 30 years.

Once power meters and radios are banned what can stop them? Without them riders will be left no tactical sense at all and those attacks for television will become winning moves.

Pross

Apparently he's going to crack down on the issue of hidden motors. You know, that major issue that has absolutely been clarified actually exists and is in no way a tin foil hat theory?

cougie

Will he get re-elected after his reign has found no motors though ?

RichN95.

cougie wrote:

Will he get re-elected after his reign has found no motors though ?

Ah, but they will now stop using them, won't they. I predict Cancellara won't win a single race while Lappartient is President, which will prove he must have been using a motor and the clamp down has been a success.

rick_chasey

Will he change anything that affects the men's racing in any way?

Changing world tour points system etc?

andyp

Rick Chasey wrote:

Will he change anything that affects the men's racing in any way?

Changing world tour points system etc?

His pledge to eliminate motorised doping will clearly have a huge effect.

Apart from that, his manifesto was very light on policy specifics but I think he was proposing to reduce the number of WT races. But the fundamental issue with the UCI is that it is managed by committees, so the Road Commission have virtually all the influence over road racing.

blazing_saddles

andyp wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Will he change anything that affects the men's racing in any way?

Changing world tour points system etc?

His pledge to eliminate motorised doping will clearly have a huge effect.

Apart from that, his manifesto was very light on policy specifics but I think he was proposing to reduce the number of WT races. But the fundamental issue with the UCI is that it is managed by committees, so the Road Commission have virtually all the influence over road racing.

He wants to turn back the clock, to when little French races could get a decent field, without making much of an effort. Back to when didn't have to compete with better organised events, from cycling's "new world" countries.

davidof

Blazing Saddles wrote:

andyp wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Will he change anything that affects the men's racing in any way?

Changing world tour points system etc?

His pledge to eliminate motorised doping will clearly have a huge effect.

Apart from that, his manifesto was very light on policy specifics but I think he was proposing to reduce the number of WT races. But the fundamental issue with the UCI is that it is managed by committees, so the Road Commission have virtually all the influence over road racing.

He wants to turn back the clock, to when little French races could get a decent field, without making much of an effort. Back to when didn't have to compete with better organised events, from cycling's "new world" countries.

https://books.google.fr/books?id=jPIoDw ... nt&f=false

No_Ta_Doctor

Key points of the new manifesto:

1) Races to be enlived by playing of national anthems en route
2) Only riders of the anthem being played may attack during the anthem, and for a period of ten minutes after
3) Marc Madiot to be in charge of the PA system

RichN95.

Something I have just found out. Earlier in the month our very own Pokerface got elected on to the UCI Athletes Commision