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Menchov retirement

  • 20-05-2013 5:54pm
    #1
    Aoibheann
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,383 ✭✭✭


    Apologies if this has been posted, a quick scan of the forum said no but I could be mistaken. Anyway, in Russian here, but a Google Translate does the job. Also Eurosport article here. Interesting timing, am curious to see if there'll be any fall-out! Also, Shane Stokes on Twitter:
    My Secret Pro guess was DM - guess that looks possible now


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  • #2
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,899 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    fallout?

    Looks like injuries did for him

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #3
    Dr. Bre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,771 ✭✭✭Dr. Bre


    great rider. close to winning the tour a few times. vuelta and giro winner


  • #4
    Inquitus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,763 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    I would guess he's the former GT winner who tripped the BP, given the timing of this announcement.


  • #5
    jimm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 650 ✭✭✭jimm


    The Captain will have to put a plaque on the wall now. :)

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=64831818&postcount=2729


  • #6
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,318 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    He was once questioned for blood doping.
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/menchov-questioned-in-austrian-doping-case

    No sanction ever came about from it though.


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  • #7
    Aoibheann
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,383 ✭✭✭Aoibheann


    Brian? wrote: »
    fallout?

    Looks like injuries did for him

    Oh, I'm aware of that! I meant more that I'd be interested to see if we get any form of admission re: any previous allegations now that he's retired, or more so if he'd talk in any way freely about Rabobank's rather questionable past. Can't see it happening but am curious!


  • #8
    Aoibheann
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,383 ✭✭✭Aoibheann


    Bump! So that was a very quietly-handled ban doled out by the UCI, see here. Knew there was something very, very questionable about the circumstances of his retirement.


  • #9
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Reflects badly on UCI that this was kept quiet!

    Esp as Jonathan Tiernan Locke publicly still in limbo despite no ban/sanction yet!


  • #10
    Aoibheann
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,383 ✭✭✭Aoibheann


    I am really, really trying to believe that Cookson is going to change things. I know these bans weren't handed out during his time as president of the UCI, but one of the first things he should have done was publicly air as much of the dirty laundry as possible. Then we might have some faith in him, and the UCI as an organisation, for the future. :/


  • #11
    Aoibheann
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,383 ✭✭✭Aoibheann


    On the back of today's news, Shane Stokes just tweeted the following:
    UCI told me today that only big doping cases will be announced in future; Menchov not considered big as he had retired. All other cases will just appear on that doping list, which journos will have to continuously check themselves. That's not transparency, that's PR

    Anyone else losing faith in the Cookson regime rather rapidly? I am absolutely gobsmacked by this..

    EDIT: Sporza seem to confirm this new UCI policy, which is a serious shame.


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  • #12
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,222 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    So the last man standing from the 2010 TDF podium is...Andy Schleck.

    OK then.


  • #13
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,490 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Aoibheann wrote: »
    Anyone else losing faith in the Cookson regime rather rapidly? I am absolutely gobsmacked by this..

    Sadly, there wasn't much faith to lose to begin with. And Cookson getting the job was always more about getting rid of McQuaid than anything else.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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