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Yet another sad day for pro cycling

Doc07 · 2015-12-21 22:25:13

'Although Cookson had initially called on Verbruggen to step down as honorary president of the UCI, they seem to have reached an agreement whereby Verbruggen will remain in his position. In addition, insidethegames.biz reported that the UCI were required to publish text on their website with regards to Verbruggen’s…

21-12-2015 10:25pm

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'Although Cookson had initially called on Verbruggen to step down as honorary president of the UCI, they seem to have reached an agreement whereby Verbruggen will remain in his position. In addition, insidethegames.biz reported that the UCI were required to publish text on their website with regards to Verbruggen’s reservations surrounding the CIRC report with a link to his website.'

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#2 22-12-2015 11:10am

brocbrocach

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Hein knows where all the skeletons are buried.

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#3 22-12-2015 5:23pm

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It's Christmas and the season of goodwill, Cookson trying (and succeeding) to make PMQ look good.....

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#4 22-12-2015 11:58pm

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Cookson claims the terms agreed were not exactly the way Verbruggen claimed and he has in fact never paid any money over based on the fact that Heineken broke the terms of their deal.

Or that was my reading further down the page.

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#5 23-12-2015 11:25am

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Sep(p) must be wondering where it all went wrong for him...

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