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Death of Hein Verbruggen

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  • #2
    Kaisr Sose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭Kaisr Sose


    RIP
    You might want to edit the title to Verbruggen


  • #3
    dastardly00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,507 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hein-verbruggen-passes-away/


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,620 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    He certainly presided over some of the most interesting years of cycling


  • #5
    TheBlaaMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,469 ✭✭✭TheBlaaMan


    I wonder which nice bottle of French Red is going to be quaffed in the Kimmage household tonight...?


  • #6
    letape
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭letape


    neris wrote: »
    Rte news reporting he's dead. The man who got away with alot of covering up in his own little kingdom=quote]

    RIP
    Hardly think it's the time to be negative about his life


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  • #7
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    TheBlaaMan wrote: »
    I wonder which nice bottle of French Red is going to be quaffed in the Kimmage household tonight...?

    That's a terrible thing to say.


  • #8
    zurbfoundation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 816 ✭✭✭zurbfoundation


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    That's a terrible thing to say.

    Agreed - unsure many positive comments will be posted here - unsure of this threads worth


  • #9
    TheBlaaMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,469 ✭✭✭TheBlaaMan


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    That's a terrible thing to say.

    I take your point, 'dont speak ill of the dead etc' and I've no personal axe to grind. I've also no idea what Kimmage thinks or is doing, but I'd not condemn him if he is happy to see the back of Verbruggen given the treatment dealt out by Verbruggen (& McQuaid as the official voices of the UCI) in the past.


  • #10
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    TheBlaaMan wrote: »
    I take your point, 'dont speak ill of the dead etc' and I've no personal axe to grind. I've also no idea what Kimmage thinks or is doing, but I'd not condemn him if he is happy to see the back of Verbruggen given the treatment dealt out by Verbruggen (& McQuaid as the official voices of the UCI) in the past.

    Not so much the don't speak ill of the dead that I have an issue with but rather the speculation that someone else is taking pleasure from it I find offensive. Their past issues notwithstanding.


  • #11
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,393 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    In due course maybe we could discuss his cycling "legacy" but now is not the time

    RIP


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  • #12
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    RIP and hope he finds peace and lots of cycling on good roads in the next life.
    A mixed legacy but there are some good things.
    Commiserations to his family and friends.


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