Landis admits doping, points finger at LA - Please read Mod Warning post 1

Just to clarify:

On the audits I've been on for charities and NPO's the wages/salaries and legal fees will vary heavily.

For example within the Professional Services area of the audit you could include surveyors fees on site quality or estate agents fees which may be used for land or buildings acquisitions. In the US I know for a fact that these reports do not come cheap. In a collateral position lawyers/solicitors etc would be employed for property or capital acquisitions as is required in globally applied standards. Perhaps in the context these purchases include care centres or some such.

While accept the LAF Inc and LAF.org are different organisations with different objectives, I wish people would be less scepticle of their activities. I think its bad taste that people would undermine the aims of a charity. Whatever LA might do on or off his bike is open to scpeticism, we should be slow to apply the judgement to people who volunteer and work full time for the foundation. As far as I know LA has very little to do with the operations of the charity, but in fact spends his time on the strategic ideas and national lobbying for cancer awareness.

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/60_minutes/

CBS post the full episodes here after broadcast...

Tyler Hamilton CBS interviews

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7366946n&tag=contentMain;contentAux

wow ... more squeaky-bum time for the UCI to follow

Is it just me or does the CBS interview seem slightly odd? Maybe it's just the American style of interview editing, or the lighting/makeup etc but something seems slightly unreal about it, especially Hamilton. Like they've rehearsed the responses or done multiple takes of them. Not doubting it, just think it seems weirdly put together.

List of people vindicated:
The Andreus,
David Walsh,
Filippo Simeoni,
Paul Kimmage,
The entire nation of France,
Greg Lemond,
Floyd Landis,
Steven Swart,
Emma O'Reilly,
Haterz,
Pierre Ballester,
Christophe Bassons,
Dick Pound,
Pierre Bordry,
SCA promotions,
L'équipe.

List of people who now look like idiots:
Phil Liggett,
David Harmon,
Most (if not all) Cycling magazines,
Robin Williams,
Pat McQuaid.

Basster wrote: »

Could add Dubya to the second list but well, you know...

Were they buds or did they just meet up once or twice?

I hope Harmon and Liggett have 'Commentator' down on their CVs and not 'Journalist'.

petethedrummer wrote: »

List of people vindicated:
The Andreus,
David Walsh,
Filippo Simeoni,
Paul Kimmage,
The entire nation of France,
Greg Lemond,
Floyd Landis,
Steven Swart,
Emma O'Reilly,
Haterz,
Pierre Ballester,
Christophe Bassons,
Dick Pound,
Pierre Bordry,
SCA promotions,
L'équipe.

Hmpffh...List of liars I think you'll find! :pac:



(copyright Livestrong/Father Ted)

petethedrummer wrote: »

List of people who now look like idiots:
Phil Liggett,
David Harmon,
Most (if not all) Cycling magazines,
Robin Williams,
Pat McQuaid.

In his defence, Robin William's has always looked like an idiot.

GT_TDI_150 wrote: »

I thought there was an obvious omission

This guy is probably isn't feeling too good right now either.

Press release - UCI rejects allegations made by Tyler Hamilton

23.05.2011

The International Cycling Union categorically rejects the allegations made by Mr Tyler Hamilton, who claims that Lance Armstrong tested positive for EPO during the 2001 Tour of Switzerland and had the results covered up after one of his representatives approached the Lausanne laboratory responsible for analysing test results from the event.

The UCI is deeply shocked by the seriousness of the allegations made on the “60 Minutes” programme aired by US television network CBS, and by the extent of the media interest in the case, and wishes to state once again that it has never altered or hidden the results of a positive test.

The allegations of Mr Tyler Hamilton are completely unfounded. The UCI can only express its indignation at this latest attempt to damage the image of cycling by a cyclist who has not hesitated to abuse the trust of all followers of cycling on several occasions in the past. At no time did he see fit to inform the UCI of the events he claims to have witnessed ten years ago, and which he is now using in his attempt to harm the UCI.

The UCI can only confirm that Lance Armstrong has never been notified of a positive test result by any anti-doping laboratory.

Aside from the fact that no legal action may now be taken in respect of events that occurred in 2001, the UCI also wishes to point out that in doping cases it must abide by the rules of evidence; any statutory or scientific evaluation must necessarily be made on the basis of the rules, knowledge and detection methods available at the time.

Once again, the UCI wishes to state that no manipulation or cover-up has occurred in respect of its anti-doping procedures. The UCI will continue to defend its honour and credibility by all means available, and reserves the right to take any measures it deems necessary against Mr Hamilton or any other person.

The UCI confidently awaits the results of the inquiry being conducted by the US justice system. It hopes that the investigations may be concluded swiftly and the truth ascertained, so that the sport of cycling may be spared further unnecessary damage.



UCI Press Office

From:- http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=NzM1NA