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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 01-03-2018 11:50
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You know the drill. Here’s the latest of right now from the February topic
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 01-03-2018 12:48
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I'm a bit surprised that Strade Bianche is still with no doubt in program, of course nice that's it, but the weather is not so good
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 01-03-2018 12:58
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df_Trek wrote:
I'm a bit surprised that Strade Bianche is still with no doubt in program, of course nice that's it, but the weather is not so good
Wout Van Aert won't mind a bit of mud
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 01-03-2018 13:16
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In hindsight it is nice to have only one team with the name Lotto in the WT. It saves a lot of confusions.
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 01-03-2018 14:27
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Ollfardh wrote:
df_Trek wrote:
I'm a bit surprised that Strade Bianche is still with no doubt in program, of course nice that's it, but the weather is not so good
Wout Van Aert won't mind a bit of mud 
 
can make some money with betting
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 02-03-2018 12:19
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Hi All.
Reminder to get entered into the PCMDaily Velogames Fantasy Paris-Nice league and the PCMDaily Velogames Championship by heading over to the thread.
Be there or be somewhere else.
"Ringo is exactly right", Shonak - 8 September 2016
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 02-03-2018 12:44
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https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-...dium-girls
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| Vien |
Posted on 02-03-2018 13:00
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As long as they don't go full F1 and replace them with spoiled kids I'm okay with anything.... |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 02-03-2018 13:07
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A whole new meaning of "white roads"...
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 05-03-2018 01:19
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 05-03-2018 10:00
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This is just stuff that's already known. Sky, as well as every other pro cycling team, bend the rules as much as possible. Sky just get the flack because of there stature as one of the biggest teams.
It's the responsibility of the UCI/doping authorities to tighten the rules to stop this. Stop wasting time and money reporting on teams not breaking the rules and start asking the relevant authorities why their rules are so easy to get around.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 05-03-2018 10:32
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ringo182 wrote:
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This is just stuff that's already known. Sky, as well as every other pro cycling team, bend the rules as much as possible. Sky just get the flack because of there stature as one of the biggest teams.
It's the responsibility of the UCI/doping authorities to tighten the rules to stop this. Stop wasting time and money reporting on teams not breaking the rules and start asking the relevant authorities why their rules are so easy to get around.
I agree, Team Sky deserves our greatest praise for finding all these loopholes. If it wasn't for them, other teams would abuse this and cheat their way to victories. I salute you, Sir Bradley!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 05-03-2018 10:46
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how many more scandals do they need to do something?
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 05-03-2018 10:50
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This news comes as often as Rojas comes 4th, so probably roughly when Rojas retires.
"What done is, is one." - Benji Naesen
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 05-03-2018 11:34
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This latest Sky "news" is about as non-news as you can get. Makes for good headline but if you actually read the content you'll find that MP's found zero actionable evidence of wrongdoing inside Team Sky, just a further confirmation that they operated cleverly inside a loophole in the UCI and WADA codes. Use of TUE's as granted by the governing bodies to boost performances, which is obviously morally wrong but because they were official TUE's Sky were not breaking any rules.
Yes Sky come out looking dirtier than a victorian chimney sweep, but again there is virtually nothing to make a real legal case with. And if you think no other major team or rider has ever used loopholes or acted imorally in cycling you're just another deluded fool.
The whole damn system is full of corruption, loopholes and vague rules. Nothing here is new or unique, keep your eyes on the Salbutamol case for actual proveable results and wrong doing.
My concern these days is what the knock-on effects on British Cycling will be. Damage to the track cycling programmes, development programmes, domestic scene and public opinion. Cycling is a brilliant activity that needs real boosting and support, not more controversy and troubles.
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| Champ_Armstrong |
Posted on 05-03-2018 13:08
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| cio93 |
Posted on 05-03-2018 13:37
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I know it's unrealistic to hope they retroactively ban Sky-affiliated people for this kind of stuff.
What I do hope this eventually does is make everyone and their mother hate Team Sky, if we're not already at that point.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 05-03-2018 16:24
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Icarus won Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars today, so either this is the mother of co-incidences or the anti-doping 'awareness' stars have aligned today.
Oh and nothing will happen to Sky
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 06-03-2018 12:08
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What?!!
Criterium in Barbados brought to premature end after one rider attacks another with a wheel: https://t.co/PgtOTLPWYW
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 06-03-2018 12:32
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For me the other rider should have a big penalty. You can't grab the other rider's brakes without a reason.
The reaction is justified imo
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