This is BS...that new "under investigation" clause reverses the presumption of innocence until prove

http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=240

If you are "under investigation" you are asked to leave the
Tour. By this standard, Lance would have been ejected and
remained off the startlist for several years. He likely
would have never qualified to come back and it would hace
destroyed the sport. Somehow I think that ASO would not
have done it to him knowing how much it would hurt ASO.
They don't give a crap about dope or anything other than
enhancing the image of ASO. That means throwing out
innocent people in some cases and in other cases assisting
in cover ups.

I have lost just about any respect I had left for ASO. I
used to think they were brilliant (and maybe those that
built the Tour in the first 90 years were) but the last 10
years have been backwards progress. They are pimps and the
cyclists are their whores.

"Chris" <chrismcreynolds@hotmail.com> writes:

> http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=240
>
> If you are "under investigation" you are asked to leave
> the Tour. By this standard, Lance would have been ejected
> and remained off the startlist for several years. He
> likely would have never qualified to come back and it
> would hace destroyed the sport. Somehow I think that ASO
> would not have done it to him knowing how much it would
> hurt ASO. They don't give a crap about dope or anything
> other than enhancing the image of ASO. That means throwing
> out innocent people in some cases and in other cases
> assisting in cover ups.
>
> I have lost just about any respect I had left for ASO. I
> used to think they were brilliant (and maybe those that
> built the Tour in the first 90 years were) but the last 10
> years have been backwards progress. They are pimps and the
> cyclists are their whores.

Right on baby.

The Wankerz are on and off like a Whore's Drawers on
Payday at Mine

"Chris" <chrismcreynolds@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=240
>
> If you are "under investigation" you are asked to leave
> the Tour. By this standard, Lance would have been ejected
> and remained off the startlist for several years.

This is not news. Did you scour the internet obsessively
looking for such Big News? He said/she said. Liar, liar
pants on fire. Very, Very Big News. Ha. Tool.
Nipplehead. Dumbass.

;-)

Chris <chrismcreynolds@hotmail.com> wrote:
> If you are "under investigation" you are asked to leave
> the Tour. By this standard, Lance would have been ejected
> and remained off the startlist for several years. He
> likely would have never qualified to come back and it
> would hace destroyed the sport.

When has LANCE been involved in a police inquiry or under
formal legal inquiry into doping? That's how ASO defines
"under investigation". I don't think journalists or Lafferty
probing your dumpster counts as being "under investigation".

> I have lost just about any respect I had left for ASO. I
> used to think they were brilliant (and maybe those that
> built the Tour in the first 90 years were) but the last 10
> years have been backwards progress.

Indeed. Interest in the Tour has been flagging steadily over
the last 10 years. This year I plan on showing up at Alpe
d'Huez with the camper van full of beer the morning of the
TT. They've made so much backwards progress that I'm sure
I'll find a good spot.

> They are pimps and the cyclists are their whores.

That would make us the johns, no?

Bob "john" Schwartz cvcc@execpc.com

Anxiously awaiting my encounter with cyclists of ill
repute...

"Bob Schwartz" <cvcc@shell.core.com> wrote in message
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> Chris <chrismcreynolds@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > If you are "under investigation" you are asked to leave
> > the Tour. By
this
> > standard, Lance would have been ejected and remained off
> > the startlist
for
> > several years. He likely would have never qualified to
> > come back and it would hace destroyed the sport.
>
> When has LANCE been involved in a police inquiry or under
> formal legal inquiry into doping? That's how ASO defines
> "under investigation". I don't think journalists or
> Lafferty probing your dumpster counts as being "under
> investigation".

He was a couple of years ago. It remained open for a long
time but eventually the judge got bored and closed it. It
was a bona-fide judicial investigation though. The
investigations in Italy have dragged on so long that a few
of them remind me of the Jarndyce v Jarndyce Chancery case
in Bleak House.

The problem with this new rule is that if you are
investigation, you are considered guilty in the Tour's eyes
until you are cleared. This is not a well thought out rule.

Jeff

"Jim Flom" <jimflom@telusREMOVE.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Chris" <chrismcreynolds@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:40f2b8be$0$4376$812600b3@news.nntpaccess.com...
> > http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=240
> >
> > If you are "under investigation" you are asked to leave
> > the Tour. By
this
> > standard, Lance would have been ejected and remained off
> > the startlist
for
> > several years.
>
> This is not news. Did you scour the internet obsessively
> looking for such Big News? He said/she said. Liar, liar
> pants on fire. Very, Very Big
News.
> Ha. Tool. Nipplehead. Dumbass.
>
> ;-)

This is more than "he said, she said" since these 2 paid a
price for the rumors. Get it now? Riders were ejected over
"suspicions". This is taking it to a whole new level. It is
one thing to investigate a rider and worry about what that
does for his reputation since that is part of the price of
justice. However, the punishment (ejection from the Tour)
has happened before any evidence was presented for them to
respond to. What can they do? Deny they are being
investigated?

This is nuts and I pity anyone that can't see why.

Jeff Jones <jeff@cyclingnews-punt-com> wrote:

> "Bob Schwartz" <cvcc@shell.core.com> wrote in message
> news:10f5lojbv9ovh32@corp.supernews.com...
>> Chris <chrismcreynolds@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> > If you are "under investigation" you are asked to leave
>> > the Tour. By
> this
>> > standard, Lance would have been ejected and remained
>> > off the startlist
> for
>> > several years. He likely would have never qualified to
>> > come back and it would hace destroyed the sport.
>>
>> When has LANCE been involved in a police inquiry or under
>> formal legal inquiry into doping? That's how ASO defines
>> "under investigation". I don't think journalists or
>> Lafferty probing your dumpster counts as being "under
>> investigation".

> He was a couple of years ago. It remained open for a long
> time but eventually the judge got bored and closed it. It
> was a bona-fide judicial investigation though. The
> investigations in Italy have dragged on so long that a few
> of them remind me of the Jarndyce v Jarndyce Chancery case
> in Bleak House.

Was that the dumpster-diving-journalist actovegin thing?
Yeah, I guess I forgot there was a judge involved.

Still looking forward to my time with the ASO whores though.

Bob Schwartz cvcc@execpc.com

"Bob Schwartz" <cvcc@shell.core.com> wrote in message
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> Jeff Jones <jeff@cyclingnews-punt-com> wrote:
>
> > "Bob Schwartz" <cvcc@shell.core.com> wrote in message
> > news:10f5lojbv9ovh32@corp.supernews.com...
> >> Chris <chrismcreynolds@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> > If you are "under investigation" you are asked to
> >> > leave the Tour. By
> > this
> >> > standard, Lance would have been ejected and remained
> >> > off the
startlist
> > for
> >> > several years. He likely would have never qualified
> >> > to come back and
it
> >> > would hace destroyed the sport.
> >>
> >> When has LANCE been involved in a police inquiry or
> >> under formal legal inquiry into doping? That's how ASO
> >> defines "under investigation". I don't think
> >> journalists or Lafferty probing your dumpster counts as
> >> being "under investigation".
>
> > He was a couple of years ago. It remained open for a
> > long time but eventually the judge got bored and closed
> > it. It was a bona-fide
judicial
> > investigation though. The investigations in Italy have
> > dragged on so
long
> > that a few of them remind me of the Jarndyce v Jarndyce
> > Chancery case in Bleak House.
>
> Was that the dumpster-diving-journalist actovegin thing?
> Yeah, I guess I forgot there was a judge involved.

Uh, yeah I guess you did. Under this rule he would have been
expelled from the 2001 and 2002 Tours if not the 2000 Tour.
I can't remember the precise timing but IIRC the
investigation spanned at least 2 Tours.

>
> Still looking forward to my time with the ASO whores
> though.
>
> Bob Schwartz cvcc@execpc.com

In France there is no presumption of inocence until
proven guilty.

-T

Bob Schwartz wrote:
> Jeff Jones <jeff@cyclingnews-punt-com> wrote:
>
>> "Bob Schwartz" <cvcc@shell.core.com> wrote in message
>> news:10f5lojbv9ovh32@corp.supernews.com...
>>> Chris <chrismcreynolds@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> If you are "under investigation" you are asked to leave
>>>> the Tour. By this standard, Lance would have been
>>>> ejected and remained off the startlist for several
>>>> years. He likely would have never qualified to come
>>>> back and it would hace destroyed the sport.
>>>
>>> When has LANCE been involved in a police inquiry or
>>> under formal legal inquiry into doping? That's how ASO
>>> defines "under investigation". I don't think journalists
>>> or Lafferty probing your dumpster counts as being "under
>>> investigation".
>
>> He was a couple of years ago. It remained open for a long
>> time but eventually the judge got bored and closed it. It
>> was a bona-fide judicial investigation though. The
>> investigations in Italy have dragged on so long that a
>> few of them remind me of the Jarndyce v Jarndyce Chancery
>> case in Bleak House.
>
> Was that the dumpster-diving-journalist actovegin thing?
> Yeah, I guess I forgot there was a judge involved.
>
> Still looking forward to my time with the ASO whores
> though.
>
> Bob Schwartz cvcc@execpc.com

It wasn't just Lance, but the whole team that was the focus
of the investigation. But of course as always, Lance drew
most of the attention.