Less than two months after Stade 2 claimed that thermal imaging cameras may have revealed hidden motor use in two Italian races, the French TV programme made bigger claims when it suggested a senior UCI official may have frustrated a police manoeuvre at last year’s Tour de France.
Stade 2 has acquired emails from Barfield and Typhoon director Harry Gibbings, another Briton.
One, sent at 12.37 CEST on July 11 of last year, appears to be an exchange between Barfield and Gibbings.
“Hi,” the message reads. “Do you have a phone number I can all [sic] you on straight away, I’m sitting with French police who believe an engineer ‘Hungarian’ is visiting TDF today to sell a bike and visit teams, could this be your guy???”
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Stade 2 has acquired emails from Barfield and Typhoon director Harry Gibbings, another Briton.
One, sent at 12.37 CEST on July 11 of last year, appears to be an exchange between Barfield and Gibbings.
“Hi,” the message reads. “Do you have a phone number I can all [sic] you on straight away, I’m sitting with French police who believe an engineer ‘Hungarian’ is visiting TDF today to sell a bike and visit teams, could this be your guy???”
Read more http://cyclingtips.com/2016/06/hidd...used-of-alerting-others-to-police-operations/