Team Sky in Free fall ???

[orbeas]

Seems Team Sky stance of a dope free team as quoted by Mr Brailsford
" we set out with a zero tolerance policy so we said that anyone who has had a doping conviction from the past or proved to have been involved on doping hasn't got a place on Team Sky - that is our policy. "

is in free fall

one doctor gone
Michael Barry retires admitting doping,
Michael Rogers inplicated
Now Bobby Julich implicated
Sean Yates failed test...
When will it end ?????
Who is next ????

[andrewj100]

That's how they started but then changed it to riders only while the team was initialy being set up. It became obvious that if they wanted to hire ex pro's from the 90's as coaches or managers finiding clean ones was going to be like looking for a needle (pardon the pun) in a haystack!
So it's not a case of being in freefall, they just might have to sack a couple of riders that are close to retirement age anyway.

[dang]

It's okay Sean didn't see anything!!!
http://audioboo.fm/boos/1001448

[Saladane]

interviewer: 'what has shocked you the most about these revelations?'
interviewee: 'the fact i've avoided been name checked in all this'

[dang]

Am I dreaming? It this a time warp. The messages from $ky are so familiar.
What about this?
http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/...charges_117630

[buzz]

Yawn. Same old bollix. Not just at Sky either.

[dang]

The only stuff in the whole 200 pages that I hadn't seen was the detailed accounts received from the Carabinieri. So how Brailsford can find &**8220;It is shocking, it&**8217;s jaw dropping and it is very unpleasant.&**8221; is beyond me. He must have known about it (the accusations) for years.
I am seriously concerned about the future of our sport. The Omerta is alive and kicking.
Started thinking about things that could be done last night after I stopped reading.
1) Daily DNA swabs. Would they show up changes?
2) Ferrari said you couldn't tell whether it was a micro dose or altitude training in Tenerife (sic). So if any team goes altitude training there or in Mexico for example they must take official uncorruptible dope testers with them at the team's expense. Random unannounced testing can hardly be a surprise when it involves a long flight to get there. In the case of some riders they haven't been where they said anyway.
3) Today I thought "sack any rider who says it doesn't matter that LA was doping" and remove the blinkers from those who saw nothing.
4) Stop coaches having blacked out windows. The public used to be able to see and talk to riders. Stop the behind doors secrecy.
5) Make sure that all the licences are in the box when the random checks are chosen for the end of a race or stage.
Still thinking about it. Any ideas out there? The UCI don't seem very bothered.

[tonybv9]

The only stuff in the whole 200 pages that I hadn't seen was the detailed accounts received from the Carabinieri. So how Brailsford can find &**8220;It is shocking, it&**8217;s jaw dropping and it is very unpleasant.&**8221; is beyond me. He must have known about it (the accusations) for years.

Of course he knew. Did you expect him to say, "Yes, the whole peloton has known about it for years, but no-one wanted to rock the boat."
If Brailsford, or any other senior SKY/British Cycling person had spoken the truth, there might well have been repurcussions for SKY riders.

[dang]

I would have expected exactly that if I were to believe anything he says.
The unfortunate thing about all his statements over the last few years is their striking similarity to those of Stapleton Armstrong and all the others quoted in the USADA Report.
The way things are looking there should be repercussions.

[dang]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vide...0&ns_fee=0