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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Harsh words from a charitable man



"They were right to throw him out, and may he never ride again." — Phil Liggett

3 comments:

Pinchie said...

It's certainly embarrassing for the commentators who are put in the position of reneging all the superlatives they heaped on Vino and Rasmoosen.

The takeaway from this dark episode is that officials will assume guilt until riders prove their innocence.

But that'll make life pretty tough for the announcers, who will have to live on in a sort of fairy tale twilight of naivete, just to do their jobs.

cvo said...

good job to rabbobank for enforcing the team rules.. skip some pre-tour drug tests, and hide your wearabouts so you can't be tested before the biggest bike race in the world, kid shouldn't have even been alowed to line up.

it's the chikens own fault, he's got nobody to blame but himeself.

stupid doper

Anonymous said...

totally agree with 3P0.

Rabobank could not have been happy to see their yellow jersey getting BOOED at the start and finish line. There were a lot recriminations flying around, and the fact is, stoopid rasmoosen broke the damn rules and he was still riding in the Tour.

And kicking Astana and Cofidis out as a team makes the entire team culpable for the acts of each rider. Live as a team, die as a team. I think that's the right thing to do.