Valverde Story, Upcoming Attractions
by gavia on Mar 19, 2010 11:22 AM EDT
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Today brings the news that Alejandro Valverde has vowed to prove his innocence after TAS-CAS ruled to uphold the Italian sanction banning him from competition. Well, good luck with that Alejandro. Valverde can still appeal the arbitration court's decision in Swiss civil court.
Meanwhile, from the upcoming attractions file, I will have a story (or possibly two) on the full TAS decision. Watch for it on Monday. The full decision has some intriguing bits to it, like say, the part where the UCI asked TAS to rule all of Valverde's results since May 2004 forfeit. Oh my! TAS also goes to town on the Spanish judicial ruling that attempted to declare the Puerto evidence off-limits for additional cases. Good times all around. Anyway, that thing is coming Monday. Doping decisions just aren't a Friday sort of deal, especially not the Friday before Milano-Sanremo.
Me, I'd rather write about Milano-Sanremo. So I'm going to.
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"Today I was honked at...I caught up and made a great honking noise back...he caught up and said I'm gonna punch you in the face...I laughed."
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I'll get to the part that matter most in this story.
IF Valverde’s results from ’04 on are void, how will that affect the VDS?
TAS dismissed the UCI appeal
So, that bit didn’t actually happen. The UCI still has to make its ruling on the case, which it has promised to do.
Well.. Dunno about Ronde van Lombardije..
But the spring classics.. yeah. Maybe needs his own thread.. For all the Barbie fans.. Altho I expect a lot of Barbie action during PT by Majope :)
that sucks
although from the point of view of a Dominique fan, it probably opens up opportunities, but still, that really sucks for barbie. hopefully he’ll be back kicking ass this summer.
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
I'll chuck in another doping bust here
Kayle Leogrande was busted a while back, but now his tribal brother Dave Clinger has been caught too. Do giant tattoos do this to riders? Should someone warn Pippo of their side-effects? Don’t touch the fish, as Leslie Nielson always warned.
Another copy-paste job
presented as “by VeloNation Press” … See USADA (pdf). Can’t find the revised Elite Road results, though. USACycling still has him listed on the old results page.
Re: Alejandro's protestations of innocence
The target audience for this are the same people who were inclined to take OJ seriously when he said he was going to go all out to find the real killer…or at least those who are similarly invested in believing in Alejandro at all costs.
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