http://www.cyclismas.com/biscuits/kimmage-defense-fund-official-statement/ a fresh take on cycling news and commentary Fri, 29 May 2015 20:10:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://www.cyclismas.com/biscuits/kimmage-defense-fund-official-statement/#comment-777 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 00:59:48 +0000 http://www.cyclismas.com/?p=11321#comment-777 What a complete farce.  The UCI statement can be roughly translated as “we’re going to set up an independent committee to report back in 8 months time but we’re going to wait a month or two for the mainstream press to get bored with the story so we’ll only have the poxy cycling press up in arms when we reveal that independent was a typo and we really meant internal.”  It is the duty of the cycling press to keep the mainstream media interested so Pat and Heinie can’t just keep their heads down and wait for it all to blow over.  They really have to go.
It seems odd that they can suspend a libel/defamation action once it has started and had a date set – doesn’t that amount to a unilateral adjournment by the plaintiff – in most countries it’s a judge that does the adjourning.  Can anyone with a bit of (other peoples’) cash in Switzerland simply keep an action ticking over ad infinitum with no consideration for the defendant?  Surely, as Greg would (probably) say, they have to sh*t or get off the pot (and pay Paul’s costs).
I find it unbelievable that the country with the most famously secretive banking system in the world is home to all the most notorious sports governing bodies in the world.  IOC (Lausanne), FIFA (Zurich) and our own dear UCI.  All these organisations are known for their dubious financial dealings but nothing ever gets proved because they’re all located in a country where you don’t need brown envelopes stuffed with cash – you can pay your bribes by cheque.

]]> http://www.cyclismas.com/biscuits/kimmage-defense-fund-official-statement/#comment-776 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:29:06 +0000 http://www.cyclismas.com/?p=11321#comment-776 […] we’ll see and certainly the commission should call Paul Kimmage for a chat. In the meantime the fund will “press on”. There was an attempt at today’s UCI Management Cttee meeting by more than 1 member to have […]

]]> http://www.cyclismas.com/biscuits/kimmage-defense-fund-official-statement/#comment-775 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:14:47 +0000 http://www.cyclismas.com/?p=11321#comment-775 Thank you to both Cyclismas and NYVelocity for bringing so much organization to the revolution, and for providing a platform for those that would speak against Armstrong, Bruneel and the UCI.  Consider it a small battle won….but the victory is yours.

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