fiamme red
12-06-2007, 12:07 PM
Interview with Robin Morton, the first woman to manage a men's professional cycling team:
http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=5511&status=True
Good quote:
The anti-doping issue has been completely mishandled between WADA, the UCI, ASO and the other organizations. Everyone has their own agenda in mind. And who has suffered? The riders. They have been made to look like criminals and made to suffer for something that has been sort of sanctioned by everyone for so long.
Sure some of the riders are stupid. How can some of them possibly continue to do this? But on the other hand, it’s been completely mismanaged. Take Bjarne Riis' yellow jersey back? Those kinds of public gestures are ridiculous. Let's forget about what people did in the past, because so many riders and managers were involved. Let’s move forward with a viable solution and stop putting so much pressure on the riders. The schedule is grueling. We tell the riders if they are caught they will have to give back their salary, but on the other hand we tell them "Win, win, win. You did not win yesterday, so we are not going to renew your contract."
http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/interviews/robinmorton-85.jpg
http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=5511&status=True
Good quote:
The anti-doping issue has been completely mishandled between WADA, the UCI, ASO and the other organizations. Everyone has their own agenda in mind. And who has suffered? The riders. They have been made to look like criminals and made to suffer for something that has been sort of sanctioned by everyone for so long.
Sure some of the riders are stupid. How can some of them possibly continue to do this? But on the other hand, it’s been completely mismanaged. Take Bjarne Riis' yellow jersey back? Those kinds of public gestures are ridiculous. Let's forget about what people did in the past, because so many riders and managers were involved. Let’s move forward with a viable solution and stop putting so much pressure on the riders. The schedule is grueling. We tell the riders if they are caught they will have to give back their salary, but on the other hand we tell them "Win, win, win. You did not win yesterday, so we are not going to renew your contract."
http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/interviews/robinmorton-85.jpg