Categories: Racing

The Union Cycliste Irationale

This will be a very short follow-up on yesterday’s post regarding the suspension of UCI ProTour leader, Danilo Di Luca. Cycling’s governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale, has decided to disqualify Danilo Di Luca from the UCI ProTour due to his suspension. That means that the rider will loose the ProTour which he was leading and Aussie Cadel Evans will take over as the leader.

While Evans has had a spectacular season by placing second in the Tour de France and just off the podium in the Tour of Spain, but to win the ProTour this way has got to be almost as meaningful as Oscar Pereiro’s 2006 Tour de France win, which was awarded to him after American Floyd Landis lost his crown last week.

I’m all for fighting doping in cycling, but the various cycling governing bodies appear to be more interested in appearing tough on drugs than actually being tough on drugs, as is evidenced by the fact that the UCI failed to conduct any doping controls at last week’s Paris-Tours ProTour event.

frank

The founder of Velominati and curator of The Rules, Frank was born in the Dutch colonies of Minnesota. His boundless physical talents are carefully canceled out by his equally boundless enthusiasm for drinking. Coffee, beer, wine, if it’s in a container, he will enjoy it, a lot of it. He currently lives in Seattle. He loves riding in the rain and scheduling visits with the Man with the Hammer just to be reminded of the privilege it is to feel completely depleted. He holds down a technology job the description of which no-one really understands and his interests outside of Cycling and drinking are Cycling and drinking. As devoted aesthete, the only thing more important to him than riding a bike well is looking good doing it. Frank is co-author along with the other Keepers of the Cog of the popular book, The Rules, The Way of the Cycling Disciple and also writes a monthly column for the magazine, Cyclist. He is also currently working on the first follow-up to The Rules, tentatively entitled The Hardmen. Email him directly at rouleur@velominati.com.

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Gianni says:

May 23 2013 at 12:37 am

You tell 'em Frank.

I'm all for fighting doping in cycling, but the various cycling governing bodies appear to be more interested in appearing tough on drugs than actually being tough on drugs

Six years later and that little twat is still racing, despite at least two drug offenses. He should have had his license revoked and made redundant, as the brits say.
Deakus says:

May 23 2013 at 12:42 am

@Gianni

You tell 'em Frank.

I'm all for fighting doping in cycling, but the various cycling governing bodies appear to be more interested in appearing tough on drugs than actually being tough on drugs

Six years later and that little twat is still racing, despite at least two drug offenses. He should have had his license revoked and made redundant, as the brits say.

Fuck...and it took 6 years for the first comment to be posted on this...2007 must have been a very quiet year in the Velominati...@Frank were you a cohort of one at this time?
Gianni says:

May 23 2013 at 1:00 am

@Deakus

Yes, he was a voice in the wilderness. For the next year it was just the other Keepers and Jarvis commenting. We start slow.
Deakus says:

May 23 2013 at 1:09 am

@Gianni

@Deakus

Yes, he was a voice in the wilderness. For the next year it was just the other Keepers and Jarvis commenting. We start slow.

From Lone Wolf to published author, tub thumping, V-Flag waving loon....all within 5 years...most business plans don't look that good!