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David Millar

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    #32
    EC1000
    Registered Users Posts: 1,336 ✭✭✭EC1000


    terrydel wrote: »
    Rugby is the worst of the lot in my view.

    Perhaps, but in order for cycling to move on and leave its past behind, the attitude of "other sports are just as bad, etc. etc." is not the solution. Until it becomes taboo within the sport to cheat then efforts to eradicate doping are just window dressing.


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    #33
    CramCycle
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    EC1000 wrote: »
    Perhaps, but in order for cycling to move on and leave its past behind, the attitude of "other sports are just as bad, etc. etc." is not the solution. Until it becomes taboo within the sport to cheat then efforts to eradicate doping are just window dressing.

    Its taboo among the fans, and even then, not as many as I would have thought. Other sports are to a point comical in that if you suggest doping it is met with confusion, accusations of lies and shunning of the accuser. The simple fact of the matter is that despite my disgust with it, its not going away and anti doping is just punishment for the stupid at professional level. Until there is a clear out at the top and someone who is resistant to bribes is put in charge, then nothing will change.

    At this point, I am not sure I care anymore. WADA and their ilk have shown they are nothing more than a stage front to appease the more vocal detractors.


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    #34
    1bryan
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    Millar lost the election

    by a lot


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    #35
    Weepsie
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    1bryan wrote: »
    Millar lost the election

    by a lot

    Probably someone else's fault


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    #36
    magicbastarder
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    His emotionally absent father?


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    #37
    The tax man
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    terrydel wrote: »
    Hes definitely lived in Girona for a period.
    http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/dan-martin-moves-into-business-with-shop-and-tour-company-interests/

    That's a great shop.


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    #38
    MPFGLB
    Registered Users Posts: 3,254 ✭✭✭MPFGLB


    Millar is a plonker ..no doubt


    Plus he blocked me on twiiter and all I said was could he please stop salivating about the SKY train and how many riders are left in the train every few minutes on iTV coverage

    and he blocked me ....geez :rolleyes:


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    #39
    1bryan
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    MPFGLB wrote: »
    Millar is a plonker ..no doubt


    Plus he blocked me on twiiter and all I said was could he please stop salivating about the SKY train and how many riders are left in the train every few minutes on iTV coverage

    and he blocked me ....geez :rolleyes:

    I'm surprised he didn't try and ring you!


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    #40
    terrydel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,881 ✭✭✭terrydel


    EC1000 wrote: »
    Perhaps, but in order for cycling to move on and leave its past behind, the attitude of "other sports are just as bad, etc. etc." is not the solution. Until it becomes taboo within the sport to cheat then efforts to eradicate doping are just window dressing.

    Totally agree, I would be as big an opponent you will find of the whataboutery attitude amongst cycling fans


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    #41
    terrydel
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    The tax man wrote: »
    That's a great shop.

    Yes it is. Rented a bike from them a few years back, they are simply superb to deal with. You won't find better.


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    #42
    1bryan
    Registered Users Posts: 815 ✭✭✭1bryan


    Millar 4 prez

    https://twitter.com/millarmind/status/1046409797623517184


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    #43
    brocbrocach
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    1bryan wrote: »
    Millar 4 prez

    https://twitter.com/millarmind/status/1046409797623517184


    I'm presuming that's sarcasm from him. I wonder who he'd be happy with then?


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    #44
    1bryan
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    brocbrocach wrote: »
    I'm presuming that's sarcasm from him. I wonder who he'd be happy with then?

    I think there is no reason to assume sarcasm. Or am I missing something?


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    #45
    brocbrocach
    Registered Users Posts: 890 ✭✭✭brocbrocach


    1bryan wrote: »
    I think there is no reason to assume sarcasm. Or am I missing something?


    Maybe I'm reading too much into it but the Allcaps and the stilted tone 'I AM COOL WITH...' seems suss to me anyway. Have tended to avoid him but I'd say that part of his shtick would be that Valverde is irredeemable (as opposed to himself of course, who repented).


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    #46
    Andalucia
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    I really don't think Millar ever repented - he admitted to taking EPO because they found it in his flat but of course he never took it in France

    cried like a baby in front of a judge after they arrested him but never told the full story - only told the bare minimum because he was faced with jail time


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    #47
    1bryan
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    Andalucia wrote: »
    I really don't think Millar ever repented - he admitted to taking EPO because they found it in his flat but of course he never took it in France

    cried like a baby in front of a judge after they arrested him but never told the full story - only told the bare minimum because he was faced with jail time

    he told the judge he carried a syringe with him everywhere to remind him of the dark days.

    I remember LOL'ing when I heard that.


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    #48
    terrydel
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    1bryan wrote: »
    he told the judge he carried a syringe with him everywhere to remind him of the dark days.

    I remember LOL'ing when I heard that.

    I may have already said it but hes one pretentious, phoney twat of epic proportions.


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    #49
    py
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    His book, Racing Through the Dark: The Fall and Rise of David Millar, is a 99p kindle daily deal today: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0053YQDIG/


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    #50
    Macy0161
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    py wrote: »
    His book, Racing Through the Dark: The Fall and Rise of David Millar, is a 99p kindle daily deal today: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0053YQDIG/
    Save your pound. One of the few cycling books I've never picked up again after finishing it!


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    #51
    Hurrache
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    I never even started it! Got the Kindle version under a similar daily deal a couple of years ago and it's never been looked at.


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    #52
    Weepsie
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    Bought it, read it, thought it was dull and one of the lesser sports books I've read. Gave it away for free.


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