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Brian Cookson is no more...

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  • 21-09-2017 8:29pm
    #1
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭


    Napoleon has taken the reigns. Wait for the long March against Russia that will ensue.


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    Eamonnator
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    And the vote wasn't even close. 37-8 against Cookson.


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    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    And the vote wasn't even close. 37-8 against Cookson.

    No, it was 37-8 in favour of real change. Or so time will tell.


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    ednwireland
    Registered Users Posts: 14,398 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    Eamonnator wrote: »
    And the vote wasn't even close. 37-8 against Cookson.

    No, it was 37-8 in favour of real change. Or so time will tell.
    Yeh right

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    ednwireland wrote: »
    Yeh right

    Well, the new fella actually speaks French so he can actually get by in the country in which he will now reside unlike the last two!

    I am taking a great leap on assuming that neither of the other two spoke French!


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    mcgratheoin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,461 ✭✭✭mcgratheoin


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    No, it was 37-8 in favour of real change. Or so time will tell.

    Isn't that what we said when Cookson was elected?


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    Redfence74
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭Redfence74


    I think a slightly over weight fred from Ireland should take charge


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    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    mcgratheoin wrote: »
    Isn't that what we said when Cookson was elected?

    Exactly! My post was written with a wry smile on my face. I can't believe that hasn't come across in print!


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    fishfoodie
    Registered Users Posts: 564 ✭✭✭fishfoodie


    mcgratheoin wrote: »
    Isn't that what we said when Cookson was elected?

    I don't think there were too many investing too much hope in Cookson; it was, as I recall, pointed out on numerous occasions that he sat at the UCI top table, & didn't make any fuss when all the crap was going on.


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    Eamonnator
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    Redfence74 wrote: »
    I think a slightly over weight fred from Ireland should take charge

    No thanks, I don't want the job,

    Yours sincerely,

    S.O. Fred.


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    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    fishfoodie wrote: »
    I don't think there were too many investing too much hope in Cookson; it was, as I recall, pointed out on numerous occasions that he sat at the UCI top table, & didn't make any fuss when all the crap was going on.

    Not to mention he was more of an anyone but Pat type of candidate.


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    magicbastarder
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    everyone deserves a second chance. a pity no-one has given pat that opportunity.


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    nak
    Registered Users Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭nak


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    Well, the new fella actually speaks French so he can actually get by in the country in which he will now reside unlike the last two!

    I am taking a great leap on assuming that neither of the other two spoke French!

    You can get by in Switzerland without speaking French. I know a few people living and working there who only speak English. It's a multilingual country and their dialects of French and German are quite different.


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    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    nak wrote: »
    You can get by in Switzerland without speaking French. I know a few people living and working there who only speak English. It's a multilingual country and their dialects of French and German are quite different.

    I was being facetious. I'm not that ignorant.


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    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,451 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    No idea about the new guy, but Cookson was useless, and as it turned out just as compromised as Pat. Shows the danger of an "anyone but" candidate.


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    lissard
    Registered Users Posts: 545 ✭✭✭lissard


    ASO seemed pretty happy with Lappartient getting elected. Prudhomme wouldn't say if he voted for him but absolutely delighted with his win.

    For this reason I can't see this guy upsetting the status quo. ASO will continue to make the majority of the money in pro cycling and the teams will live from year to year. If they ever get around to buying RCS the sport will be 100% under the control of a monopoly.


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    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 76,430 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Heard something about Lappartient looking to put in place a new Honorary role, along the lines of Hein previously, with a certain Irishman's name being mentioned (and not a Kelly or a Roche)


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    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,490 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    He's already announced the removal of the TTT from the world's. An event which saw no French team turn up for. Hmm


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    The tax man
    Registered Users Posts: 4,557 ✭✭✭The tax man


    Beasty wrote: »
    Heard something about Lappartient looking to put in place a new Honorary role, along the lines of Hein previously, with a certain Irishman's name being mentioned (and not a Kelly or a Roche)


    A certain Irishman will have no part in any such role.
    https://twitter.com/dnlbenson/status/910852352399282176


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    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,934 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Could we try and nominate a different Irishman the next time. I think Morana would be a great candidate (except for nattering on about some other sport in the UK with red jerseys).


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    Beasty
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    Could we try and nominate a different Irishman the next time. I think Morana would be a great candidate (except for nattering on about some other sport in the UK with red jerseys).
    Wouldn't touch him with a bargepole

    Guess if it provides him all expenses paid lodgings in the Swiss Alps I may not need to mind. In fact he could take that other scouser with him......:p


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    mp31
    Registered Users Posts: 816 ✭✭✭mp31


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    No thanks, I don't want the job,

    Yours sincerely,

    S.O. Fred.

    I'd love to do the job,

    Yours even more sincerely

    Another S.O. Fred.

    PS: When can I start and is there cake in the staff canteen?


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    fishfoodie
    Registered Users Posts: 564 ✭✭✭fishfoodie


    CramCycle wrote: »
    Could we try and nominate a different Irishman the next time. I think Morana would be a great candidate (except for nattering on about some other sport in the UK with red jerseys).

    For a brief moment I had a vision of Kimmage being offered a role in UCI ...

    then I took my pills, & the madness passed :D

    It would be hilarious, & ultimately much more entertaining than the TdF we got this year, watching Kimmage going thru UCI like an atomic powered tornado :eek:


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