As if the reputation of pro cycling wasn't bad enough

[rogerzilla]

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/former-british-olympic-cyclist-arrested-on-suspicion-of-rape-and-indecent-assault-says-report

You can guess which paper eagerly broke the story.

[Mr Larrington]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest the rider in question is, in fact, still BRITISH

[De Sisti]

No name, nothing to see here, move on.

[Hot Flatus]

Naming would be pretty foolhardy, irresponsible, immoral and illegal.




<rushes off to twitter to see if anybody has>

[De Sisti]

Naming would be pretty foolhardy, irresponsible, immoral and illegal.
<rushes off to twitter to see if anybody has>

Didn't stop the Man City footballer from being named.


(I haven't read all of the link upthread, so I'm guessing I've missed something).

[sojournermike]

Naming would be pretty foolhardy, irresponsible, immoral and illegal.
<rushes off to twitter to see if anybody has>

Didn't stop the Man City footballer from being named.


(I haven't read all of the link upthread, so I'm guessing I've missed something).

Even apart from the central allegation, which is sad but, sadly, not entirely unsurprising, the rest of the article about BC is also pretty miserable. I don’t know which, presumably male, prominent pro cyclist has worked with prominent pro cyclists since his retirement.

[Mr Larrington]

I can think of one ex-pro who worked for BRITISH Cycling after retiring, but he’s German so it's probably not him.

[IanDG]

I can think of one ex-pro who worked for BRITISH Cycling after retiring, but he’s German so it's probably not him.

There is an Australian ex-pro who worked for BC too. I can think of others too including British cyclists.

[Hot Flatus]

Not necessarily a BC employee

[IanDG]

Not necessarily a BC employee

Yes, realise that, was replying to the post.

[IanDG]

I'm also aware of a childhood "hero" (1970s) who has had numerous "allegations" made against him - whether these have been made official though I don't know.