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General Category => Freewheeling => Racing => Topic started by: rogerzilla on 05 December, 2022, 02:51:42 pm

Title: As if the reputation of pro cycling wasn't bad enough
Post by: rogerzilla on 05 December, 2022, 02:51:42 pm: 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.
Title: Re: As if the reputation of pro cycling wasn't bad enough
Post by: Mr Larrington on 05 December, 2022, 06:08:40 pm: I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest the rider in question is, in fact, still BRITISH >:(
Title: Re: As if the reputation of pro cycling wasn't bad enough
Post by: De Sisti on 06 December, 2022, 05:06:58 pm: No name, nothing to see here, move on. :hand:
Title: Re: As if the reputation of pro cycling wasn't bad enough
Post by: Hot Flatus on 06 December, 2022, 05:11:16 pm: Naming would be pretty foolhardy, irresponsible, immoral and illegal.

<rushes off to twitter to see if anybody has>
Title: Re: As if the reputation of pro cycling wasn't bad enough
Post by: De Sisti on 06 December, 2022, 05:30:34 pm: Quote from: Hot Flatus on 06 December, 2022, 05:11:16 pm
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).
Title: Re: As if the reputation of pro cycling wasn't bad enough
Post by: sojournermike on 06 December, 2022, 07:42:32 pm: Quote from: De Sisti on 06 December, 2022, 05:30:34 pm
Quote from: Hot Flatus on 06 December, 2022, 05:11:16 pm
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.
Title: Re: As if the reputation of pro cycling wasn't bad enough
Post by: Mr Larrington on 06 December, 2022, 07:48:08 pm: I can think of one ex-pro who worked for BRITISH Cycling after retiring, but he’s German so it's probably not him.
Title: Re: As if the reputation of pro cycling wasn't bad enough
Post by: IanDG on 06 December, 2022, 07:51:11 pm: Quote from: Mr Larrington on 06 December, 2022, 07:48:08 pm
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.
Title: Re: As if the reputation of pro cycling wasn't bad enough
Post by: Hot Flatus on 06 December, 2022, 07:53:01 pm: Not necessarily a BC employee
Title: Re: As if the reputation of pro cycling wasn't bad enough
Post by: IanDG on 06 December, 2022, 08:01:24 pm: Quote from: Hot Flatus on 06 December, 2022, 07:53:01 pm
Not necessarily a BC employee

Yes, realise that, was replying to the post.
Title: Re: As if the reputation of pro cycling wasn't bad enough
Post by: IanDG on 06 December, 2022, 08:04:35 pm: 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.