As they say.
The RFEC, the spanish cycling federation (sorry to any Spaniards reading this, but I don't think they deserve the capital "s" just at the moment) were reported yesterday as saying that Contador would have his one year ban lifted...... ok, at this point, the sensible ones amongst us would immediately say:
a) he hasn't been banned yet, in fact he's still not officially suspended.
b) the one-year bit hasn't been confirmed yet. Could be two years. Or six months...
c) this came from "Spanish daily El Pais". Daily? Would that be, say, the equivalent to The Sun?
(Note for non-UK readers: The Sun is a cheaply-printed daily newspaper, consisting of very very simple reporting, lots of nice big print, tacky pun-type headlines and a large number of bare tatas on page three, leading to the job description "Page Three Girl". Not exactly renowned for it's in-depth, accurate reporting. Rather like the unlovely Privat magazine, who generated the headline "Hat Andy Schleck ein Alkoholproblem?" after the Vuelta incident. Yes, fellows, two beers really does indicate a problem, doesn't it? "Not." Being cheaply printed, the newsprint comes off on your hands, so I suppose once you've dirtied your hands, you might as well get your mind dirty as well.....)
We know that the Spanish Prime Minister has come out in support of Bertie, saying that there's no legal reason to punish him. Oh well, if the PM says so...
Any bets on how long before the UCI appeal? Presumably they can't lodge an appeal until this "news" becomes official.... but when they do...
That is a JOKE! A JOKE!! No-one really thinks that Pat McQuaid would shoot Blertie, not matter how much he might feel like doing it.....
So now we are waiting for an announcement that is due today, Tuesday, and the Spanish press seem to be quite convinced that Bertie will receive this news today, and start racing at the Algarve tomorrow. What, without a pre-race training schedule? That won't work, surely?
OK, we're all fed up with the saga, here's a slightly unusual picture of Our Glorious Leader to cheer us up:
And hey, if you move from side to side, the eyes just follow you round the room... Kara, stop doing that, I can see you.
Oh look, Hippi (who is still waiting to be sewn back onto his slipper and is therefore running around wildly) has sneaked into my blog and is giving Unndy a great big kiss!
Hippi, you little tinker, just wait until Auntie FeeDee catches you!
NB for non-UK residents, calling someone a "little tinker" is a way of saying that they are a bit mischievous, a little bit naughty, but so cute that they are going to be forgiven. A good example of a little tinker, apart from Hippi here, is Lovely Lovely Boyfriend who referred to Our Glorious Leader as "that Andy bloke that you keep going on about." He was only saying it to tease me.....
Sorry Marie, did you say something? "So much for Andyhab" was that? Noo, nooo, I can give it up any time I want to......
The RFEC, the spanish cycling federation (sorry to any Spaniards reading this, but I don't think they deserve the capital "s" just at the moment) were reported yesterday as saying that Contador would have his one year ban lifted...... ok, at this point, the sensible ones amongst us would immediately say:
a) he hasn't been banned yet, in fact he's still not officially suspended.
b) the one-year bit hasn't been confirmed yet. Could be two years. Or six months...
c) this came from "Spanish daily El Pais". Daily? Would that be, say, the equivalent to The Sun?
(Note for non-UK readers: The Sun is a cheaply-printed daily newspaper, consisting of very very simple reporting, lots of nice big print, tacky pun-type headlines and a large number of bare tatas on page three, leading to the job description "Page Three Girl". Not exactly renowned for it's in-depth, accurate reporting. Rather like the unlovely Privat magazine, who generated the headline "Hat Andy Schleck ein Alkoholproblem?" after the Vuelta incident. Yes, fellows, two beers really does indicate a problem, doesn't it? "Not." Being cheaply printed, the newsprint comes off on your hands, so I suppose once you've dirtied your hands, you might as well get your mind dirty as well.....)
We know that the Spanish Prime Minister has come out in support of Bertie, saying that there's no legal reason to punish him. Oh well, if the PM says so...
Any bets on how long before the UCI appeal? Presumably they can't lodge an appeal until this "news" becomes official.... but when they do...
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| Hooray for photoshop.... |
That is a JOKE! A JOKE!! No-one really thinks that Pat McQuaid would shoot Blertie, not matter how much he might feel like doing it.....
So now we are waiting for an announcement that is due today, Tuesday, and the Spanish press seem to be quite convinced that Bertie will receive this news today, and start racing at the Algarve tomorrow. What, without a pre-race training schedule? That won't work, surely?
OK, we're all fed up with the saga, here's a slightly unusual picture of Our Glorious Leader to cheer us up:
And hey, if you move from side to side, the eyes just follow you round the room... Kara, stop doing that, I can see you.
Oh look, Hippi (who is still waiting to be sewn back onto his slipper and is therefore running around wildly) has sneaked into my blog and is giving Unndy a great big kiss!
Hippi, you little tinker, just wait until Auntie FeeDee catches you!
NB for non-UK residents, calling someone a "little tinker" is a way of saying that they are a bit mischievous, a little bit naughty, but so cute that they are going to be forgiven. A good example of a little tinker, apart from Hippi here, is Lovely Lovely Boyfriend who referred to Our Glorious Leader as "that Andy bloke that you keep going on about." He was only saying it to tease me.....
Sorry Marie, did you say something? "So much for Andyhab" was that? Noo, nooo, I can give it up any time I want to......
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