From:
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/4830296.stm[/url]
The International Cycling Union has threatened cyclists with one-month bans if they compete alongside suspended riders, even in unsanctioned races.
The ICU has acted after American Tyler Hamilton was photographed racing in the Stazio Criterium Series in Colorado.
The Olympic gold medallist is serving a ban after failing a blood Test in 2004.
And a UCI spokesman said: "We can't stop banned riders taking part in unsanctioned races, but we can issue bans to riders who compete with them."
Hamilton, 34, tested positive in September 2004 for blood transfusions, a month after winning gold in the road time trial at the Olympic Games in Athens, and is suspended until early 2007.
His appeal against the ban was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in February this year, and UCI spokesman Enrico Carpani added: "If he wants to take part in unsanctioned races, he can, and we can't stop him.
"But all other riders and all other teams then cannot participate in that race. If they do, they can be suspended."
Hamilton dropped out of the race in Colorado after the UCI contacted USA Cycling.
I disagree.
1st- What if you didn't know?
Lots of people are in these events and I am sure you may not know them all. It also penalizes the race organizers.
2nd- What do the other riders gain from riding near him?
Is he sweating out a banned substance that can help your performance?
If the events are unsanctioned, then they should not be able to extend their influence into these events.
What if something similar happened in triathlon?
If you did a M-Dot you couldn't do a USAT event or vice versa?
:mad:
Beads don't laugh about the Mdot USAT...
with the spat they are having right now who knows what could happen!
BTW, that's one thing in my head that popped up Beads.
[QUOTE=beads1985]
If the events are [B][I][U]unsanctioned[/U][/I][/B], then they should not be able to extend their influence into these events.
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Exactly!!!
[QUOTE=bluebirdbiker]From:
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/4830296.stm[/url]
The International Cycling Union has threatened cyclists with one-month bans if they compete alongside suspended riders, even in unsanctioned races. [/QUOTE]
Why do they even care????
[QUOTE=Kevo]with the spat they are having right now who knows what could happen![/QUOTE]
I am not laughing.
I am hoping it doesn't come to a peeing contest between them.
I'll have to get a fake ID to get into races :eek:
[QUOTE=lkkowski]Why do they even care????[/QUOTE]
That's the part that I don't get, apart from the whole thing, if unsanctioned why should they be slapped for competeing?
[QUOTE=bluebirdbiker]That's the part that I don't get, apart from the whole thing, if unsanctioned why should they be slapped for competeing?[/QUOTE]
Maybe somebody has Napoleon syndrome!
I read that a couple days ago. Ridiculous. Unsanctioned, Bud out. So if he wanted to ride in Lance Cancer charity event are they gong to tell Lance's other "non-banned" riders they can't participate. It's just another example of these Associations trying to control everything.
Just let us ride. Hamilton is banned, shameful enough. Don't feel the need to send him to his corner and not allow him to play with his friends as well. Next, anyone caught on a training ride wiht him will be penalized. Crazy!
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Typical. It seems to be fashionable to America bash these days.
Totally ridiculous. I agree completely with all points, beads.
Unsanctioned races are just for fun! I mean for goodness sakes, its just racing... I mean whatif a whole bunch of friends get together and do a crit around the block and one of them happens to be banned? Is that considered an unsactioned race?
These guys are totally wacked out control freaks.
I couldnt believe that article when I read it. I think there might be a bit of an uproar about this. Basically what the UCI has effectively done is ban pro riders from racing unsanctioned races. I wouldnt wanna show up at a ride and get suspended cause a dude in the crowd was banned. This was just the thing a previous article was commenting on, that the us was different in allowing their pro racers to race unsanctioned events. Now we're forced to be like those friggin snobs. ARGH!
What would kick them in their assets would be if a bunch of the top pros got together in an unsanctioned event with riders that were banned like Hamilton, as a show of solidarity.
If they sanctioned all the big names then who would be the draw to the events?
No big names, no big sponsors, no profits.
Not that it would happen but it would be nice to see.
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From RoadbikeRider latest.
---Tyler Hamilton has had to stop racing. Again. Currently banned from competition for blood doping, he nevertheless entered a pro-am criterium in his hometown of Boulder, Colorado. It was not a sanctioned race, so what could be the harm? Plenty. Cycling's international governing body, the UCI, found out about it and put the question to USA Cycling: "What is Tyler Hamilton doing riding in a bike race with other UCI pros?" To avoid seeing fellow riders fined and suspended, Hamilton dropped out of the criterium series. His two-year suspension will end in the fall and then, at age 36, he will be free to revive his career.
[QUOTE=bluebirdbiker]Cycling's international governing body, the UCI, found out about it and put the question to USA Cycling: "What is Tyler Hamilton doing riding in a bike race with other UCI pros?" To avoid seeing fellow riders fined and suspended, Hamilton dropped out of the criterium series. His two-year suspension will end in the fall and then, at age 36, he will be free to revive his career.[/QUOTE]
Class move by Hamilton.
Maybe USA Cycling, and some of the pros in the race should remind the UCI that it is an 'unsanctioned' event. Meaning that UCI, nor USA Cycling does not govern the race. :mad:
That is one of the most ridiculous things I have heard today...ok it's on 0817, but this takes the cake. I agree with Beads (don't tell anyone). What could a rider possibly have to gain "unfairly" by riding with a banned rider. I don't understand that.