Pos. on | ||||||||
Pos | No | Name | Club | Time | Cat | Vets Std | .+ / - | Vets Std |
1 | 8 | Tony Parks | NBRC | 23.15 | V45 | 26.30 | .+ 3.15 | 3 |
2 | 10 | Rob Saunders | NBRC | 24.03 | V50 | 27.33 | .+ 3.30 | 2 |
3 | 12 | Lindz Barral | i-team.CC | 24.14 | S | |||
4 | 11 | Ian Marshall | TeamMK | 24.31 | V41 | 25.42 | .+ 1.11 | 5 |
5 | 5 | Andy Sharman | TeamMK | 24.35 | S | |||
6 | 3 | Glenn McMenamin | NBRC | 25.33 | S | |||
7 | 7 | John Buchanan | TeamMK | 26.32 | V40 | 25.30 | .- 1.02 | 6 |
8 | 9 | Gilbert Wheelwright | NBRC | 27.45 | V67 | 31.30 | .+ 3.45 | 1 |
9 | 4 | Clive Faine | TeamMK | 27.49 | V64 | 30.45 | .+ 2.56 | 4 |
10 | 2 | David Skeggs | NBRC | 28.05 | V41 | 25.42 | .- 2.23 | 7 |
11 | 1 | Alan Lawson | NBRC | 29.45 | V41 | 25.42 | .- 4.03 | 8 |
12 | 6 | Tony Brunton | NBRC | 30.48 | V45 | 26.30 | .- 4.18 | 9 |
Time Keepers :- Steph Cousins & Tony Farmborough NBRC | ||||||||
Pusher off :- Bryan Scarborough NBRC |
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Santiago Botero EcheverryNow, just who in that gang would have their blood labelled "18 Valve. Piti"? I mean, apart from the obvious. Valverde's legal team have denied that anything other than a general comment that the blood could have come from a team mate was made:
Francisco Cabello Luque
Juan Miguel Cuenca Martinez
Juan José De Los Angeles Segui
Isaac Galvez Lopez
Carlos Garcia Quesada
José Javier Gomez Gonzalo
Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez
Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna
José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna
Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra
Francisco Leon Mane
Joaquin Lopez Torrella
Roberto Lozano Montero
Jesus Maria Manzano Ruano
David Munoz Bañóz
Leandro Navarrette
Gustavo Miguel Otero Gomez
Javier Pascual Llorente
Santiago Perez Fernandez
Jordi Riera Valls
Alexis Rodriguez Hernandez
Oscar Sevilla Ribera
Antonio Tauler Llull
Julian Usano Martinez
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
Angel Vicioso Arcos
José Angel Vidal Martinez
Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez
"Alejandro Valverde has never accused any rider forming part of the peloton and, as a consequence, what [has been] written in relation to that point is totally wrong," read a statement released by representatives of Valverde on Sunday.I haven't read the said Spanish newspapers, so I am not sure which of the riders listed above might be a likely target for the accusation, and Cyclingnews.com aren't saying - other than to say that the rider is still in the pro peloton. If Valverde's bizarre claim is true, and Dr Fuentes was liberally spreading false ID around the blood bags in his tender care, that represents another layer of dubious and dangerous practice in the doping scene."Mr. Valverde’s lawyers limited themselves exclusively to defend the rider’s interests and they never made such accusations against the cyclist mentioned in the [Spanish] newspapers."
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Heavy overnight rain had passed over, leaving just a dreary cloudy sky when I set off to ride up to Astwood for the second event of the North Bucks Road Club time trial series. Upon reaching the Astwood village hall, it was clear there was an excellent turnout. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to sort out a 2-up partner, and chose to ride solo. Ian Stokes was there with his exclusive hand-painted NBRC aero helmet, which I wasn't permitted to avoid complimenting - actually it's rather well executed.
After a bit of pootling about (and a little saddle tightening), I lined up at the start. By this time the drizzle had started, and with a minute to go, the wind whipped up a bit and the rain turned rather heavy. By then I was rather glad I wasn't paired up with a new TT partner, since the wheels I was using had carbon "no friction" rims!
Off down the opening stretch towards Chicheley, and I found things a bit twitchy, probably the combination of a new bike, the crosswind and the trispoke. Prudence suggested I ease back at some points along that stretch, but once round the Chicheley turn, things got a bit better. But the rain didn't ease until near the finish.
The icy winter hasn't been kind to the Astwood course, with numerous potholes having opened up - another potential problem in a 2-up. Unusually, I stayed seated and on the tri-bars up the finishing climb.
Results
Course:- F5v/10 (Astwood) | ||||||||
2-up Event |
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Pos | No | Name | Club | Time | Cat | Vets Std | .+ / - | Vets Std |
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1 | 3 | Jason Gurney | TeamMK | 21.53 | V40 | |||
4 | Simon Cannings | TeamMK | S | |||||
2 | 19 | Stuart Tarry | Team Sanjan Design | 23.50 | S | |||
20 | Lindz Barral | i-Team.CC | S | |||||
3 | 13 | Mark Booth | TeamMK | 24.01 | V41 | |||
14 | Aleck. Hornshaw | TeamMK | V47 | |||||
4 | 7 | Steve Torley | TeamMK | 25.02 | S | |||
8 | Jamie Hawthorn | TeamMK | S | |||||
5 | 11 | Richard Gunner | TeamMK | 29.17 | V41 | |||
12 | Leah Williams | TeamMK | L | |||||
6 | 1 | Alan Lawson | NBRC | 31.47 | V41 | |||
2 | Frank Horwitz | NBRC | V55 | |||||
DNF | 9 | Ollie Creighton | Roy Pink Cycles RT | Off Course | S | |||
10 | Paul Wright | Roy Pink Cycles RT | S | |||||
Solo Event |
Pos. on | |||||||
Pos | No | Name | Club | Time | Cat | Vets Std | .+ / - | Vets Std |
1 | 22 | Rob Saunders | NBRC | 24.30 | V50 | 27.33 | +3.03 | 1 |
2 | 16 | Ian Marshall | TeamMK | 24.31 | V41 | 25.42 | +1.11 | 2 |
3 | 17 | Andy Sharman | TeamMK | 25.33 | S | |||
4 | 5 | Matthew Barton | TeamMK | 26.35 | V41 | 25.42 | -0.53 | 5 |
5 | 18 | Alan Crane | Team Sanjan Design | 26.45 | V41 | 25.42 | -1.03 | 6 |
6 | 15 | Trevor Hook | TeamMK | 27.40 | V52 | 27.59 | +0.19 | 3 |
7 | 6 | Ian Stokes | NBRC | 28.15 | V50 | 27.33 | -0.42 | 4 |
8 | 21 | Tony Brunton | NBRC | 32.03 | V44 | 26.18 | -5.45 | 7 |
Time Keepers:- Steph Cousins & Tony Farmborough NBRC | ||||||||
Pusher Off :- Bryan Scarborough, Steve Abraham, Clive Faine |
According to analysis performed in a Barcelona laboratory as part of the initial Spanish investigation, the bag of blood contained EPO and so the CONI banned Valverde for two years.It's also reported that the UCI plans to take action aimed at extending Valverde's ban worldwide. In my view there's a wider issue - how can one of the biggest doping scandals have failed to result in more action being taken against offending riders? Is it fair on the few riders who have been penalised that others involved have not been challenged?
[The cyclingnews.com page linked above has a useful timeline of the Operacion Puerto case as it relates to Alejandro Valverde]
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