Rasmussen claims he taught Ryder, Seamus & Sheppard to dope

[wonger]

Interesting read from Steve Tilford...

http://stevetilford.com/2013/10/31/remo ... -hesjedal/

[Paul C.]

Regardless of if it was 10,8 or 1 year ago they are Guilty.
And Ryder and Seamus are the two key people associated with , and maybe financially benefitting from The Tour de Victoria .
(I have no problem with an individual making money off an event) However, I totally agree with Lister and Geoff's suggestions .
How do we as individuals or a group make this happen?
I am prepared to say....... if they do not do something ,like give money to an anti-doping çause I will boycot their event.

[Rolf]

Just before I get off my soapbox for the night, you know what gets my goat? Try visiting http://ryderhesjedal.ca/ and http://ryderscyclingsociety.org/. The first is Ryder's personal website, managed by Garmin Sharp. The second is the non-profit set up by Ryder and some of his buddies (Seamus, Cody Graham) and supported by the Trek Pro City bike shop and local creative agency Media One Multimedia. RCSC has given money to young aspiring cyclists to support their training etc., definitely putting-money-where-the-mouth-is stuff. But do you think either website—arguably ground zero for Ryder's presence on the Internet—makes any mention whatsoever of his recent admission? Not a whisper. Not even a simple reproduction of the carefully worded statement he provided, through Garmin, to media outlets.

Clearly, the tactic is to lay low and hope it all blows over as the pro off-season stretches out before us. But those that represent him and promote him locally might want to get on him about addressing the doping issue head-on if he wants initiatives like RCSC (and even the Tour de Vic) to have any credibility.

I hope the issue of a Tripleshot position concerning Ryder's admission can be discussed briefly at the AGM. It sounds like there may be some appetite for taking on some advocacy, even if there's no consensus yet on what that would look like.

[Lister Farrar]

Tour de Victoria tweet:
"@TourdeVictoria: Feeling Canadian Pride as Ryder does what others didn't ... He admitted he was human, that he learned from his past and righted his wrongs."


Well now that they say so, I guess we should just accept that. (eyeroll). Wonder if they have any plans to offer any explanation? Or actually right the wrongs to clean riders he cheated?

[Lister Farrar]

And another one....

http://www.lapresse.ca/sports/autres-sp ... n-dope.php