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His "advisors and lawyers" have to be losing their damn minds over these statements to the press. Not sure how things work in France, but as both an attorney and avid fan of American football, I know how these situations are supposed to be handled in the US: you have one of your "advisors or lawyers" issue, or draft for you to issue, a public statement that says nothing in a competent and measured manner, explain that you can't comment for legal reasons, project confidence by claiming that look forward to all the facts coming to light and clearing your name, refuse any questions, etc. But the one thing you do not do under any circumstances whatsoever is make garbled, cryptic, nonsensical, off-the-cuff statements to the press.
I don't mean to minimize the much more important human aspects of all this that others have done a good and impressively measured job of addressing. It's just that to me it makes the whole thing even more bizarre that he is claiming a team of "advisors and lawyers" and then doing asinine shit like this interview.
And making an Insta post without anticipating the need to shut off the comments right out the gate was completely bush league. In his version of events, people maliciously smeared him to the point of getting him fired. Did it really not occur to a "advisor or lawyer" that someone might make a comment to a social media post, and that it might be negative and probably incendiary. Do they not have pinkbike in France?
I'm actually starting to talk myself into the idea he is making up the "advisors and lawyers." Or maybe he just keeps getting fired for insubordination.
This “discussion “ needs to be moved to its own place or we should maybe lock the thread. 2024 is over
@Jason_Schroeder any chance this can move to it's own corner?
I've got daughters so not belittling the seriousness, but it's no longer "Team Rumours" oriented.
Why would you make stuff up when what you say is clearly not true ? There are multiple cases both in us and eu where people got accused by multiple women and still walked Scott free even when they were known for maybe not being rapists but having really shitty and sleazy reputation.
Hell what about the high profile Luc Besson thing that went away. Hell France had much smaller me too wave than us. But sure tell us of a case where someone got convicted and the only evidence was the word of mouth of the victim . I’d like to see it given I work in the movie industry which was the center of many allegations and somehow have not seen what you say
I have always thought from interviews that Thibaut is a bit of a golden retriever. He does not seem to be the deepest of thinkers.
Stop it! In Europe you are innocent until you are convicted.
I suggest you delete the posts regarding this matter
We've seen Mr Bomba back on DH sled, took part in the first Portugal cup. Could this have something to do with Daprela leaving and Borges officially on E-EDR? Dante getting bumped back to factory spot, Bomba to Dainese DH as well as E-EDR when possible? Would be fun to see him and Moir in some DH race.
He says to an audience of grown men posting rumors about who will ride what brand of kids toy in the upcoming year.
In other news, Mathieu van der Poel has extended his contracts with both his current team Alpecin-Deceunink (until 2028) and Canyon (until 2034, one of the longest deals in cycling history).
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/im-still-hungry-for-more-mathieu-van-d…
https://www.globalcyclingnetwork.com/racing/news/mathieu-van-der-poel-s…
Did you take your daily dose of horse dewormer yet?
I was frankly shocked to read about his contract, especially considering that he is 29 now.
After his dominance in CX this past season and the way he worked for Phillipsen at MSR shows that he’s probably going to to be at the top for a while, but I can’t see someone in their mid to late 30s winning that much these days.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C4sm0xCOOTA/?igsh=MWhldHM2Y3I1ZG56cQ==
First comment congratulating him is from Minaar…
Geraint Thomas would like to have a word...
Part of the reason I have 0 trust in our legal system for this topic is the man who single handedly killed the #metoo movement: Joe Biden.
Regarding your horse dewormer comment, I'm curious, where do you get your news and information from? Ivermectin was developed for use with humans, it has been dosed on humans billions of times, it has an incredible safety profile, its on the UN list of essential medicines (again, for people), and the inventor received the Noble Prize.
Joe Rogan was prescribed Ivermectin from his doctor, and purchased it from a Pharmacy (not a veterinary clinic).
The Rolling Stone article about gunshot victims waiting in ERs full of Ivermectin overdoses was 100% made up. Even the photos from the article aren't from the hospital named, aren't from the time of year the story alleges, and were years old before the article was published. There actually isn't a recorded instance of Ivermectin overdose, its nearly impossible to ingest enough. The trope of stupid hick MAGA people taking horse-sized doses of Ivermectin not only is completely made up, its so out of touch with reality as the demographic targeted for ridicule doesn't even believe that COVID is a serious illness worth treating with anything.
take the politics to the off the bike forum.
#VitalEquestrian
Anyway, this thread cannot end until Sam Hill says so
Fair.
Of course, when Gee and MvdP started their careers, it was unheard of to have winners of multiple TdF under the age of 25...
I wonder how it works with MvdP being signed to a bike brand over a team. Does that mean what every team he rides on until '34 will be on Canyon too (a bit like Sagan and Specialized now I come to think of it).
Nobody (other than MVDP and Canyon I guess) is sure.. will be interesting to see
https://escapecollective.com/mathieu-van-der-poel-grabs-the-bag/
downvotes tell me the little city dwellers and their political masters are watching you closely.
or maybe there’s just more mentally sane people here than in your Truth Social filter bubble.
now get the turd that is US politics out of here and let’s talk about bikes and bikers again
Pls tell me more about Hunter Bidens laptop! I desperately need trustworthy information that gets withhold by the mainstream media!
Nigel Page got a new frame and hopefully fresh backing of what he does. He has posted about receiving all sort of goods lately.
Seems to be a Production Privée frame.
I also think he shared something about PP on an IG story recently...
hard to tell, but is that shock pine?
its a woody, duh
Upon closer inspection, that actually does look like a Shan no5
I would only hope for it to be a Foes....
it does.. and this is a 140mm travel bike (150mm front), not that easy to longshock, with 210x55 stroke an links close to seat tube.. so I dont know what's the plan here.
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