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Lefevere resolute on UCI "blackmail"
Coming on the back of the UCI's decision to possibly exclude teams from starting Paris-Nice if they fail to pay the 120,000 Euro fee for entry into the biological passport, Quick Step's Patrick Lefevere appeared in defiant mood when he spoke to Cyclingnews. The Belgian outfit is one of the five teams, along with Cofidis, Bbox Bouygues Telecom, Silence-Lotto and Caisse d'Epargne who face the possible exclusion from Paris-Nice, which starts Sunday.
"I don't like this kind of blackmail from the UCI and Pat McQuaid. I don't accept blackmail from anyone, McQuaid, ASO, not even Osama bin Laden!" Lefevere told Cyclingnews.
The team manager has been critical of the UCI in the past during their spat with Tour de France organisers ASO and said this decision had left him frustrated. "The UCI's tone is completely wrong in these circumstances. We've already paid 30,000 euros and proposed that we pay outstanding amount in installments. The next one being on April 1st and then another in July. What business pays for something in advance like this?"
Lefevere was also willing to take the matter to a higher body if a twelfth hour resolution could not be met. "I have no problems with taking this to the courts to seek damages if we're not allowed to race tomorrow [sic]. The UCI can't turn around two days before the race and blackmail us like this, not with all the delays and problems they've had with the biological passport in the past. We'll be turning up for the race tomorrow, you can count on that."
En gros le célèbre Lefevere manager de la Quick Step de monsieur TOM BOONEN n'est pas content car l'UCI -bien que ce ne sera certainement pas le cas- menace d'interdire la participation à Paris Nice de 5 équipes n'ayant pas payé la somme du passeport biologique dont la Quick Step du drogué !!!
Oui oui celui la même qui demandait la non participation de l'équipe LPR à Milan San Remo pour les mêmes raisons !!!! Mes amis, je préfère en rire !!
Lefevere resolute on UCI "blackmail"
Coming on the back of the UCI's decision to possibly exclude teams from starting Paris-Nice if they fail to pay the 120,000 Euro fee for entry into the biological passport, Quick Step's Patrick Lefevere appeared in defiant mood when he spoke to Cyclingnews. The Belgian outfit is one of the five teams, along with Cofidis, Bbox Bouygues Telecom, Silence-Lotto and Caisse d'Epargne who face the possible exclusion from Paris-Nice, which starts Sunday.
"I don't like this kind of blackmail from the UCI and Pat McQuaid. I don't accept blackmail from anyone, McQuaid, ASO, not even Osama bin Laden!" Lefevere told Cyclingnews.
The team manager has been critical of the UCI in the past during their spat with Tour de France organisers ASO and said this decision had left him frustrated. "The UCI's tone is completely wrong in these circumstances. We've already paid 30,000 euros and proposed that we pay outstanding amount in installments. The next one being on April 1st and then another in July. What business pays for something in advance like this?"
Lefevere was also willing to take the matter to a higher body if a twelfth hour resolution could not be met. "I have no problems with taking this to the courts to seek damages if we're not allowed to race tomorrow [sic]. The UCI can't turn around two days before the race and blackmail us like this, not with all the delays and problems they've had with the biological passport in the past. We'll be turning up for the race tomorrow, you can count on that."
En gros le célèbre Lefevere manager de la Quick Step de monsieur TOM BOONEN n'est pas content car l'UCI -bien que ce ne sera certainement pas le cas- menace d'interdire la participation à Paris Nice de 5 équipes n'ayant pas payé la somme du passeport biologique dont la Quick Step du drogué !!!
Oui oui celui la même qui demandait la non participation de l'équipe LPR à Milan San Remo pour les mêmes raisons !!!! Mes amis, je préfère en rire !!
