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Mark Cavendish’s comeback to drugs question

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  • January 20, 2015 at 7:56 pm #23061
    dotdash

    Not sure if people have seen this he was asked by a journalist whether he is 100 per cent sure all professional riders aren’t taking drugs.

    His response was:

    “Can you tell me 100 percent that one of these journalists isn’t f**king your wife?”

    He then went on to say:

    “Where there’s money to be gained, there’ll be the odd d***head who cheats but cycling is miles ahead of other sports when it comes to testing,” he added.

    “I hope everyone’s correct but with human nature, you can never be certain. But the positive that I can take is that if someone is cheating, he will be caught.”

    Fair point I would be annoyed if I got asked that every time I was about to go to work. But he could have done it in a better way.

    Video is here:
    http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/cycling/watch-mark-cavendishs-x-rated-snap-5004286

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  • January 25, 2015 at 12:10 pm #828027
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    Charles_Hunter

    Great response.
    Great response.

    January 25, 2015 at 9:11 am #828025
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    bashthebox

    It’s daft, isn’t it. The
    It’s daft, isn’t it. The doping question is always on the table, because, well, it kind of has to be. But to expect sane responses from the riders during press conferences – what do they expect? Some of the riders will try to cheat, and some will get away with it. There’s nothing much the clean riders can do about it. Unless there’s any proof, they can’t point at suspected riders because theres the not insignificant issue of libel. And the rather more significant issue of sponsors and the money that allows the sport to run.
    Cav’s response, looking beyond the abrasive retort, was spot on. Is it clean? No way to be 100% sure, but it’s as clean as the clean riders can make it. What more are they supposed to do?

    January 24, 2015 at 11:16 pm #828023
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    J90

    That’s not like Cav….no
    That’s not like Cav….no wait….

    I swear reporters are getting worse with regards to the creativity of their probing, same old shit everytime, not just in cycling but every sport. Boring, and awkward to watch a lot of the time too.

    I haven’t seen anybody question Nibali either, which I find strange considering everything.

    January 23, 2015 at 7:30 pm #828021
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    sincadena

    you may or may not like Cav
    you may or may not like Cav for some of the stuff he says or does, but that one was the best ever replies.. “IN THE WORLD”*

    *ta… Clarkson

    January 22, 2015 at 9:35 pm #828019
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    step-hent

    Crap question. Cracking
    Crap question. Cracking response. Point made. Nothing else to see here…

    January 22, 2015 at 7:35 pm #828017
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    Cyclist

    I wonder which journo
    I wonder which journo cherried up when Cav gave his reply =D>

    January 22, 2015 at 2:58 pm #828015
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    LinusLarrabee

    Yet another case of an
    Yet another case of an a**hole journo trying to engineer a story, but clearly not the one he got :))

    January 22, 2015 at 2:09 pm #828013
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    backflipbedlem

    Go Cav! must be very
    Go Cav! must be very frustrating getting asked about it all the time, and always to the cyclists with a clean history.
    The amount of testing in place now is really good, and hope that those dark days are slowly fading away.

    January 21, 2015 at 5:14 pm #828011
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    notfastenough

    farrell wrote:It annoyed the

    farrell wrote:
    It annoyed the bollocks off the ‘digger forum’, who went on to do his usual damp eyed, damp panted whining so I’m fully behind Cav for this sort of comment.

    oh good, I’m all for anything that winds that fool up.

    January 21, 2015 at 4:58 pm #828009
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    farrell

    It annoyed the bollocks off
    It annoyed the bollocks off the ‘digger forum’, who went on to do his usual damp eyed, damp panted whining so I’m fully behind Cav for this sort of comment.

    January 21, 2015 at 4:58 pm #828007
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    don simon fbpe

    Cavendish in giving a blunt
    Cavendish in giving a blunt reply shocka!
    Who’d’ve thunk it?

    January 21, 2015 at 4:38 pm #828005
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    HarryTrauts

    Sometimes being blunt gets
    Sometimes being blunt gets the point across better. He’s obviously fed up of answering the same question for the millionth time.

    January 20, 2015 at 8:32 pm #828003
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    dotdash

    ITV4 have a sport promo going
    ITV4 have a sport promo going at the moment to Grand Master Flash – White lines, which they had to re-edit it as one of the Formula E drivers who was shown on a wide shot has been tested positive for cocaine.

    January 20, 2015 at 8:22 pm #828001
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    ianrobo

    said in many places far worse
    said in many places far worse sports for drugs than cycling now, they get caught because there are so many tests.

    Compare to other sports like football etc.

    January 20, 2015 at 8:05 pm #827999
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    mattsccm

    Why?
    Nothing wrong with that
    Why?
    Nothing wrong with that and it will get the point across that it is about time journalists stopped banging on the drugs drum because they cannot think of a clever question.

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