A letter from Brad McGee

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A letter from Brad McGee

Postby r2160 » Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:47 pm

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cycling/how ... 28aif.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I thought it was interesting

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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby herzog » Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:04 pm

That's an extremely well written piece. Probably the best I've read in relation to the whole saga.

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Postby gabrielle260 » Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:16 pm

Plus 1. Well worth reading!

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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby Mulger bill » Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:28 pm

Thanks for sharing that Glenn, more power to Mr McGee for that effort.

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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby jacob_T » Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:29 pm

Great article. Really good to hear that side of the argument.

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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby zues » Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:03 am

"For too long I have not bothered to share my experiences. It seems only ex-dopers are invited to the table, because they can help improve control measures, whereas I can't. I can only assist with preventative measures."


This would have to be the most positive and informative article I have read on the subject. Brad McGee is a true aussie role model proving success in cycling can be achieved without drugs. We need to hear from more cyclists like Brad McGee not Armstrong sympathizers or apologists.

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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby toolonglegs » Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:11 am

That whole era is just sucking more and more... to compete clean in the 90's up to the 00's must have been insanely hard.
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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby foo on patrol » Sat Oct 27, 2012 5:54 am

Yep, very well written and so true.

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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby DaveOZ » Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:55 am

Brad is a genuine nice guy. He owns our local bike shop with his brothers. Good to see him standing up for what he believes.

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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby KillerHeadWind » Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:10 am

Excellent and refreshing article.
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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby wombatK » Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:32 am

KillerHeadWind wrote:Excellent and refreshing article.
+1, especially his regrets about how he reacted to suspicions with
David Millar. Might give my McGee jersey a bit more sunlight this
weekend.

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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby scirocco » Sat Oct 27, 2012 10:33 am

Yes, well written and explained. So many clean riders must be highly p*issed at the dopers who stole races from them.

Makes Cadel's dismissive "that was all in the past" statements even more puzzling, since he's been on the receiving end of the cheats himself.

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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby Ozkaban » Sat Oct 27, 2012 10:53 am

Very good read. You do feel that clean riders missed out on a lot.

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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby Ozkaban » Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:08 am

scirocco wrote:
Makes Cadel's dismissive "that was all in the past" statements even more puzzling, since he's been on the receiving end of the cheats himself.
I'm not a fan of the 'its all in the past' attitude. Crucifying the cheating bastards makes others realise that they won't get away with it long term. Painful now but we've got to deal with the mess before it is truly in the past...

It also makes the cheats who worked and trained their buts off (as well as doping) realise all that hard work will be for nought.

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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby macca33 » Sat Oct 27, 2012 1:39 pm

It is a well written and well-timed article. Interestingly, he does take a swipe at people who did cheat and have now written about it, but I believe that their stories are also important; they enable the putting forward of best efforts towards making the sport as honest as it can possibly be.

Imagine how much coin / fame they have missed out upon, due to never being on a level playing field with the cheats - the only separation of skill / commitment and result that relegated them was the use of banned substances / methodologies by most of the successful teams / individuals. I am empathetic towards McGee and his clean cohort in those circumstances.

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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby g-boaf » Sat Oct 27, 2012 1:47 pm

More power to him - that was a well written article. :)

Makes me more disappointed with Cadel's frankly lame response to it all. There was fire in that article of McGee.

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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby DaveOZ » Sat Oct 27, 2012 2:02 pm

Had a chat with Brad this morning. My son had his first ever MTB race. His team came in 2nd. 8)

Brad is the one on the left and my boy Angus is on the right.

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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby norbs » Sat Oct 27, 2012 2:28 pm

Whoohoo. Go Angus!

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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby DaveOZ » Sat Oct 27, 2012 4:41 pm

No appearance money but he is a local (when in OZ) and he loves helping the kids. His bike shop even donated bidons, sunnies and helmets as prizes. Thanks Brad, Craig and Rod McGee.

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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby AUbicycles » Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:32 pm

I met Brad briefly a while back as he finishing off in pro-cycling and this letter really puts his cycling career in perspective. I think it was a good letter and one of the very few public articles that address the lost chances of riders with integrity who didn't play the game.
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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby herzog » Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:04 am

And this is why it's wrong to say "it was years ago, let's move on".

There needs to be some justice for these honest guys who had their careers and livelihoods stolen from them by these cheats.

A "truth commission" is needed to get to the bottom of things.

As it stands the sport hasn't moved on and doesn't appear to be ready to. You have known dopers winning Olympic gold and running teams in 2012
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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby RonK » Sun Oct 28, 2012 10:00 am

A well-written article - let's just hope it's not also a self-serving one. Time will tell...
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Postby high_tea » Sun Oct 28, 2012 10:02 pm

RonK wrote:A well-written article - let's just hope it's not also a self-serving one. Time will tell...
I for one would rather you just came out and said whatever it is you are insinuating.

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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby RonK » Mon Oct 29, 2012 4:59 am

high_tea wrote:
RonK wrote:A well-written article - let's just hope it's not also a self-serving one. Time will tell...
I for one would rather you just came out and said whatever it is you are insinuating.
i'm insinuating nothing. I'm expressing the hope that McGee's letter is not just a cleverly-worded denial, and that he is not eventually shown to be a doper.
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Re: A letter from Brad McGee

Postby Alex Simmons/RST » Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:10 am

RonK wrote:
high_tea wrote:
RonK wrote:A well-written article - let's just hope it's not also a self-serving one. Time will tell...
I for one would rather you just came out and said whatever it is you are insinuating.
i'm insinuating nothing. I'm expressing the hope that McGee's letter is not just a cleverly-worded denial, and that he is not eventually shown to be a doper.
I think the issue is that there is such a long and consistent history of doping denials from those who have subsequently been found to have lied, that all professional rider's statements are being viewed with a degree scepticism, irrespective of the credibility of the individual in question.

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