While I was begining to think Tyler was not guilty, losing the faith of his team gets me thinking he did it.
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=1934983
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=1934983
Tyler Fired
- Thread starter Hawkeye
- Start date
I hope it turns out he didn't. He's shown he has a big heart and lots of guts in the Tour..
Another tidbit of info from cyclingnews:
Hamilton sacking doesn't save Phonak
UCI sticks with 19 ProTour teams
After reviewing the dossiers of Phonak, MrBookmaker.com and Ag2r over the last week, the UCI has announced the final list of teams that will be allowed into the ProTour next year. Despite there being one spot theoretically open, the UCI declared that the ProTour will be comprised of 19, not 20 teams next year, and that none of the three aforementioned teams under revision will get a ProTour licence.
Phonak's exclusion was the most contentious, as it had originally been part of the ProTour at the UCI's initial assessment on June 30. Since then, three doping cases involving Phonak riders have surfaced (Camenzind, Hamilton and Perez), and Phonak has not satisfied the UCI with its course of action, even though Tyler Hamilton has now been fired and Perez's contract is unlikely to be renewed beyond the end of this year.
With regard to Hamilton and Perez, Phonak has contested the results and cast doubt on the doping tests, which have been approved by WADA and the IOC, and clearly this did not put the team in a favourable light with the UCI. Phonak set up its own panel of experts to judge the validity of the test, and at the UCI hearing on November 22, the team's lawyer Alessandro Celli indicated that, "a provisional report from their experts did not enable them to reach significant conclusions, two of these experts considering that the Lausanne and Athens laboratory tests were invalid, a third having detected certain errors which, however, did not cast doubt upon their reliability, and two others having found nothing abnormal in these tests."
On the basis of these results and pressure from the UCI, Phonak decided to terminate the contract of Hamilton, which was due to run until December 31, 2005, on November 25, 2004.
The UCI's statement continuned, "It emerges from the dossier and the explanations given by Mario Zorzoli during the hearing of 22 November 2004, that on several occasions during 2004 doubts had arisen about the abnormal readings observed in the blood of certain riders in the Phonak team. The team's managers had been summoned to clarify this matter. Following the recent cases mentioned above, the UCI decided to launch an enquiry to determine and improve the Phonak team's modus operandi in relation to the fight against doping and the protection of riders' health.
"During the hearing of 22 November 2004, the applicants manager produced a draft protocol, dated 27 October 2004, intended to establish the terms of the Phonak team's antidoping policy.
"Apart from the existence of the checks instituted by the UCI's doctor, the facts related above [abnormal blood values] by the applicant do not appear in the dossier and were not known to the Commission when it issued its initial evaluation. [According to an established regulation] the commission is not entitled to take these into account. Nonetheless, the consideration of these facts and even the last minute announcement of the dismissal of the rider Tyler Hamilton, does not make it possible to overturn the negative initial evaluation issued on 12 November 2004."
The final item that Phonak could not bring into line with the UCI's requirements dealt with image contracts, which are given to riders separately to their employment contracts. "Remuneration under the image contract may not exceed 15% of the total remuneration paid to the rider," the UCI noted. "The applicant does not dispute the fact that after learning of this regulatory provision, five image contracts were extended without respect for this 15% limit. The manager of the team, Urs Freuler, explained that at the workshop of 1 September 2004, an Ernst & Young consultant said that there was no need to worry about the 15% problem for existing contracts. This explanation is not convincing, as the regulations, known and applicable at the time that these contracts were renewed, make no distinction between renewed and completely new contracts."
Hamilton sacking doesn't save Phonak
UCI sticks with 19 ProTour teams
After reviewing the dossiers of Phonak, MrBookmaker.com and Ag2r over the last week, the UCI has announced the final list of teams that will be allowed into the ProTour next year. Despite there being one spot theoretically open, the UCI declared that the ProTour will be comprised of 19, not 20 teams next year, and that none of the three aforementioned teams under revision will get a ProTour licence.
Phonak's exclusion was the most contentious, as it had originally been part of the ProTour at the UCI's initial assessment on June 30. Since then, three doping cases involving Phonak riders have surfaced (Camenzind, Hamilton and Perez), and Phonak has not satisfied the UCI with its course of action, even though Tyler Hamilton has now been fired and Perez's contract is unlikely to be renewed beyond the end of this year.
With regard to Hamilton and Perez, Phonak has contested the results and cast doubt on the doping tests, which have been approved by WADA and the IOC, and clearly this did not put the team in a favourable light with the UCI. Phonak set up its own panel of experts to judge the validity of the test, and at the UCI hearing on November 22, the team's lawyer Alessandro Celli indicated that, "a provisional report from their experts did not enable them to reach significant conclusions, two of these experts considering that the Lausanne and Athens laboratory tests were invalid, a third having detected certain errors which, however, did not cast doubt upon their reliability, and two others having found nothing abnormal in these tests."
On the basis of these results and pressure from the UCI, Phonak decided to terminate the contract of Hamilton, which was due to run until December 31, 2005, on November 25, 2004.
The UCI's statement continuned, "It emerges from the dossier and the explanations given by Mario Zorzoli during the hearing of 22 November 2004, that on several occasions during 2004 doubts had arisen about the abnormal readings observed in the blood of certain riders in the Phonak team. The team's managers had been summoned to clarify this matter. Following the recent cases mentioned above, the UCI decided to launch an enquiry to determine and improve the Phonak team's modus operandi in relation to the fight against doping and the protection of riders' health.
"During the hearing of 22 November 2004, the applicants manager produced a draft protocol, dated 27 October 2004, intended to establish the terms of the Phonak team's antidoping policy.
"Apart from the existence of the checks instituted by the UCI's doctor, the facts related above [abnormal blood values] by the applicant do not appear in the dossier and were not known to the Commission when it issued its initial evaluation. [According to an established regulation] the commission is not entitled to take these into account. Nonetheless, the consideration of these facts and even the last minute announcement of the dismissal of the rider Tyler Hamilton, does not make it possible to overturn the negative initial evaluation issued on 12 November 2004."
The final item that Phonak could not bring into line with the UCI's requirements dealt with image contracts, which are given to riders separately to their employment contracts. "Remuneration under the image contract may not exceed 15% of the total remuneration paid to the rider," the UCI noted. "The applicant does not dispute the fact that after learning of this regulatory provision, five image contracts were extended without respect for this 15% limit. The manager of the team, Urs Freuler, explained that at the workshop of 1 September 2004, an Ernst & Young consultant said that there was no need to worry about the 15% problem for existing contracts. This explanation is not convincing, as the regulations, known and applicable at the time that these contracts were renewed, make no distinction between renewed and completely new contracts."
So did Phonak sack him to try to get the UCI to look at them favorably and allow them in the ProTour?
Kinda looks that way.
Didn't seem to work.
sucks.
Pretty sad day for Tyler and the future of American cycling... he was the up and coming Lance... We better look elsewhere. He may be back, but he'll never be the same. Bummer...
I think Tyler is within a year or two of Lance's age.
Yeah, I am really shedding some tears for Phonak right now.
They only had 3 riders fail dope test this year. Boo hoo.
Can you say systematic drug use Boys and Girls?....... I know that you can.
They only had 3 riders fail dope test this year. Boo hoo.
Can you say systematic drug use Boys and Girls?....... I know that you can.
i am lost
if you say so spongebob
Pretty sure Tyler is actually older than Lance.
Hmmm... I just assumed he was younger... maybe not eh?peter6061 said:
Whatchu talkin bout Willis?indieboy said:
You mean all the stuff Tyler said inhis defense?
Yeah he is a little less than a year older than Lance... What also sucks is that Floyd Landis signed with Phonak and they didn't get in the Pro-tour hopefully he can get out of his contract so he can get to race in the signifigant events...
Yah, I read a recent interview with him and he seemed pretty laid back about that. He would be VERY valuable to any team so I doubt he'll have a hard time getting picked up.Leethal said: