UCI President Pat McQuaid Comments on Alberto Contador Case and Says EPO Bans Should Be 4 Years

The president of cycling's governing body renewed his call for stiffer penalties for EPO use while insisting that cycling is the cleanest of sports.

International Cycling Union President Pat McQuaid told the French L'Equipe newspaper on Monday that he supports doubling the length of suspensions for first-time offenders who test positive for EPO from two years to four. He also said that Alberto Contador's (Team Saxo Bank-SunGard) doping case won't be resolved before the end of the year.

"Personally, I'm in favor of increasing the length of the suspension," said McQuaid, who backed the tougher punishments in a previous interview last month. "There should be a four-year ban for those who take EPO."

"We're going to propose that soon to the national federations and they will need to be on the same line as us."

The Spanish cycling federation is set to determine whether Contador is banned for two years after testing positive for clenbuterol during his victory in this year's Tour de France. Contador, a three-time Tour champion, blames contaminated meat for his positive test.

"At the end of August, along with WADA, we gave Contador the chance to explain himself," McQuaid said. "Twenty-four hours later, he told us this story of the contaminated meat. We asked experts to conduct a study to see if his version is credible. There won't be a decision before the end of the year."

Clenbuterol is a banned muscle-building and weight-loss steroid.

McQuaid also spoke about the possibility of handing reduced suspensions to riders caught using "lighter" substances.

"We should make a difference between light and heavy products," McQuaid said. "EPO is serious, that should be a four-year ban. Ventolin, for example, could be six or nine months."

In claiming that cycling is the cleanest of all sports, McQuaid said that most riders are not taking performance enhancing substances.

"Through our biological passport [program], we have noticed that the parameters were improving," McQuaid said. "Most of the riders are clean."

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UCI President Pat McQuaid Comments on Alberto Contador Case and Says EPO Bans Should Be 4 Years

The president of cycling's governing body renewed his call for stiffer penalties for EPO use while insisting that cycling is the cleanest of sports.

International Cycling Union President Pat McQuaid told the French L'Equipe newspaper on Monday that he supports doubling the length of suspensions for first-time offenders who test positive for EPO from two years to four. He also said that Alberto Contador's (Team Saxo Bank-SunGard) doping case won't be resolved before the end of the year.

"Personally, I'm in favor of increasing the length of the suspension," said McQuaid, who backed the tougher punishments in a previous interview last month. "There should be a four-year ban for those who take EPO."

"We're going to propose that soon to the national federations and they will need to be on the same line as us."

The Spanish cycling federation is set to determine whether Contador is banned for two years after testing positive for clenbuterol during his victory in this year's Tour de France. Contador, a three-time Tour champion, blames contaminated meat for his positive test.

"At the end of August, along with WADA, we gave Contador the chance to explain himself," McQuaid said. "Twenty-four hours later, he told us this story of the contaminated meat. We asked experts to conduct a study to see if his version is credible. There won't be a decision before the end of the year."

Clenbuterol is a banned muscle-building and weight-loss steroid.

McQuaid also spoke about the possibility of handing reduced suspensions to riders caught using "lighter" substances.

"We should make a difference between light and heavy products," McQuaid said. "EPO is serious, that should be a four-year ban. Ventolin, for example, could be six or nine months."

In claiming that cycling is the cleanest of all sports, McQuaid said that most riders are not taking performance enhancing substances.

"Through our biological passport [program], we have noticed that the parameters were improving," McQuaid said. "Most of the riders are clean."

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Carl Paladino storms off TV on his comments "Little Girl" Gillibrand

Carl Paladino, candidate for Governor of New York GOP went on a "TV tirade" development-TV Plattsburgh, a local affiliate of CBS, Friday night when asked to call Senator Kirsten Gillibrand a "little girl," according to the Buffalo News. (The press, Paladino, hometown paper has already approved its opponent Andrew Cuomo.) This particular round of controversy started Thursday in Long Island, where Paladino referred Gillibrand as fellow "Little girl from New York Democrat Charles Schumer," a comment that it calls "outrageous" and "offensive to women." Repeated Paladino expression later in Albany, telling reporters, "it is exactly what Schumer told him to do." If it is his granddaughter. Questioned on this matter in an interview Friday night, Paladino did what it usually - it broken.

Between the New York Post, via the Buffalo News:

"We're going to talk about issues or we leave you now." Paladino said in an interview with development at Plattsburgh, according to the Buffalo News.

When the interviewer persists, volatile Paladino has exploded with rage, saying: "she wants to talk about garbage collection, it can talk to someone else. He then stormed Studio.

Andrew Cuomo, meanwhile, continues to sit and laugh. ""I'll tell you the truth," he said, "most speaking, do better."You could not make it up.?

Note 'girl' of the Paladino creates an agitation[Buffalo News]
'Carl girl' smack[NYP]

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Andrew Cuomo Invokes history Carey and Union Gets comments

This is the way campaigns are supposed to work: a pair two more large public employee unions of State officials today call for Andrew Cuomo to her tough-on-labor comments Sunday New York Times. Cuomo has been described as "celebration for war" with unions big, aided by a lobby business more "exciting". To this end, he said the time ' Nicholas Confessore that he had sent copies of trade union leaders of a new book on an ancient battle that it would be useful: "The Man Who Saved New York: Hugh Carey and major financial crisis of 1975," by State of Brooklyn former Senator Seymour Lachman and ex - Newsday journalist Robert Polner.

Not that it necessarily our advice, but the voice welcomes of this fascinating book Cuomo and other players in late August, when it was released: "the likely future Governor will appreciate this spectacular saga of what it is like to be one of the Executive Mansion open cabinets to find that they have been stripped naked", item read.

This book describes the efforts for work on board to respond to the financial crisis that threatened to collapse of the city and State.The challenges of this effort are best described by financial wizard Felix Rohaytn recruited by then Governor Carey as its disorder - shooter .Rohaytn said Lachman and on Union leaders meeting Polner carrying handguns a session negotiation in a midtown hotel. "Is this the way that you guys always do business?" has been écarquillé eyes Rohaytn query.

But teachers State President Richard Iannuzzi tells the Town Hall today that the comparison between the crisis of the 1970s and current problems and not only because only he packed never a piece negotiation sessions."This is a different time", says leading teachers.

Danny Donohue, the head usually franc tough talk about the Association of employees of the public service, had a spokesperson say City Hall that comparison of the crisis financial-Carey with current problems was some "revisionist history".

Iannuzzi, union is seated in this election, said that he has received a copy of the book by Cuomo shortly before day of working with an appeal "better" Prosecutor's Union général.Dirigeant teachers also gives a index problems Cuomo's is going to be against: he said at the Town Hall, seven weeks later, he is always read 229-page book.

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