Making Visible the Invisible Act of Doping. This paper describes the construction of the visual space of surveillance by the global anti-doping apparatus, it is a space inhabited daily by professional cyclists. Two principal mechanisms of this apparatus will be discussed – the Whereabouts System and the Biological Passport; in order [...]
Book Review: The Scapegoat, About the Expulsion of Michael Rasmussen from the Tour De France 2007 and beyond, Verner Møller , Akaprint, Aarhus, 2011. Martin Hardie The self published English translation of Møller ‘s book on Michael Rasmussen (Møller, Verner. 2010a. Løgn over løgn – om Michael Rasmussens Tour de France exit, Copenhagen, People’s Press) [...]
From: Hein Verbruggen <Hein.Verbruggen@sportaccord.com> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:19:50 +0100 To: Martin Hardie <martin.hardie@deakin.edu.au> Cc: Vincent Gaillard <Vincent.Gaillard@sportaccord.com>, Ingrid Beutler <Ingrid.Beutler@sportaccord.com>, Hein Verbruggen <Hein.Verbruggen@sportaccord.com> Subject: El Pais article Dear Mr. Hardie, I refer to an article you have recently written published at: http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/Verbruggen/SA/Dracula/frente/banco/sangre/elpepudep/20111007elpepudep_11/Tes Allow me to express my anger and disappointment that you, as [...]
A (draft) critique of the rule of law rhetoric in the present context (for a journal) article … Whereabouts are we? In my work on Operacíon Puerto (Hardie 2011) I opened by reference to Verner Møller’s End Of Modernity and the thesis (Møller 2004), which, put briefly, argues that the coming of global anti-doping law [...]
Text from talk at “Anti-Doping: Rational Policy or Moral Panic” Conference, Aarhus, 18 -19 August 2011. Martin Hardie, School of Law, Deakin University, Australia. (amendments to come) Is anti-doping policy, or for that matter any other contemporary governmental policy rational? I doubt it. For example, the market, the playing field of the most rational [...]
The Office for Sport , Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has recently written to Deakin University after considering and accepting the Final Report of the Anti-Doping Research Program (ADRP) project, Doping and Australian professional cycling: attitudes, issues and a pathway to a new approach. The Prime Minister’s Department noted that: The study provided [...]
A Public Seminar on Athletes, Health and Anti-Doping 6 – 9 pm Monday 25 July 2011 Deakin University Melbourne City Centre Level 3, 550 Bourke Street, Melbourne (the Deloitte Building) Moderator Colin Golvan SC (Barrister, Victorian Bar) Speakers Christophe Brissoneau (National Center of Scientific Research – University Paris Descartes, Paris, France) Christophe is a researcher [...]
Further to yesterday’s post below is a blog post written by James Stout. It should be also noted that James is not the first rider to have a difficult time with Team Type 1, Willem Van den Eynde had an equally torrid time last year This isn’t going to be an easy post [...]
Make up your own mind regarding the treatment of James Stout by Team Type 1, someone they say provided no services to them. As expected no response has been received to the following letter: Richard H Bennett Kitchens Kelley Gaynes Attorneys at Law Atlanta Georgia, USA. 6 June 2011 Dear Mr Bennett, RE: Team [...]
Daily Lance News 60 Minutes Video One Sixty Minutes Video Two UCI issues press release stated that Tyler Hamilton’s accusations on 60 Minutes were “unfounded.” “The UCI can only confirm that Lance Armstrong has never been notified of a positive test result by any anti-doping laboratory. Aside from the fact that no legal action may [...]
A moving tribute by Pedro Horrillo to Wouter Weylandt in el Pais. No time for translations but there are some translations of stories by Carlos Arribas on Horrillo’s 2009 Giro crash here on the old blog (one day we will transfer these): My Name is Pedro and La Via Horrillo. Carlos Arribas also has a [...]
I am working on some stuff for my thesis - a line of thought as to why cycling is different from other sports ….. anyone who has any ideas to add or comment on these points can just do so below or send me an email. Obviously, Chapter 7 An Introduction to the Social Peloton [...]
A quick English translation of the article by MARTIN HARDIE that appeared in El Pais on 18/12/2010 When we wrote our report about the attitude of the Australian riders to the system of doping (I wish I was Twenty One Now Beyond Doping in the Australian Peloton) we were guided by the comments of [...]
As part of the project Doping and Australian Professional Cycling: Attitudes, Issues and a Pathway to a New Approach which gave rise to the report I wish I was Twenty One Now Beyond – Doping in the Australian Peloton we have submitted our final report to the Australian government. It is available here: ADRP Final Project [...]
For those interested the CAS decision in Valjavec is available: Valjavec CAS award. We referred to the Slovenian Olympic Committee decision in our report I wish I was Twenty One Now Beyond Doping in the Australian Peloton. Having only had time to scan it this morning it appears that the link between reliable evidence [...]
“Anti-Doping: Rational Policy or Moral Panic” Conference, Aarhus, 18 -19 August 2011. Anti-Doping and the two faces of the moral crisis. Abstract. Martin Hardie, School of Law, Deakin University, Australia. I have previously discussed the manner in which anti-doping policy is played out within the society of the spectacle as a form of just war, [...]
In the Report “I Wish I was Twenty One Now” one of the disparities between the institutional and cyclists’ perspectives on anti-doping highlighted was the cynicism expressed concerning the rationale of the protection of athlete health. In discussions and interviews with cyclists, administrators and team staff, it became apparent that developing the connection between [...]
Rupert Guinness, the first journalist to report Trent Lowe’s side of the story after he was smeared by Jonathan Vaughters’ blackmail spray, has a commendable story in the Sydney Morning Herald today, reproduced in a slightly different form in The Age. In the articles Trent is quoted saying amongst other things: Riders must know how [...]
The Trent Lowe / Jonathan Vaughters Dispute – Some Background Facts (Note for the avoidance of doubt I am not the author of this: Martin Hardie) The Contract and Mr Lowe’s Health Issues 1) On or during August 2007, Mr Lowe, as the Rider, and Slipstream Sports LLC (“Slipstream Sports”), as the Employer, entered into [...]
This morning I got this email from a friend in Maputo, Mozambique Dear Martin I write to you with very sad news. Our dear friend Imran passed away today, he was hit by a car while riding his bike near Boane. It happened after a race, he was riding alone a car hit him violently. [...]
Landis/Kimmage Paul Kimmage interviewed Floyd Landis a few days before Thanksgiving of ’10. Their 7 hour conversation was distilled into Kimmage’s Sunday Times article published yesterday, meant for a general audience. Kimmage, however, felt that Landis’ detailed views on cycling needed to be aired, so he offered us the transcript of their interview. Naturally we [...]
I Wish I was Twenty One Now Presentation at Aarhus University, Denmark English Translation: Wednesday 24 November at 13-15 with visiting scholar Martin Hardie, Deakin University in Geelong, Australia Lecture: I Wish I was twenty-one now. Martin Hardie will present his recently completed research on athletes’ views about doping and professional cycling. Hardie’s lecture will [...]
MR.ADAMS* By Pedro Horrillo original published in El Pais in Spanish Mr. Adams entered my life at the same moment as we started the new year, on January 1st, 2008. To tell the truth, I never approved of him, but he didn’t seem to care: he had come to stay and was aware that I [...]
The Swarm, by Patrick Bohan, originally published in The Ride Journal, must be one of the most beautiful pieces of cycling writing in a long time. It echoes on another level what we have tried to come to grips with in our Introduction to the Social Peloton in our report “I Wish I was Twenty [...]
There is some more new cycling pathways conference coverage and commentary on the Real Peloton Podcast No. 33. It is all good listening as usual but the Biological Passport discussion commences at about 50 minutes into the podcast.
An interactionist study of phenomenon of doping. How and why did physicians create this standard ? How did sportsmen receive it and decide to use doping ? Download pdf: Intervention Copenhagen By Christophe Brissoneau, Research Center Sense Ethics Society (National Center of Scientific Research – University Paris Descartes). A Paper delivered at the Body enhancement [...]
Carlos Arribas, El Pais, 15 November 2010. The curiosity of physiologists, it involves a fascination to see how performance can be increased, animals first, then later people, by increasing the amount of oxygen that their blood could carry, led in the 1980′s to the major qualitative transformation of doping. Now, well into this century, when [...]
A paper to be delivered at FOUCAULT: 25 YEARS ON CONFERENCE – UNI SA , 25 JUNE 2009. From Barthes to Foucault and beyond – Cycling in the Age of Empire. Martin Hardie May 2009 ‘Whilst the onomania lasted, bickerings and divisions endured.’ Barthes is right in that he tells us that there is an [...]
The Biological Passport debate is obviously getting heated with both Klaas Faber and Mike Ashenden engaging in a bit of a duel of words this past week. Anyone who has read our report (Chapter 6) will understand that we do not think it is for scientists to decide questions of law. Their role is to [...]
The Court of Arbitration of Sport has declared the UCI’s Rider’s New Commitment to Cycling as being invalid and unenforceable in the case of UCI v Vinokourov vino-v-uci.pdf The decision supports the analysis of Horrillo in his Open Letter to Pat McQuaid of 2006.
“This is the west, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. “If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.” Il Gatopardo or The Leopard. “In the history of cycle sport, fabrications crowded out facts from the very outset.” Benjo Maso This [...]
“Operation Puerto”, the police intervention in Madrid against a doping network, was the result of a detective’s curiosity, of a Spanish Guardia Civil police lieutenant who, having broken up a few gangs for counterfeiting and wholesale distribution of anabolic steroids, wanted to know how the last step was organised, that of the distribution of substances [...]
The complete set of videos from the conference are available by following this link to our you tube channel.
Originally published in El Pais 11/10/10 Un desafío legal como l’Alpe d’Huez Paul J. Hayes* While uncertainty hangs over the cycling future of this year’s Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, what is certain is that he has a significant legal battle ahead of him where ultimately he will be required to prove his innocence [...]
This is a statement read out at the conference by Martin Hardie. It is written by a European Professional of the highest level. We are riding like a flock of sheep. As a professional cyclist who is taking part in the world championships this week in Geelong I believe that: The UCI has used the [...]
Adverse analytical finding of Alberto Contador The UCI confirmed today that it has received a report from the laboratory – accredited by WADA – Cologne indicating an adverse analytical finding (presence of clenbuterol) in a urine sample taken from the rider Spanish Alberto Contador during in-competition testing conducted last July 21 at the second rest [...]
There’s an interview with UCI president Pat McQuaid at Cycling News, in which he comments on the presence of Floyd Landis at the New Pathways for Pro Cycling conference: “My only problem is with [Landis's] modus operandi,” McQuaid told the Associated Press. “I am aware that there are other very high profile athletes who have [...]
Press Release 22nd September 2010 from Bike Pure Bike Pure will form part of a panel of representatives speaking at the forthcoming ‘New Pathways for Pro Cycling’ anti-doping conference in Melbourne this coming Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th September. The primary purpose of the conference is to bring together cyclists, administrators, academics, scientists, fans and [...]
SKINS Sponsors New Pathways for Pro Cycling Conference 21 September 2010 The ‘New Pathways for Pro Cycling Conference’, to be held on 27 and 28 September 2010 at Deakin University, Australia, will be sponsored by SKINS. The conference will be held to coincide with the World Cycling Championships. The primary objective is to bring together [...]
As you may know, subsequent to winning the 2006 Tour de France, I failed a drug test and was ultimately disqualified and suspended from professional competition for 2 years. During and following that suspension, I had a fair degree of time to reflect on the decisions made by and for me related to my activities [...]
Deakin University welcomes the considerable interest by the cycling community and media in the New Pathways for Pro Cycling Conference which will take place in Geelong from 27 -28 September 2010. The role and reputation of a university is based on its ability to contribute to informed public debate on matters of importance to society. [...]
Leo SchlinkFrom Herald Sun September 16, 2010 9:51AM THE spectre of notorious drug cheat Floyd Landis continued to hover over the world road cycling championships in Geelong after it was confirmed the American would appear at a Deakin University conference. The Melbourne 2010 organising committee immediately withdrew its support for the New Pathways for Professional [...]
Floyd Landis will appear at a conference on doping in professional cycling in Geelong in the week of the world championships. The New Pathways for Professional Cycling conference will be held on September 27 and 28 at Deakin University’s Waterfront Campus in Geelong and Landis will be present to discuss the future of the sport with [...]
THIS week the cycling world again has been plunged into controversy after doping statements made by Floyd Landis. This is a further chapter in a saga that started with doping allegations in the Festina Tour of 1998. The allegations made by Floyd Landis this week raise issues that many people believe go to the heart [...]
