Comments on: The Fat Cyclist Explains: The Slipstream / Garmin-Cervelo / Trent Lowe / Matt White / Luis Garcia del Moral / Jonathan Vaughters / Prentice Steffen / Martin Hardie Scandal

By: Fat Cyclist » Blog Archive » The Fat Cyclist Explains: The Race Radio Controversy

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:25:54 +0000

[...] show it really is a series, albeit a sporadic one. You can read the first installment here, and the second one here. Finally, you can read the third one here, but you’re already here, so what’s the point [...]

By: Abdu whereareyou

Abdu whereareyou — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:53:30 +0000

Funny, if not for the fact that Trent has been so royally screwed by Jonoathon Vaughters, on a financial level (refusing to pay his salary), professional level (sacking him for seeing him on another brand of bike), and socially (defaming him across social media claiming he tried to blackmail him, etc.).

Everyone should read Hardie’s chronology of events and emails on his New Beginnings blog.

Time and again, Vaughters has mis-appropriated the truth. First he claimed Trent only raced a few days in the past couple of years (161 in 3), then claiming he never knew about the blood test (then later admitted he received the email at the time with the blood test on the doctor’s letterhead, but saying “ah well, who reads that stuff anyway?!”).

Then he claimed that Trent tried to blackmail him (Slipstream’s lawyer asked Hardie for a figure so they could negotiate, to which Hardie replied that was impossible and wanted to discuss, but thought 500,000 Euros was probably the figure) etc etc.

JV is so rattled that he’s even posting on forums.

What should be damning stuff for JV, but a subservient cycling media and a massive amount of spin sees Trent getting slammed by a powerful team boss, and now no team will touch him. He’s talking about mountain biking now.

Oh, and Whitey’s been paid out on a confidentiality clause so you’ll never hear the truth from him…

By: hardie

hardie — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:04:22 +0000

i can ride a bike

By: Roses

Roses — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:46:26 +0000

Sorry, I have to give this story only two out of five stars. It is completely unbelievable. I mean, a scandal in pro-cycling? It would never happen.

By: neil

neil — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:14:54 +0000

One can’t help but wonder if the UCI was founded in the States instead of France, whether this whole fiasco couldn’t have been avoided by implementing divisions similar to those of the fun loving NHRA: Stock (no performance enhancing drugs what so ever), Modified (blood doping, synthetic testosterone, and stimulants allowed), and Unlimited (anything goes, and screw the bike weight limit).

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:26:31 +0000

Vaughters:

Keeps himself in shape,

dresses immaculately,

Is he gay?

By: Skippy

Skippy — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:18:28 +0000

Courage comes in all forms and this story will be worth following !

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Hope you all will follow this story !

By: Clydesteve

Clydesteve — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:18:37 +0000

This is too much. My mind is still reeling at the two-scandals-at-once scheduling error.

By: MattC

MattC — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:40:28 +0000

If Lowe and Hardie had done their homework, they should have requested the blackmail $$ in Burundi Francs, which would net them 839,695,075.51(rounded off to 2 decimal places for brevity) instead of a paltry 500,000 euros… Cuz everybody knows more is better. I mean, who would want 1 dollar when you can have 100 cents? Geez Louise…

By: 3d brian

3d brian — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:04:40 +0000

Wow that was about to get too complicated but fortunately you included the euro to nairas conversion and it all fit together.

We really appreciate you doing those conversions for us.