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Has The UCI Banned Silk-Screening Yet?

Posted on 4 August 2009 by cosmo

In a way, I want to respect this. Coming off a two-year dope ban and wearing a jersey with a picture of yourself silkscreened onto it is a tremendous message of defiance, and a great way to put a human face (several, actually) on your continued assertion of innocence.

alexandre-vinokourov-croit-en-son-retour-dans-le-peloton
But, alas, I cannot defend this behavior. Cycling’s doping policies are as strict as they are because some in the sport have so misused performance enhancers in the past. So too, must the UCI clamp down on those who recklessly abuse fashion in the pursuit of personal glory.

Team Carrera. Never forget.

(L’Equipe, via @stephenfarrand—and yes, it really did say “Vino 4 Ever”).

thoughts on “Has The UCI Banned Silk-Screening Yet?”

  1. Dan Gerous says:
    4 August 2009 at 5:18 pm

    WOW! That’s not ugly, it’s Primal Scream ugly with a big aftertaste of awkwardness…

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  2. Dan Gerous says:
    4 August 2009 at 5:18 pm

    Oups, not Primal Scream, Primal Wear… it just screamed to me…

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  3. Al says:
    4 August 2009 at 8:57 pm

    I couldn’t hear you Dan, the jersey was too loud.

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  4. AG says:
    4 August 2009 at 9:14 pm

    Vino: Contador, I see you’re self referencing pistol hat and I raise you an entire ensemble.

    (expect to see Contador riding around soon in a paper mache pistol costume as this war of self delusion escalates.)

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  5. Psychlist says:
    4 August 2009 at 11:34 pm

    “misused performance enhancers” – what…as opposed to “correct use” Cosmo?! 😉

    Vino has BIG ‘cojones’ to wear such a jersey.

    Would be similar to one of us riding around in a world champions jersey!

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  6. luc says:
    5 August 2009 at 12:40 am

    In vino veritas!

    Monsieur Vinokourov may have done the crime but he sure did the time.
    Vino, Cipo… Same theme!

    Cycling need a Edith Head urgently.
    Or a Jean Louis.

    Team Carrera Cosmo?
    Jean doping!

    luc

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vino_veritas
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Head
    https://www.filmreference.com/Writers-and-Production-Artists-Kr-Lo/Louis-Jean.html

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  7. henkio says:
    5 August 2009 at 7:40 am

    i’d pay top dollar for that jersey.

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  8. Frankielof says:
    6 August 2009 at 2:35 pm

    I thought the AR2R new kit was in bad taste, or at least ridiclusly bland, but this thing is just stupid. I remember a time that Vino was a loved member of the pro peleton, now he is a modern version of the Jumpsuit era Elvis. I guess he served his time and is allowed to come back, lucky for him Astana is “his team”, because at this point in time who would want him??

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  9. Anonymous says:
    6 August 2009 at 4:46 pm

    You take all that lingering perception of eastern doping wrap it up in an ego and vola! no shame,

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  10. daisy says:
    7 August 2009 at 3:07 pm

    I think this is a bit over the top – you have to be somebody to pull this off. I dont know who put “assertion of innocence there” if those were his words, he might be delusional. However, I find Vino is harmless, he likes to breakway and do his own things. 2006 Champs-Elysees win was bravo and hopefully he will bring entertainment and unpredictability to the Tour again.

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  11. kkhart says:
    14 August 2009 at 1:13 pm

    wow. that is one ugly jersey

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Best known for his How The Race Was Won® video series, Cosmo Catalano began blogging about pro cycling from a bike shop in 2005. Between then and now, he's designed cycling infographics, built cycling web apps, and supplied cycling content to print and broadcast media, all in the name of backing up his near-endless criticism with proof that it can be done better. He complains about cycling on Twitter at @Cyclocosm.

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