Simon Brooke
12-31-1969, 08:00 PM
in message <8uCdnUJDov4hRzXbnZ2dnUVZ8s-qnZ2d@pipex.net>, Tony Raven
('traven@gotadsl.co.uk') wrote:
> Ben C wrote:
>> On 2007-07-26, Simon Brooke <simon@jasmine.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>> Having read around further, it appears that a director of Rabobank (the
>>> bank) saw an interview with Davide Cassani on Dutch television last
>>> night, and phoned up the team manager and told him to lose Rasmussen.
>>> There does not seem to be any other evidence.
>>
>> One of the stories I read said that Rasmussen had admitted to de Rooy
>> that he had lied about his whereabouts. It may be that de Rooy heard
>> about the Cassani interview, confronted Rasmussen, Rasmussen admitted he
>> lied, de Rooy sacked him, Rasmussen had time to compose himself, found
>> out that actually the only evidence he was in Italy is this bit of
>> hearsay from Cassani, and then started telling the press what he wishes
>> he had thought of telling de Rooy at the time, i.e. denying he was in
>> Italy.
>
> I think Simon's report is more credible. De Rooy was quoted to be in a
> high state of agitation before confronting Ramussen. However Rabobank
> is now saying it was a team and not a sponsor decision.
The question that's in my mind is how well did Cassani know Rasmussen, and
how close was he when he saw him? He says he saw him 'training in the
rain' and he gave two dates. Does that mean he believed he saw him on both
days, or that he isn't sure of the date? Furthermore, does this mean he
saw a cyclist the width of a carriageway away, or does it mean he cycled
alongside and spoke with Rasmussen?
Rasmussen is an unusual looking man, but he isn't that unusual; and someone
seen across the width of a road in pouring rain is easy to misidentify. On
the other hand if Cassani knows Rasmussen well and spoke with him, that's
a different story.
Does anyone know?
--
simon@jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
See one nuclear war, you've seen them all.
('traven@gotadsl.co.uk') wrote:
> Ben C wrote:
>> On 2007-07-26, Simon Brooke <simon@jasmine.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>> Having read around further, it appears that a director of Rabobank (the
>>> bank) saw an interview with Davide Cassani on Dutch television last
>>> night, and phoned up the team manager and told him to lose Rasmussen.
>>> There does not seem to be any other evidence.
>>
>> One of the stories I read said that Rasmussen had admitted to de Rooy
>> that he had lied about his whereabouts. It may be that de Rooy heard
>> about the Cassani interview, confronted Rasmussen, Rasmussen admitted he
>> lied, de Rooy sacked him, Rasmussen had time to compose himself, found
>> out that actually the only evidence he was in Italy is this bit of
>> hearsay from Cassani, and then started telling the press what he wishes
>> he had thought of telling de Rooy at the time, i.e. denying he was in
>> Italy.
>
> I think Simon's report is more credible. De Rooy was quoted to be in a
> high state of agitation before confronting Ramussen. However Rabobank
> is now saying it was a team and not a sponsor decision.
The question that's in my mind is how well did Cassani know Rasmussen, and
how close was he when he saw him? He says he saw him 'training in the
rain' and he gave two dates. Does that mean he believed he saw him on both
days, or that he isn't sure of the date? Furthermore, does this mean he
saw a cyclist the width of a carriageway away, or does it mean he cycled
alongside and spoke with Rasmussen?
Rasmussen is an unusual looking man, but he isn't that unusual; and someone
seen across the width of a road in pouring rain is easy to misidentify. On
the other hand if Cassani knows Rasmussen well and spoke with him, that's
a different story.
Does anyone know?
--
simon@jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
See one nuclear war, you've seen them all.