Kimmage and Walsh let rip at McQuaid

The two Irish journalists who led the investigations that ultimately led to Lance Armstrong’s exposure as a drug cheat have reacted with scepticism to yesterday’s press conference by UCI president, Pat McQuaid.

Paul Kimmage and David Walsh both took to the airwaves to raise questions about some of McQuaid’s comments, particularly his statement expressing shock at revelations in the USADA investigation.

“When I listened to that press conference I had conflicting emotions” said Kimmage on Today Fm. “Absolute rage at the brass neck of McQuaid and his cohorts there. And also a huge sense of deflation and disappointment “because what was absolutely totally obvious… was the absolute certainty that whatever happens, Pat McQuaid is not responsible, that Hein Verbruggen, his predecessor, is not responsible. And that nothing that happens next Friday or the next five years is going to change that.