Recent content by nedhill

Congrats to Stites on getting a European contract. So far, it would be unreasonable to suggest that he was ready for the WT. Getting American talent is difficult when your budget is substantially less than Inoes. As far as Vaughters, I don't see a lot of tweets on X in recent years, let alone...

So Soudal a Belgian company is going to support a merger so that the most exciting Belgian GC candidate in years can go to a British team?

Sean Quinn who is getting a 3-year extension c/o Daniel B.

It looks like they only have 4 spots left with some riders they will likely resign. I suspect that if an opportunity fell into their lap, they might be able to convince one of the new signings to start on the development team and then switch to a stagiaire, or upgrade as Valgren did this year.

Could this be more about Soudal realizing that Lefevere will be at the end of his managing career soon and looking to back another manager?

Samamba, The points system is not fair, it weights heavily towards Belgium and French Teams. This is because there are so many more races in those countries that statistically favor the teams from those countries. Please stop arguing these minor points, as they are weak in comparison to the...

Mikkel Honoré looks like a very interesting addition to the EF squad. If he can have a year like 2021 he will be a great add. Nice surprise recruit.

The ASO is part of the problem because they own the equivalent of the Super Bowl and the tv streaming rights for that are so valuable (setting aside the requirement that some events be broadcast for free in certain some countries).. Until broadcast rights are bundled together in a way that all...

Please keep your personal/character attacks to yourself.

I was very impressed by Foss's ride to win the WC ITT. I think many of us saw how strong he was in the Canadian WT races, but never expected this. Kudos to him and his team. I wish him well in the future.

Yes thank you for pointing out the French ASO is a big bully, they depend upon all the smaller races to build up their cash cow. If only they would share revenues. Back to the relegation system that also favors the French (and Belgium teams).

I want to highly compliment the race organizers for the large number of races they support. Obviously, we know that some countries also have GC races so the full number supported by each country is higher. Most importantly It stands out that there is a statically significant advantage for...

Attached is some data that one may find interesting. 2022 Calendar - Location of One-day races (1.1, 1.Pro, 1.WT) Belgium 36 France 28 Italy 19 (12 upcoming) Spain 12 (0 upcoming) Germany, Netherlands 4 Canada 2 Switzerland, US, Japan - 1 Australia, Norway, Denmark, UK - 0 Separately - The...

Maybe you should look at the last 10kms - there was a crash that eliminated a huge number of the sprinters in the French points race of the day. They took Powless to the hospital to get him checked out. He subsequently was able to leave without any significant injuries.

Wow - the US selects - gravel star - Keegan Swenson to ride in Worlds! https://www.velonews.com/news/road/off-road-star-keegan-swenson-selected-for-uci-road-world-championships/ I wish him well. I suspect they might send him in the break or let him attack at some point. He did have the...