General News Thread

[Ricco']

To be fair though, 2009 was one of the last super power Voltas, a year after the LA-MSS scandal and with the final year of Liberty, plus Cândido still going strong. A couple of years later they were winning stages with Gavazzi with little trouble.

To be fair, it's not difficult for a foreign sprinter to dominate the sprints in the Volta. Especially after Cândido retired, Cardoso going to the WT and with the traditional lack of pure sprinters in Portugal.

The most prominate case being Bauhaus in 2014 or 2015, who as a 20 year old 2nd year sub-23 rider was capable of winning 2 stages.

[Libertine Seguros]

Yea, but Gavazzi was winning on Monte Assunção too!

[TourOfSardinia]

2020 Volta Catalunya due to depart from Alghero, Sardinia
reported in the paper edition of the Nuova Sardegna today.


Alghero has a Catalan speaking enclave and thus the cultural link

[GuyIncognito]

2020 Volta Catalunya due to depart from Alghero, Sardinia
reported in the paper edition of the Nuova Sardegna today.


Alghero has a Catalan speaking enclave and thus the cultural link

And it's not the first time the Volta races there, either.
Last time was in 1986. Sean Kelly won a Volta a Catalunya ITT in Alghero.

That catalan link is why there are so so many sardinians and descendants of sardinians with the surname Catalano

[TourOfSardinia]

2020 Volta Catalunya due to depart from Alghero, Sardinia
reported in the paper edition of the Nuova Sardegna today.


Alghero has a Catalan speaking enclave and thus the cultural link

And it's not the first time the Volta races there, either.
Last time was in 1986. Sean Kelly won a Volta a Catalunya ITT in Alghero.

That catalan link is why there are so so many sicilians and descendants of sicilians with the surname Catalano

Thanks for the 1986 info.
btw Sardinia != Sicily

[GuyIncognito]

2020 Volta Catalunya due to depart from Alghero, Sardinia
reported in the paper edition of the Nuova Sardegna today.


Alghero has a Catalan speaking enclave and thus the cultural link

And it's not the first time the Volta races there, either.
Last time was in 1986. Sean Kelly won a Volta a Catalunya ITT in Alghero.

That catalan link is why there are so so many sicilians and descendants of sicilians with the surname Catalano

Thanks for the 1986 info.
btw Sardinia != Sicily

Haha what was I thinking writing that, sorry

I'll edit it to not confuse anyone

[hammerthaim]

Indian-Pacific Wheel Race Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5b9or1rGp8

[mikii4567]

Vuelta 2018 to begin with a time trial in Malaga - hasn't been specified yet whether it's individual or team, though I don't think it will be hard to guess.