Recent content by Narce_

Re: I really think that this just shows a lack of research by the author of the article. The largest population of hungarian minorities lives in Roumania and Slovakia (east and north of the Hungarian border), so the Giro would have to make a big detour to go there. In Austria, Croatia and...

Re: 2020 Giro rumors thread Hopefully, the date of this race won't clash with the 'unforeseen' celebrations of a national holiday.

Re: Re: Yes, it's nice to hear that he's getting better. But he suffered from this illness before, and has been cleared to race, and EBV came back, which, to me, suggests that his recovery wasn't monitored with the necessary attention. I'm not blaming anyone for it, since I wrote that the...

Re: Re: Yes, I think Direct Energie is willing to pay much for a rider who can get them out of the 'also run' category. Voeckler retired last year, Coquard left, Chavanel retired now, they don't really have distinctive, big names anymore, just the usual random french breakaway riders. But...

Re: I'm not sure. After the acute period of mono ends, there's a period of recovery, and then, you start to feel OK. Like, normal life OK. That's what happened to him before, so he got back to business, riding his bike and living his life as usual. But EBV has a nasty habit of striking back...

I have this crazy idea that it's not really a new development. Sure, we've read a lot of articles about Lefevere looking for a sponsor - yup, lots of articles. As if their wins didn't grant them enough coverage. Surely no one wants to support the most successful team... (How long it took...

Re: Savio should be smart and demand a lot of money. He can make a real good deal out of it, depending on how much Sky wants Sosa. Although another year at Androni may give this guy the much needed perspective to find out what he wants to do with his carreer, because he doesn't seem to know...

Re: Re: Destroying the competition may not be their expressed aim, but it is a straight consequence of buying up all the future prospects. These young guys have the potential to become the next generation of GC riders, but as of now, they lack the experience. They are at the start of their...

Re: I look forward to today's stage. Moschetti himself said that the climb seems too hard for him, and he's going for points. He also said that stage 1 finish was indeed rising, and it was very hard. I managed to talk to him yesterday before the start of the stage :) (I know these aren't the...

Tour de Hongrie is in progress, and Polartec-Kometa is racing here, and Alberto Contador is visiting the race! He's going to give the start signal tomorrow, and is already in Hungary, which is good, because he'd just given an interview on the national TV. There were pretty usual questions about...

It's long, but not very high, only 400 m rise. To put it into context, the biggest mountain in Hungary (Kékes) would be about cat 2 compared to Tour de France mountains, and it's not in the route this year. I don't know much about Moschetti's climbing abilities, but I think it's doable, unless...

Great win by Moschetti! His english is pretty good too! I wonder if he's going for the GC...

He'll be at the start tomorrow. I also heard during the live broadcast yesterday that he'll also be interviewed tonight on tv. https://www.facebook.com/tourdehongrie/videos/1052120781615768/

Re: It's Pannon Cycling Team, a continental team from Hungary. This is their first season, the riders are young, actually the guy who was in the break, Szatmáry, is the oldest rider on the roster with 27 years of age.

Through the tv screen, to me it seemed like a false flat. A couple of kms from the finsh line, the Polartec-Kometa guys seemed to be doing well, but their train dissolved in a moment. From about 800 m maybe, Moschetti opened his sprint, because he remained alone. He did pretty well, but he...