Recent content by PeterB

Fretin relegated from the 3rd ... I assume for throwing a couple of shoulders and elbows in the last km?

There's a clear contradiction in the statements. As per UCI, "The UCI regrets that certain teams have objected to the test by not nominating a rider to carry the tracking device". As per the teams, "We made clear that ... The UCI or its partner was free to select a rider and install the device...

Statement by UCI: The UCI condemns refusal of some teams to participate in test of GPS safety tracking technology The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) regrets that certain teams on the start list for the Tour de Romandie Féminin have refused to comply with the rules for the race related to...

Statement by the teams: *UCI fails to confirm rule clarification request despite team’s tracking system co-operation* We are shocked and disappointed by the UCI’s decision to disqualify several teams, including ours, from the Tour de Romandie Féminin. Earlier this week, all affected teams...

If the rules say: “The wearer of the leader's jersey shall be entitled to match the colour of his shorts to that of the jersey,”, it leaves a lot open to interpretation, in my understanding. Is the "matching" colour strictly the same as the jersey? Or is any colour which "matches", i.e.fits...

To be fair, the likelihood of this being an accident is higher than anything else, in general. It is very easy to cause serious injuries to a person with a heavy vehicle even at low speed. If this happened close to their house, the likelihood of an accident is even higher as you drive in a...

Why are you so obsessed with their participation? You are not new to road cycling so might have already noticed that participants from various "exotic" countries (from a cycling perspective) in ITTs in the World and European Championships are not anything new. And specifically, Kosovo had 2...

Except that continuous glucose monitors don't "stab needles into your arm". Its principle is in fact the same as the heart rate monitor - both include a sensor placed in/on your skin. There's very little difference between them, the main being that one requires analysing body fluids while the...

Male Turkey [although officially it should now be Türkiye]

Past the first half of the season and the Bruins still in the league of their own. Golden Knights good but don't look like real SC contenders against the top teams from the East. In general the quality seems to be much more on the East this year, so winning the Eastern conference may prove more...

Wow, didn't know mobile plans were so expensive in the US. In Europe the mobile coverage is so good that you would almost not need a phone number and just do your calls via online apps, so it's getting more about how many GBs you get for your money than how many minutes (most plans have...

@SHaines What if the user wishes the length of their ban be known?

Also why does this race have such a distance? Every year since 2017 well over 200 km presumably with quite some climbing involved - is this the hardest race on the calendar?

I am honestly surprised that anyone can even wonder that people who have been spending so much time in some cases for >10 years in the community of other people on this forum, investing their time and attention to interacting with other people here, do care about those other people and may...

At the moment van Aert is similar to Kwiatkowski to me: a really really good rider who does not however have results to back up considering him as one of the very best riders of his generation. Of course he has also his CX career thanks to which he is more visible but purely on the road...