General News Thread

[will10]

i think we got a winner for this race

On that parcours? not necessarily.

 

[The Hitch]

Rather surprising news: Igor Gonzalez the Galdeano stops as general manager of Euskaltel after December 31.

Thats surprising.

 

[jens_attacks]

Thats surprising.

he's moving to grande ONCE reloaded by manolo saiz
well i hope so

 

[craig1985]

Omega Pharma-Lotto for Jayco Herald Sun Tour: Jens Debusschere (Bel), Kenny Dehaes (Bel), Adam Hansen (Aus), Olivier Kaisen (Bel), Maarten Neyens (Bel), Vicente Reynés (Spa)

 

[alexcta]

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=43760

 

[Gabriel Gray]

HTC at the Tour of Beijing

Michael Albasini, Matt Brammeier, Caleb Fairly, Leigh Howard, Tony Martin, Haydon Roulston, Kanstantsin Sivtsov, and Peter Velits.

 

[Boardslide]

HTC at the Tour of Beijing

Michael Albasini, Matt Brammeier, Caleb Fairly, Leigh Howard, Tony Martin, Haydon Roulston, Kanstantsin Sivtsov, and Peter Velits.

No Brammeier as he was unable to get a visa, same as photographer Graham Watson. It seemed to be a bit hit & miss as to who got visa's or not.

Brammeier is riding Paris Bourges & Paris Tors with Cav instead.

 

[craig1985]

Does China hate Ireland or something? Weird that he won't get a visa, and Roulston does, and IIRC he does have a criminal record (a minor one, but he was concerned at the time it would cost him his contract when he signed for Discovery Channel for the 2005 season).

 

[Arnout]

Maybe China wanted to buy Ireland's government bonds too and they refused, you never know

 

[Samson]

Talking about that Beijing tour, where could I see the start list?

 

[Boardslide]

Eurosport to broadcast Tour of Beijing live

@EurosportUKTV @spokesmen when have we got some more cycling on tv guys.are you showing tour of beijing > yes every stage LIVE

 

[canyonball]

Specialized and Lulumon to back up a women team for 2011/2012. A significant portion of the core of the successful HTC team has signed or so says a source familiar with the project. Judith Arndt and Amanda Miller won't be a part of this. Link

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Specialized and Lulumon to back up a women team for 2011/2012. A significant portion of the core of the successful HTC team has signed or so says a source familiar with the project. Judith Arndt and Amanda Miller won't be a part of this. Link

Wouldn't be surprised if Arndt retires; she's the wrong side of 35 now. Teutenberg likewise, if she won't be part of it, but no reports on that to date.

I hope Evelyn Stevens stays on though, she's been very entertaining this last two years.

 

[CasperVg]

Contador has revealed his race programme for 2011:

His big focus is on the Tour, and possibly the Vuelta after that.

He will ride Tirreno-Adriatico (instead of Paris-Nice), Catalunya and Pays Basque, then Dauphiné and Tour.

He also mentions that Cancellara would be a great asset to the team and that they are working on making the squad stronger.

http://www.elmundo.es/encuentros/invitados/2011/09/4979/index.html
http://www.eurosport.fr/cyclisme/tour-de-france/2011/contador-deja-en-2012_sto2973325/story.shtml

 

[maltiv]

EBH ends his season due to exhaustion, so we will not see him in Paris-Tours and Lombardia after all. Probably a good idea considering his drop of form lately.

Interestingly, he also adds that he will prepare for TDU next year, where he surely will be one of the big favorites.

 

[just some guy]

EBH ends his season due to exhaustion, so we will not see him in Paris-Tours and Lombardia after all. Probably a good idea considering his drop of form lately.

Interestingly, he also adds that he will prepare for TDU next year, where he surely will be one of the big favorites.

Unless it is a snowy and really cold winter here is Scandinavia which they are predicting then it will be a training race.

 

[LukeSchmid]

EBH ends his season due to exhaustion, so we will not see him in Paris-Tours and Lombardia after all. Probably a good idea considering his drop of form lately.

Interestingly, he also adds that he will prepare for TDU next year, where he surely will be one of the big favorites.

Spoiling GE's party, that is not fair

 

[maltiv]

Unless it is a snowy and really cold winter here is Scandinavia which they are predicting then it will be a training race.

Last year Sky forced EBH to do a 4 week training camp in Mallorca (instead of skiing back home) so I doubt that will be a problem. I'm more worried that he will peak far too early because he usually hits peak form after just 1 week of racing (it's all a part of britain's evil conspiracy to make sure he's not in form for the olympics ).

 

[theyoungest]

Wouldn't be surprised if Arndt retires; she's the wrong side of 35 now. Teutenberg likewise, if she won't be part of it, but no reports on that to date.

Retire as the world champion TT? With an Olympic medal up for grabs next year? Same goes for Teutenberg, who should be Germany's leader in the road race.

 

[canyonball]

Roster for the "new" Specialized-Lululemon Women team is announced. New signings in bold

Charlotte Becker (Ger)
Lisa Brennauer (Ger)
Katie Colclough (GBr)
Emilia Fahlin (Swe)
Chloe Hosking (Aus)
Clara Hughes (Can)
Amber Neben (USA)
Ally Stacher (USA)
Evelyn Stevens (USA)
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger)
Ellen Van Dijk (Ned)
Trixi Worrack (Ger)

Link

 

[ansimi]

Glad to see Hughes join a road team I think she's had some sponsorship from lululemon for a few years.

 

[JRanton]

Last year Sky forced EBH to do a 4 week training camp in Mallorca (instead of skiing back home) so I doubt that will be a problem. I'm more worried that he will peak far too early because he usually hits peak form after just 1 week of racing (it's all a part of britain's evil conspiracy to make sure he's not in form for the olympics ).

What, like every other Team Sky rider you mean? I think he gets more than enough special treatment already and I doubt his love of skiing is particularly helpful when it comes to his recurring achilles problem.

 

[maltiv]

What, like every other Team Sky rider you mean? I think he gets more than enough special treatment already and I doubt his love of skiing is particularly helpful when it comes to his recurring achilles problem.

Yes, that's what I meant. Indeed, that's why he's going to TDU and long training camps in Mallorca instead, because it seems like skiing plus cycling in extremely cold weather has caused his achilles problems.

You seem sarcastic, which is quite weird, considering I totally agree

 

[JRanton]

Yes, that's what I meant. Indeed, that's why he's going to TDU and long training camps in Mallorca instead, because it seems like skiing plus cycling in extremely cold weather has caused his achilles problems.

You seem sarcastic, which is quite weird, considering I totally agree

It was more to show my frustration that the same scenario seems to have taken place two years running.

 

[Anonymous]

worth saying as well that the sky winter training camp actually goes on for about 6-8 weeks and the riders are free to pick which weeks they attend to fit it in around their other training (and of course join up with riders they will be in early squads with).

Some riders were there for a couple of weeks, some for as long as four-five weeks