General News Thread

[roundabout]

http://www.girodeltrentino.com/IT/news/58/il-trentino-sulla-vetta-proibita-punta-veleno-perla-dell’edizione-2012.htm

Giro del Trentino is climbing this monster next year

http://www.salite.ch/punta.asp?Mappa=http://www.viamichelin.fr/viamichelin/ita/dyn/controller/Cartes-plans?mapId=-ty44sbq4klfpbp&dx=485&dy=330&empriseW=970&empriseH=661

 

[Parrulo]

http://www.girodeltrentino.com/IT/news/58/il-trentino-sulla-vetta-proibita-punta-veleno-perla-dell’edizione-2012.htm

Giro del Trentino is climbing this monster next year

http://www.salite.ch/punta.asp?Mappa=http://www.viamichelin.fr/viamichelin/ita/dyn/controller/Cartes-plans?mapId=-ty44sbq4klfpbp&dx=485&dy=330&empriseW=970&empriseH=661

machado will win trentino next year for sure, you heard it here first!!! he miss times his peak again hits his peak too early in trentino drops an in preparation mode basso and scarponi and takes the win.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

No way. Pozzovivo wins Trentino by climbing like a god, dropping everyone left right and centre, then catches a cold, crashes on a fast flat stage and abandons the Giro before they get to the big mountain stages, just like in 2010 and 2011.

 

[El Pistolero]

http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/111130_boonen_friends_gilbert#

Boonen talking about his season and the cyclocross event he's organizing. It's going to be a very fun event this year because there will be famous road cyclists like Greipel, Boonen, Vanendert and Museeuw participating. But it gets even better as Lars Boom will start this year... He'll start one minute later than everyone else to give them a fair chance! I bet that he'll already make up that time deficit before the first lap. Going to be fun to see how big the gap is between road cyclists and cyclo-crossers.

He also talked about the Belgian championships this year. He called Gilbert's performance atmospheric. He said he was really good that day and that he never experienced something like on the Gitsberg(where Phil dropped him like a stone), not even with Fabian Cancellara.

 

[Parrulo]

No way. Pozzovivo wins Trentino by climbing like a god, dropping everyone left right and centre, then catches a cold, crashes on a fast flat stage and abandons the Giro before they get to the big mountain stages, just like in 2010 and 2011.

time trial my friend, trentino also has a time trial

http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/111130_boonen_friends_gilbert#

Boonen talking about his season and the cyclocross event he's organizing. It's going to be a very fun event this year because there will be famous road cyclists like Greipel, Boonen, Vanendert and Museeuw participating. But it gets even better as Lars Boom will start this year... He'll start one minute later than everyone else to give them a fair chance! I bet that he'll already make up that time deficit before the first lap. Going to be fun to see how big the gap is between road cyclists and cyclo-crossers.

He also talked about the Belgian championships this year. He called Gilbert's performance atmospheric. He said he was really good that day and that he never experienced something like on the Gitsberg(where Phil dropped him like a stone), not even with Fabian Cancellara.

that sounds awesome!! is boom such a good cyclo crosser? i mean i know he has fantastic bike handling skills and explosiveness because of his results on short technical prologues but i had no idea he was that good in cyclo cross. tbh boom won me over this year as a fan when he pushed the tempo on the arenberg, it was amazing

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

http://www.girodeltrentino.com/IT/news/58/il-trentino-sulla-vetta-proibita-punta-veleno-perla-dell’edizione-2012.htm

Giro del Trentino is climbing this monster next year

http://www.salite.ch/punta.asp?Mappa=http://www.viamichelin.fr/viamichelin/ita/dyn/controller/Cartes-plans?mapId=-ty44sbq4klfpbp&dx=485&dy=330&empriseW=970&empriseH=661

beautiful.

is it too much to hope for coverage

 

[Parrulo]

beautiful.

is it too much to hope for coverage

last year we only had highlights from trentino and hasn't rai been cutting on the races they show? i think highlights is the best we can hope for

 

[Eric8-A]

http://www.girodeltrentino.com/IT/news/58/il-trentino-sulla-vetta-proibita-punta-veleno-perla-dell’edizione-2012.htm

Giro del Trentino is climbing this monster next year

http://www.salite.ch/punta.asp?Mappa=http://www.viamichelin.fr/viamichelin/ita/dyn/controller/Cartes-plans?mapId=-ty44sbq4klfpbp&dx=485&dy=330&empriseW=970&empriseH=661

I hope Coldeportes gets invited to see them tackle this.

 

[maltiv]

that sounds awesome!! is boom such a good cyclo crosser? i mean i know he has fantastic bike handling skills and explosiveness because of his results on short technical prologues but i had no idea he was that good in cyclo cross. tbh boom won me over this year as a fan when he pushed the tempo on the arenberg, it was amazing

Uhh yeah, he was the best cyclo crosser in the world before he became a road cyclist.

 

[Eric8-A]

And you're not world champion in cyclocross without being good.

 

[Tuarts]

Yeah, in other sports, World Champions win it by luck or fixed outcome.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

that sounds awesome!! is boom such a good cyclo crosser? i mean i know he has fantastic bike handling skills and explosiveness because of his results on short technical prologues but i had no idea he was that good in cyclo cross. tbh boom won me over this year as a fan when he pushed the tempo on the arenberg, it was amazing

Ex-world Champ, multiple WC victories, multiple GVA and Superprestige victories so yeah he is

 

[Parrulo]

oh ok, i am only just starting to follow cyclo cross

 

[jens_attacks]

arnold jeanesson career is in danger,hope he will not go down but oh i hate madiot so much...but madiot being a pompous french is not arnold fault so forzza jeanneson

 

[killswitch]

arnold jeanesson career is in danger,hope he will not go down but oh i hate madiot so much...but madiot being a pompous french is not arnold fault so forzza jeanneson

What has happened?

 

[craig1985]

What has happened?

I was just thinking that. The only thing I can think of is that the former Big Mat doctor has been indicted for administrating PEDs and Jeannesson has been called to give evidence.

 

[theyoungest]

Finish on the Muur van Geraardsbergen in the Eneco Tour?

Now everyone wants a piece of the (sadly uneaten) pie.

 

[greenedge]

What is it Jens?

 

[will10]

Finish on the Muur van Geraardsbergen in the Eneco Tour?

Now everyone wants a piece of the (sadly uneaten) pie.

Surely not, that would be far too exciting for a race like Eneco. It would be like the Tour Down Under using a 2nd catagory climb - unthinkable.

 

[jens_attacks]

What has happened?

sorry forgot to read here after i posted.
indeed is about the big mat affair,hopefully nothing will happen.

 

[just some guy]

geox time maybe over official news in a couple of hours - http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/10550/Geox-TMC-team-still-without-sponsor-as-UCI-deadline-occurs.aspx

 

[Ferminal]

http://www.girodeltrentino.com/IT/news/58/il-trentino-sulla-vetta-proibita-punta-veleno-perla-dell’edizione-2012.htm

Giro del Trentino is climbing this monster next year

http://www.salite.ch/punta.asp?Mappa=http://www.viamichelin.fr/viamichelin/ita/dyn/controller/Cartes-plans?mapId=-ty44sbq4klfpbp&dx=485&dy=330&empriseW=970&empriseH=661

Originally I glanced over this and thought it seemed like a nice short steep climb.

After doing the numbers though, it's 6.5km @ 14.8%, that's harder than Angliru

 

[will10]

Any news on where Cobo is going to ride if Geox go under?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I read this morning gianetti will announce his new sponsor today. it won't be venezuela

 

[craig1985]

I read this morning gianetti will announce his new sponsor today. it won't be venezuela

(If this is true) Say what you like about Gianetti, he really does know how to get the sponsors. Gianetti >>>>>>>>>>>>> Bob Stapleton when it comes to gaining sponsorship.