General News Thread

[craig1985]

Lino Gastaldello, the man who saved the historic Willier brand is dead. Struck by a car when he was out riding his bike at age 71

RIP. Thoughts to his family. I always like the look of their bikes.

 

[El Imbatido]

Contador to Quickstep in 2011 - A done deal

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/2...ed&utm_campaign=Feed:+velonation_pro_cycling+

 

[B.Rasmussen]

Lino Gastaldello, the man who saved the historic Willier brand is dead. Struck by a car when he was out riding his bike at age 71

Sad news. My thoughts go out to family and friends. I ride a Willier, and while it's not one of the top models it's still a great bike.

RIP

 

[luckyboy]

Contador to Quickstep in 2011 - A done deal

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/2...ed&utm_campaign=Feed:+velonation_pro_cycling+

And they show the nicest picture...

Wonder what this means for Caisse 2011 then..

 

[steelciocc]

Broken Boobke

Lifted from Jayhawk on DPF - Bob Roll Breaks a Femur in Ski Accident


http://www.versus.com/blogs/bobkes-bike-beat/bob-roll-breaks-his-femur-skiing/


Love him or loathe him you wouldn't wish this on anybody...

 

[Cerberus]

First stage of the 2011 Tour will finish on a small mountain (or perhaps more appropriately hill) and the second will be a 23 k TTT.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-2011-to-start-on-passage-du-gois

 

[ingsve]

First stage of the 2011 Tour will finish on a small mountain (or perhaps more appropriately hill) and the second will be a 23 k TTT.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-2011-to-start-on-passage-du-gois

More importantly the first stage will go over Passage du Gois which means that the Tour could be over before it starts for some riders. I still remember when they went passed there in the 99 Tour. I can't wait to see what will happen there next year.

 

[maltiv]

More importantly the first stage will go over Passage du Gois which means that the Tour could be over before it starts for some riders. I still remember when they went passed there in the 99 Tour. I can't wait to see what will happen there next year.

From what I've heard, the stage "begins" at Passage du Gois, but it is not officially started before they are over it. Therefore, there shouldn't be any accidents as they will just ride slowly over it before the stage actually starts.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Hopefully the 23km ttt shouldn't be too descisive. Hopefully Prudhomme has learnt his lesson after last years joke of a race.

 

[Bike Boy]

1. Is he dodging Contador?
2. If so, why?
3. How does this make you feel?

1. In principle yes.

2. I wonder. What's the difference from last year besides being on opposite teams?
Contador reached out his hand to Armstrong, and said it would be good for team spirit if they raced together before the tour. Armstrong accepted.
Did they in fact get along very well back then or was it just pretending?

3. Well this is preparation so I guess I don't make a big deal out of it. I think Armstrong is aiming to be competitive in ToC, that's his first real goal of the season. of course the tour will be his biggest goal.
Everything between is just preparation, LBL might be the exception.

 

[ingsve]

From what I've heard, the stage "begins" at Passage du Gois, but it is not officially started before they are over it. Therefore, there shouldn't be any accidents as they will just ride slowly over it before the stage actually starts.

Well, the article says they start on the island so it depends how far they ride on the island before going over the passage. At any rate it's a spectacular piece of road to ride on.

 

[Anonymous]

Radio Shack might skip the Giro

Decided to start a new thread instead of this post. Cheers

 

[laikhragirish]

This is fantastic news! Sharon has tremdous talent - and I am so glad she will share that with us!
hello buddy i read your comment i agry with you dear thanx for this information.

 

[krebs303]

http://twitter.com/EuroHoody


Bruyneel confirms LA will race MSR, Flanders, AGR and LBL + Murcia and Crit International before TdeCali

 

[craig1985]

You Americans should be grateful for one thing, even if you don't like the guy, is that he will get you live coverage of the Classics. We got live coverage of Roubaix as soon as O'Grady won it.

 

[Publicus]

You Americans should be grateful for one thing, even if you don't like the guy, is that he will get you live coverage of the Classics. We got live coverage of Roubaix as soon as O'Grady won it.

I know I am grateful. Though I wonder if he is risking a potential injury with the spring classics. Also, doesn't really help with building form for stage racing (I don't count any real stage races in his line up Murcia (is 5 individual races) and Criterium Internationale is 3 days). That can't really help.

 

[auscyclefan94]

You Americans should be grateful for one thing, even if you don't like the guy, is that he will get you live coverage of the Classics. We got live coverage of Roubaix as soon as O'Grady won it.

Watched a bit of that the other day... Phil Liggett kept saying martin Maaskrant when it is martin maskaant

Drove me nuts!!!

 

[ak-zaaf]

Watched a bit of that the other day... Phil Liggett kept saying martin Maaskrant when it is martin maskaant

Drove me nuts!!!

LOL, It's MAAskAnt

 

[theyoungest]

LOL, It's MAAskAnt

And Martijn (rhymes with "mine")
Well, at least it's not as annoying as "Gaysink".

 

[issoisso]

And Martijn (rhymes with "mine")
Well, at least it's not as annoying as "Gaysink".

That's absolutely nothing, trust me.

Shall I start with the *** portuguese eurosport commentator? Cause we can be here the entire week just focusing on him.

Short example:
"Jenny Eye-zienga" (That's Jenning Huizenga)

That's a mild one. It gets far worse.

 

[thehog]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/steve-bauer-to-start-up-canadian-cycling-team/article1446845/

- Good article.

 

[Spare Tyre]

Anyone know how Matthias Kessler is getting on?

 

[Bike Boy]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/steve-bauer-to-start-up-canadian-cycling-team/article1446845/

- Good article.

Good news for Canada. seems like Bauer and co. have a healthy approach to professional cycling. I hope they will be succesful.

 

[zapata]

Milram denied slot in Paris-Nice (in danish):

http://www.feltet.dk/index.php?id_parent=1&id=28&id_nyhed=23932

..but guaranteed to be in all other races arranged by the ASO.

 

[Bala Verde]

LOL, It's MAAskAnt

Maaskrant isn't that the newspaper published in Maastricht, a subsidiary of de volkskrant?