General News Thread

[theyoungest]

+ Poland .

Dan Martin, crit specialist.

 

[Anonymous]

+ Poland .

and the London Nocturne

 

[Armchair cyclist]

and the London Nocturne

Also missing the Tour Series, which would suggest that either one of the few cycling events to be shown on TV here (UK) has met its demise, or it will be run without the main teams that have dominated it in its short history.

 

[greenedge]

Dan Martin, crit specialist.

He won't be doing Poland this year which is good. Neither will Sagan.

Instead the illustrious Lars Boom will ( when he could easily win the Prologue at the TDF, support Gesink/ Kruijswijk/ Mollema and maybe go for another stage ) to prepare for the Olympics. At least he should end up winning overall ( his Tour of Britain win demonstrates that ).

 

[Michielveedeebee]

He won't be doing Poland this year which is good. Neither will Sagan.

Instead the illustrious Lars Boom will ( when he could easily win the Prologue at the TDF, support Gesink/ Kruijswijk/ Mollema and maybe go for another stage ) to prepare for the Olympics. At least he should end up winning overall ( his Tour of Britain win demonstrates that ).

Eheh, no. You're forgetting Cancellara and Martin

 

[theyoungest]

Eheh, no. You're forgetting Cancellara and Martin

If the prologue were short and technical, he could beat them both. Unfortunately it's not.

 

[jens_attacks]

If the prologue were short and technical, he could beat them both.

and also somewhere in the middle east

 

[Michielveedeebee]

and also somewhere in the middle east

And in the early season so Boom is already in form because of CX

 

[theyoungest]

And in the early season so Boom is already in form because of CX

Dauphiné...?

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Dauphiné...?

I was talking about Qatar

 

[will10]

Also missing the Tour Series, which would suggest that either one of the few cycling events to be shown on TV here (UK) has met its demise, or it will be run without the main teams that have dominated it in its short history.

Or none of the above. It's running as last year.

 

[theyoungest]

I was talking about Qatar

Yes, I know. But you can hardly say he won the Dauphiné prologue on his cx form.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

National Events do not need UCI branding, it's just that ProTour and ProContinental teams can't do them. So just like when Team Mellow Johnny had to rock into town because Radioshack couldn't enter the Tour of the Gila when it wasn't UCI, but Colavita, Bissell and co could, Sky can't enter the Tour Series but Rapha Condor, Endura, Raleigh and co will be contesting it as usual.

 

[The Hitch]

+ Poland .

A bit late on the joke no?

Besides, the 80 year old TDP(one of the oldest races on the WT calendar) is vastly superior to many races that are WT and one of the most entertaining.

 

[Ferminal]

RusVelo team for Langkawi:

ALEXANDER KHATUNTSEV, SERGEI KLIMOV, ARTEM OVECHKIN, VALERY VALYNIN, IVAN SAVITSKY, MATVEY ZUBOV (ALL RUSSIANS)

http://www.ltdl.com.my/2012/news/pr_1001.asp

Also a bit more info on them, didn't know Eki was a DS

 

[just some guy]

RusVelo team for Langkawi:

ALEXANDER KHATUNTSEV, SERGEI KLIMOV, ARTEM OVECHKIN, VALERY VALYNIN, IVAN SAVITSKY, MATVEY ZUBOV (ALL RUSSIANS)

http://www.ltdl.com.my/2012/news/pr_1001.asp

Also a bit more info on them, didn't know Eki was a DS

Come on Fermi keep up -

 

[craig1985]

What happened to Rovny? I know he was highly rated when he turned pro and said his goal was to win 'all three GT's', either the guy had ability or has a lot of confidence in himself.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

What happened to Rovny? I know he was highly rated when he turned pro and said his goal was to win 'all three GT's', either the guy had ability or has a lot of confidence in himself.

like virtually all russians/east europeans early physical peak. popovych, petrov, ignatief, brutt, trousov, kostyuk, lukasz bodnar, kvachuk, peter mazur, etc etc etc and soon also someone like michal kwiatkowski. sagan is also one but his level is already so extremely high

 

[craig1985]

I think that is to do with their backgrounds, they're pushed so hard so early. Grabovskyy spoke how when he moved to Italy and when he turned pro for Quick Step he said he often felt bored as he was used to training in the morning, going to school and doing more training, usually on the rollers in the afternoon, and with this spare time, he started to drink and eat the wrong food too much.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

from what i read grabovsky was let alone by lefevre and became alcoholic.

 

[Reuell]

How is that possible?
Lefevere is known for his skills in aiding and developing talents, right?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

yes I also wonder how he can't have turned out like all those other great gc men lefevre aided in his team

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Vos wants to ride with the men say wuuuut ?

 

[just some guy]

Vos wants to ride with the men say wuuuut ?

Vos manger is thinking it is a good idea to keep her motivated

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Vos manger is thinking it is a good idea to keep her motivated

I know, but still, say wuuut?