General News Thread

[El Pistolero]

This is news?

He's not riding Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne(as his site says). News worthy enough for you?

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Mt Diablo debuts at this year's ATOC:

Average: 5.7 %
Length: 17.1 km
Height start: 178 m
Height top: 1155 m
Gradient: 977 m
Maximum: 19 %
Rating: 97.27
.

Until the TOC hits the eastern Sierras, there won't be any epic stages. Onion Valley Road:

Average: 7.6 %
Length: 21 km
Height start: 1201 m
Height top: 2804 m
Gradient: 1603 m
Maximum: 12 %
Rating 191.8

Double the difficulty rating of Mt. Diablo, and 1700m higher in altitude. The bottom of this climb is higher than the summit of Mt. Diablo. Picture Mont Ventoux, only add 2000' in elevation and you've got the idea.

 

[trevim]

GP Herning will not be ridden in 2012:
http://feltet.dk/nyheder/gp_herning_aflyst_i_2012/

Sucks for Danish cycling in respect to UCI rankings (worlds qualification).

It's a pity since it was an original race.

 

[El Pistolero]

Andy Schleck will ride the Brabantse Pijl.

 

[canyonball]

"Sigo Peleando"

David Blanco still hopes for a chance to get his 5th win at Volta a Portugal. Says he can't retire without at least trying. He was close to Carmim-Prio-Tavira, but the signing failed and he is now considering his chances elsewhere. Link

I think it's going to be really hard. Maybe if rides for free or some sponsor jumps in just to take his paycheck. He deserves it though. After all this years he is very close to Portugal and its cycling fans.

 

[will10]

He's not riding Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne(as his site says). News worthy enough for you?

Yep, but you didn't post that, did you.

 

[AussieGoddess]

Andy Schleck will ride the Brabantse Pijl.

I thought Johan said Andy wasnt doing the Ardennes? So he is going to ride Brabantse Pijl but not AGR, FW or LBL?

 

[El Pistolero]

I thought Johan said Andy wasnt doing the Ardennes? So he is going to ride Brabantse Pijl but not AGR, FW or LBL?

I don't know, but Flanders Classics(organisation behind the Ronde, G-W, Brabantse Pijl, Dwars door Vlaanderen, Scheldeprijs and the Omloop het Nieuwsblad) announced Andy would be at the starting line of Brabantse Pijl.

 

[Sandy Chamois]

Phil-Bert v Valverde

I reckon Gilbert could take Valverde riding a beach cruiser towing Bobke in a tag-a-long.

AMIRITE?

Carry on Lads.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Giro returns for farrar.

http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34801/Giro-return-for-Farrar

 

[Zam_Olyas]

utensilnord confirmed for vuelta a columbia http://www.****iociclismo.it/?action=read&idnotizia=17174

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/34801/Giro-return-for-Farrar

“I still rode a lot but if I wake up and it’s pouring rain and four degrees in Seattle why don’t I just drive up to the mountains, spend a big day skiing in the snow and not suffer through a five hour ride in the rain?”

Because you're paid to win bike races?

OK, Tyler doesn't want it enough as a new explanation of why he's so weak in sprints so far this year.

 

[El Pistolero]

I'm amused at how important some riders find Gent-Wevelgem. It won't be as easy as last year, so they might be in for a surprise. Looking forward to see how far Cav-Cav will get though.

 

[jens_attacks]

EXTRA! !!! Colombia Coldeportes invitado al Tour de. Californio y al Criterium internacional en Francia.

https://twitter.com/#!/HectorUCiclismo

nothing surprising though.i wonder how many colombian teams will be invited to california,utah,colorado.

 

[theyoungest]

EXTRA! !!! Colombia Coldeportes invitado al Tour de. Californio y al Criterium internacional en Francia.

https://twitter.com/#!/HectorUCiclismo

nothing surprising though.i wonder how many colombian teams will be invited to california,utah,colorado.

What? Don't they want Chris Horner to win?

 

[Duartista]

EXTRA! !!! Colombia Coldeportes invitado al Tour de. Californio y al Criterium internacional en Francia.

https://twitter.com/#!/HectorUCiclismo

nothing surprising though.i wonder how many colombian teams will be invited to california,utah,colorado.

Movistar Continental should also be riding California. It's on the race calendar on their website.

 

[Lupetto]

utensilnord confirmed for vuelta a columbia http://www.****iociclismo.it/?action=read&idnotizia=17174

NetApp will do a lot better at the Giro, than Utensilnord in Colombia. Still hoping for Acqua e Sapone.

 

[Duartista]

NetApp will do a lot better at the Giro, than Utensilnord in Colombia. Still hoping for Acqua e Sapone.

I think they need to get 5 foreign teams to keep their UCI ranking status (lowly though it is). It's always a problem for them.

 

[will10]

I think they need to get 5 foreign teams to keep their UCI ranking status (lowly though it is). It's always a problem for them.

Yep, they always invite teams but very few teams accept! That's what happens when a race is just too hard

 

[Lupetto]

25 teams for this year's Tour of Turkey. They will have a mtf with 11 k @ 6-7%.

Ag2r-La Mondiale (Francia),
Pro Team Astana (Kazakhstan),
GreenEdge Cycling (Australia),
Katusha Team (Rusia),
Lampre-ISD (Italia),
Lotto-Belisol (Bélgica),
OmegaPharma-Quick Step (Bélgica),
SaxoBank (Dinamarca),
Andalucia (España),
Accent.jobs-Willems Verandas (Bélgica),
Team NetApp (Alemania),
Bretagne-Schuller (Francia),
Caja Rural (España),
Colnago-CSF Inox (Irlanda),
Colombia-Coldeportes (Colombia),
Europcar (Francia),
Farnese Vini-Selle Italia (Gran Bretaña),
Project 1t4i (Holanda),
RusVelo (Rusia),
Team SpiderTech powered by C10 (Canadá),
Team Type 1-Sanofi (US),
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling (US),
Utensilnord-Named (Irlanda),
Konya-Torku Seker Spor (Turquía),
Salcano-Manisaspor Cycling Team (Turquía)

 

[roundabout]

Shame the other stages seem all quite sprinter friendly

 

[The Hitch]

Bradley Wiggins has signed up for a column in The Guardian newspaper. Here is his first one in the paper tomorrow where he even comments on the Contador case.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/feb/13/bradley-wiggins-tour-de-france?

Bit strange for someone who felt merely soft peddaling the 2010 Giro destroyed his 2010 Tour, to say something like this about Contador's 2011 Tour just a year later.

He won't leave a massive void at the Tour in terms of the racing, because last year he was almost unnoticed until the L'Alpe d'Huez stage where he attacked early on. It was only then that we saw shades of his old self. Other people emerged – Tom Danielson, Tommy Voeckler, Pierre Rolland for example – and it will be the same this year.

 

[El Pistolero]

Bit strange for someone who felt merely soft peddaling the 2010 Giro destroyed his 2010 Tour, to say something like this about Contador's 2011 Tour just a year later.

Tom Danielson was in the Tour last year? Really? Damn...

 

[Fetisoff]

25 teams for this year's Tour of Turkey. They will have a mtf with 11 k @ 6-7%.

Ag2r-La Mondiale (Francia),
Pro Team Astana (Kazakhstan),
GreenEdge Cycling (Australia),
Katusha Team (Rusia),
Lampre-ISD (Italia),
Lotto-Belisol (Bélgica),
OmegaPharma-Quick Step (Bélgica),
SaxoBank (Dinamarca),
Andalucia (España),
Accent.jobs-Willems Verandas (Bélgica),
Team NetApp (Alemania),
Bretagne-Schuller (Francia),
Caja Rural (España),
Colnago-CSF Inox (Irlanda),
Colombia-Coldeportes (Colombia),
Europcar (Francia),
Farnese Vini-Selle Italia (Gran Bretaña),
Project 1t4i (Holanda),
RusVelo (Rusia),
Team SpiderTech powered by C10 (Canadá),
Team Type 1-Sanofi (US),
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling (US),
Utensilnord-Named (Irlanda),
Konya-Torku Seker Spor (Turquía),
Salcano-Manisaspor Cycling Team (Turquía)

Holy ****, 25 teams? How many riders per team? This could lead to some nasty chaotic sprints


btw this looks like the profile for the MTF

From this image looks more like 6-7 k @ 10-11% TBH

 

[Nilsson]

It's a reasonably cautious set of words, if you ask me. Is Wiggo scared or finally getting wiser?