General News Thread

[auscyclefan94]

"Thanks so much for my team who upped the pace when someone who was ahead of me crashed even though the race wasn't on at that point ."

I can understand why someone doesn't wait in the final of a race, but there was still 50km to go or something in an indecisive stage.

It is Valverde...do you expect any different?

 

[Machu Picchu]

Project 1t4i receives starting permit for the Amgen Tour of California.

The 2012 Amgen Tour of California roster includes the following 16 teams:

UCI ProTeams
BMC Racing Team (USA)
Rabobank Cycling Team (NED)
Garmin- Barracuda (USA)
RadioShack-Nissan-Trek (LUX)
Liquigas-Cannondale (ITA)
Omega Pharma - QuickStep (BEL)
AG2R La Mondiale (FRA)
GreenEDGE Cycling Team (AUS)

UCI Professional Continental Teams
Team Spidertech Powered By C10 (CAN)
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (USA)
Project 1t4i (NED)
Colombia-Coldeportes (COL)

UCI Continental Teams
Team Optum Presented By Kelly Benefit Strategies (USA)
Bissell Pro Cycling (USA)
Team Exergy (USA)
Bontrager Livestrong Team (USA)

 

[alexcta]

http://21virages.free.fr/blog/index.php?post/2011/12/13/Criterium-du-Dauphine-2012

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

The manager of the An Post-Sean Kelly CT wants to put up a PCT team in next two years, as directvélo reports:

"A moyen terme, nous voulons mettre en place une équipe continentale professionnelle qui sera la prolongation de cette formation. Nous aurons alors deux groupes distincts qui rouleront des épreuves différentes. Nous nous donnons un ou deux ans pour réaliser ce projet ambitieux. Cela dépendra évidemment des possibilités financières que seront les notres"

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Euskaltel already announced their Giro squad:

Mikel Nieve
Jon Izagirre
Amets Txurruka
Ivan Velasco
Miguel Minguez
Juan José Oroz
Victor Cabedo
Pierre Cazaux
Adrian Saez de Arregi

What a joke of a team - time to get off the World Tour.

 

[theyoungest]

Euskaltel already announced their Giro squad:

Mikel Nieve
Jon Izagirre
Amets Txurruka
Ivan Velasco
Miguel Minguez
Juan José Oroz
Victor Cabedo
Pierre Cazaux
Adrian Saez de Arregi

What a joke of a team - time to get off the World Tour.

They'll hardly be the worst team in the race... Nieve is good, Izagirre has just done an unsung but quite strong Tirreno for sucha young guy, Txurruka is always good for the odd attack.

Don't blame these guys for not being overhyped Talanskys and Meyers.

 

[Frosty]

Yeah doesnt look that good a team but this is the GT that they are least focussed on and maybe they dont have the budget that other teams have.

Nieve did win the queen stage last year.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-ditalia-2011/stage-15/results

 

[Parrulo]

nieve alone makes it a better squad then many other teams, and having txurruka if he is in good shape is mighty fun in the mountains guaranteed for us

 

[Duartista]

EPM-Une for Klasika Primavera, Castilla y Leon, Rioja, and Asturias:

Giovanni Báez, Rafael Infantino, Iván Parra, Mauricio Ortega, Walter Pedraza, Camilo Suárez, Robigzon Oyola y Francisco Colorado.

http://revistamundociclistico.com/ruta/11710-epm-une-define-sus-carreras-del-calendario-espanol-y-nomina-a-la-clasica-de-fusagasuga.html

Although I understand that Asturias is not certain to take place.

 

[killswitch]

What a joke of a team - time to get off the World Tour.

It is good enough.

That Euskaltel should not be at the cobbled classics is another topic...

 

[Christian]

Euskaltel already announced their Giro squad:

Mikel Nieve
Jon Izagirre
Amets Txurruka
Ivan Velasco
Miguel Minguez
Juan José Oroz
Victor Cabedo
Pierre Cazaux
Adrian Saez de Arregi

What a joke of a team - time to get off the World Tour.

50 bucks says at least 3 are not gonna make it out of Denmark

 

[The Hitch]

They'll hardly be the worst team in the race... Nieve is good, Izagirre has just done an unsung but quite strong Tirreno for sucha young guy, Txurruka is always good for the odd attack.

Don't blame these guys for not being overhyped Talanskys and Meyers.

lol good post

nieve alone makes it a better squad then many other teams, and having txurruka if he is in good shape is mighty fun in the mountains guaranteed for us

I don't know about Txurruka. In the last year or two I don't remember him put in any real attacks, or anyones that lasted more than 10 seconds anyway.

Probably since he had that bad crash in PV.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

It's hard to do worse than GreenEdge or Rabo will do anyway.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Tomorrow Eddy Merckx will be awarded with the Trofeo Senza Fine and will enter in the "Giro d'Italia Hall of Fame

 

[taiwan]

They'll hardly be the worst team in the race... Nieve is good, Izagirre has just done an unsung but quite strong Tirreno for sucha young guy, Txurruka is always good for the odd attack.

Don't blame these guys for not being overhyped Talanskys and Meyers.

True dat, to many an american in the bush is worth two euros in the hand.

 

[will10]

The Euskaltel hate on this board is getting tiresome. Nieve, Izagirre and Txurruka are more than good enough to animate the race. Nieve was 10th and won the queen stage FFS.

Sometimes I get the impression that some just don't know anything about most riders on that squad, they just see a list of Spanish names, no Sammy Sanchez or Anton, and assume they must all be rubbish.

 

[pastronef]

The Euskaltel hate on this board is getting tiresome.

let's say it better

"The *name a rider or a team* hate on this board is getting tiresome"

 

[canyonball]

David Blanco still hopes for a chance to get his 5th win at Volta a Portugal.Link

Update: O jogo and Jornal Ciclismo are reporting that David Blanco has signed with Barbot Epafel. The presentation will take place tomorrow. So he may get his chance t get the 5th Volta a Portugal

 

[The Sheep]

1t4i are revealing their new shirt during De Ronde. All signs are pointing to their main sponsor being the fusion of Argos Oil and North Sea Group.

*Click*

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Thor not going to ride MSR because of fever
http://www.tv2.no/sport/sykkel/husho...o-3732856.html

 

[Beech Mtn]

Thor not going to ride MSR because of fever
http://www.tv2.no/sport/sykkel/husho...o-3732856.html

Rojas out with fever too.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Almost everyone from the Paris Nice peloton has gotten ill over the past few days or even in the race.

Thomas Dekker has fever too and hasn't trained the last 2 days because of it.

 

[Froome19]

The Euskaltel hate on this board is getting tiresome. Nieve, Izagirre and Txurruka are more than good enough to animate the race. Nieve was 10th and won the queen stage FFS.

Sometimes I get the impression that some just don't know anything about most riders on that squad, they just see a list of Spanish names, no Sammy Sanchez or Anton, and assume they must all be rubbish.

Yeh because in 99% of those races those riders who people dont know dont do anything.
To be honest for a protour team, Euskaltel are not competitive in enough races and that is something that though I like the team, is difficult to argue against.

 

[Arnout]

Yeh because in 99% of those races those riders who people dont know dont do anything.
To be honest for a protour team, Euskaltel are not competitive in enough races and that is something that though I like the team, is difficult to argue against.

Did Euskaltel win the queen stage and the Zoncolan stage last year? Is one of the winners in the team this year? If so, they deserve a spot in the Giro.

 

[theyoungest]

Did Euskaltel win the queen stage and the Zoncolan stage last year? Is one of the winners in the team this year? If so, they deserve a spot in the Giro.

This doesn't really contradict the point he's making.