General News Thread

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Lieuwe Westra says in wielerland magazine he will go for a GC in the Tour de France this year. He wants to find out what he do in such a stage-race after finding a new level in this years Paris Nice.

He personally hopes he can achieve top 15

 

[jens_attacks]

Lieuwe Westra says in wielerland magazine he will go for a GC in the Tour de France this year. He wants to find out what he do in such a stage-race after finding a new level in this years Paris Nice.

He personally hopes he can achieve top 15

if in col d'eze mode top 5.
but the problem is hoogerland i'm sure he will target le tour too

man this tour will be so much fun with lots of guys coming under the radar and striking like hell

 

[hatcher]

Lieuwe Westra says in wielerland magazine he will go for a GC in the Tour de France this year. He wants to find out what he do in such a stage-race after finding a new level in this years Paris Nice.

He personally hopes he can achieve top 15

Did he mention if he'll ride for GC in Romandie or Dauphine or anything beforehand?

 

[LaFlorecita]

if in col d'eze mode top 5.
but the problem is hoogerland i'm sure he will target le tour too

man this tour will be so much fun with lots of guys coming under the radar and striking like hell

Johnny ftw.

 

[theyoungest]

Did he mention if he'll ride for GC in Romandie or Dauphine or anything beforehand?

Yes. The Three Days of de Panne

Looking forward to see Westra in the Tour. Wiggins 2.0.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

The finish of stage 2 is a little uphill when you see the profile for the last 5k - if people really want a gap there is just about enough in the stage to make it happen.


JTL will find a way.

 

[El Pistolero]

The finish of stage 2 is a little uphill when you see the profile for the last 5k - if people really want a gap there is just about enough in the stage to make it happen.


JTL will find a way.

Are they invited?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The finish of stage 2 is a little uphill when you see the profile for the last 5k - if people really want a gap there is just about enough in the stage to make it happen.


JTL will find a way.

Though it's marked as flat, Ithey're doing the historic Ávila finish, which is something we can hold on to; while not steep, it's got some cobbled sections and certainly offers somewhere to attack, as the late Frank Vandenbroucke shows here.

This is the climb, outside the Murallas de Ávila, the famous city walls:

And here's the profile:

1,3km at 4,2% is never going to cause any great splits, but 8% on cobbles is enough for somebody to make a move, especially given it's the main spot to make one in a race for the guy who can sprint from a reduced bunch, in Spain.

 

[Reverend_T_Preedy]

Are they invited?

Yes they have

 

[The Hitch]

What is happenning with British Eurosport?

Last year they showed 3 days of De Panne and this year they dont.

They also had 90 mins delayed coverage in the evening last year of GW and this year they didnt.

And now they are not showing the Tour of the Basque Country.

This is a disaster.

What, no Pais Vasco?

Home of Cycling no more.

 

[jens_attacks]

well i hope at least they will show trentino

 

[greenedge]

Lieuwe Westra says in wielerland magazine he will go for a GC in the Tour de France this year. He wants to find out what he do in such a stage-race after finding a new level in this years Paris Nice.

He personally hopes he can achieve top 15

Thats' great for him. Him and De Gendt will be their two GC GT men this year. Hoogerland to go crazy everywhere.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

translated from biciciclismo:

After his training yesterday [at] Dunc Gray Velodrome in Australia, the Russian team rider Ivan Kovalev was hit by a car traveling at excess speed. Kovalev flew over the hood of the car and hit his head against the hard ground. The driver of the vehicle involved did not stop.

A few minutes after the incident police arrived and the ambulance. He moved to the rider to the hospital and began searching the car escaped, which was found in less than an hour.

Kovalev was taken to hospital for further examination. Not sure yet gravity, but is wounded in the head and shoulder and his participation in the upcoming World Championship is uncertain.

Ivan Kovalev is part of RusVelo, and takes part in the team pursuit, where the Russians are considered a candidate for a position on the podium.

There's definitely something wrong in Aussie driving habits.

 

[theyoungest]

Thats' great for him. Him and De Gendt will be their two GC GT men this year. Hoogerland to go crazy everywhere.

I think Wout Poels will be their main guy.

 

[search]

what happened to Rob Ruijgh? Wasn't he supposed to be the dutch hope for the big win this year?

 

[will10]

translated from biciciclismo:



There's definitely something wrong in Aussie driving habits.

What makes you think this only happens in Australia?

 

[theyoungest]

what happened to Rob Ruijgh? Wasn't he supposed to be the dutch hope for the big win this year?

He was? Anyway, he's had knee trouble.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

He was? Anyway, he's had knee trouble.

hehe funny though, ruijgh our big hope? unlikely

poels, gesink, mollema, hoogerland, perhaps even westra, but not ruijgh, he was only a possible top 20 candidate

 

[theyoungest]

Ruijgh has come to be a bit overrated by the Tour du Jour crowd, after all he was the best Dutchman in the Tour... but the national laughing stock Gesink had to pace him up the Alpe d'Huez. I see him as a possibly useful domestique for Poels and maybe Westra.

 

[search]

hehe funny though, ruijgh our big hope? unlikely

poels, gesink, mollema, hoogerland, perhaps even westra, but not ruijgh, he was only a possible top 20 candidate

I should have added a smiley to my statement.

I was just remembering that quotation by theyoungest

You mean Ruijgh. Yeah, the guy has become way overrated in Holland, whereas elsewhere I doubt anyone has noticed him.

 

[Lupetto]

Movistar for País Vasco without Cobo and Valverde: David López, Vasil Kiryienka, David Arroyo, Ángel Madrazo, José Herrada, Marzio Bruseghin, Rui Costa, José Joaquín Rojas.

 

[Magnus]

Rasmussen claims second stage of Tour Ta' Malta:
http://feltet.dk/nyheder/sejr_til_michael_rasmussen_paa_malta/

 

[jens_attacks]

Rasmussen claims second stage of Tour Ta' Malta:
http://feltet.dk/nyheder/sejr_til_michael_rasmussen_paa_malta/

there is hope he's getting some form for later.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

there is hope he's getting some form for later.

Yeah, clearly the Tour of Malta is an indicator for great form.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Pais Vasco Lampre
Damiano Cunego, Michele Scarponi e Diego Ulissi, Adriano Malori, Przemyslaw Niemiec, Daniele Pietropolli, Morris Possoni e Simone Stortoni