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an example??Timmy-loves-Rabo said:I believe so yes. They simply pass them lol.
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an example??Timmy-loves-Rabo said:I believe so yes. They simply pass them lol.
Yep. Andreas Kloden.craig1985 said:Astana and RS for the Tour of Picardie:
Astana: David de la Fuente, Allan and Scott Davis, Valery Dmitriev, Benjamin Noval, Yevgeniy Nepomniadhshiy, Bolat Raimbekov, and Mirko Selvaggi.
RadioShack: Fumiyuki Beppu, Sam Bewley, Daryl Impey, Gregory Rast, Sébastien Rosseler, Bjørn Selander, Gert Steegmans and Tomas Vaitkus.
RS could of sent this squad to the Giro, plus one more rider IMO.
Good call. They wouldn't have been accused of sending a second rate team, we would have had one more podium contender, and the forums wouldn't have become a war-zone as JB would have likely gone to Cali with LA and LL(without those three we'd probably only mention RS in reference to their actual performance on the roads instead of all the other BS).Publicus said:Yep. Andreas Kloden.
trompe le monde said:Michael Matthews won the opening ITT of the 14th Tour of Japan
Well, not the new Cance apparently, because he got owned in the actuall TT (he won the prologue). He lost 2'39" in 11.4 km.joy118118 said:He has some good results this year. good at both TT and one-day races. Another Cance? Guess which team will he sign with next year?
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Lit Transl: On of the most important changes will be that all races will count towards the GC. Previously, only a selection of the biggest races would be counted. Now however riders can gain points in all races. The difference is the amounts of points awarded for big v small races. The new ranking system appears to reflect the ranking system used at the CQranking website.Eén van de belangrijkste veranderingen is dat alle wedstrijden mee zullen tellen voor het klassement. Voorheen was het zo dat alleen een selectie van grote wedstrijden meetelde, maar nu zijn er dus in alle wedstrijden punten te verdienen. Uiteraard zal er wel verschil zijn in de te behalen punten tussen grote en kleine koersen. De nieuwe ranking zal dus in grote lijnen gaan lijken op die van de website CQRanking.
Lit Transl: Furthermore, the UCI will value the athletic/sporting results over financial aspects. The objective is to automatically enroll the best 16 teams in the major races, the year after.Daarnaast gaat de UCI meer waarde hechten aan de sportieve prestaties van de ProTour-ploegen, en dus minder aan bijvoorbeeld het financiële aspect. Het is namelijk de bedoeling dat de beste zestien ploegen uit de ranking automatisch startrecht zullen krijgen in de grote wedstrijden het jaar daarop.
Good.Bala Verde said:UCI is said to change the rules of the Pro Tour
Lit Transl: On of the most important changes will be that all races will count towards the GC. Previously, only a selection of the biggest races would be counted. Now however riders can gain points in all races. The difference is the amounts of points awarded for big v small races. The new ranking system appears to reflect the ranking system used at the CQranking website.
Money buys riders/results hence the 2 should coincide.Bala Verde said:Lit Transl: Furthermore, the UCI will value the athletic/sporting results over financial aspects. The objective is to automatically enroll the best 16 teams in the major races, the year after.
Point 1, goodBala Verde said:Other changes include:
-no more 4 year pro tour license terms, to guarantee the strength of teams (ie a pro-tour team in year 4 might have debilitated over time, but still maintain the same status)
-Pro Conti teams will start a season with 18 points. Every time they participate in a pro tour event, they will subtract 1 point. The reason given is that team like Cervelo can participate in almost all Pro-Tour races, while not meeting the full criteria.
-UCI will take 'off seasons' of riders into account for rankings by counting points for 2 yearsm instead of only the last year. This to protect riders' rankings against injuries.
Wow, that's some change. Maybe not so much "other news" but worthy of a thread of its own? Just happend to drop in and this is quite something.Bala Verde said:UCI is said to change the rules of the Pro Tour
Lit Transl: On of the most important changes will be that all races will count towards the GC. Previously, only a selection of the biggest races would be counted. Now however riders can gain points in all races. The difference is the amounts of points awarded for big v small races. The new ranking system appears to reflect the ranking system used at the CQranking website.
Lit Transl: Furthermore, the UCI will value the athletic/sporting results over financial aspects. The objective is to automatically enroll the best 16 teams in the major races, the year after.
Other changes include:
-no more 4 year pro tour license terms, to guarantee the strength of teams (ie a pro-tour team in year 4 might have debilitated over time, but still maintain the same status)
-Pro Conti teams will start a season with 18 points. Every time they participate in a pro tour event, they will subtract 1 point. The reason given is that team like Cervelo can participate in almost all Pro-Tour races, while not meeting the full criteria.
-UCI will take 'off seasons' of riders into account for rankings by counting points for 2 yearsm instead of only the last year. This to protect riders' rankings against injuries.
trompe le monde said:Haussler in car accident. Unharmed, though his blood alcohol level was over the legal limit. He is really not having a good season.
A triple world champ and triple GT winner? I think that makes Tour of Belgium the second best race in the world!craig1985 said:Oscar Freire and Denis Menchov will race the Tour of Belgium.