General News Thread

[RedheadDane]

The white is probably because it simbolizes not only peace but also inocence. It makes sence since it were children on that bus.

My mother puts white roses on my sister's grave who died only aged 3.

Oh. I see.

It answered the question by RedheadDane on the previous page. Where he already admits that it might be somewhat off-topic, even. It sounds like it deserves a place here, as long as we move on to cycling now that we all know the tragedy that took place.

Actually, it didn't really, BigMac answered my question.
I knew it was because of the bus tragedy, just wondered if there was a special Colombian significance to those white flowers
BTW, I'm a she...

Why does it deserve a place here? I believe there is a general news topic on the café section. This topic is for General road racing cycling news.

Sorry...

 

[BigMac]

Its a continuation of the discussion about why Colombian riders were wearing the flowers. Michele was not initiating a new discussion but contributing to a slight digression.

Yes its not cycling, but its spawning off a discussion about cycling, no harm really.

I'm grateful it came up becuase I didn't know about the tragedy, and now I do. Very sad.



Damn, that is sad
Sorry for your loss.

Thanks Hitch, It was before I was born though.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Not sure if such news goes here or in the clinic (I assume the news goes here and further discussion in the clinic), but Mr. 63% who was refused entry to the bio passport - Briceño - just tested positive for EPO

 

[RedheadDane]

Chris Anker has abbandoned the Giro after his crash yesterday.

Nothing broken, but he got a concussion and rode 20K he can't remember.

 

[pastronef]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dubai-tour-requests-hc-status-for-2015

Dubai Tour asks for .HC status

the 3 middle east races (Dubai, Qatar, Oman) are supposed to be World Tour by 2017? right?

 

[Gloin22]

To be fair, both Qatar and Oman deserve their statues as of late as they produce great racing

Anyway, money talks. So they will get it.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

4-72 Colombia and Team Stölting will move up to Pro Conti ranks in 2015

amazing news. they were pct as colombia es passion and unlike coldeporte3s they have an AMAZING trainer in saldarriaga. I hope within 2 or 3 years they will d a gt with rtheir current selection of young riders. their 1995 generation is especially amazing

 

[bikeracer33]

Very good news.

I've heard that both Austrian continental Team Gourmetfein Simplon Wels and Irish continental An Post - Chainreaction want to also move up to Pro Conti in 2015. I'm interested to see how all the rankings work out and how UCI decides who fits where in terms of divisions next year since lots of teams are looking to move up to either Pro Conti or WT for that matter.

 

[bikeracer33]

4-72 Colombia and Team Stölting will move up to Pro Conti ranks in 2015

I've heard that both Austrian continental Team Gourmetfein Simplon Wels and Irish continental An Post - Chainreaction want to also move up to Pro Conti in 2015. I'm interested to see how all the rankings work out and how UCI decides who fits where in terms of divisions next year since lots of teams are looking to move up to either Pro Conti or WT for that matter.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Tour 2015 is going to have major echelons early on

if there's even a hint of wind on the 2nd day....

 

[Netserk]

Best opening weekend of the Tour since when?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

omg! A Prologue! Thank christ! I thought they were extinct thanks to race organisers' love affair with the awful affront to fair competition that is the TTT.

Looking forward to seeing what they categorise to give out the mountain jersey on that second stage though.

 

[Netserk]

I think it's over 10km, so not a prologue.

edit: it's 13.7km.

 

[RedheadDane]

omg! A Prologue! Thank christ! I thought they were extinct thanks to race organisers' love affair with the awful affront to fair competition that is the TTT.

What's wrong with TTTs?
Also, it's been 43 years since the Tour last started with a TTT, so not exactly something which happens all the time.
(What they do in other races doesn't exactly have anything to do with the Tour.)

 

[HSNHSN]

Looking forward to seeing what they categorise to give out the mountain jersey on that second stage though.

That sounds like a hopeless affair. As far as I know, there's hardly anything around that stage that would even classify as a minor hill. Maybe they'll decide some bridge deserves the status of a cat4 hill?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

What's wrong with TTTs?
Also, it's been 43 years since the Tour last started with a TTT, so not exactly something which happens all the time.
(What they do in other races doesn't exactly have anything to do with the Tour.)

TTTs belong on the track, and the sooner they go back there, in the events where, you know, the TEAM wins rather than the individual, and give us a fair competition in the road events, the better.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

That stormvloedkering passage though is going to kill off any small Colombian boys

 

[christopherrowe]

Big day for the UnitedHealthCare team with de Maar defending yellow in Norway and now their woman Alison Powers pulling on the stars and stripes as the new national time trial champion of the US!

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Poulidor interview http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1woxau_interview-de-raymond-poulidor-ronde-de-l-isard-2014_sport

 

[l.Harm]

Giro 2016 starts in the Netherlands.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Don't know where to put this...but Brian Holm has been charged with sexual assault on a minor, reportedly a kid under 12 years old...
He denies the charges tho..

wow....

 

[RedheadDane]

Don't know where to put this...but Brian Holm has been charged with sexual assault on a minor, reportedly a kid under 12 years old...
He denies the charges tho..

wow....

Links?

You'd think this would be all over the Danish media, yet... nothing.

 

[Netserk]

Links?

You'd think this would be all over the Danish media, yet... nothing.

http://feltet.dk/nyheder/brian_holm_sigtet_i_sag_om_kraenkelse_af_mindreaarig/

http://jyllands-posten.dk/sport/ECE6761118/brian-holm-sigtet-for-at-sexkraenke-et-barn/

http://ekstrabladet.dk/112/article2293279.ece

 

[el_angliru]

Video clip from the press conference:
http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/krimi/2014-05-27-derfor-står-brian-holm-frem-min-datter-er-blevet-truet

 

[christopherrowe]

I've only started paying close attention to the sport again in the last month or so, so I'm admittedly behind on some (apparently) big stories. In the piece about a Formula 1 driver trying to get a ProTour team together for 2015 that was just posted on the main CyclingNews site, I read this line...

...Alonso's title sponsor from the United Arab Emirates may have doubts about backing the team because of the complex UCI WorldTour application process, and the radical overall of professional cycling expected for 2017...

...and scratched my head. I mean, I know they presumably mean "overhaul" instead of "overall," but what exactly are they talking about? What's the big overhaul due in 2017?

Edited to add: Ah, never mind. I did some searching of old news articles and found out about sixteen 1A teams and 1B teams and so on. All as clear as mud to me from a cursory reading, but now I know more than I did before!