General News Thread

[jens_attacks]

classic samu.......time for him and fabian to let it go

 

[LaFlorecita]

What's wrong with expression of his opinion?

Many say GTs are boring. Reducing them to 2 weeks would bring more intensity in racing. Guaranteed. Still there's lots of pros and cons, but what he says is not wrong.

Only if they scrap the flat stages but they won't.

Only way reducing the GTs could work is to bring them down to 18 days with just 1 rest day or zero

 

[LaFlorecita]

It's time to Samu step down the saddle and go take care of his kids.

It's a shame that a pro cyclist thinks this way about something so iconic of his sport. It's even more difficult to accept coming from a olympic champion.

http://www.biciciclismo.com/es/samu...iativa-la-reduccion-de-las-grandes-06-12-2014

classic samu.......time for him and fabian to let it go

Sad because I like Samu but yeah...

 

[ILovecycling]

samu...its time

 

[Gloin22]

Astana is safe. Licence given.

 

[Chanelly09]

I'm quite disappointed! Not surprised, mind you, but certainly disappointed. Maybe I'm just too naive. I actually thought the UCI would do its job and punish Astana as its clear the doping problem is systematic there.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I'm quite disappointed! Not surprised, mind you, but certainly disappointed. Maybe I'm just too naive. I actually thought the UCI would do its job and punish Astana as its clear the doping problem is systematic there.

Astana has the reigning Tour de France winner. They would have been accepted to any race they wanted to go to anyway. The only thing that this decision changes is that they'll be at some races they don't really care about, and it will colour people's opinions of Brian Cookson as UCI president, most of which will be only able to be discussed in the Clinic, and if his sneaking doping bans of Grand Tour winners surreptitiously into online pdf documents with no official announcements and his preposterous suggestions that we mutilate the calendar and try to kill historic races so that no races overlap and the calendar becomes one homogenous and repetitive mass, and top level riders don't get to do smaller races, causing national scenes to be starved of money and negating much of the value in sponsoring a smaller team, hadn't already soured you on his presidency, then this might be a tipping point.

 

[Flamin]

Awesome pic

edit: sorry, how do I resize?

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Awesome pic

edit: sorry, how do I resize?

EQS/OPQS change from Sram to Shimano.

 

[BigMac]

Paris - Nice stage 4 to finish atop Croix de Chaubouret, via Saint Chamond. Stage 5 to depart in Saint-Étienne. Full parcours to be revealed February 3.

https://twitter.com/ParisNice

Someone please resize that photograph, thanks.

 

[Jspear]

EQS/OPQS change from Sram to Shimano.

Aye, as are Tinkov and MTN...If Garmin goes with something other than SRAM then there won't be a single team with SRAM in the pro peleton next year.

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/no-worldtour-team-partnerships-sram-2015-149425

Side note: Mods is it possible for you to resize Flamin's photo...makes things a little hard to read.

 

[nepetalactone]

Apparently Kwiatkowski rolls with his front calpier open.

 

[Eshnar]

On Thursday the 2015 TA route will be announced.
The main MTF will be on the mythical (but never used in that race) Monte Terminillo.

 

[Netserk]

On Thursday the 2015 TA route will be announced.
The main MTF will be on the mythical (but never used in that race) Monte Terminillo.

From Vazia to Campoforogna?

 

[Eshnar]

From Vazia to Campoforogna?

I guess so.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/30507188

 

[pastronef]

Aye, as are Tinkov and MTN...If Garmin goes with something other than SRAM then there won't be a single team with SRAM in the pro peleton next year.

Garmin goes with Shimano

Ag2r La Mondiale the only WT team on Sram (they bought off the 2015 deal Campagnolo had with the team)

Pro Conti on Sram are Rompoot-Orange and Drapac (for now, some sponsor for other teams still to be known)

 

[Lupetto]

Volta ao Algarve 2015
18.02.2015 - 22.02.2015

Stage 1, Lagos > Albufeira, 168k
Stage 2, Lagoa > Monchique, 192k
Stage 3, Vila do Bispo > Cabo de São Vicente ITT, 18,2k
Stage 4, Tavira > Alto do Malhão, 212k
Stage 5, Almodôvar > Vilamoura, 178k

 

[BigMac]

Volta ao Algarve 2015
18.02.2015 - 22.02.2015

Stage 1, Lagos > Albufeira, 168k
Stage 2, Lagoa > Monchique, 192k
Stage 3, Vila do Bispo > Cabo de São Vicente ITT, 18,2k
Stage 4, Tavira > Alto do Malhão, 212k
Stage 5, Almodôvar > Vilamoura, 178k

Very similar to last year's. Kwiatkowski to battle it out against Machado.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Following the success of the Dubai Tour, in October, there will be a new four day race run by RCS sport in the UAE. It will be called the Abu Dhabi Tour.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/abu-dhabi-to-host-new-big-budget-stage-race-in-october-2015

Surely RCS could just extend the Dubai Tour to eight days and call it the UAE Tour.

 

[jens_attacks]

Following the success of the Dubai Tour, in October, there will be a new four day race run by RCS sport in the UAE. It will be called the Abu Dhabi Tour.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/abu-dhabi-to-host-new-big-budget-stage-race-in-october-2015

Surely RCS could just extend the Dubai Tour to eight days and call it the UAE Tour.

surely uci could just make a grand tour of 3 weeks in february...giro d'arabia.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

surely uci could just make a grand tour of 3 weeks in february...giro d'arabia.

But then the forum will be complaining that it is the most boring race ever and wont have any competition from any of these:
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=15514

 

[postmanhat]

Garmin goes with Shimano

Ag2r La Mondiale the only WT team on Sram (they bought off the 2015 deal Campagnolo had with the team)

Pro Conti on Sram are Rompoot-Orange and Drapac (for now, some sponsor for other teams still to be known)

Is this because Shimano are actually preferred? Or perhaps that they have more money to throw at the teams?

Have never had SRAM components so can't comment on their quality. Probably wouldn't notice the difference at my fitness level anyway

 

[roundabout]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-yorkshire-stage-towns-unveiled

A bit underwhelming as I was hoping for Halifax or Huddersfield.

At a guess

Selby- Bridlington

Scarborough - York

Wakefield - Leeds

 

[peteunderdown]

"Russian sanctions could force Tinkov out of cycling"

well it's an ill wind that blows no one any good!