General News Thread

[Magnus]

Good point craig1985. I suppose some people don't have all the longlists memorised.

 

[python]

19 escapees getting 1:50 gap on the peloton. Samoilau is imo the most capable there.

looks like from now on the gap will be controlled till the last climb at no more than 4-5 minutes.

 

[craig1985]

Vorarlberg-Corratec have been suspended due to financial problems.

 

[liufang898186]

Wow! I’ve never heard of this before and I think they’re awesome!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Contador is not very happy with the alps stages:
@albertocontador The 2 first stages in Alps it isn't very hard:-( tomorrow we will see the last stage in alps and after a little relax ufffffff!!!!

 

[Jamsque]

Poor Contador. My heart bleeds for him. He will only be able to win by three minutes instead of five!

 

[issoisso]

What the heck was he expecting?

It's clear from the route that the only time gaps are going to be at Ax3, the time trial and maybe the Tourmalet.
(unless you count really small gaps at Mendé)

 

[roundabout]

Ballan is going to ride the Tour of Austria. Apparently negotiations about it have been going on since March.

 

[joy118118]

Ballan is going to ride the Tour of Austria. Apparently negotiations about it have been going on since March.

No tour for him? ACF will be sad

 

[luckyboy]

Yeah, bad news we're not going to see him and Hincapie leading the peloton through the Alps

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Judging by Karsten Kroon's current form he won't be of much help either

 

[Cerberus]

More Saxo Bank sponsor speculation. Apparently Riis has bought a new truck with a gourmet kitchen for the riders and this article (in Danish) speculates that he wouldn't make investments like that unless he had a new sponsor. Particularly because the project had been considered previously, but was scrapped due to lack of money when IT-Factory collapsed.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Judging by Karsten Kroon's current form he won't be of much help either

Hopefull he can get some form up after his nasty crash in fleche. Burghardt is looking average also.

Yeah, bad news we're not going to see him and Hincapie leading the peloton through the Alps

Hincapie will be there!

Ballan is going to ride the Tour of Austria. Apparently negotiations about it have been going on since March.

true, he will be a loss as he was showing a bit of form in the tds.

At least Morabito, Frank and Hincape are going well as they will be at the tour.

 

[Delicato]

Kashechkin signs two-year deal with Lampre. Scheduled to star Tour of Slovenia.

 

[schnelelr]

Alexander Kristoff after he crashed on the first stage of the Tour de Beauce

 

[screaming fist]

ouch! poor boy...

 

[Cobblestones]

ouch! poor boy...

Looks like a pretty bad case of faceplant.

 

[L'arriviste]

No sticky for the Ster Elektrotoer, mods?

Prologue happening now!

http://www.sterelektrotoer.nl/live.php

 

[joy118118]

No sticky for the Ster Elektrotoer, mods?

Prologue happening now!

http://www.sterelektrotoer.nl/live.php

have you got start orders?

 

[L'arriviste]

have you got start orders?

Can't find starter info, but there's no TV. Thread now here:
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=8125

Need a mod to sticky it!

 

[craig1985]

Alexander Kristoff after he crashed on the first stage of the Tour de Beauce

There goes his modeling career.

 

[luckyboy]

He won't be riding for the new Hugo Boss team

 

[craig1985]

Could audition for Freddy Kruger though.

 

[luckyboy]

Bbox close to getting a new sponsor

Bernaudeau would not disclose the name of the company he is talking to, but admitted, “they are foreign. We’re talking about a budgetary deal that would enable us to become one of the world’s top 10 teams.”

Not sure if I like the sound of that

 

[cobblehead]

ciolek to omega-pharma...