General News Thread

[lemon cheese cake]

Dkoda strenghthen there sponsorship of the Tour de France as they now have their badges on the green jersey:
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/raci...nce-announces-new-green-jersey-sponsor-163251

Who will sponsor the U25 white jersey?

Who the **** is Dkoda,never heard of it

Whoops!!!

 

[BigMac]

Dkoda strenghthen there sponsorship of the Tour de France as they now have their badges on the green jersey:
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/raci...nce-announces-new-green-jersey-sponsor-163251

Who will sponsor the U25 white jersey?

Who the **** is Dkoda,never heard of it

Nice one, simply clever.

 

[Eshnar]

Giro del Trentino route is now official http://www.girodeltrentino.com/IT/1/25/Le-Tappe.htm

It's very interesting how it has been adjusted to mimic the features of this year's Giro. It looks very nice.

 

[May0maniac]

Could be a great race, live coverage or 1 hour reca on rai every day just like last year?

 

[staubsauger]

Isn't it on Eurosport anymore? They said it will be live I thought.

 

[fatandfast]

Is anybody here going to watch Redlands? I am trying to go Friday and Saturday..not sure if I am staying Sunday. Turns out it could be one of the bigger races on the calendar for Airgas because they are shut out of ToC and Tour of Mexico is done for this year..if US teams want anything good they are going to need a better calendar..not sure how many people will be watching(in person,TV,web,ect) races like Tour of the Gila but it looks like Tour of California is about it

 

[ILovecycling]

Nice one,I really like the 2nd stage of Trentino!
What about that broadcasting?

 

[Unsytherhino]

Re:

Is anybody here going to watch Redlands? I am trying to go Friday and Saturday..not sure if I am staying Sunday. Turns out it could be one of the bigger races on the calendar for Airgas because they are shut out of ToC and Tour of Mexico is done for this year..if US teams want anything good they are going to need a better calendar..not sure how many people will be watching(in person,TV,web,ect) races like Tour of the Gila but it looks like Tour of California is about it

You don't think Airgas will get invites for Utah and the US Pro? Horner was 2nd in Utah, I'm sure they'll have him back.

I think Airgas will be competing in Azarbaijan instead of the ToC.

 

[coimbrawu]

the Inner Ring ‏@inrng 53min
Deutschland Tour for 2016? L'Equipe says project to revive German race is being worked on, lots of interest

That would be a great news.

 

[MartinGT]

When I was at RvV at the weekend I got looking at the service cars (prior to the race) and noticed they had all Shimano pedals. What happens if the rider is wearing Look or Speedplay?

 

[Cro racing]

here is queen stage of Tour of Croatia

4 stage National Park Plitvice-Mt Vojak (228km)

http://www.opatija-tourism.hr/en/events ... ,1636.html

 

[jens_attacks]

tv live broadcast?

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Skoda strenghthen there sponsorship of the Tour de France as they now have their badges on the green jersey:
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/raci...nce-announces-new-green-jersey-sponsor-163251

Who will sponsor the U25 white jersey?

Krys an opticians company will sponsor the white jersey as Skoda sponsor the green jersey now.

 

[maxfitnessplus]

This thread is AWESOME !!

 

[Cro racing]

Tour of Croatia will be live on Eurosport 2 from 14 00

for now you can folow on twiter https://twitter.com/Tour_of_Croatia

next week will be ready site http://www.tourofcroatia.com/

 

[Brullnux]

What happened to Francesco Ginanni? He was considered a big talent 6 or 7 years ago and now has disappeared completely. Has he retired?

 

[SafeBet]

Re:

What happened to Francesco Ginanni? He was considered a big talent 6 or 7 years ago and now has disappeared completely. Has he retired?

Yep, I think he retired after remaining without a contract in 2013.
Big talent indeed. Nobody really has a clue about what happened (a bit like Moreno Moser nowadays).

 

[hrotha]

I think most people have a theory about that once-amazing Savio rider, but it can't be discussed here.

 

[Michele]

I had missed the signing of Gusev from the Skydive R&R Dubai.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

A few bits here. You'll have to find the info on websites like Cyclingnews, Velonews, Bikeradar.

Disk Brakes will be tested in a period starting in August.
The riders will probably be able to stop at railway crossings now.
Cyclocross riders like Lars van der Haar will probably be one of the first riders to test them as he rides with them in cyclocross.
Sram will have to get a Electronic Hydraulic levers as they are only testing the Electronic at the moment.

 

[Ricco']

New climb in Flèche Wallonne, just 5,5k before the finish line, making the race a bit more selective.

Chéreve - 1.3km @ 8.1%

Full list of climbs:

Km 22 Côte des 36 Tournants: 2.9 km de montée à 4.8%
Km 92 Côte de Bellaire: 1 km de montée à 6.3%
Km 100 Côte de Bohissau: 2.4 km de montée à 5.5%
Km 118 Mur de Huy: 1.3 km de montée à 9.6%
Km 131 Côte d'Ereffe: 2.1 km de montée à 5%
Km 150 Côte de Bellaire: 1 km de montée à 6.3%
Km 158,5 Côte de Bohissau: 2.4 km de montée à 5.5%
Km 176,5 Mur de Huy: 1.3 km de montée à 9.6%
Km 189 Côte d'Ereffe: 2.1 km de montée à 5%
Km 200 Côte de Cherave: 1.3 km de montée à 8.1%
Km 205,5 Huy (Mur de Huy): 1.3 km de montée à 9.6%

 

[ILovecycling]

Re:

New climb in Flèche Wallonne, just 5,5k before the finish line, making the race a bit more selective.

Chéreve - 1.3km @ 8.1%

Full list of climbs:

Km 22 Côte des 36 Tournants: 2.9 km de montée à 4.8%
Km 92 Côte de Bellaire: 1 km de montée à 6.3%
Km 100 Côte de Bohissau: 2.4 km de montée à 5.5%
Km 118 Mur de Huy: 1.3 km de montée à 9.6%
Km 131 Côte d'Ereffe: 2.1 km de montée à 5%
Km 150 Côte de Bellaire: 1 km de montée à 6.3%
Km 158,5 Côte de Bohissau: 2.4 km de montée à 5.5%
Km 176,5 Mur de Huy: 1.3 km de montée à 9.6%
Km 189 Côte d'Ereffe: 2.1 km de montée à 5%
Km 200 Côte de Cherave: 1.3 km de montée à 8.1%
Km 205,5 Huy (Mur de Huy): 1.3 km de montée à 9.6%

Is it going to be applied in this edition?

 

[togo95]

Re: Re:

Is it going to be applied in this edition?

It looks like it is:

At first I got excited that they are using the ascent right next to it, which is steeper and very narrow, but I guess this is an improvement anyway.

 

[May0maniac]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-of-utah-announces-13-teams-for-2015-race
The first 13 Teams for the Tour of Utah have been announced:
UCI ProTeams
BMC Racing Team (USA)
Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling (USA)
Trek Factory Racing (USA)

UCI Professional Continental Teams
Drapac Professional Cycling (Australia)
Team Colombia (Colombia)
Team MTN-Qhubeka presented by Samsung (South Africa)
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (USA)

UCI Continental Teams
Axeon Cycling Team (USA)
Hincapie Racing Team (USA)
Jamis-Hagens Berman presented by Sutter Home (USA)
Jelly Belly presented by Maxxis (USA)
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies (USA)
Team SmartStop (USA)

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Re:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-of-utah-announces-13-teams-for-2015-race
The first 13 Teams for the Tour of Utah have been announced:
UCI ProTeams
BMC Racing Team (USA)
Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling (USA)
Trek Factory Racing (USA)

UCI Professional Continental Teams
Drapac Professional Cycling (Australia)
Team Colombia (Colombia)
Team MTN-Qhubeka presented by Samsung (South Africa)
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (USA)

UCI Continental Teams
Axeon Cycling Team (USA)
Hincapie Racing Team (USA)
Jamis-Hagens Berman presented by Sutter Home (USA)
Jelly Belly presented by Maxxis (USA)
Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies (USA)
Team SmartStop (USA)

To add to Mayomaniac's three more teams will br announced later.