General News Thread

[StryderHells]

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Power is a gifted rider - Expect him to be a GC rider in the future - Will ease into the season with a few one day races - Will probably ride part of the Revolution track series - Got a funny injury and no certainty to get through unscathed for the next 12 months.

Bone marrow edema isn't really and injury but more of an illness which I am surprised to see him recover enough to be on the start list at all this season so the signs must be good, OBE seem like the right squad to be in to give him enough time to recover as they have patience with there riders and the kid is obviously quite a talent so here's hoping he can slowly come along and grow into the top rider a lot are expecting.

 

[yaco]

Re: Re:

Power is a gifted rider - Expect him to be a GC rider in the future - Will ease into the season with a few one day races - Will probably ride part of the Revolution track series - Got a funny injury and no certainty to get through unscathed for the next 12 months.

Bone marrow edema isn't really and injury but more of an illness which I am surprised to see him recover enough to be on the start list at all this season so the signs must be good, OBE seem like the right squad to be in to give him enough time to recover as they have patience with there riders and the kid is obviously quite a talent so here's hoping he can slowly come along and grow into the top rider a lot are expecting.

Bone Marrow Edema is a more severe form of tendonitis. It's a funny injury/illness in that the recovery time can be three months or even three years - Power may suffer one or two setbacks in the next 12 months - Fingers crossed.

 

[Brullnux]

There's been a change to the course for Doha, perhaps more chance for echelons early on, but maybe so early on it won't change a thing. Still, better than 270km of that awful circuit.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/changes-to-doha-road-world-championship-course-more-desert-fewer-local-laps/

 

[Thepirateisgood]

Quite a big change. Go wind!

 

[barmaher]

It is not a windy time of year in Doha.

 

[Thepirateisgood]

Thanks for destroying the mini hope I got that this will be something else than a kermesse

 

[Matt92]

So this is more or less how the route looks like (i.e. horrible)

http://www.la-flamme-rouge.eu/maps/viewtrack/hd/72880

 

[Libertine Seguros]

This is going to make København look like Mendrisio...

 

[Valv.Piti]

Depressing

"The people who write on your internet forums are going to want echelons and that but we're not *** robots, we're not going to do that for 260k, no matter who's there." - Cav

Hell yea!

 

[saganboss]

come on guys, I just found a 2.4 percent slope with 114 km to go. i think the pure climbers will try to distance everyone there. It could be amazing

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

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Depressing

"The people who write on your internet forums are going to want echelons and that but we're not **** robots, we're not going to do that for 260k, no matter who's there." - Cav

Hell yea!

Naive Cav, he underestimates Belgians and Dutchies

 

[El Pistolero]

Re: Re:

Depressing

"The people who write on your internet forums are going to want echelons and that but we're not **** robots, we're not going to do that for 260k, no matter who's there." - Cav

Hell yea!

Naive Cav, he underestimates Belgians and Dutchies

He just wants another easy victory and call himself a World Champion. Uh, this sport can really be depressing sometimes.

 

[GuyIncognito]

How dare fans expect a decent race from athletes that are highly paid to work for far less time than 99.9% of the population!! The outrage!
They'll get a bunch sprint and they'll be happy with it, filthy peasants that they are.

 

[RedheadDane]

I actually have a suspicion that the pro works quite a lot. It's not like they don't need to train, and, well; be away from their families for weeks.

As for giving us a decent race. Can't a sprint be a decent race? Especially in a situation like this where we can expect the best sprinters in the world to all be there in order to go head-to-head.
Well... not literally head-to-head!

 

[Red Rick]

Dumbest thing is that it's not even gonna be a long WC. It's what, 245km. If you're gonna go flat, make it 350 km at least.

 

[Brullnux]

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Dumbest thing is that it's not even gonna be a long WC. It's what, 245km. If you're gonna go flat, make it 350 km at least.

In the heat? That's ridiculous. At 20 degrees that's very hard to get through (that's what, 8+ hours in the saddle?) but in October, when it averages a 35 degree high, that's just calling out for a rider having a serious problem. Come on man, these riders are human. I'm all for making hard courses but the UCI and course organisers kind of made themselves a problem setting it in such heat. A 9 hour race in 35 degree heat borders on actual sadomasochism.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Dumbest thing is that it's not even gonna be a long WC. It's what, 245km. If you're gonna go flat, make it 350 km at least.

In the heat? That's ridiculous. At 20 degrees that's very hard to get through (that's what, 8+ hours in the saddle?) but in October, when it averages a 35 degree high, that's just calling out for a rider having a serious problem. Come on man, these riders are human. I'm all for making hard courses but the UCI and course organisers kind of made themselves a problem setting it in such heat. A 9 hour race in 35 degree heat borders on actual sadomasochism.

Didn't really consider the temperature, but if the parcours is as is, you have to make it tough in another way. There's a WC sprint practically every year, and that's on the track. 35 shouldn't be too much. They're gonna be pushing 200W for the first 7 hours anyway. Be smart with ice jackets, put in a drinkable fluid from a straw, whatever, figure it out. In MSR they didn't attack the Poggio after 290km, because the race had been too easy, and everyone was fresh. And that's MSR, which actually has hills. Doesn't have to go all the way to 350, but surely 320 should be just about doable.

 

[Brullnux]

Re: Re:

Dumbest thing is that it's not even gonna be a long WC. It's what, 245km. If you're gonna go flat, make it 350 km at least.

In the heat? That's ridiculous. At 20 degrees that's very hard to get through (that's what, 8+ hours in the saddle?) but in October, when it averages a 35 degree high, that's just calling out for a rider having a serious problem. Come on man, these riders are human. I'm all for making hard courses but the UCI and course organisers kind of made themselves a problem setting it in such heat. A 9 hour race in 35 degree heat borders on actual sadomasochism.

Didn't really consider the temperature, but if the parcours is as is, you have to make it tough in another way. There's a WC sprint practically every year, and that's on the track. 35 shouldn't be too much. They're gonna be pushing 200W for the first 7 hours anyway. Be smart with ice jackets, put in a drinkable fluid from a straw, whatever, figure it out. In MSR they didn't attack the Poggio after 290km, because the race had been too easy, and everyone was fresh. And that's MSR, which actually has hills. Doesn't have to go all the way to 350, but surely 320 should be just about doable.

They ruined it with picking Qatar, there's very little to do after that. It's 35 in the shade, in the sun it will be much higher. You can't do much with that, especially not in Qatar.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Dumbest thing is that it's not even gonna be a long WC. It's what, 245km. If you're gonna go flat, make it 350 km at least.

In the heat? That's ridiculous. At 20 degrees that's very hard to get through (that's what, 8+ hours in the saddle?) but in October, when it averages a 35 degree high, that's just calling out for a rider having a serious problem. Come on man, these riders are human. I'm all for making hard courses but the UCI and course organisers kind of made themselves a problem setting it in such heat. A 9 hour race in 35 degree heat borders on actual sadomasochism.

Didn't really consider the temperature, but if the parcours is as is, you have to make it tough in another way. There's a WC sprint practically every year, and that's on the track. 35 shouldn't be too much. They're gonna be pushing 200W for the first 7 hours anyway. Be smart with ice jackets, put in a drinkable fluid from a straw, whatever, figure it out. In MSR they didn't attack the Poggio after 290km, because the race had been too easy, and everyone was fresh. And that's MSR, which actually has hills. Doesn't have to go all the way to 350, but surely 320 should be just about doable.

They ruined it with picking Qatar, there's very little to do after that. It's 35 in the shade, in the sun it will be much higher. You can't do much with that, especially not in Qatar.

35 in the shade? That changes things a little. I have an idea, let's hold the world cup there

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

And while we're at it it would be a good place for a CycloX manche!

 

[Brullnux]

Re: Re:

Dumbest thing is that it's not even gonna be a long WC. It's what, 245km. If you're gonna go flat, make it 350 km at least.

In the heat? That's ridiculous. At 20 degrees that's very hard to get through (that's what, 8+ hours in the saddle?) but in October, when it averages a 35 degree high, that's just calling out for a rider having a serious problem. Come on man, these riders are human. I'm all for making hard courses but the UCI and course organisers kind of made themselves a problem setting it in such heat. A 9 hour race in 35 degree heat borders on actual sadomasochism.

Didn't really consider the temperature, but if the parcours is as is, you have to make it tough in another way. There's a WC sprint practically every year, and that's on the track. 35 shouldn't be too much. They're gonna be pushing 200W for the first 7 hours anyway. Be smart with ice jackets, put in a drinkable fluid from a straw, whatever, figure it out. In MSR they didn't attack the Poggio after 290km, because the race had been too easy, and everyone was fresh. And that's MSR, which actually has hills. Doesn't have to go all the way to 350, but surely 320 should be just about doable.

They ruined it with picking Qatar, there's very little to do after that. It's 35 in the shade, in the sun it will be much higher. You can't do much with that, especially not in Qatar.

35 in the shade? That changes things a little. I have an idea, let's hold the world cup there

Nice! :razz:

I don't blame the course designers at all. They can't really do much with what is given to them. It's the UCI's fault.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Number of riders for Doha per nation

Australia - 9
Belgium - 9
Colombia - 9
France - 9
Great Britain - 9
Italy - 9
Netherlands - 9
Norway - 9
Spain - 9
Switzerland - 9

Canada - 6
Czech Republic - 6
Denmark - 6
Eritrea - 6
Germany - 6
Iran - 6
Poland - 6
Russia - 6
Ukraine - 6
USA - 6

Others - 3 or less

Source : http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/News/17/88/85/QuotasDoha2016-final_Neutral.pdf

 

[Monte]

lol #TourDesFjords entire peloton went wrong in a turn in the next Worlds rounds in Bergen..

 

[Norbea]

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lol #TourDesFjords entire peloton went wrong in a turn in the next Worlds rounds in Bergen..

A complete disaster by the next Worlds hosts. They also had problems controlling the traffic i the city centre. To few guards. It was embarrassing.

 

[Monte]

Re: Re:

lol #TourDesFjords entire peloton went wrong in a turn in the next Worlds rounds in Bergen..

A complete disaster by the next Worlds hosts. They also had problems controlling the traffic i the city centre. To few guards. It was embarrassing.

Yes it was, just lucky nobody got really hurt .. Bergen was not prepared for this!. But the peloton riding wrong actually took a short cut it seems, twitter.com/SanderSmordal/status/771025227589582848 ..

But ofc they had to turn and speed was 0 at one point