General News Thread

[lemon cheese cake]

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Is there any news on the European Championchips for next year? If Sagan is getting a jersey I'd assume they're planning on organizing it continuously.

Though I do like the idea, I don't think it should be as late as it was this year, I think it can be in the slot of the ORR in non-Olympic years. I don't want to see big championchips too close to each other

I think it normallly is for the Women, U23 and Junior catorgories.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

It's actually normally U23 for women too, but isn't limited to espoirs so riders under 23 on the big teams take part too, hence why Stultiens and Niewiadoma were the last two winners before it became open.

 

[Red Rick]

So next year Sagan will be riding around in a euro jersey until suddenly noone is?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

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So next year Sagan will be riding around in a euro jersey until suddenly noone is?

Depends, it's hard to say what will happen, whether they keep it open next year or they return it to espoir level or what (of course, if Sagan wins in Doha it ceases to be of any relevance). Van der Breggen is wearing one at the moment, for the record, like the podium ones - white with a blue band with stars across the middle, so strangely different to the all-blue one that Niewiadoma has been wearing all season (the next question will be, since she won the U23 version of the jersey, and defended her title thereby, does she get to keep it even though Anna VDB won the actual race?). But then, I don't recall Zorzi or Stultiens wearing the European champion's jersey all season the way Kasia did, although it may come down to the individual teams (Stultiens won it with Rabo then moved to Liv for 2015, so she may have worn it for a couple of day's racing in late 2014, I haven't seen that though).

Or, if it's not going to be held every year for the elites and will instead be done biennially or every four years or whatever, does that mean Slovak Barbosa gets to wear the jersey for more than a year, however long it takes for a new elite European RR champ to be crowned, since they've commissioned one?

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Slovak Barbosa

Can't say I've heard that one before

I wonder if Slovakia has any towns named Rěbordočą

 

[Tych23]

Team Roth as a PCT team is folding. They will continue their U23 team but "The absence of a potential big Co-Sponsor and unforeseen financial liabilities from the past season 2015 forced this change in strategy."

http://www.cycswiss.ch/2016/10/05/medienmitteilung-press-release-communication-de-presse/[*]

Big blow for Swiss cycling, losing both professional teams.

 

[pastronef]

http://road.cc/content/tech-news/206966-colnago-rejoin-worldtour-2017-chinese-backed-outfit?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Colnago signs a 4 years dewal with Chinese-Lampre

 

[DNP-Old]

It would be fecking amazing if Manzana Postobon managed to get a PCT-license.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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It would be fecking amazing if Manzana Postobon managed to get a PCT-license.

Looks like they will. They are on the list of applications received by the UCI and, unlike some existing teams, apparently had their paperwork in order.

I think the issue is less whether they get the PCT licence and more if they have the money to travel to many races.

 

[EroicaStradeBianche]

For the ones who are able to read italian or french there are reports of some interesting declarations made by Cipollini a L'Equipe.

http://it.blastingnews.com/sport/20...-vincere-le-olimpiadi-a-nibali-001173859.html

http://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/cyclisme/...acre-et-il-sait-de-quoi-il-parle-1046276.html

http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Article/Mario-cippolini-le-mondial-c-est-un-absolu/735382

http://www.cyclingpro.net/spaziocic...e-bastato-offrire-un-po-di-soldi-a-henao-quot

 

[GuyIncognito]

For the ones who are able to read italian or french there are reports of some interesting declarations made by Cipollini a L'Equipe.

http://it.blastingnews.com/sport/20...-vincere-le-olimpiadi-a-nibali-001173859.html

http://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/cyclisme/...acre-et-il-sait-de-quoi-il-parle-1046276.html

http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Article/Mario-cippolini-le-mondial-c-est-un-absolu/735382

http://www.cyclingpro.net/spaziocic...e-bastato-offrire-un-po-di-soldi-a-henao-quot

tl;dr: Nibali's fault for not winning he should've offered Henao money to pull back Majka, these deals are common like in Zolder 2002 (flattest course ever other than Doha) when italy offered a team that didn't have any sprinters some money to help pull the peloton to assure the sprint

 

[gospina]

For the ones who are able to read italian or french there are reports of some interesting declarations made by Cipollini a L'Equipe.

http://it.blastingnews.com/sport/20...-vincere-le-olimpiadi-a-nibali-001173859.html

http://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/cyclisme/...acre-et-il-sait-de-quoi-il-parle-1046276.html

http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Article/Mario-cippolini-le-mondial-c-est-un-absolu/735382

http://www.cyclingpro.net/spaziocic...e-bastato-offrire-un-po-di-soldi-a-henao-quot

tl;dr: Nibali's fault for not winning he should've offered Henao money to pull back Majka, these deals are common like in Zolder 2002 (flattest course ever other than Doha) when italy offered a team that didn't have any sprinters some money to help pull the peloton to assure the sprint

Cipollini also stated that Henao is nothing but a follower and implied he can use the money and cannot do anything with an olympic gold vs Nibali can make a lot so offering Henao over $100k should have been sufficient for Henao to take on Majka and leave the gold for Nibs. Always a classy guy that Cipollini

 

[Cannibal72]

I see a problem with that, something along the lines of 'Majka was clear because Nibali had broken his collarbone and ended up not finishing the race, you attention-seeking moron'.

 

[jens_attacks]

Problem with guys like cipo is that he thinks that all the people are the same.

 

[Alexandre B.]

He said in 2012 that (Andy) Schleck and Contador were like two gays.

 

[TMP402]

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He said in 2012 that (Andy) Schleck and Contador were like two gays.

Rich coming from him.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Seems like the Bayern-Rundfahrt will not come back. Lack of funds prevents the 2017 edition from being held.

 

[yaco]

Nothing new here - One or two of the old time pro's suggested Boonen should have done similar with Hayman at PR.

 

[EroicaStradeBianche]

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...ered-henao-money-help-win-olympic-gold-289455
also cyclingweekly reports.
I read the original interview and like always the article distorts some passages. For example "Henao is no longer just an average" is a wrong translation. He says that Henao is a domestique therefore a victory wouldn't have changed anything for him.
I find strage the part about the WC that he won. Who worked for him that day? Very strange declarations by Cip, I don't know at what is he really referring or where he wants to arrive...

 

[rick james]

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Nothing new here - One or two of the old time pro's suggested Boonen should have done similar with Hayman at PR.

How much do you actually think it goes on in modern cycling?


Can't see it going on as much as it used to.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Bruges presented today a new cycling 1.1 race after losing the start of the ronde, they hope to grow into a WT event in the near future

 

[pastronef]

Yorkshire confirmed as 2019 World Champs venue

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/yorkshire-wins-bid-to-host-2019-road-world-championships/

 

[Monte]

Yorkshire confirmed as 2019 World Champs venue

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/yorkshire-wins-bid-to-host-2019-road-world-championships/

With Bergen next and year and Yorkshire after, its no way we can beat the spectator spectacle at DOha! D

 

[pastronef]

Louis Vuitton set to buy PINARELLO

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/louis-vuitton-set-to-buy-pinarello/

 

[Scarponi]

San Luis and Bayern Rund cancelled