General News Thread

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Not exactly clinic stuff, so I'll post it here: Jack Bobridge got arrested for drug dealing.

https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/olympic-cyclist-jack-bobridge-charged-with-drug-dealing-by-wa-police-ng-b88577842z

 

[johnymax]

What about PRO Ötztaler 5500 race tomorrow. Is there going to be any TV coverage? Does anybody know?
The race profile looks epic for a one day race. There's also chance of bad weather with rain. I know the field is not the strongest but it should be fun nonetheless.

 

[Gigs_98]

Re:

What about PRO Ötztaler 5500 race tomorrow. Is there going to be any TV coverage? Does anybody know?
The race profile looks epic for a one day race. There's also chance of bad weather with rain. I know the field is not the strongest but it should be fun nonetheless.

I think I read somewhere that it will be broadcasted on Eurosport 2 and on the ORF. However I also read something about a livestream on the website of the race.

 

[staubsauger]

Re: Re:

What about PRO Ötztaler 5500 race tomorrow. Is there going to be any TV coverage? Does anybody know?
The race profile looks epic for a one day race. There's also chance of bad weather with rain. I know the field is not the strongest but it should be fun nonetheless.

I think I read somewhere that it will be broadcasted on Eurosport 2 and on the ORF. However I also read something about a livestream on the website of the race.

Just when the ORF never shows any cycling they show this great event instead of Servus TV!

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: Re:

What about PRO Ötztaler 5500 race tomorrow. Is there going to be any TV coverage? Does anybody know?
The race profile looks epic for a one day race. There's also chance of bad weather with rain. I know the field is not the strongest but it should be fun nonetheless.

I think I read somewhere that it will be broadcasted on Eurosport 2 and on the ORF. However I also read something about a livestream on the website of the race.

Just when the ORF never shows any cycling they show this great event instead of Servus TV!

Does Servus TV ever show cycling though? ORF at least shows highlights of the Österreich Rundfahrt, the WC and this year they also showed the tds stage to the Rettenbachferner. Thats not a lot but at least something

 

[staubsauger]

Re: Re:

What about PRO Ötztaler 5500 race tomorrow. Is there going to be any TV coverage? Does anybody know?
The race profile looks epic for a one day race. There's also chance of bad weather with rain. I know the field is not the strongest but it should be fun nonetheless.

I think I read somewhere that it will be broadcasted on Eurosport 2 and on the ORF. However I also read something about a livestream on the website of the race.

Just when the ORF never shows any cycling they show this great event instead of Servus TV!

Does Servus TV ever show cycling though? ORF at least shows highlights of the Österreich Rundfahrt, the WC and this year they also showed the tds stage to the Rettenbachferner. Thats not a lot but at least something

Only mountainbike races I believe. Since Red Bull is a sponsor at some. I hope that they might buy Tour de Suisse rights for years now. But that's not gonna happen sadly enough.

 

[telencefalus]

don't lose the official presentation of giro di lombardia Tomorrow 7th september , it will be a fun race

 

[Valv.Piti]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/il-lombardia-returns-to-the-muro-di-sormano-and-como-finish/
Eeey, Ghisallo + Muro and the Civiglio - San Fermo combo in the finale, this is great. Once again really a climbers edition (as it should be IMO, the finish in Bergamo in 14 is simply way to easy).

 

[Alexandre B.]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/il-lombardia-returns-to-the-muro-di-sormano-and-como-finish/
Eeey, Ghisallo + Muro and the Civiglio - San Fermo combo in the finale, this is great. Once again really a climbers edition (as it should be IMO, the finish in Bergamo in 14 is simply way to easy).

The problem is that I believe they'll return to Lecco after that, a.k.a the Purito editions.

 

[SafeBet]

This is the route. Finish in Como.

Looks very good to me.

 

[Alexandre B.]

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This is the route. Finish in Como.

Looks very good to me.

I mean they'll return in Lecco after this edition.

Anyway, 2018 Tour de Suisse cities.

 

[Gigs_98]

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This is the route. Finish in Como.

Looks very good to me.

I mean they'll return in Lecco after this edition.

Anyway, 2018 Tour de Suisse cities.

Tour de Suisse route looks okay. 2 or 3 hight mountain stages, 2 TT's and the final road stage around Bellinzona could actually be very hard and have an impact on the gc for once.

About the Lombardia route, are you sure they return to Lecco? I thought Como and Bergamo would alternate for the next few year, but I didn't know anything about Lecco.

 

[Benotti69]

Broken pelvis (left) for @MatveyMamykin

"The road narrowed in the downhill and I could not escape from a concrete wall", tells @matveymamykin from Cabueñes Hospital in Gijón.

https://twitter.com/katushacycling/status/906231080398843904

 

[MartinGT]

Happy Retirement Farrar.

These last few years as a dom he's been great. Better than his sprinting anyways! Happy retirement man, I shall never forget that stage after the late Wouter Weylandt passed and you rode over the line with the Leopard boys

 

[Frankschleck]

Why did farrar stop sprinting? Crashed? Scared?

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Tour de Suisse really depends on what they do with those finishes. Gansingen should be a nice hilly stage, unless they purposefully ruin it. Arosa isn't a very nice MTF imo and they can't really put anything in front of it. Gstaad has the potential to be selective, if they go Jaunpass > Mittelbergpass > Gstaad, but I'm expecting only Saanenmöser, which would be just a reduced bunchsprint. Gommiswald I saw on the map actually has a 5km @ ~9% thing in its vicinity, but it looks like an obscure climb (can't find profiles anywhere) and if they're not using that, there's no option of making it anything better than a false flat drag to the finish; it will probably be for a break with Furkapass in the beginning and then the break can battle it out on the drag to the finish. As for Leukerbad, well, the climb to Leukerbad isn't much, but at least they have plenty of climbs to put before it. If they go Ovrannaz > Anzère > Crans-Montana > Leukerbad; sure, great stage, but somehow I doubt they'll do that.

Switzerland has great climbs everywhere and this route can go either way, but I fear it will be a pretty easy route.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Why did farrar stop sprinting? Crashed? Scared?

His best friend died in a crash

 

[Robert5091]

https://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/i/...l-VM-forsinket-stemmetelling--Det-er-skandale

Yesterday's general election vote counting in Bergen was delayed due to the local roads being closed for new asphalt for the Worlds. Politicians, "not amused".

 

[Frankschleck]

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Why did farrar stop sprinting? Crashed? Scared?

His best friend died in a crash

yeah i know, but wouter weylandts died in 2011, farrar was still winning sprints in 2014

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

dunno, Farrar had a rather early decline, already in his sprinting. He probably stopped bothering to do them and became a domestique / lead-out man

 

[Frankschleck]

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dunno, Farrar had a rather early decline, already in his sprinting. He probably stopped bothering to do them and became a domestique / lead-out man

yeah, that might be it. thanks

 

[Alexandre B.]

So Paris 2024 and LA 2028.

Paris 2024 road race will finish on the Champs-Elysées. They'll probably use the Vallée de Chevreuse before that.
As for LA 2028, I wonder if they'll use the 1984 parcours (I don't know what it looked like). There's more potential for this one.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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As for LA 2028, I wonder if they'll use the 1984 parcours (I don't know what it looked like)

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/1360455

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

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So Paris 2024 and LA 2028.

Paris 2024 road race will finish on the Champs-Elysées. They'll probably use the Vallée de Chevreuse before that.

Gaviria and Ewan will both be 30 in 2024: when do the bookies start taking bets?

 

[May0maniac]

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As for LA 2028, I wonder if they'll use the 1984 parcours (I don't know what it looked like)

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/1360455

They sshould use Fargo Street, just for th sake of havingg an ungodly steep hill.