General News Thread

[staubsauger]

Jan Kirsipuu had a brief return with Champion Systems at the early 10s as well!

 

[Nirvana]

Kirsipuu actually never stopped racing, again some months ago i've spotted him in a resultsheet of a national event.
But to be fair for national races he's not so old, it's not rare to see 50+ (even close to 60 sometimes) years old competing.

Anyway we should remember that 52 years old (only one month younger than Tafi) Lex Nederlof still ride at continental level in Asia Tour, comparing to him Mancebo, Sevilla, Nocentini are neo pros.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Really wonder what's going on at Sunweb. There's 3/4 coaches leaving, with among others Adriaan Helmantel which is Dumoulin's TT coach.

And so far they only got Elijzen in return (almost confirmed)

 

[janraaskalt]

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Really wonder what's going on at Sunweb. There's 3/4 coaches leaving, with among others Adriaan Helmantel which is Dumoulin's TT coach.

And so far they only got Elijzen in return (almost confirmed)

They also got Matt Winston and Albert Timmer.
https://teamsunweb.com/coaching-staff/

 

[LaFlorecita]

Tragic news. Andrea Manfredi, pro at Bardiani in 2014 and 2015, is one of the victims of today's plane crash in Indonesia. He was 26 years old. RIP

https://twitter.com/ACCPI1946/status/1056890241078968320

 

[Squire]

Sad news indeed. I thought he could become a really good rider after his great Giro della Valle d'Aosta in 2012. I see that he rode his last race in 2016, the year after he left Bardiani. Rest in peace.

 

[Red Rick]

Still no news on the new Liege route?

 

[Koronin]

It looks like women will now have maternity leave in their contracts.

 

[Red Rick]

2019 Tour de Suisse finishing places are out

http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/the-tour-de-suisse-2019-is-heading-to-einsiedeln-1/

 

[Robert5091]

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2019 Tour de Suisse finishing places are out

http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/the-tour-de-suisse-2019-is-heading-to-einsiedeln-1/

Cobbles?

The sixth stage begins at Klosterplatz and heads off over the cobbles towards eastern Switzerland.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

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2019 Tour de Suisse finishing places are out

Who won?

 

[saunaking]

lololoolllol Simon Gerrans will work at Goldman Sachs. No doubt profiting off the work of others
Match made in heaven. He will be going places!

 

[GuyIncognito]

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lololoolllol Simon Gerrans will work at Goldman Sachs. No doubt profiting off the work of others

That might be the most fitting thing I've ever seen

He will be going places!

But always with a co-worker just ahead of him.

 

[roundabout]

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2019 Tour de Suisse finishing places are out

http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/en/news/news-detail/news/the-tour-de-suisse-2019-is-heading-to-einsiedeln-1/

99% certainty that Etzel won't be climbed

Goms is good though, probably either Nufunen-Gotthard-Furka or Furka-Susten-Grimsel, both variants are short, but at least there should be 3 big climbs

Not sure if Tremola will be climbed, but there should still either be Oberalp or Lukmanier on that stage as well

 

[roundabout]

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lololoolllol Simon Gerrans will work at Goldman Sachs. No doubt profiting off the work of others
Match made in heaven. He will be going places!

A 6-month internship doesn't necessarily mean a permanent future career.

 

[May0maniac]

The Tour of the Alpes (can't believe that I'm actually using that name) route will be unveiled in 2 days.
Source:https://tourofthealps.eu/en/2019-tour-of-the-alps-to-be-discovered-in-milan-on-november-21st

 

[Nirvana]

Vegni is publicly asking for candidatures from regional/local administrations to host 2020 Giro stages, probably he didn't get as much money as he wanted for next year edition.
http://www.giroditalia.it/it/candidatura-tappa/

 

[Nirvana]

Lappartient in an interview for the Gazzetta (I don't post it because is mainly on clinic related stuff) said that he wants two WC in Africa in the next decade (they already have candidatures from Rwanda and Marocco for 2025).

But the really important thing (and something that could affect vastly the calendar) is that he said he's working for 2020 to have California in the first week of May and Giro start postponed to the second part of May to avoid the overlapping of the two races and allow riders to ride both. In this case I wonder if they need to postpone also every race after the Giro or they'll overlap the Giro with Dauphine and maybe even Suisse and reduce to only three or four week the break between Giro and Tour. And what they'll do with the usual preparation races for the Giro, riding in California could become more attractive than going to Tirol or Romandie with more likely cold and bad weather and almost a month before the start of the Giro.
And not to mention that for 2020 we could also have the Olympics overlapping with the Tour considering that RR is scheduled for the 26th of July, the likely Sunday of Champs Eliseé.

 

[Breh]

E3 Harelbeke changes it's name to the E3 BinckBank Classic, only minor changes to the route.

 

[roundabout]

It's at least 16 hours by plane and 9 time zones from CEST, but sure, let's *** up the calender to put make sure that California and Giro do not overlap.

 

[Red Rick]

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Lappartient in an interview for the Gazzetta (I don't post it because is mainly on clinic related stuff) said that he wants two WC in Africa in the next decade (they already have candidatures from Rwanda and Marocco for 2025).

But the really important thing (and something that could affect vastly the calendar) is that he said he's working for 2020 to have California in the first week of May and Giro start postponed to the second part of May to avoid the overlapping of the two races and allow riders to ride both. In this case I wonder if they need to postpone also every race after the Giro or they'll overlap the Giro with Dauphine and maybe even Suisse and reduce to only three or four week the break between Giro and Tour. And what they'll do with the usual preparation races for the Giro, riding in California could become more attractive than going to Tirol or Romandie with more likely cold and bad weather and almost a month before the start of the Giro.
And not to mention that for 2020 we could also have the Olympics overlapping with the Tour considering that RR is scheduled for the 26th of July, the likely Sunday of Champs Eliseé.

Scheduling disaster waiting to happen. Who decides what week the race is?

Anyway, I don't believe the Tour would clash with the ORR

 

[yaco]

I think it is a wonderful idea - Giro has been pushing to start a week later which will 99% ensure there are no issues for bad weather.

 

[Red Rick]

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E3 Harelbeke changes it's name to the E3 BinckBank Classic, only minor changes to the route.

 

[tobydawq]

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E3 Harelbeke changes it's name to the E3 BinckBank Classic, only minor changes to the route.

Their presentation video is quite cool, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CbfVmLZjA8&t=6s

 

[Nirvana]

[quote="Nirvana":17y4irlg]Lappartient in an interview for the Gazzetta (I don't post it because is mainly on clinic related stuff) said that he wants two WC in Africa in the next decade (they already have candidatures from Rwanda and Marocco for 2025).

But the really important thing (and something that could affect vastly the calendar) is that he said he's working for 2020 to have California in the first week of May and Giro start postponed to the second part of May to avoid the overlapping of the two races and allow riders to ride both. In this case I wonder if they need to postpone also every race after the Giro or they'll overlap the Giro with Dauphine and maybe even Suisse and reduce to only three or four week the break between Giro and Tour. And what they'll do with the usual preparation races for the Giro, riding in California could become more attractive than going to Tirol or Romandie with more likely cold and bad weather and almost a month before the start of the Giro.
And not to mention that for 2020 we could also have the Olympics overlapping with the Tour considering that RR is scheduled for the 26th of July, the likely Sunday of Champs Eliseé.

Scheduling disaster waiting to happen. Who decides what week the race is?

Anyway, I don't believe the Tour would clash with the ORR[/quote]
If they want to avoid a clash between the Tour and Olympics they need to start the Tour at the end of June so it could end the 19th of July, but in that case there will be only two or three weeks between a Giro that could start in the second half of May and the Tour. And with the Olympics RR the Sunday after the end of the Tour will still be hard for riders interested in going for gold finish the Tour, going to Japan it's not like going to San Sebastián.