General News Thread

[Koronin]

That's not a graph...

You're right, it's a table.

 

[OlavEH]

The queen stage of Tour de Romandie will finish at Thyon according to La Flamme Rouge. Have Thyon 2000 ever been used in an MTF before in one of the Swiss races? It's really a monster climb.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1357048590460456964

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1357048590460456964/photo/1

 

[roundabout]

in 1978

Johan Van der Velde fait coup double à Thyon 2000

Pour cette 5e étape du Tour de Romandie en archives, la montagne est au rendez-vous avec un récital de Johan Van der Velde sur les pentes de Thyon en 1978. Grâce à cette victoire, le Néerlandais remporte la 32e édition de l'épreuve.

www.rts.ch

 

[tobydawq]

The one-day race, Three Days of De Panne-Brugge, is getting a new name: OxyClean Classic Brugge-De Panne.

So it kind of confirms El Pistolero's rule that every race that finds it necessary to put the word classic into its name is not a classic.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

OxyClean

Perfect name for a cycling race.

 

[RedheadDane]

The one-day race, Three Days of De Panne-Brugge, is getting a new name: OxyClean Classic Brugge-De Panne.

Aawww... then I can no longer joke about the ridiculousness of a one-day race called Three Days of De Panne...

 

[tobydawq]

Aawww... then I can no longer joke about the ridiculousness of a one-day race called Three Days of De Panne...

No, that must be tearing you apart.

 

[tobydawq]

Perfect name for a cycling race.

You really have to have a terrible pronunciation to get there

 

[RedheadDane]

No, that must be tearing you apart.

Devastated!
At least we still got the wonderful six-day race; Four Days of Dunkirk.

 

[tobydawq]

Yes, all this corona situation is paling in its insignificance as long as we have such a hilariously wrongly naming-of-a-race situation going on.

 

[RedheadDane]

The World needs its silliness. Now more than ever.

 

[Sciatic]

OxyCLEANS Classic

 

[Netserk]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1362398407973822469

View: https://twitter.com/Milano_Sanremo/status/1362398407973822469

Meh.

 

[Nirvana]

Last year's route was better without the 100 kms on the Riviera before the Cipressa that are good only for crashes (i know also for touristic advertising but that has nothing to do with the sporting aspect).

Anyway we know that nothing will happen befrore the Poggio regardless, under normal circumstances.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Devastated!
At least we still got the wonderful six-day race; Four Days of Dunkirk.

We have had plenty of 3 or 4 day settimane.

 

[Netserk]

Good route announced for Dauphiné! La Plagne <3

 

[Ulle97]

Really interesting route. Other than the stage to Saint Haon le Vieux, the sprinters might have difficulty nailing down a stage.
Nice to see a small climb introduced after the Joux Plane for a change. Usually we usually get the descent into Morzine but Les Gets adds a little extra this time. The stage to La Plagne should see pretty big time gaps.

 

[Mayomaniac]

That's an interesting route, but I'm kinda surprised that they don't have a longer ITT similar to one of the 2 that they have in the TdF.
The final 2 mountain stages are better than most of the mountain stages at the Tour.

 

[Red Rick]

Seems like an amazing route for the Dauphine

Whcih means that I have now seen it all and it is time to delete my account.

 

[SafeBet]

Don't go. Your best years are still ahead of you.

 

[Netserk]

Itzulia route revealed:

La Itzulia 2021 presenta un recorrido algo diferente al previsto el año pasado / Profesionales / Noticias del ciclismo / BICI CICLISMO

www.biciciclismo.com

 

[tobydawq]

Nice that they keep the TT from the end of the race.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

It's fantastic, when you scroll down, stage after stage and tell yourself: yeeaaahh this looks good and there is no Arrate this time aaaaand here it is.

 

[Netserk]

They do it twice, first time the same side that was in the 2016 ITT.

If they are going to do Arrate twice, I'd prefer something like this:

Instead of going down to Eibar, you can descend down to Etxebarria and go over Urkaregi (San Miguel).

 

[johnymax]

AGR will be raced in a closed circuit.

Amstel Gold Race to go ahead on closed circuit

17km loop and no spectators for Dutch race

www.cyclingnews.com

I was going to ask, how does the new route difficulty compare to the old one, but I'm going to rephrase the question. Does anybody beside MvdP, WvA or AlafPolak stand a chance?