General News Thread

[ciranda]

I'm all for it, want all lost penguins to be found.

 

[Mayomaniac]

The Tirreno-Adriatico route has been unveiled:

The positives are 3 stages above 200kms and the Carpegna stage looks good. I can't say too much about the hilly stages without real profiles of the climbs.
That said, Vegni deserves to be send to a Gulag for putting a final parade stage in such a short stage race and all the hilly stages before the Carpegna stage.

 

[Earns1985]

Is stage one a team time trial or a normal time trial?

For the Bellante stage: If the altitude is correct, then the Bellante hill is 4,9 km long with an average gradient of "only" 5,2%...

 

[Mayomaniac]

Is stage one a team time trial or a normal time trial?

For the Bellante stage: If the altitude is correct, then the Bellante hill is 4,9 km long with an average gradient of "only" 5,2%...

Stage 1 is an ITT, I should have mentioned it. I would have roasted Vegni even more if he put in a 13.9km long TTT.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Live cycling action on Sunday - the Clàssica CV 1969 - Gran Premi València UCI Europe Tour 1.2 will be on Youtube:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1483864331913551873

View: https://twitter.com/1969_cv/status/1483864331913551873

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

The return of European Cycling this weekend!

 

[Max Rockatansky]

The positives are 3 stages above 200kms and the Carpegna stage looks good. I can't say too much about the hilly stages without real profiles of the climbs.
That said, Vegni deserves to be send to a Gulag for putting a final parade stage in such a short stage race and all the hilly stages before the Carpegna stage.

For the Fermo stage.

The last few kilometres are all substantially uphill. After the ascent of Strada Calderari, which leads to the town of Fermo (with gradients of up to 20%), the climb continues along narrow stone-paved streets, with gradients remaining high. A short descent brings some respite with 750m to go, followed by a climb to the finish line on a ramp of around 10% gradient. The finish line lies on a 6m wide asphalt surface.

Monte Carpegna is a well know climb. It will hurt a lot.

 

[Earns1985]

Stage 1 is an ITT, I should have mentioned it. I would have roasted Vegni even more if he put in a 13.9km long TTT.

Jep, no problem. Thanks for the profiles!
I think GC wise most of it will come down to stage 1 and stage 6. Perhaps also stage 5, depends on the gradients. Stage 4 looks more like an uphill sprint to me.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Fermo was finish town in 2017 and won by Sagan in a small group sprint against Pinot, Roglic, G, Mollema, Uran, Dumoulin, Quintana and Dennis. Well if I remember correctly it wasn't excactly a sprint, but yeah, small group of GC favorites + Sagan.

 

[tobydawq]

Fermo was finish town in 2017 and won by Sagan in a small group sprint against Pinot, Roglic, G, Mollema, Uran, Dumoulin, Quintana and Dennis. Well if I remember correctly it wasn't excactly a sprint, but yeah, small group of GC favorites + Sagan.

One of his most incredible performances ever.

After the stage he accused his DS of playing him like a PlayStation game.

 

[SafeBet]

One of his most incredible performances ever.

Not as good as the Porto sant'Elpidio stage in 2013 when he stayed with Nibali and Purito on the muri, but yeah it was quite amazing.

Time flies.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Perhaps OT but:

TogetherWeGoFar ???

Peloton pushes back at production pause report after shares plunge

Its shares fell more than 20% after a report that it planned to temporarily stop production of its machines.

www.bbc.com

 

[Red Rick]

Stage 1 is an ITT, I should have mentioned it. I would have roasted Vegni even more if he put in a 13.9km long TTT.

Vegni breathes a sigh of relief from the gulag.

I'm all for ditching the TTT in Tirreno but replacing it with a flat stage basically is just disappointing.

 

[hayneplane]

Fermo was finish town in 2017 and won by Sagan in a small group sprint against Pinot, Roglic, G, Mollema, Uran, Dumoulin, Quintana and Dennis. Well if I remember correctly it wasn't excactly a sprint, but yeah, small group of GC favorites + Sagan.

If it is the I recall it was basically a top ten of Sagan and then 9 Grand Tour GC types. One of his most impressive wins. Pretty sure that Pinot put in a huge dig that almost dislodged Sagan but he held on then smoked them in the sprint.

 

[OlavEH]

They are using that narrow road which is usually closed on the climb to Monte Carpegna?

This one.

 

[Netserk]

They are using that narrow road which is usually closed on the climb to Monte Carpegna?

This one.

Yes, that's the road of Monte Carpegna, used most recently in Coppi e Bartali in 2020, and was last used in the Giro in 2014. Always the same road.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Complete startlist for Sunday has been released:

Startlist for Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 - Gran Premi València 2022

Competing teams and riders for Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 - Gran Premi València 2022. Top competitors are Giovanni Visconti, Sacha Modolo and Niccolò Bonifazio.

www.procyclingstats.com

Start of European season 2022!

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Favorite to win in my opinion is Bonifazio

 

[SafeBet]

Complete startlist for Sunday has been released:

Startlist for Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 - Gran Premi València 2022

Competing teams and riders for Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 - Gran Premi València 2022. Top competitors are Giovanni Visconti, Sacha Modolo and Niccolò Bonifazio.

www.procyclingstats.com

Start of European season 2022!

I don't think the startlist is accurate. Modolo was announced in the Bardiani lineup (via IG) but he's not in the PCS page.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I don't think the startlist is accurate. Modolo was announced in the Bardiani lineup (via IG) but he's not in the PCS page.

FirstCycling has the line-up with Modolo instead of Colnaghi

https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=411&y=2022&k=8

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Favorite to win in my opinion is Bonifazio

Could be Bonifazio vs Modolo for the win.

Sadly, Bouhanni isn‘t racing (after his crash).

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The 2023 Vuelta will start with two stages in Barcelona.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1485570924552331265

 

[Jungle Cycle]

who is the active cyclist with the most TT wins ??

 

[Mayomaniac]

who is the active cyclist with the most TT wins ??

Without looking it up I'd guess Rohan Dennis, but Dumoulin and Roglic are probably not that far behind.
Edit: PCS has him at 21 ITT wins, Dumoulin at 17, Roglic at 16 and Ganna at 14.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Without looking it up I'd guess Rohan Dennis, but Dumoulin and Roglic are probably not that far behind.
Edit: PCS has him at 21 ITT wins, Dumoulin at 17, Roglic at 16 and Ganna at 14.

It matters a lot whether you include NCs...
Küng and Boasson Hagen (10 NCs) are at 15
Brändle is at 13 (8 NCs)
Dowsett is at 12, as is Halmuratov (11 of those are Uzbekistani NCs)
The still-not-formally-retired Teklehaimanot is at 10 (take a guess which continent he won all of those on)

To the best of my knowledge, that's the top-10 with a lot of riders sitting at 9. Tony Martin still has more than the top-3 combined with 50 and Cancellara reached 58, I don't think those numbers are possible anymore given the gradual erosion in the number of TTs per year but it still says something about their standard compared to this generation.