General News Thread

[QueenStagiaire]

Andorra to host a 1 day race on September 23rd next year

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1575943101302149120

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1575943101302149120

This should be good

Crit circuit in Andorra la Vella, then Unipuerto up Gallina.
jk

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1576669569254498304

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/BenjiNaesen/status/1576669569254498304

Cro Race needs to improve safety, kinda BS tbh, shouldn’t be .Pro
EDIT- I realize my original post made no sense, and Benji deleted his tweet, but basically some Croatian social media post said Cro Race will be moving up to .Pro.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

In oder to avoid it getting lost in the TdF rumour thread, I'll post it here instead.

The 2022 Tour de France Femmes AZ might start in Clermont-Ferrand (similar to an idea I had for a fantasy TdFF, where Michelin would have been the primary sponsor) and head south through the Pyrenees, and not visit Paris. Also if I understand that paragraph correctly, which I sure hope I don't, LSPDBF might host the final again??????????????

https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/cyclisme/tour-de-france-femmes/tour-de-france-femmes-une-edition-2023-entre-clermont-ferrand-et-pyrenees-d1f0dbe8-447c-11ed-a680-639f76c6a65b

 

[RedheadDane]

L(S)PDBF should only ever host women's races.
It's the belle filles after all.

 

[Billie]

Après un départ auvergnat, l’épreuve devrait prendre la direction du sud. Alors que la course s’était achevée dans les Vosges cette année, avec une ascension de la Super Planche des Belles Filles en guise de conclusion, la montagne devrait à nouveau occuper une place centrale dans le final de la course.

It means the final stages will be in the mountains. In this context 'la montagne' refers to the mountains (so the Pyrenees) and not to the mountain (LPDBF)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Après un départ auvergnat, l’épreuve devrait prendre la direction du sud. Alors que la course s’était achevée dans les Vosges cette année, avec une ascension de la Super Planche des Belles Filles en guise de conclusion, la montagne devrait à nouveau occuper une place centrale dans le final de la course.

It means the final stages will be in the mountains. In this context 'la montagne' refers to the mountains (so the Pyrenees) and not to the mountain (LPDBF)

Thanks. I was also under the impression that it wouldn't feature in any major races for at least a year.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

L(S)PDBF should only ever host women's races.
It's the belle filles after all.

LPDBF should only ever host NO races ever again.


At least with the title of Tour de France in.

 

[RedheadDane]

LPDBF should only ever host NO races ever again.


At least with the title of Tour de France in.

I really don't understand the general hatred towards LPDBF. Sure, it has been used a bit much in recent years, but from that to say it should never be used again.
It did give us one of the more exciting TdF finishes in recent years.

 

[tobydawq]

I really don't understand the general hatred towards LPDBF. Sure, it has been used a bit much in recent years, but from that to say it should never be used again.
It did give us one of the more exciting TdF finishes in recent years.

It's because LS has said it.

 

[StryderHells]

I really don't understand the general hatred towards LPDBF. Sure, it has been used a bit much in recent years, but from that to say it should never be used again.
It did give us one of the more exciting TdF finishes in recent years.

I don’t hate the climb but in my opinion it’s being overused, give it a break from the Tour for a couple of years which I think would help and when it comes back might have some more excitement about it.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

I really don't understand the general hatred towards LPDBF. Sure, it has been used a bit much in recent years, but from that to say it should never be used again.
It did give us one of the more exciting TdF finishes in recent years.

As stryder hell's says, it seems to be used regularly since it's introduction. Almost too regularly for somewhere that's a dead end road. I guess the race wanted something similar with the finale of the TdFF this year to that of the 2020 TdF, but forgot Annemiek van Vleuten is a monster and that the 2020 race was a tt and this was a road stage.

 

[RedheadDane]

As stryder hell's says, it seems to be used regularly since it's introduction. Almost too regularly for somewhere that's a dead end road. I guess the race wanted something similar with the finale of the TdFF this year to that of the 2020 TdF, but forgot Annemiek van Vleuten is a monster and that the 2020 race was a tt and this was a road stage.

Yeah, but quite a middle ground between "Let's use it all the time" and "Let's never use it again."

 

[SafeBet]

Let's not use it for like 5 years and then reassess?
If people really like it they can rewatch one of the recent stages finishing there. There's plenty of them to choose from.

 

[tobydawq]

Let's not use it for like 5 years and then reassess?
If people really like it they can rewatch one of the recent stages finishing there. There's plenty of them to choose from.

How do we rewatch stages of a race that apparently doesn't tolerate old stages being available anywhere on the internet?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

To take a quote of a wise man out of context:

The answer is always Tiz

Of course not 100% reliable but I think it‘s one of the better sources

 

[tobydawq]

To take a quote of a wise man out of context:
Of course not 100% reliable but I think it‘s one of the better sources

I know but it is quite mind-boggling that you can't watch it legally anywhere.

 

[SHAD0W93]

VN Archives: Axel Merckx - The son of a living legend

Eddy Merckx: 'I never pushed him into cycling. I said, 'Play soccer. It's much easier."'

www.velonews.com

 

[jmdirt]

Cipo behind bars for a while.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Me: 'what a lovely guy that Mario is'
Mario: 'hold my boxing gloves!'

 

[tobydawq]

Me: 'what a lovely guy that Mario is'
Mario: 'hold my boxing gloves!'

Why would you think he was a lovely guy?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Cipo behind bars for a while.

It's only first instance, they are gonna appeal the sentence.
It would be one thing if it was only his ex wife accusing him and no withnesses (there are, apparently he started choking her in a gym), but another female friend of his and his own sister have made similar accuses.
That said, it is interesting that his 2 adult daughters are still joining him often in public, despite their mother's accusations.

 

[Amazinmets87]

Cipo behind bars for a while.

Will he actually serve time in prison or will it be house arrest?

 

[SafeBet]

Will he actually serve time in prison or will it be house arrest?

Up to 4 years it's almost always house arrest unless you got no place to stay.

 

[tobydawq]

Up to 4 years it's almost always house arrest unless you got no place to stay.

How does this actually work? Are you allowed to shop or to work out? And if so, isn't it quite a soft sort of punishment?

 

[Izzyeviel]

Why would you think he was a lovely guy?

I've met him.