General News Thread

[Netserk]

20 km too much to be Gran Piemonte. Wrong race they destroyed.

 

[KZD]

Ladies and gentlemen, a miracle has occurred: Catalunya has a really nice route. It gets the pacing right, it has good mountain stages, it finally introduces the mighty Coll de Pradell, it only has one proper sprint stage, really the only thing it doesn't have is a TT.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1762916359757770872

Pogačar could win 5 or 6 stages with this kind of route but he will probably just go for 2 or 3.

Also good to see another race with a women's edition.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Also good to see another race with a women's edition.

Technically they already had one, but until now it's only been a one day race (held as a national event in its first few editions before it became a UCI race last year).

 

[Lequack]

Taco van der Hoorn still not able to race almost 11 months after his concussion from a crash during a race

“Ik had veel liever mijn been gebroken”: hoe een ‘eenvoudige’ hersenschudding Taco van der Hoorn al elf maanden aan de kant houdt

‘Geen breuken, enkel hersenschudding’. Als Taco van der Hoorn (30) op zondagavond 2 april 2023 — enkele uren na zijn val in de Ronde van Vlaanderen — het ziekenhuis verlaat, klinkt het voor de buitenwereld als ‘goed’ nieuws. Maar elf maanden later heeft hij nog steeds geen idee of en wanneer hij...

www.nieuwsblad.be

 

[Netserk]

Roubaix route has been announced:

259.9 km, 29 cobblestone sectors, totalling 55.7 km of pavé.

 

[Netserk]

The Kortekeer slow-down is awesome. If you'd like a free lane ahead of you, get to the front or STFU.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Remember Christian Meier? Pepperidge Farm remembers

"Road cyclists are just weaklings to be honest."

 

[Netserk]

Giro di Sicily is dead, long live Giro d'Abruzzo!

Il Giro d'Abruzzo | from 9 to12 April

From 9 to 12 April, on the dates scheduled for Il Giro di Sicilia, four stages will take place, starting in Vasto and ending in L'Aquila.

www.giroditalia.it

• Tuesday 9 April – Stage 1: Vasto-Pescara, 161 km
• Wednesday 10 April – Stage 2: Alanno-Magliano de’ Marsi, 161 km
• Thursday 11 April – Stage 3: Pratola Peligna-Prati di Tivo, 163 km
• Friday 12 April – Stage 4: Montorio al Vomano-L’Aquila, 169 km

 

[Rob5091]

I'm guessing that all the Cav and Jasper Philipsen fans will be rushing out to buy Kylie Jenner's (her of "The Kardashians" fame) latest contribution to civilization "Sprinter" - vodka soda in a can!

 

[Netserk]

Rendez-vous en 2025 - La Route d'Occitanie - La Dépêche du Midi

Comme notre média associé et partenaire historique, la Dépêche du Midi, l’a annoncé dans son édition du mercredi 6 mars 2024, la 48e Route d'Occitanie - La Dépêche du Midi ne se tiendra pas cette année.

www.laroutedoccitanie.fr

Route d’Occitanie cancelled for 2024.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Rendez-vous en 2025 - La Route d'Occitanie - La Dépêche du Midi

Comme notre média associé et partenaire historique, la Dépêche du Midi, l’a annoncé dans son édition du mercredi 6 mars 2024, la 48e Route d'Occitanie - La Dépêche du Midi ne se tiendra pas cette année.

www.laroutedoccitanie.fr

Route d’Occitanie cancelled for 2024.

Usually mid-June, a lower key TdF warm-up. Blame being put on the Olympics: not a direct clash, but I guess lots of agencies have cancelled all leave during the event, so maybe extra staff taking this time instead, or involved in pre-games operational exercises.

Or maybe they have simply run out of people called C Rodriguez to come second to Woods.

 

[Rob5091]

Rendez-vous en 2025 - La Route d'Occitanie - La Dépêche du Midi

Comme notre média associé et partenaire historique, la Dépêche du Midi, l’a annoncé dans son édition du mercredi 6 mars 2024, la 48e Route d'Occitanie - La Dépêche du Midi ne se tiendra pas cette année.

www.laroutedoccitanie.fr

Route d’Occitanie cancelled for 2024.

The Olympics have messed up this year (together with the farmers). Good news is,
"We look forward to seeing you from 19 to 22 June 2025, for the 48th edition of the Route d'Occitanie."

 

[DNP-Old]

Roubaix isn't just wet, it's drowning. I've seen enough, April 7th we'll get a nice sunny afternoon with an average temperature of 20 degrees celsius.

 

[RedheadDane]

Roubaix isn't just wet, it's drowning. I've seen enough, April 7th we'll get a nice sunny afternoon with an average temperature of 20 degrees celsius.

What about April 6th?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What about April 6th?

Probably a blizzard and minus 20 degrees.

 

[Unchained]

I'm guessing that all the Cav and Jasper Philipsen fans will be rushing out to buy Kylie Jenner's (her of "The Kardashians" fame) latest contribution to civilization "Sprinter" - vodka soda in a can!

Still laughing. And the star power of tequila is also comical. You can get bottom shelf tequila for a 750ml for $6-7 usd..and they don't try and play games with the bottle, no fancy label or box, standard top. Then celebrities, who only go to Los Cabos( Cabo San Lucas) all act like they are in touch and introduce a tequila brand that is same or similar product to bottom end rot gut but use Gucci packaging, super beautiful bottles and labels, cool top made of wood or stone, crystal glass shape to look expensive. Scam alert!!
And these soda drinks are the same, all about distribution and catchy art work on the can!! And once you are of a certain age, you know what you like to drink, a variety pack usually means you get a can of what you want and 3 undesirable cans of weak vodka mix that smells and tastes like an annoying urinal cake!! These celebrities can sell anything!!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The route for this year's Vuelta Feminas has been presented today. I'm personally not a major fan of the TTT, having Oronet in a yet another race, the fact that there's three uphill finishes and no stages that ends in a descent, and the lack of an ITT.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1766060414293483804

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1766060414293483804


Key climbs

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 8

The race will end with the classic Morcuera/Cotos combo, but instead of continuing on to Navacerrada, they'll turn left and finish at the Valdesquí ski resort.

 

[Netserk]

At least the final stage is the right one for that.

 

[awavey]

not sure if people are interested but the administrators handling Sweetspot have posted the statement of affairs at Companies House, showing which companies Sweetspot owed money to and how much in total, which was roughly 2.6million at the time of collapse.

It also shows that 813k had been loaned from the business to the directors of Sweetspot, which the administrators confirmed to Cycling Weekly theyre expecting to get back to pay off some of the creditors debts.

 

[Rob5091]

Don't know if this has already been posted but here's your Tour of Flanders 2024 parcours (Wout's first big goal of the year) - 270 km of Classic racing
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/profile-route-tour-of-flanders-2024

 

[Rob5091]

Still laughing. And the star power of tequila is also comical. You can get bottom shelf tequila for a 750ml for $6-7 usd..and they don't try and play games with the bottle, no fancy label or box, standard top. Then celebrities, who only go to Los Cabos( Cabo San Lucas) all act like they are in touch and introduce a tequila brand that is same or similar product to bottom end rot gut but use Gucci packaging, super beautiful bottles and labels, cool top made of wood or stone, crystal glass shape to look expensive. Scam alert!!
And these soda drinks are the same, all about distribution and catchy art work on the can!! And once you are of a certain age, you know what you like to drink, a variety pack usually means you get a can of what you want and 3 undesirable cans of weak vodka mix that smells and tastes like an annoying urinal cake!! These celebrities can sell anything!!

What I thought was the peak of bs, was, "growing consumer demand for quality canned cocktails." Cocktails in a can ... jeez. Reminds me too of "alcopops" which was basically getting 14 year olds hooked on alcohol.

 

[awavey]

What I thought was the peak of bs, was, "growing consumer demand for quality canned cocktails." Cocktails in a can ... jeez. Reminds me too of "alcopops" which was basically getting 14 year olds hooked on alcohol.

I liked alcopops back in the day, I miss my Smirnoff mules, bit of fizz, fun & alcohol was a great combo, lets face it artisinal gin in goldfish bowl glasses is just the modern day replacement.

in anycase if its alcohol cycling crossovers you want this is the UK brewery to look out for

Fixed Wheel Brewery on Instagram: "Have you figured them out yet? Today is the last day to comment your guesses and the two people to get them right will get 4 cans of their choice🚴😎 - - #lovetoridelovetobrew #beer #craftbeer #brewingbeer #realale #b

7 likes, 1 comments - fixedwheelbrewery on January 16, 2024: "Have you figured them out yet? Today is the last day to comment your guesses and the two people t..."

www.instagram.com

 

[Unchained]

What I thought was the peak of bs, was, "growing consumer demand for quality canned cocktails." Cocktails in a can ... jeez. Reminds me too of "alcopops" which was basically getting 14 year olds hooked on alcohol.

Steve Martin in the film The Jerk, is sitting in a trailer eating out a Styrofoam, cup of noodles looking container, he says to his circus performer girlfriend " this pizza in a cup is the best!! It's way better than the other guys pizza in a cup "
Don't know how many people I would have to ask until I found someone aware of cocktails in a can, let alone them being in demand!!

 

[search]

Milano Torino Rho Salassa 2024 route

https://www.milanotorino.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/G8Vupf5f5BrqOfdx7oF8_270224-092357.jpg

20 km too much to be Gran Piemonte. Wrong race they destroyed.

not great, but better than last year at least. Here's a profile of the final 30k:

Milano Torino 2024 / Finish

Milano Torino 2024 / Finish - 33.3 km, +524 m. Bike ride in Comune di Rivara, Piemonte

ridewithgps.com

1st climb is Sacro Monte di Belmonte, up to Pemonte:

Sacro Monte di Belmonte via Tetti - Profile of the ascent

Sacro Monte di Belmonte via Tetti is a climb in the region Turin. It is 4.4km long and bridges 324 vertical meters with an average gradient of 7.4%, resulting i

climbfinder.com

 

[tobydawq]

not great, but better than last year at least. Here's a profile of the final 30k:

Milano Torino 2024 / Finish

Milano Torino 2024 / Finish - 33.3 km, +524 m. Bike ride in Comune di Rivara, Piemonte

ridewithgps.com

1st climb is Sacro Monte di Belmonte, up to Pemonte:

Sacro Monte di Belmonte via Tetti - Profile of the ascent

Sacro Monte di Belmonte via Tetti is a climb in the region Turin. It is 4.4km long and bridges 324 vertical meters with an average gradient of 7.4%, resulting i

climbfinder.com

Cavendish is in for a surprise.