General News Thread

[Brullnux]

Probably inevitable, given it's a four day stage race. Less inevitable is how boring the route looks

 

[Netserk]

The parcours of the Deutschland Tour was announced today, and they'll barely make it out of Baden Württemberg.

Stage profiles:

The revived Deutschland Tour is contender for saddest race on the calendar.

 

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Probably inevitable, given it's a four day stage race. Less inevitable is how boring the route looks

yeah, last year they had longer transfers than stages, which wasn't ideal either of course. But this way, it has nothing to do with a "Deutschland Tour", and on top of it, the parcours looks bad as well.

 

[awavey]

The revived Deutschland Tour is contender for saddest race on the calendar.

British Cycling say hold that stein

 

[tobydawq]

Schweinfurt, what an epic name for a city, though.

 

[Brullnux]

British Cycling say hold that stein

At what point was it that the Tour of Britain decided to become shite? I remember a few years where it was genuinely enjoyable, with some fun Lake District and South Downs stages.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Terrible route once again. But you have to take what you can get. ASO demands way too much money from the cities to create a sustainable race.

First climb on stage 3 is Ochsenwang (3.7k @ 9,3%), followed by Bad Urach and then Traifelberg (2.2k @ 8%). And then 120k...

And on stage 4 it's the same. Kalmit (7k @ 5,5%) after 25k and then Iggelbacher Stich (5k @ 6,2%). And then nothing for 120k...

And on top, they didn't even put bonus sprints near these climbs.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Schweinfurt, what an epic name for a city, though.

Twinned with Swindon, perhaps.

 

[DNP-Old]

Oi. The first wet Ronde since 1852?

 

[Samamba]

LOTS of wind again on Wednesday here in Belgium. But a lot of headwind in the first part of the race so peloton will probably just get together after every section of crosswinds.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Saw a sale on retro jerseys for those looking to expand their collection.

TOP 20 JERSEYS

These items are the best selling items, but stock is running out.

www.hillsandmountains.com

 

[Tim Cahill]

Kicking off a little bit

Wout Poels files complaint after being hit by García Cortina at Volta a Catalunya, details spat with Nairo Quintana: "I jokingly added whether he was on Tramadol again"

Wout Poels rode to 11th at the Volta a Catalunya and

cyclinguptodate.com

Don't think Geriant Thomas sounds too happy about it either, pretty funny stuff

https://twitter.com/x/status/1772598923091153028

 

[Netserk]

Kicking off a little bit

Wout Poels files complaint after being hit by García Cortina at Volta a Catalunya, details spat with Nairo Quintana: "I jokingly added whether he was on Tramadol again"

Wout Poels rode to 11th at the Volta a Catalunya and

cyclinguptodate.com

Don't think Geriant Thomas sounds too happy about it either, pretty funny stuff

https://twitter.com/x/status/1772598923091153028

The sad figure in that story was Poels. Of course will Quintana defend his position behind his teammate.

 

[Red Rick]

The sad figure in that story was Poels. Of course will Quintana defend his position behind his teammate.

Classic Netserk moment

 

[Netserk]

Classic Netserk moment

Staying on brand since 2011. I'm like Quintana: if Poels wants to throw comments, he'll get some in return.

 

[tobydawq]

The sad figure in that story was Poels. Of course will Quintana defend his position behind his teammate.

Quintana is an aggressive ****, so I'm going to say no.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Kicking off a little bit

Wout Poels files complaint after being hit by García Cortina at Volta a Catalunya, details spat with Nairo Quintana: "I jokingly added whether he was on Tramadol again"

Wout Poels rode to 11th at the Volta a Catalunya and

cyclinguptodate.com

Don't think Geriant Thomas sounds too happy about it either, pretty funny stuff

https://twitter.com/x/status/1772598923091153028

This is very interesting to me

 

[DNP-Old]

Oi. The first wet Ronde since 1852?

Please...

 

[RedheadDane]

Oi. The first wet Ronde since 1852?

I think you might mean 1952.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I think you might mean 1952.

well, at the earliest 1985…

 

[Tim Cahill]

I'm hoping we get to see some footage of the incident at some point, we never got to see the fabled punch of Purito on Philip Deignan in the Veulta, which sounds good also.

 

[awavey]

I think you might mean 1952.

well the clocks do go forward an hour this weekend

 

[RedheadDane]

well, at the earliest 1985…

Huh?
Earliest what? Not edition of the race; that was 1913.

 

[tobydawq]

Huh?
Earliest what? Not edition of the race; that was 1913.

Earliest possible time of latest rainy edition...

I'm quite sure it has rained since 1985, though.

 

[RedheadDane]

Earliest possible time of latest rainy edition...

I'm quite sure it has rained since 1985, though.

That's what I couldn't quite wrap my head around. How was 1985 - supposedly - the earliest possible year for the most recent rainy Ronde?
Did she mean that 1985 was the earliest possible edition for a rainy Ronde because it was definitely rainy in 1985?
Who goes around remembering if it rained on a specific Sunday almost 40 years ago?