General News Thread

[awavey]

according to Sporza, Kopecky is skipping Tour de France Femmes to concentrate on the Olympics, as the Omnium track cycling finishes the day before the race starts. So shes doing the Giro instead.

Lotte Kopecky slaat Tour de France Femmes deze zomer over: "Volledige focus op de Spelen" | sporza

Het hing al een beetje in de lucht, maar nu is het ook officieel. Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-ProTime) zal deze zomer niet te bewonderen zijn in de Tour de France Femmes. De wereldkampioene wil zich volledig focussen op de Olympische Spelen in Parijs.

sporza.be

 

[Nick2413]

Not sure where this is supposed to go but seems a bit shocking that Stages is seizing all operations and laying off all staff per the home page. Even with the bike industry being in a rough spot it seems they’ve been a household name, more affordable than competitors, and are oriented in products that are growing in popularity.

 

[awavey]

Demi Vollering has just signed with Nike

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[pastronef]

so after Cav and Wurf in the current peloton, we'll see her with Nike shoes?

 

[awavey]

so after Cav and Wurf in the current peloton, we'll see her with Nike shoes?

It sounds more than a shoe deal imo, it's whichever team she joins, or maybe even creates from scratch, will be Nike sponsored.

 

[Sciatic]

Demi Vollering has just signed with Nike

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Hopefully it doesn’t mean she’ll have to wear a Nike-designed kit. It’s bad enough they dominate the team apparel market in so many sports but they’ve done a sh*t job on some of their team uniforms this year—their design of US Olympic team unis got more press but it is the MLB (baseball) uniforms that really suck!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Too early to put up a Tour 2026 rumours thread, but still very much worth posting.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1786270339179151852

Perfect opportunity for an early Pyrenees MTF (please no La Molina).

 

[Red Rick]

Too early to put up a Tour 2026 rumours thread, but still very much worth posting.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1786270339179151852

Perfect opportunity for an early Pyrenees MTF (please no La Molina).

Best I can do is Peyragudes.

Wonder if that means they'll do Pyrenees last in 2025.

 

[tobydawq]

Too early to put up a Tour 2026 rumours thread, but still very much worth posting.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1786270339179151852

Perfect opportunity for an early Pyrenees MTF (please no La Molina).

Hopefully, they'll just do a carbon copy of the Pyrenean stages from the last time the race visited Barcelona in 2009 @Libertine Seguros

 

[Red Rick]

Hopefully, they'll just do a carbon copy of the Pyrenean stages from the last time the race visited Barcelona in 2009 @Libertine Seguros

Trigger warning: Red Rick will complain if that happens

 

[ice&fire]

Too early to put up a Tour 2026 rumours thread, but still very much worth posting.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1786270339179151852

Perfect opportunity for an early Pyrenees MTF (please no La Molina).

Hopefully one where Remco doesn't crash after the finish line or loses half an hour; because we've already seen those.

 

[tobydawq]

Trigger warning: Red Rick will complain if that happens

I think even I would too.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1786389797235257508

View: https://twitter.com/LasterketaBurua/status/1786389797235257508

 

[MartinGT]

Just seen this; https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gravel-earth-global-events-2024/the-traka-200/results/

Alistair Brownlee the triathlete finished 21st beating Nico Roche. Superb.

 

[Rob5091]

The first Chinese national in yellow? Macron gives President Xi a yellow jersey up on the Tourmalet during Xi & Mrs Xi's (who I guess succumbed to the terrible bourgeoisie habit of a big shopping spree in Paris) 2 day visit to France.
https://cyclinguptodate.com/other/c...-macron-and-xi-jinping-visit-col-du-tourmalet

Bizarre video of the visit at Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...-trade-concessions-pyrenees-jaunt-2024-05-07/

 

[Netserk]

Libertine missed the cue to nuke Tourmalet.

 

[Rob5091]

Prudhomme worries about riders clothing (if Pogi's shorts story was n't enough) - the Pidcock alternative is maybe a viable option
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...fter-such-a-fall-with-a-completely-torn-shirt

Christian Prudhomme believes that when developing their material, teams are too concerned with making the riders faster instead of thinking about their safety. "It's not possible for a rider to sit on the ground after such a fall with a completely torn shirt and his skin completely shredded?" the Tour de France boss asks rhetorically in RIDE magazine.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Is this Off topic?

Elite cyclist seeking UK asylum told he must move to Bibby Stockholm barge

Mohammad Ganjkhanlou cannot take his bike onboard and says he ‘will not have the chance to rebuild’ his racing career

www.theguardian.com

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Is this Off topic?

Elite cyclist seeking UK asylum told he must move to Bibby Stockholm barge

Mohammad Ganjkhanlou cannot take his bike onboard and says he ‘will not have the chance to rebuild’ his racing career

www.theguardian.com

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[Monte Serra]

Olympic champion Richard Carapaz is not selected for the road race in Paris. Narvaez will take Ecuador's only start spot. Richard is not too pleased about it.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1788612235574567023

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[QueenStagiaire]

Olympic champion Richard Carapaz is not selected for the road race in Paris. Narvaez will take Ecuador's only start spot. Richard is not too pleased about it.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1788612235574567023

View: https://twitter.com/RichardCarapazM/status/1788612235574567023

Well, 90 riders in total, nine-ty, crazy, selecting Carapaz would just be wrong

 

[Sciatic]

Well, 90 riders in total, nine-ty, crazy, selecting Carapaz would just be wrong

I’m disgusted they put such restrictive limits on the number of cyclists per country for the Olympics. They keeping adding more events to swimming and gymnastics so there are entire armies of those athletes. Pah

 

[Nick2413]

I’m disgusted they put such restrictive limits on the number of cyclists per country for the Olympics. They keeping adding more events to swimming and gymnastics so there are entire armies of those athletes. Pah

You’d think there would be a guaranteed spot for the defending champion at least… I’m too lazy to look up the eligibility rules again but is it that all road/track cycling disciplines have a single quota between them all? Shouldn’t Ecuador have multiple spots regardless?

 

[Sciatic]

You’d think there would be a guaranteed spot for the defending champion at least… I’m too lazy to look up the eligibility rules again but is it that all road/track cycling disciplines have a single quota between them all? Shouldn’t Ecuador have multiple spots regardless?

I don’t know either and I think I’ll get too frustrated if I look into it!

 

[Nick2413]

I don’t know either and I think I’ll get too frustrated if I look into it!

Sometimes it’s better to not know.

As much as I loved watching Phelps go all 8 for 8 in Beijing back then, it’s true some sports are too bloated. I guess some would say cycling doesn’t need 90+ riders for a single event though. The Olympics is too much of a production for me to get worked up about these days anyway.