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]

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