General News Thread

[yaco]

Van der Poel to start in the European Championships some time in September. With his schedule, we'll see the jersey about as much as we did with Sagan as EC.

To lead out Kooij.

 

[JR1012]

No Wiebes for the Worlds:
https://www.knwu.nl/nieuws/sterke-n...ite-vrouwen-en-junioren-naar-wk-weg-in-zurich
Selectie Elite vrouwen

Demi Vollering
Puck Pieterse
Marianne Vos
Riejanne Markus
Pauliena Rooijakkers
Shirin van Anrooij
Mischa Bredewold

Tijdrit

Demi Vollering
Ellen van Dijk / Riejanne Markus*

Is the course that hard that Wiebes would have no chance to win?
https://www.procyclingstats.com/ima...ionship-we-2024-result-profile-9933ef7f6c.jpg

 

[Samu Cuenca]

No Wiebes for the Worlds:
https://www.knwu.nl/nieuws/sterke-n...ite-vrouwen-en-junioren-naar-wk-weg-in-zurich
Selectie Elite vrouwen

Demi Vollering
Puck Pieterse
Marianne Vos
Riejanne Markus
Pauliena Rooijakkers
Shirin van Anrooij
Mischa Bredewold

Tijdrit

Demi Vollering
Ellen van Dijk / Riejanne Markus*

Is the course that hard that Wiebes would have no chance to win?
https://www.procyclingstats.com/ima...ionship-we-2024-result-profile-9933ef7f6c.jpg

It should be too hard for Wiebes, yes. They will presumably ride for at the EC in Belgium, which suits her a lot better.

 

[search]

The men's ITT of the Zürich World Championships is now confirmed to start on the Rennbahn Oerlikon

Endlich Klarheit über den Zeitfahr-Start der Rad-WM

Öffentlich nicht bekannt war bisher, wo genau der Start des Männerzeitfahrens der Rad-WM ist. Jetzt ist klar, dass der Start im Oval der Offenen Rennbahn in Oerlikon stattfindet.

zuerich24.ch

 

[Libertine Seguros]

No Wiebes for the Worlds:
https://www.knwu.nl/nieuws/sterke-n...ite-vrouwen-en-junioren-naar-wk-weg-in-zurich
Selectie Elite vrouwen

Demi Vollering
Puck Pieterse
Marianne Vos
Riejanne Markus
Pauliena Rooijakkers
Shirin van Anrooij
Mischa Bredewold

Tijdrit

Demi Vollering
Ellen van Dijk / Riejanne Markus*

Is the course that hard that Wiebes would have no chance to win?
https://www.procyclingstats.com/ima...ionship-we-2024-result-profile-9933ef7f6c.jpg

There's probably a reason Bredewold is the only (other) SD Worx rider on the team if they're backing Vollering.

 

[Brullnux]

Simone Roganti has sadly passed away from a cardiac arrest at his parents' home, aged 21. Was riding for MG Kvis - Colours for Peace this season in the u23 ranks.

 

[JR1012]

There's probably a reason Bredewold is the only (other) SD Worx rider on the team if they're backing Vollering.

Well apart from Wiebes there are no other riders from SD Worx who would have made the team anyways.

 

[Rob5091]

Simone Roganti has sadly passed away from a cardiac arrest at his parents' home, aged 21. Was riding for MG Kvis - Colours for Peace this season in the u23 ranks.

CN reported that an autopsy was to be done. For his famliy and friends sake, I hope they don't find anything "unusual".

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

No Civiglio in Il Lombardia

Giro di Lombardia senza Civiglio, il sindaco: «Da lì non si passa»

Nessuna deroga in vita della gara in programma il 12 ottobre

www.laprovinciadicomo.it

But no evidence that the routes currently shown in Tweets are anything other than "Well I guess this is an option in that case"

Edit: I see now that the newspaper article is three weeks old, so old news, but some Twitter activity over a La Flamme Rouge prediction last night:

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The finale RCS should be doing with Civiglio unavailable (ignore the start in Milan, this was for a race design challenge):

Map

 

[tobydawq]

The finale RCS should be doing with Civiglio unavailable (ignore the start in Milan, this was for a race design challenge):

Map

How is that better than the one in Armchair's tweet?

No climbing after Ghisallo seems too little for this race.

 

[Brullnux]

How is that better than the one in Armchair's tweet?

No climbing after Ghisallo seems too little for this race.

Yeah that race would just be a Pogacar 40km solo, but it is a shame not to have the Muro in the race and a triple ascent of San Fermo di Battaglia is quite boring.

Honestly, best option might be same route as normal but with no Civiglio. San Fermo isn't hard enough to wait for, but is hard enough for a final move, so there might still be action from Sormano and definitely from the Madonna del Ghisallo.

Sad news about Civiglio, but at least it's not a organiser choice and will be back once the road is clear.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

How is that better than the one in Armchair's tweet?

No climbing after Ghisallo seems too little for this race.

1) it means it's firmly a climber's race rather than being closer to an Ardennes one, as Lombardia should be
2) it makes the finale about four times as long
3) there are actually some decent kickers after Ghisallo - that first hill is 850 metres at 9%
4) with a start in Bergamo, you can include more climbing before Ghisallo/Sormano/Ghisallo than in the profile

Of course, Pogacar is heavily favoured on any possible Lombardia route, but that doesn't mean you should go for 2014 levels of lame route.

 

[tobydawq]

1) it means it's firmly a climber's race rather than being closer to an Ardennes one, as Lombardia should be
2) it makes the finale about four times as long
3) there are actually some decent kickers after Ghisallo - that first hill is 850 metres at 9%
4) with a start in Bergamo, you can include more climbing before Ghisallo/Sormano/Ghisallo than in the profile

Of course, Pogacar is heavily favoured on any possible Lombardia route, but that doesn't mean you should go for 2014 levels of lame route.

You're right, sometimes my brain still lives in the early 2010s where such a route was much more likely to be a disaster than these days.

I still don't love it, though, because, yes, the finale would be long but if it's just an 80k Pog solo, then long does not equal exciting.

 

[E_F_]

Oh no! A race that's awful every year is going to be awful this year!? Anyway...

 

[RedheadDane]

Oh no! A race that's awful every year is going to be awful this year!? Anyway...

Since when has Il Lombardia been awful every year?
Sure, it's pretty much been "Il Pogacar" for the last several years, but that can be said about other races...

 

[E_F_]

Since when has Il Lombardia been awful every year?
Sure, it's pretty much been "Il Pogacar" for the last several years, but that can be said about other races...

Since they dropped Muro di Sormano...!?

 

[RedheadDane]

Since they dropped Muro di Sormano...!?

And that happened when?
Sorry, I don't go around remembering every route detail about every race...

 

[E_F_]

And that happened when?
Sorry, I don't go around remembering every route detail about every race...

After Remco's horror-crash in 2020, when Birdsong won. So three super lame editions.

 

[Netserk]

No Civiglio in Il Lombardia

Giro di Lombardia senza Civiglio, il sindaco: «Da lì non si passa»

Nessuna deroga in vita della gara in programma il 12 ottobre

www.laprovinciadicomo.it

When I first read that a couple of weeks ago, my expectation was a re-run of the 2022 route, but with the first half of the Civiglio descent climbed and then continued to Tavernerio and then with the main road back to the 2022 route as substitute for Civiglio.

Il Lombardia, Como finale without Civiglio

75.0 km, +1467 m. Bike ride in Comune di Oliveto Lario, Lombardia

ridewithgps.com

 

[tobydawq]

After Remco's horror-crash in 2020, when Birdsong won. So three super lame editions.

Not really, no.

 

[RJH]

Rutger Wouters

Rutger Wouters (born 1991-08-10 in Heusden-Zolder) is a professional road racing cyclist from Belgium, currently riding for Team Thielemans - De Hauwere. His best results are winning GC Tour of Routhe Salvation and 2 stage wins in Grand Prix Chantal Biya.

www.procyclingstats.com

Great 2024…

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Rutger Wouters

Rutger Wouters (born 1991-08-10 in Heusden-Zolder) is a professional road racing cyclist from Belgium, currently riding for Team Thielemans - De Hauwere. His best results are winning GC Tour of Routhe Salvation and 2 stage wins in Grand Prix Chantal Biya.

www.procyclingstats.com

Great 2024…

Yes, he's the king of kermesses. He's won a billion of them.

 

[Sciatic]

How is that better than the one in Armchair's tweet?

No climbing after Ghisallo seems too little for this race.

I think the one in Armchair’s comment would be bad news for the race—because even if the plan for this year is meant to be temporary, organizers will realize that money to be made from VIP tents along the finishing circuit will want to keep that as part of the race, as they did at RvV. Really prefer that monuments stay away from repetitive finishing circuits. It’s okay at world’s because the course is different every year.

 

[Unchained]

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