General News Thread

[Samu Cuenca]

Okay, I didn't read that post because it didn't change the fact that I - due to whistful thinking - thought that the new rule meant teams would be allowed to skip more races, not fewer.
And I certainly didn't expect a rule so *** stupid that it doesn't even allow teams to collectively declare a race not worthy for WT status by a majority deciding to skip a race.

But I guess UCI really wants to make sure a majority of teams ride their pet projects...

The UCI decide which races get WT status, and the only way they will revoke their decisions seem to be if the organisers either don't put the races on TV somewhere or, which is probably the most important to the UCI, fail to pay for their licences.

 

[RedheadDane]

The UCI decide which races get WT status, and the only way they will revoke their decisions seem to be if the organisers either don't put the races on TV somewhere or, which is probably the most important to the UCI, fail to pay for their licences.

Turkey lost WT status because not enough WT teams participated.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Turkey lost WT status because not enough WT teams participated.

But the new rules have clearly been implemented to serve organisers rather than the teams, and I can understand that. Now they no longer run the risk of having to "bribe" teams to get them to come to their races.

 

[RedheadDane]

But the new rules have clearly been implemented to serve organisers rather than the teams, and I can understand that. Now they no longer run the risk of having to "bribe" teams to get them to come to their races.

Or maybe if a race organisers need to "bribe" teams, the race doesn't deserve WT status.

And not like the TV requirement rules help much, if only requires TV coverage in - what? - three countries.
At least tell me that has been expanded...

 

[Netserk]

But the new rules have clearly been implemented to serve organisers rather than the teams, and I can understand that. Now they no longer run the risk of having to "bribe" teams to get them to come to their races.

I think of it as serving the UCI by empowering the WT further.

A great shame the pirate league never came to be back under McQuaid.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

The UCI decide which races get WT status, and the only way they will revoke their decisions seem to be if the organisers either don't put the races on TV somewhere or, which is probably the most important to the UCI, fail to pay for their licences.

Doesn't seem to have hurt Tour of Poland

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Doesn't seem to have hurt Tour of Poland

I added the "somewhere" for that exact reason.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Freire is missing, he left without any of his things and his car was found later apparently, I can't read the article as it won't translate;

Edit: car not found despite previous reports

Denuncian la desaparición del tricampeón mundial de ciclismo, el cántabro Óscar Freire | El Diario Montañés

La Guardia Civil investiga desde esta mañana su paradero

www.eldiariomontanes.es

 

[kingjr]

Freire is missing, he left without any of his things and his car was found later apparently, I can't read the article as it won't translate;

Denuncian la desaparición del tricampeón mundial de ciclismo, el cántabro Óscar Freire | El Diario Montañés

La Guardia Civil investiga desde esta mañana su paradero

www.eldiariomontanes.es

It doesn't say anything about his car, I believe, just that he's missing.

 

[Tim Cahill]

It doesn't say anything about his car, I believe, just that he's missing.

Got the bit about the car from LFR on twitter but good if it's not true obviously

https://twitter.com/x/status/1887162747051229199

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Almost every plausible explanation for this is worse than the last...

 

[Ilmaestro99]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1887172347117060265

View: https://x.com/friebos/status/1887172347117060265?t=Z3uxCZzhZQ2wXIvVfJbq_w&s=19

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Reports that he is found and seems to be ok

https://twitter.com/x/status/1887174066164908318

View: https://x.com/friebos/status/1887174066164908318?t=sddd3M4fI3Y61u2XHmEErA&s=19

 

[Tim Cahill]

He's been found apparently? Thank god mountain out of a molehill perhaps

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Óscar Freire abandonó de forma voluntaria su domicilio y se encuentra bien | El Diario Montañés

El tricampeón mundial dejó su casa el pasado lunes y su mujer denunció a la Guardia Civil su desaparición

www.eldiariomontanes.es

'Oscar friere voluntarily left his home and is fine'

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Let's hope he is indeed fine. But what about the vehicle? Is that still missing?

I don't know which car he drives, but I know that he helped convince Pedro Horrillo to buy an old VW Beetle in the late 90's, which Horrillo still owns.

 

[Netserk]

I would've been worried if it wasn't Oscarito, but it is SOP for him to get lost.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Dutch national championships in jeopardy because we’re hosting a NATO conference that requires 30,000 policemen - which, by the way, is already a field is fairly lacking in personnel. This is such a stupid country. Would rather invest all resources into hosting things than actual development.

 

[ciranda]

Let's hope he is indeed fine. But what about the vehicle? Is that still missing?

I don't know which car he drives, but I know that he helped convince Pedro Horrillo to buy an old VW Beetle in the late 90's, which Horrillo still owns.

before his first pro season he was a famous champion of racing with model remote controlled cars

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

before his first pro season he was a famous champion of racing with model remote controlled cars

Can you get to be famous for that?

 

[RedheadDane]

Can you get to be famous for that?

Maybe famous in Torrelavega...

 

[Potomac]

before his first pro season he was a famous champion of racing with model remote controlled cars

Let's all make our list, just off the tops of our heads, of who we think are the most famous remote control car racers.

 

[RedheadDane]

Let's all make our list, just off the tops of our heads, of who we think are the most famous remote control car racers.

1. Oscar Freire



Can't think of others...

 

[Unchained]

Got the bit about the car from LFR on twitter but good if it's not true obviously

https://twitter.com/x/status/1887162747051229199

Where was Valverde during all this? He is always suspect in any cycling crime mystery

 

[Tim Cahill]

Where was Valverde during all this? He is always suspect in any cycling crime mystery

Sat just behind the 2nd search party group looking for Freire, doing nothing and shrugging his shoulders when they looked behind and asked him to do some searching. Police inspector was quoted as saying 'we would've found Oscar hours before we did if not for Bala's efforts.'