General News Thread

[QueenStagiaire]

"The outbreak of swine fever puts the passage of the second stage of the Tour de France through Collserola, the mountain cycling route near Barcelona, at risk."

La peste porcina pone en riesgo el paso del Tour por Collserola

La Generalitat se decanta por un cambio de recorrido en la parte final de la segunda etapa de la prueba aunque se está a la espera del informe definitivo de los técnicos de Agricultura e Interior.

www.elperiodico.com

Will it really be back-to-back years where the route is affected by animal diseases? Does it happen at any other race?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

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Will it really be back-to-back years where the route is affected by animal diseases? Does it happen at any other race?

What animal disease affected it last year

 

[Red Rick]

Look, zoological outbreaks affecting sports events is just ciclismo baby

 

[QueenStagiaire]

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What animal disease affected it last year

Cow contagion forces Tour de France organisers to re-route stage 19, shortening to 95km

Two early climbs cut from key stage to La Plagne

www.cyclingnews.com

This allowed Roglič to ride full Gas from km 0 for the cameras though so it was good.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

In honour of the 10 year anniversary of Alexander foliforov's stage win in the giro d'italia,, cyclists can enter into a 10.8km uphill ITT in Cyprus on 23 May 2026.

Entry is free, and you will have the chance to race against foliforov himself (his cycling training business is based in Cyprus)

There will also be an after party in the evening.

Details of the even can be found below:

Foliforov Day: Ride with Alexander Foliforov

inex.club

 

[Samu Cuenca]

In honour of the 10 year anniversary of Alexander foliforov's stage win in the giro d'italia,, cyclists can enter into a 10.8km uphill ITT in Cyprus on 23 May 2026.

Entry is free, and you will have the chance to race against foliforov himself (his cycling training business is based in Cyprus)

There will also be an after party in the evening.

Details of the even can be found below:

Foliforov Day: Ride with Alexander Foliforov

inex.club

Kruijswijk should enter it.

 

[search]

The chief of the German Grand Depart initiative was interviewed during the Eschborn-Frankfurt coverage today, and sounded hopeful that it will work out for 2029. Contrary to the initial plans of racing through the eastern German countryside only in 2030, the route would now include a prologue in Berlin before.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Eddy Merckx's monument in Sint-Pieters-Woluwe (Brussels) has been vandalized. The lack of respect!

 

[pastronef]

VAN SCHIP got another DSQ? this time at the Tour of Hellas https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-of-hellas/2026/stage-2

 

[yaco]

Apparently there will be changes to the TDU for 2027. It's likely the men will go from 6 days to 5 and the women will increase from 3 days to 5. And its likely they will ride the same stages.

 

[Rob5091]

Good grief! Glad some adults took Vegni aside and said, you're nuts!
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...e-grand-tour-came-to-japanese-grande-partenza
(original at https://www.tuttobiciweb.it/article...-giro-italia-2026-ciclismo-rcs-sport-pensione )

Vegni admitted that the Giro almost came to the land of the rising sun: "You won't believe it, but in 2020 we came very close to having a Grand Departure in Japan, in Tokyo,

 

[Netserk]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2056357688984871060

View: https://x.com/LeTour/status/2056357688984871060

 

[Rob5091]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2056357688984871060

View: https://x.com/LeTour/status/2056357688984871060

Sprint party!!

 

[gavia88]

Sprint party!!

I don't think so.

It will probably something like:

1. Reims - Epernay as a TT or road stage (could be hilly between the wineyards)
2. Reims - Charleville, hilly stage in the Ardennes Francais
3. Verdun - Metz, yes this is a sprint
4. Thionville - to something outside the region

 

[Netserk]

four stages of champagne before the fifth heads to luxembourg ?

https://twitter.com/x/status/2056382061120766193

View: https://x.com/LeGruppetto/status/2056382061120766193

 

[Devil's Elbow]

four stages of champagne before the fifth heads to luxembourg ?

https://twitter.com/x/status/2056382061120766193

View: https://x.com/LeGruppetto/status/2056382061120766193

All set up perfectly for yet another edition with Super Planche des Belles Filles as the only mountain stage in week 1.

 

[Netserk]

All set up perfectly for yet another edition with Super Planche des Belles Filles as the only mountain stage in week 1.

i cross my fingers for a visit to germany and a finish in freiburg after kandel

 

[Red Rick]

All set up perfectly for yet another edition with Super Planche des Belles Filles as the only mountain stage in week 1.

Guess what location nukemap has as default when I open it

 

[Valv.Piti]

Great memories from stages in that area. Good! Not too long for a car ride from Denmark either to watch 4-5 stages

 

[hayneplane]

Epernay was the Alaphillipe raid in 2019 wasn’t it? Feels like a bygone era now.

Presumably this will set the scene for a route where they do the Alos first and Pyrenees as the big mountain climax of the race which has been rare in recent years compared to when it tended to alternate yearly.

 

[gavia88]

four stages of champagne before the fifth heads to luxembourg ?

https://twitter.com/x/status/2056382061120766193

View: https://x.com/LeGruppetto/status/2056382061120766193

Well, they can really make difficult and tricky stages in Luxemburg. Especially the area around Vianden has nasty hills. If they stay in the area of the capital it's less difficult in general, but still enough to create an interesting not sprinter stage.

 

[Netserk]

Well, they can really make difficult and tricky stages in Luxemburg. Especially the area around Vianden has nasty hills. If they stay in the area of the capital it's less difficult in general, but still enough to create an interesting not sprinter stage.

the proposed grand depart in luxembourg had a prologue and a sprint stage to esch sur alzette i think , so it would be a welcome surprise with something better than that

 

[RedheadDane]

four stages of champagne before the fifth heads to luxembourg ?

If I didn't know - or was able to figure - that you're talking about the region, it could imply some rather... interesting stages.
"Everyone drink a glass before start!"

 

[Rou]

LaVuelta apunta a Cerdeña para su salida de 2028 con una oferta de 7,5 millones

Según la Gazzetta dello Sport , la isla italiana quiere albergar la Grande Partenza de la ronda española y ya negocia una propuesta millonaria para atraer a la carrera

www.marca.com

Are there any good stages that can be planned in Sardinia? Have there been good stages there in the past?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

LaVuelta apunta a Cerdeña para su salida de 2028 con una oferta de 7,5 millones

Según la Gazzetta dello Sport , la isla italiana quiere albergar la Grande Partenza de la ronda española y ya negocia una propuesta millonaria para atraer a la carrera

www.marca.com

Are there any good stages that can be planned in Sardinia? Have there been good stages there in the past?

You have some decent stuff there, but it's far inferior to Corsica. Considering the poor routes of recent races on the island (Giro 2017 Grande Partenza, Giro Rosa visits, this year's re-established Giro di Sardegna) and the horrible Gran Salida in Piemonte last year, I wouldn't hold my breath.