General News Thread

[Netserk]

Dude, that's morbid.

Lucky enough, she wasn't hurt badly. AFAIK she didn't break anything.

 

[will10]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8zfzfzexP0

Posting a video like that without a warning is not on IMO. Let alone a fricking moderator.

 

[Netserk]

Posting a video like that without a warning is not on IMO. Let alone a fricking moderator.

Sorry. I changed it, so it says 'Youtube clip of car crashing TTT'

 

[Pentacycle]

The Arctic Race of Norway:

'From August 8th to August 11th, 2013, the magnificent landscapes of Northern Norway will host the first edition of an out-of-the- ordinary stage race: the Arctic Race of Norway. A few weeks after the end of the Tour de France, the international peloton will be given the unique opportunity to enter the Arctic circle and compete at the heart of the fjords on the Norwegian coastline.'

 

[Gloin22]

http://ilovecycling.net/videos/fabian-cancellara-talks-about-milan-san-remo-2013/

Cancellara talking about MSR. Saying Nibali has 1 card to play on the descent, meanwhile has about 4 or 5

 

[Carols]

http://ilovecycling.net/videos/fabian-cancellara-talks-about-milan-san-remo-2013/

Cancellara talking about MSR. Saying Nibali has 1 card to play on the descent, meanwhile has about 4 or 5

Well he is right about Nibs But Sagan and others will have plenty of moves of their own!

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

No MSR for Bouhanni.

http://www.cyclismactu.net/news-infirmerie-nacer-bouhanni-renonce-a-milan-san-remo-31057.html

 

[Gloin22]

Presentation of Italian races of tour de pologne.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV4fjTbg8Eo

The route is awesome I think, however bit strange for Pologne.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Surely the most exaggerated vertical scale ever.

We are all used to GTs starting some distance from their home nations, but the two most decisive stages of a one week tour taking place 800km away from the host country's borders, and presumably necessitating a rest day in a one week race, is stretching credibility of this as a Polish race.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Cyclingnews article accusing Sky of doping

Alberto Contador may not win Tirreno-Adriatico but he revealed that taking on Chris Froome in Italy has given him vital insight on how Team Sky performs in stage races. It is information that could prove vital when he faces Team Sky's calculated and clinical way of racing in July at the Tour de France.

Lol in all seriousness though, wtf is a clinical way of racing supposed to be? (other than those issues which ought to be discussed in 'the clinic')

 

[pastronef]

Cyclingnews article accusing Sky of doping



Lol in all seriousness though, wtf is a clinical way of racing supposed to be? (other than those issues which ought to be discussed in 'the clinic')

maybe they mistyped cLI instead of cY

 

[Panda Claws]

As in scientifical?

 

[Cyivel]

clin·i·cal (kln-kl)
adj.

1. Of, relating to, or connected with a clinic.
2. Involving or based on direct observation of the patient: a clinical diagnosis.
3. Very objective and devoid of emotion; analytical: "He spoke in the clipped, clinical monotones typical of police testimony in court" (Connie Paige).
4. Suggestive of a medical clinic; austere and antiseptic: a clinical style of decor.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

clin·i·cal (kln-kl)
adj.

1. Of, relating to, or connected with a clinic.
2. Involving or based on direct observation of the patient: a clinical diagnosis.
3. Very objective and devoid of emotion; analytical: "He spoke in the clipped, clinical monotones typical of police testimony in court" (Connie Paige).
4. Suggestive of a medical clinic; austere and antiseptic: a clinical style of decor.

Okay, sure, but you know everybody is thinking something else if you type about 'clinical' when it comes to a cycling team.

Btw, this is kinda off-topic, but the habit in English for words to have such loose meanings annoys me. Just like 'chauvinism' has suddenly come to mean 'sexism', and like 'grammar' has come to mean 'correct spelling', or when people use 'literally' as a random indicator of emphasis. Generally I like English, but it has too many words, and anglophones keep on using their own words in silly manners.

 

[JimmyFingers]

Okay, sure, but you know everybody is thinking something else if you type about 'clinical' when it comes to a cycling team.

Btw, this is kinda off-topic, but the habit in English for words to have such loose meanings annoys me. Just like 'chauvinism' has suddenly come to mean 'sexism', and like 'grammar' has come to mean 'correct spelling', or when people use 'literally' as a random indicator of emphasis. Generally I like English, but it has too many words, and anglophones keep on using their own words in silly manners.

When you do something in a clinical manner the inference is you have been very precise, clean and efficient, like you expect in a clinic. Its meaning reflects its origin.

 

[del1962]

In football you will often hear a commentator say that was a clinical finish.

 

[The Sheep]

It's also used in dutch with the same meaning.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

It's also used in dutch with the same meaning.

Ehhh really?

ah well, guess it's just my bad then.

 

[El Pistolero]

It's also used in dutch with the same meaning.

Lol, never heard of such a word in Dutch...

 

[thirteen]

Jalabert hit whilst out training: http://midi-pyrenees.france3.fr/201...ime-d-un-grave-accident-montauban-214061.html

in english: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/1...Cycling+News+&+Race+Results+|+VeloNation.com)

 

[Pentacycle]

Lol, never heard of such a word in Dutch...

'klinische aanpak/werkwijze'

And I thought this was common Dutch. Maybe it's not part of the Flemish way of speaking.

 

[The Sheep]

Lol, never heard of such a word in Dutch...

Klinisch, it's used a lot in football jargon like the english translation.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

'klinische aanpak/werkwijze'

And I thought this was common Dutch. Maybe it's not part of the Flemish way of speaking.

Ehhh, but despite being in Belgium now, I actually spent most of my life (and still spend a significant part of my life) in the Netherlands.

Maybe it's mostly used in football jargon, like The Sheep suggests? That could be, because I don't really watch any football.

If somebody would talk about 'een klinische aanpak', I'd actually think he'd be talking about a literal clinic, I think. Well, actually, I'd probably still understand what he means, because of context, but it doesn't feel like a normal phrase to me.

 

[cineteq]

Jalabert hit whilst out training: http://midi-pyrenees.france3.fr/201...ime-d-un-grave-accident-montauban-214061.html

in english: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/1...Cycling+News+&+Race+Results+|+VeloNation.com)

Injuries not life threatening.

@sergi_lopezegea
Tras las alarmas iniciales, la mejor noticia que llega de Francia "la vida Jalabert no corre peligro" via @biciciclismoweb

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

So apparently Nokerse Koers is cancelled.

Makes sense though, don't know how it is in Nokere, but where I am in Belgium there's >10cm of snow

Spring they call it..... seriously though, it was all wet and snow and cold up untill last week, than last week it was like 15-20 degrees Celcius some days, now it's freezing and >10cm snow again.