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[TourOfSardinia]

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Looks like Darts is shunning the "podium girl thing"
http://www.bbc.com/sport/darts/42841620
How long can cycling resist?

to be fair to cycling, darts oggled its podium girls and they used show them walking off till recently. For me in cycling they do have a place for sponsors, I'm happy for each race to decide how it wants to do a podium

F1 next
http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/42890261

 

[Nirvana]

Strade Bianche still below 200 kms, it's a shame for a WT race.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Vuelta a San Juan OK
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Didn't know where else to post it, mods feel free to move it to the clinic or somewhere else. Could be fake ofc.

Edit: Account got hacked

 

[May0maniac]

http://www.cicloweb.it/2018/02/05/rischio-tumore-litiglio-locatelli-rottura-ivan-savitskiy-gazprom/

-Ivan Savitskiy got sick after the WC, high fever for a week,
-When he was back home he went to a clinic and they found a kidney tumour
-Stayed at home to make a few test and skipped a few training camps because of that, got a letter form his team that threatened to cut his wage
-After the biopsy they found out that it was a benign tumor, so he went back to Italy to train with the team
-The new DS Locatelli was mad about the fact that he was in poor shape and he allegedly verbally abused him, kicked him out of the training camp and dumped him at the next train station
-The team manager told him that his contract got terminated and that he should just go back home

I've heard a lot of stories about Locatelli abusing young riders, but that's just disgusting.

 

[HBA01]

Re:

http://www.cicloweb.it/2018/02/05/rischio-tumore-litiglio-locatelli-rottura-ivan-savitskiy-gazprom/

-Ivan Savitskiy got sick after the WC, high fever for a week,
-When he was back home he went to a clinic and they found a kidney tumour
-Stayed at home to make a few test and skipped a few training camps because of that, got a letter form his team that threatened to cut his wage
-After the biopsy they found out that it was a benign tumor, so he went back to Italy to train with the team
-The new DS Locatelli was mad about the fact that he was in poor shape and he allegedly verbally abused him, kicked him out of the training camp and dumped him at the next train station
-The team manager told him that his contract got terminated and that he should just go back home

I've heard a lot of stories about Locatelli abusing young riders, but that's just disgusting.

I was gonna hope that another team out there was gonna pick him up, but with all this...... I feel sorry for him

 

[fauniera]

Re: Re:

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New rules for the European Championships from 2019 on:

In order to make races more spectacular and exciting for the general public and press, races will take place on shorter circuits and the number of kilometres will be reduced.

 

[Breh]

Or they could try to not design races like last year? Or they could design them and accept that they're pretty dull.

 

[RedheadDane]

I'm just mad about the fact that it's split up, so Juniors and U23s are in one location, and Elites in another. What the ***'s up with that? One of the cool thing about these sort of championships is that you'll have all those riders who don't normally ride "together" meeting up for a week and spend time together; the national teams becoming big units.
Why would you even split it up? One of the location were mad their bid wasn't selected?

 

[roundabout]

not sure if posted elsewhere, but here's more info on the revived D-Tour

https://www.deutschland-tour.com/de/home.html

From Koblenz to Trier to Merzig to Stuttgart

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re: Re:

http://www.cicloweb.it/2018/02/05/rischio-tumore-litiglio-locatelli-rottura-ivan-savitskiy-gazprom/

-Ivan Savitskiy got sick after the WC, high fever for a week,
-When he was back home he went to a clinic and they found a kidney tumour
-Stayed at home to make a few test and skipped a few training camps because of that, got a letter form his team that threatened to cut his wage
-After the biopsy they found out that it was a benign tumor, so he went back to Italy to train with the team
-The new DS Locatelli was mad about the fact that he was in poor shape and he allegedly verbally abused him, kicked him out of the training camp and dumped him at the next train station
-The team manager told him that his contract got terminated and that he should just go back home

I've heard a lot of stories about Locatelli abusing young riders, but that's just disgusting.

I was gonna hope that another team out there was gonna pick him up, but with all this...... I feel sorry for him

What kind of sociopaths are running that team?

 

[fauniera]

Tour of California 2018

bigger

Looks better than usual.

 

[May0maniac]

Wow, the MTF is really good, the Laguna Seca stage is great, the ITT is long and the South Lake Tahoe stage is also great + high altitude, probably the best Cali route that I can remember.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Classic de l’Ardèche (24/02)

Drôme Classic (25/02)

 

[RedheadDane]

Doesn't seem like this has been mentioned here, but the Driesdage will be a one-day race this year.
Makes sense...

 

[Tim Booth]

Re:

Doesn't seem like this has been mentioned here, but the Driesdage will be a one-day race this year.
Makes sense...

anything Driedaagse West-Vlaanderen can do, De Panne - Koksijde can do better ?

 

[GuyIncognito]

They're still just "copying" the 4 Jours de Dunkerque which hasn't been a 4 day race for years

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

Doesn't seem like this has been mentioned here, but the Driesdage will be a one-day race this year.
Makes sense...

anything Driedaagse West-Vlaanderen can do, De Panne - Koksijde can do better ?

At least Driesdaagse West-Vlaanderen changed the name when it stopped being a three day race!

But here's an idea for an ad for De Panne:

"Driesdaagse De Panne; so quick they'll do it in one day!"

 

[TMP402]

I am *** pissed off that De Panne is cutting length.

 

[Breh]

According to Sporza, Verandas Willems - Charles gets an additional 3rd wildcard for Strade Bianche. Androni and Nippo already in.

Nippo, Aquablue and Direct Energie are invited to le Tour de Suisse.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re:

I am **** pissed off that De Panne is cutting length.

Yeah it was a good race. Oh well, at least its not completely gone.

WVA getting to ride Strade Bianche is super intriguing.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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I am **** pissed off that De Panne is cutting length.

Yeah it was a good race. Oh well, at least its not completely gone.

WVA getting to ride Strade Bianche is super intriguing.

:razz: Hope its super muddy!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Re:

I am **** pissed off that De Panne is cutting length.

Agree, awful decision. Perfect stage race as it was.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

It's finally happening. Giro Under 23 organizers have asked UCI for permission to make their final stage an individual pursuit for the best 20 riders on GC.

P Forlì – Forlì km 4,7
1 Riccione (RN) – Forli (FC) km 137,7
2 Nonantola (MO) – Sestola (MO) km 128,3
3 Rio Saliceto (RE) – Orio al Serio (Orio Center) (BG) km 160,8
4 Mornico al Serio (BG) – Passo Maniva (BS) km 127,9 km
5 Darfo Boario Terme (BS) – Folgarida (TN) km 125,6
6 Dimaro (TN) – Pergine Valsugana (TN) km 121,7
7 Schio (VI) – Pian Delle Fugazze (TN) km 135,4
8 Levico Terme (TN) – Asiago (VI) km 152 (via Monte Grappa)
9a Conegliano Veneto (TV) – Valdobbiadene (TV) km 75,6
9b Cronometro individuale: il Muro di Ca’ del Poggio – Ca’ del Poggio (TV) km 21,2 km

https://www.bicitv.it/giro-ditalia-under-23-svelati-il-percorso-e-le-novita-2018/

 

[lemon cheese cake]

It's finally happening. Giro Under 23 organizers have asked UCI for permission to make their final stage an individual pursuit for the best 20 riders on GC.

P Forlì – Forlì km 4,7
1 Riccione (RN) – Forli (FC) km 137,7
2 Nonantola (MO) – Sestola (MO) km 128,3
3 Rio Saliceto (RE) – Orio al Serio (Orio Center) (BG) km 160,8
4 Mornico al Serio (BG) – Passo Maniva (BS) km 127,9 km
5 Darfo Boario Terme (BS) – Folgarida (TN) km 125,6
6 Dimaro (TN) – Pergine Valsugana (TN) km 121,7
7 Schio (VI) – Pian Delle Fugazze (TN) km 135,4
8 Levico Terme (TN) – Asiago (VI) km 152 (via Monte Grappa)
9a Conegliano Veneto (TV) – Valdobbiadene (TV) km 75,6
9b Cronometro individuale: il Muro di Ca’ del Poggio – Ca’ del Poggio (TV) km 21,2 km

https://www.bicitv.it/giro-ditalia-under-23-svelati-il-percorso-e-le-novita-2018/

So like the final stage of the Tour de Ski up the Alpe Cermis?

 

[yaco]

A shocking decision to have a 'chase' ITT in the Giro - Leave this for the Hammer series.