General News Thread

[Koronin]

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Ok, it's too tough for Sagan. Damn.

But Bala should consider riding this combined with Strade Bianche and Milano-Sanremo.

It's almost tailor made for him.

After Bala raced it in 2016 he said he would never race it again as it was a waist of his time.

 

[Nirvana]

As expected from early rumors finally Vegni has stopped to ruin the history of this race with the odd MTF, anyway there still be two problems, the TTT and the abuse of circuits, i really can't understand the choice to repeat four times the same climb when you have thousands of muritos in the area between Marche and Abruzzo.

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

Ok, it's too tough for Sagan. Damn.

But Bala should consider riding this combined with Strade Bianche and Milano-Sanremo.

It's almost tailor made for him.

After Bala raced it in 2016 he said he would never race it again as it was a waist of his time.

A waist of his time? Did he lose weight?

 

[Koronin]

Re: Re:

Ok, it's too tough for Sagan. Damn.

But Bala should consider riding this combined with Strade Bianche and Milano-Sanremo.

It's almost tailor made for him.

After Bala raced it in 2016 he said he would never race it again as it was a waist of his time.

A waist of his time? Did he lose weight?

Sorry, wrote the wrong word.....How about waste of time.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

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After Bala raced it in 2016 he said he would never race it again as it was a waist of his time.

A waist of his time? Did he lose weight?

Sorry, wrote the wrong word.....How about waste of time.

A guy just can't catch a brake!

Ba-dum-tssjj

(this is karma for correcting the other guy with "selled", lol :lol: )

 

[sir fly]

Re:

As expected from early rumors finally Vegni has stopped to ruin the history of this race with the odd MTF, anyway there still be two problems, the TTT and the abuse of circuits, i really can't understand the choice to repeat four times the same climb when you have thousands of muritos in the area between Marche and Abruzzo.

They wanted to be sure the riders don't get lost... Or to make them dizzy.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Not sure that's enough. The spanish selector once joked the Worlds was the only race where Freire wouldn't get lost because it was a closed circuit....and later that week he got lost reconnoitering it. Hailed a cab, and after a long time trying to find a driver that spoke spanish, proceeded to tell the driver that he had no idea where his hotel was or what it was called, but "It's white and has a pool"

 

[Red Rick]

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Not sure that's enough. The spanish selector once joked the Worlds was the only race where Freire wouldn't get lost because it was a closed circuit....and later that week he got lost reconnoitering it. Hailed a cab, and after a long time trying to find a driver that spoke spanish, proceeded to tell the driver that he had no idea where his hotel was or what it was called, but "It's white and has a pool"

Freire was no ordinary cyclist.

 

[Koronin]

Re: Re:

After Bala raced it in 2016 he said he would never race it again as it was a waist of his time.

A waist of his time? Did he lose weight?

Sorry, wrote the wrong word.....How about waste of time.

A guy just can't catch a brake!

Ba-dum-tssjj

(this is karma for correcting the other guy with "selled", lol :lol: )

That one was more of autocorrect not liking a word. However, I did screw up this one.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I know doping talk isn't allowed... but what about doping "news"? Van der Sande tested positive for an allowed substance, present in nosespray, freely available and allowed during competition, but usage has to be mentioned during testing.

https://sporza.be/nl/2018/12/19/van-der-sande-positief-zesdaagse/

 

[fauniera]

UAE Tour 2019

https://www.theuaetour.com/the-uae-tour-inaugural-edition-route-jerseys-teams-and-riders-announced/

Queen stage to Jebel Jais:

 

[janraaskalt]

And another race with a TTT. So annoying.

 

[Red Rick]

Looks like a pretty big MTF at the start of the year, albeit a really low gradient one.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Dreadful place for a bike race.......

 

[Red Rick]

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Dreadful place for a bike race.......

It's not that bad for February, when it's still cold in Europe and everyone just wants a few stage races under their belt first

 

[Robert5091]

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Dreadful place for a bike race.......

It's not that bad for February, when it's still cold in Europe and everyone just wants a few stage races under their belt first

Looking at the line up, a few extra Euros too for all.

 

[WheelofGear]

Hatta Dam is the stage I'm most excited for.

A stage where Froome and Kittel should be about equal. :lol:

 

[Nirvana]

Gazzetta's journalist Ghisalberti wrote on Twitter that a WT team didn't pay the riders in the last four months, that fits with Beppe Conti rumors about Bahrain not paying as the reason of Nibali wanting to go to Sky.

 

[fauniera]

Mallorca races 2019.

I like the profiles. Sprinters won't.

source

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Mallorca races 2019.

I like the profiles. Sprinters won't.

source

The last day will be a sprint stage. It's the same Palma classic as usually, the profile overestimates the difficulty of the climb.

 

[fauniera]

There used to be two races for the sprinters. Now there is only one, at best.

 

[fauniera]

Sorry for the repost, by the way. I did search for Mallorca, but not for Mallorcan.

 

[RedheadDane]

Quick update on Samuele Manfredi. From the Groupama-FDJ FB page.

Latest news about Samuele Manfredi: his condition remains serious but is slowly improving as recent reactivity showed encouraging signs. Thank you for your support.

 

[tobydawq]

It doesn't seem to have been mentioned anywhere that Eendaagse De Panne (not the real name, though it should be) will be a WorldTour race this year. I just randomly stumbled upon it when looking at a calendar. Hopefully, the course will be more interesting than last year's.

 

[staubsauger]

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It doesn't seem to have been mentioned anywhere that Eendaagse De Panne (not the real name, though it should be) will be a WorldTour race this year. I just randomly stumbled upon it when looking at a calendar. Hopefully, the course will be more interesting than last year's.

That's potentially great news as it opens the door for the race to truly become the Three Days of De Panne once again in the future!

Hopefully it benefits the race and it's line-up this year already, like you suggested!