General News Thread

[rick james]

https://womenstourofscotland.com/route/

 

[rick james]

So glad they tackle the dukes pass, it’s absolutely stunning

 

[MartinGT]

I'm reading a book 'The Ronde' by Edward Pickering.

In it he says that T-Mobile became Discovery Channel. Didn't T Mobile become HTC?

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

But of course.
Motorola -> US Postal -> Discovery -> Radioshack
Team Telekom -> T-Mobile -> HTC

 

[MartinGT]

Re:

But of course.
Motorola -> US Postal -> Discovery -> Radioshack
Team Telekom -> T-Mobile -> HTC

Wasnt it

Subaru-Mongomery -> Mongomery Bell -> USPS -> USPS Discovery Channel -> Discovery Channel

AND

Team Telekom -> T Mobile -> Team High Road -> Team Columbia -> Team Columbia High Road -> Team - HTC-> Team HTC Columbia -> HTC Highroad?

 

[MartinGT]

LA Discovery Channel
Jan T-Mobile.

When did they merge?

 

[staubsauger]

They never merged. Discoverx Channel kinda jumped into Astana in 2008 & 2009 and than again split off into RadioShack which nowadays has become Trek.

Officially though, US Postal / Discovery Channel ended back in 2007,while RadioShack was a new formed team.

 

[RedheadDane]

Re:

They never merged. Discoverx Channel kinda jumped into Astana in 2008 & 2009 and than again split off into RadioShack which nowadays has become Trek.

Officially though, US Postal / Discovery Channel ended back in 2007,while RadioShack was a new formed team.

After a merger with Leopard.

 

[Koronin]

Thus proving the reason it can be difficult to keep track of teams throughout the years.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Re: Re:

They never merged. Discoverx Channel kinda jumped into Astana in 2008 & 2009 and than again split off into RadioShack which nowadays has become Trek.

Officially though, US Postal / Discovery Channel ended back in 2007,while RadioShack was a new formed team.

After a merger with Leopard.

Which memorably had the anagram cited in the clinic viewtopic.php?p=407497#p407497 that won the best joke in the forum 2011.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Can't remember UCI having so many World Championships already assigned so early.

2019 - Harrogate, UK
2020 - Aigle, CH
2021 - Bruges/Leuven, BEL
2022 - Wollongong, AUS
2023 - Glasgow, UK
2024 - Zürich, CH

For Zürich from tagesanzeiger.ch -> https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/sport/rad/die-radwm-faehrt-mitten-durch-die-zuercher-altstadt/story/14575010

... over the Rudolf Brun Bridge, past the Kunsthaus and from there out of town towards Witikon, where the journey leads via Zollikerberg, Zumikon, Küsnacht and Zumikon [rather Zollikon] down to Seestrasse again, back towards Sechseläutenplatz. This results in 435 vertical metres per round,
....
Finally, the professionals will complete the final round seven times - which means 246 kilometres and 4175 metres of altitude difference for them including the journey.

 

[Red Rick]

Any idea what Wollongong is gonna be like, except for the 2nd best cycling location name?

 

[RedheadDane]

When they start the final lap they're not going to ring a bell, they're going to sound a (Wollon)gong.

 

[tobydawq]

Re:

Any idea what Wollongong is gonna be like, except for the 2nd best cycling location name?

Can you give a hint to the best location name?

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Any idea what Wollongong is gonna be like, except for the 2nd best cycling location name?

Can you give a hint to the best location name?

Fedaia.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I present the only worthwhile WCH Zürich course option:

 

[Koronin]

Re:

I present the only worthwhile WCH Zürich course option:

That would be a worthwhile course.

I'm convinced you can find the only worthwhile course in a lot of areas.

 

[Unchained]

http://redlandsclassic.com/#

With live video..3 17year olds out there!!! Floyd Landis probably pretty happy w his youngster

 

[42x16ss]

Re:

Any idea what Wollongong is gonna be like, except for the 2nd best cycling location name?

ATM your guess is as good as ours.

All anyone knows is that it's likely to start in Sydney for publicity, and have a finishing circuit. There are some 5-7 km climbs there that can be used fairly easily, but the cynic in me says it will probably just be rolling hills or even a pan flat sprinters course.

 

[tobydawq]

Re: Re:

Any idea what Wollongong is gonna be like, except for the 2nd best cycling location name?

ATM your guess is as good as ours.

All anyone knows is that it's likely to start in Sydney for publicity, and have a finishing circuit. There are some 5-7 km climbs there that can be used fairly easily, but the cynic in me says it will probably just be rolling hills or even a pan flat sprinters course.

In whose interest would it be to make it completely flat?

 

[Alexandre B.]

https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Article/Total-devrait-remplacer-direct-energie-aupres-de-jean-rene-bernaudeau/999675
Direct Energie set to become Total before Paris-Roubaix, with a far more important budget.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Grand départ 2020 looks... nice.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Stef Loos, a rider from Remco Evenepoel's former team Acrog Pauwels Sauzen, died after being hit by a van, when the bunch deviated from the course of the race because there was no signalization at a junction. They left the course and got hit by the minivan. Stef was 19 years old.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Those stages are about as much as you can expect from a Grand Depart. Sure, could have been even better, but you should be careful for what you wish for! Stage 1 looks like one for the durable sprinters and maybe the attackers, but stage 2 is just such a nice stage to have early. A lot of stuff will be up for grabs.

 

[yaco]

Believe that all GT's should have a mountainous/hilly stage at the beginning - It then sets a marker, creates less nervousness in the bunch and should lead to less crashes.