General News Thread

[Libertine Seguros]

Maybe they can have a proper parcours this year, or even better, the Tour des Fjords can become a real race again, rather than "merging" with the Tour of Norway to make room for Hammer Stavanger, resulting in one day being added to the Tour of Norway (a drop of four race days from pre-Hammer days, as Tour des Fjords was 5 days long) and a route which is absolutely syphilitic even by Tour of Norway standards, a race which even in its best days seemed to be trying to compete with the Bayern Rundfahrt for most egregious misuse of available terrain.

 

[RedheadDane]

Maybe UCI can give them some money, so they can actually televise it.

 

[tobydawq]

They always televise it.

It's just you who are too modern to have an old school tv package, containing the main Scandinavian tv channels.

 

[RedheadDane]

Okay... televise it internationally. I'd even be fine with the Player, and no commentating.

 

[Breezy1985]

Love the sheer delusion on Velons part thinking that their nonsense flop of a tournament failed because of UCI

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Some guy in a black van really wants people to stay indoors:

Harm Vanhoucke slachtoffer van verkeersagressie: "Niet normaal in tijden van corona" | sporza

Wielrenner van Harm Vanhoucke heeft er geen fijne trainingsrit opzitten. "Ik werd van de baan gereden door een zwarte bestelwagen. Nadien deelde de bestuurder me vuistslagen en stampen uit", vertelt Vanhoucke.

sporza.be

Harm Vanhoucke victim of traffic aggression: "Not normal in times of corona"

Cyclist Harm Vanhoucke has not had a nice training ride. "I was driven off the track by a black van. Afterwards, the driver punched and kicked me," says Vanhoucke.

Harm Vanhoucke is a 22-year-old climbing talent from Lotto-Soudal. This season he finished 10th in the Ruta del Sol, beaten by Jakob Fuglsang.

During training, Vanhoucke was startled today by traffic aggression. "Around 12 o'clock I was driven off the track in Aalbeke in Aalbeeksestraat by a black van," Vanhoucke tells his story on Facebook.

"The man (40 to 50 years old and heavily built) got out aggressively. I urged him to keep his distance. Then he consciously touched my face. Then the man dealt several punches and punches."

"This is anything but normal in Corona times. If anyone would know this person, please send me a message," concludes Vanhoucke.

 

[Sciatic]

Nice article in CN today about Tyler Farrar in his new career.
Not mentioned in the article (probably written before recent events)—the city where he works as a firefighter is the same one (kirkland, WA) where the nursing home with the 40-plus COVID-19 deaths is located. In fact, some of the firefighters who served as 1st responders to that facility had to go into quarantine.

 

[maddistrong]

i disagree with stickying this personally, its already three pages, by november its going to be 30 pages, by december 150 pages and will be a mire of ramblings and stupidity..

while i agree that we dont need a seperate thread everytime contador blows his knows, or every time lance does a ****, im not sure that a general thread wont become a terribly drawn out, long winded, rambling assortment of oddness...

a generall news thread is interesting, as long as it is used it will be on the front page anyway...

stickies annoy me most of the time..

I agree!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

This is live now

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Drafting included

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Ganna had a malfunction. Jakobsen wins.

 

[PeterB]

For anyone interested and willing to spend part of their fortune on a good cause: some very attractive cycling memorabilia currently available on www.charitystars.com.

You can get e.g. Peter Sagan signed green podium TdF jersey (although this one is apparently very popular with highest current bid already at EUR 505...), Pippo Pozzato signed Team Willier jersey, Team UAE jersey signed by TdF 2018 squad, Pavel Tonkov signed pink Giro jersey, and even Bradley Wiggins signed yellow TdF jersey! Plus some other stuff such as Chris Froome and Egan Bernal signed Sky cap.

Some of these auctions end already tomorrow, so hurry up! But please notice that service and shipping will be charged extra and in any case, spend responsibly...

 

[tobydawq]

It seems like the Worlds will not be moved after all.

 

[BlueRoads]

It seems like the Worlds will not be moved after all.

 

[Sestriere]

Something different for a change. It seems that the dictator of Turkmenistan really loves cycling. At least he held a parade in the capital around a bicycle sculpture with a fancy bike-themed pop song being performed But enjoy yourself:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1268280459273875457

 

[Mayomaniac]

Something different for a change. It seems that the dictator of Turkmenistan really loves cycling. At least he held a parade in the capital around a bicycle sculpture with a fancy bike-themed pop song being performed But enjoy yourself:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1268280459273875457

Looks like an improvement to their last leader. One of my dads best friends used to be a horse dealer and traveled to Central Asia multiple times durning the late 90ies, some of the stories that he's able to tell you are pretty crazy.

 

[Sestriere]

Looks like an improvement to their last leader. One of my dads best friends used to be a horse dealer and traveled to Central Asia multiple times durning the late 90ies, some of the stories that he's able to tell you are pretty crazy.

That sounds like an interesting occupation for sure. He could probably write an entertaining book.

 

[Hoover]

hi,
Planning to visit Italy early October and follow the Giro d'Italia 2 or 3 days along the Adriatic coast.
Found the following blog with stages and recommended campings: https://www.jetcamp.com/en/blog/camping-giro-ditalia-2020/
Which stages would you recommend?

 

[Laplaz]

hi,
Planning to visit Italy early October and follow the Giro d'Italia 2 or 3 days along the Adriatic coast.
Found the following blog with stages and recommended campings: https://www.jetcamp.com/en/blog/camping-giro-ditalia-2020/
Which stages would you recommend?

I would wait for the presentation of the new route. But if the stages stay the same, the ones finishing in Tortoreto and Cesenatico. Also the one in Rimini, even if there will probably be a bunch sprint.

 

[SafeBet]

We need to wait for the official route but if a stage to Campo Imperatore is confirmed I'd suggest making a little detour from the coast and include that stage in your trip.
It's a beauty.

 

[tobydawq]

It looks like Milan-Sanremo will be pushed back to August the 22nd, and more importantly, that Il Lombardia will be moved up to August the 8th, meaning that it won't clash with the Vuelta which was a travesty.

 

[Nirvana]

That was the proposal made by the italian federation at the beginning of may when other federations started to postpone national championships due to the sport events and crowds limitations in many countries but UCI don't want to move the national championships weekend so Sanremo will likely be the 15th in the spot left vacant by London-Surrey Classic.

 

[RedheadDane]

That was the proposal made by the italian federation at the beginning of may when other federations started to postpone national championships due to the sport events and crowds limitations in many countries but UCI don't want to move the national championships weekend so Sanremo will likely be the 15th in the spot left vacant by London-Surrey Classic.

They insist on keeping the national championship weekend, even if no countries will actually be having their national championships on that weekend? Well… that makes sense...

 

[Nirvana]

They insist on keeping the national championship weekend, even if no countries will actually be having their national championships on that weekend? Well… that makes sense...

Apparently 17 countries have confirmed the national championship for that weekend (and you can add also Italy because with Sanremo on the 15th the national championship will return to the 22th).

 

[Lequack]

Johannes Hosflot Klaebo, the dominating force in cross country skiing, announced that he will join Danish professional cycling team Uno-X on a long-term contract. But fear not ski fans, this is not a career switch. The Norwegian will only compete and train on two wheels when his ski commitments allow.

Olympic Daily News: 7 June 2020

From Lionel Messi's return to Johannes Hosflot Klaebo's new sport, get your daily update of Olympic news: Trivia, trends and talking points.

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[RedheadDane]

Johannes Hosflot Klaebo, the dominating force in cross country skiing, announced that he will join Danish professional cycling team Uno-X on a long-term contract.

Much as I'd like to, I don't think the Norwegians would appreciate us (Danes) stealing their pro team.
Also, isn't this a transfer new?