General News Thread

[Nirvana]

I doubt it.

But actually, Ulissi was also the guy who popped into my mind when thinking of someone who fares much worse in the biggest races compared to stages. But it's not like you can come up with tons of other riders who show the same pattern. Or maybe you can? But perhaps he is an outlier.

Ulissi potentially could be a top rider because he's a good climber, a good time trialist, a very good puncheur and also pretty fast in flat sprints when needed but his lack of endurance just kill him in long races. At Flèche he always looks good then at Liege he disappears just like he's there fighting for the win at Emilia and Milano-Torino before fading away in Lombardia or in the Giro he wins 180 kms long hilly stages then comes the 200+ kms tappone and ships half an hour but in the third week there is a 150 kms long mountain stages where he's suddenly there fighting with the GC riders. If you look at his results being stages, one day races or weeklong stages races he has an insane number of top 10 or close but an hand is enough to count how many are in races above 200 kms.

 

[Red Rick]

Ullisi I think benefits a lot from being the only hilly/puncheur type rider who actually peaks for the Giro every year.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Ullisi I think benefits a lot from being the only hilly/puncheur type rider who actually peaks for the Giro every year.

Has a third place in Huy and a win in Montreal to his name, in addition to a bunch of top-5s and top-10s in those and similar big races. He wouldn't turn into the equivalent of Alaphilippe if races were shorter, but the discrepancy between those results and his performances in monuments and the handful of races similar in length is obvious. He's the Simon Spilak of one-day races.

 

[tobydawq]

Ullisi I think benefits a lot from being the only hilly/puncheur type rider who actually peaks for the Giro every year.

Definitely, but then he pops up with a 2nd place on a long ITT (back in his wonder-year, though, and of course the TT field was quite abysmal) and as late as last year an out-of-nowhere fourth place on the Sega di Ala.

He is a weird rider.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Has a third place in Huy and a win in Montreal to his name, in addition to a bunch of top-5s and top-10s in those and similar big races. He wouldn't turn into the equivalent of Alaphilippe if races were shorter, but the discrepancy between those results and his performances in monuments and the handful of races similar in length is obvious. He's the Simon Spilak of one-day races.

Spilak actually had endurance, the guy finished 10th in the RVV as a neopro.
One thing about Ulissi is that he's a bad descender/bad bike handler, so in a hectic one day race he has to waste more energy to be near the front and after a certain point that's just too much wasted energy to fight for the win.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Definitely, but then he pops up with a 2nd place on a long ITT (back in his wonder-year, though, and of course the TT field was quite abysmal) and as late as last year an out-of-nowhere fourth place on the Sega di Ala.

He is a weird rider.

And in the 2016 Giro he was 4th on both the Andalo and the Risoul stage, with him the distance really makes a big difference.
On the other hand of the spectrum you have guys like Moscon who seem to be better in +250km one day races than in shorter ones.

 

[Ranagazoo]

Burger King are reported to have signed a sponsorship deal with Eolo-Kometa for next season. Let's hope they're not providing nutritional input to the team, although that might tempt Carlos Betancur back to Europe

 

[Mayomaniac]

Burger King are reported to have signed a sponsorship deal with Eolo-Kometa for next season. Let's hope they're not providing nutritional input to the team, although that might tempt Carlos Betancur back to Europe

Now I expect their post-race interviews after winning a race/stage to end like this one, just replace Don King with Mauro Vegni and it's perfect:

 

[billcrps32]

So, we have gone from: "I would love to do the Giro again, as it's great prep for the Tour.
https://get-vidmateapp.com https://get-vidmateapp.com

 

[Lequack]

Tour of Utah is no more

https://twitter.com/x/status/1473703232119713809

View: https://twitter.com/tourofutah/status/1473703232119713809?s=21

 

[Mayomaniac]

Tour of Utah is no more

https://twitter.com/x/status/1473703232119713809

View: https://twitter.com/tourofutah/status/1473703232119713809?s=21

Nooo, it was by far the best of the American stage races, it will be missed by me.

 

[Sciatic]

Tour of Utah is no more

https://twitter.com/x/status/1473703232119713809

View: https://twitter.com/tourofutah/status/1473703232119713809?s=21

 

[Nirvana]

That article should be based on a CPA end of the year press release or something similar so it's obviously partisan but I still find aberrant and perverted to read Bugno celebrating how CPA was able to mutilate races in the name of secutirity and gladly announcing that they are working with many organizers to do it more and more starting from next season with the gem of the software that has to show which parts of the races should be removed that seems something coming from that satirical/parody movies where there is a scientist that creates some ridiculous tool that creates only damages.

CPA. CONTINUA IL LAVORO PER UN CICLISMO PIU' SICURO

CPA. CONTINUA IL LAVORO PER UN CICLISMO PIU' SICURO

www.tuttobiciweb.it

A darker future with only unipuertos mountain stages because descending is too dangerous is looming closer and closer as if modern races design isn't already sharply sinking in a dark hole thank to people like the cuck Vegni and the whole bunch at ASO with their "innovations".

 

[Jungle Cycle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1476853713847398401

View: https://twitter.com/velofacts/status/1476853713847398401

 

[Red Rick]

That article should be based on a CPA end of the year press release or something similar so it's obviously partisan but I still find aberrant and perverted to read Bugno celebrating how CPA was able to mutilate races in the name of secutirity and gladly announcing that they are working with many organizers to do it more and more starting from next season with the gem of the software that has to show which parts of the races should be removed that seems something coming from that satirical/parody movies where there is a scientist that creates some ridiculous tool that creates only damages.

CPA. CONTINUA IL LAVORO PER UN CICLISMO PIU' SICURO

CPA. CONTINUA IL LAVORO PER UN CICLISMO PIU' SICURO

www.tuttobiciweb.it

A darker future with only unipuertos mountain stages because descending is too dangerous is looming closer and closer as if modern races design isn't already sharply sinking in a dark hole thank to people like the cuck Vegni and the whole bunch at ASO with their "innovations".

The future is worse than George Orwells worst nightmare

 

[Max Rockatansky]

ITT is longer than those of Giro and Vuelta. And it looks like the Foia arrival is a bit tougher than in previous years.

 

[geisterhome]

What will be the first road race this season that we will be properly televised (Eurosport/GCN) like we (many of us) are used to ?

The Mallorca races end of Jan or smth later?

 

[RedheadDane]

What will be the first road race this season that we will be properly televised (Eurosport/GCN) like we (many of us) are used to ?

The Mallorca races end of Jan or smth later?

Probably something later. The Mallorca races haven't been properly televised so far, and I have no reason to believe that'll change this year.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

GP La Marseillaise will be broadcast live on Januray 31st.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

GP La Marseillaise will be broadcast live on Januray 31st.

Scratch that. I was looking at the GCN schedule, but didn't register that it started with races taking place in January 2021 (Their NYE parties must be crazy).
Currently they only list CX events in 2022.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Scratch that. I was looking at the GCN schedule, but didn't register that it started with races taking place in January 2021 (Their NYE parties must be crazy).
Currently they only list CX events in 2022.

I think Jose Been has mentioned on twitter that it is her first commentary of 2022, so it should be broadcast on at least GCN and probably Eurosport as well.

 

[Kaptain Kool]

Yeah, Eurosport France has aired Coupe de France races for many years now, even if just 25 min highlights, and English-language ES started airing them in the last couple of years. I'm sure they will be aired again.
Was Challenge Mallorca on ES last year or only RTVE? I can't remember.

 

[RedheadDane]

Was Challenge Mallorca on ES last year or only RTVE? I can't remember.

It certainly wasn't live on ES.

 

[tobydawq]

It certainly wasn't live on ES.

I don't think that was what was asked.

 

[geisterhome]

It certainly wasn't live on ES.

Maybe not live but it was on Europsport wasnt it? Like it was in may last year? Greipel won one of them. I didnt watch it but somehow I remember it being available to watch on ES player. Could be wrong though...