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All this is a bunch to overcome for any rider,but for Cav I see a path forward but it's looking and going to sound like last year.. Don't see where he fits on a squad that is going to the TDF.Yep.
This is something that is only ever said by people who have declined relative to the competition.he made comments about his numbers and training.. Injury free and showing wattage equal to or greater than some of his best
Cool, didn't know it was actually viable for a WT race, and assumed it wasn't based on no race using it despite it being right there
"Have the French disappointed Red Rick enough this year?"In 2 days the GD of the 2024 Tour de France in Italy will be unveiled, the presentation starts at 18:20 and will be shown on Rai 2.
Source: https://www.tuttobiciweb.it/article...tenza-dall-italia-mercoledi-21-diretta-raidue
?"Have the French disappointed Red Rick enough this year?"
"Non"
It is in anticipation of what is to come, relax.?
Now even a date of revelation is a problem?
And then in a plot-twist, the Grand Depart is in Tuscany, with a Strade Bianche style stage.
Well I think Rotterdam or Amsteram wants the start in 2025...So, after Copenhagen this year, Bilbao next year, and somewhere-in-Italy in 2024, the French are probably like; "Err, could we have a Grand Depart at some point? Considering that it is our Grand Tour..."
I mean Formula 1 is a meme sport just like track with 1 million times the money. It has such an extreme financial barrier of entry the talent pool is extremely limited. If track sprinting not being competitive is the argument against it, then it should go the same for Formula 1.I can see that Wielerflits make it a news item that Harrie Lavreysen - a track sprinter - did not get the award for Dutch sportsman of the year which instead went to the Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen.
Sometimes I wonder how far up their own asses cycling journalists can possibly be.
UCI announced some pretty significant changes to the WT points/relegation system today:
And then the bad news:
- GTs, monuments, WC and Olympics worth more points
- Strade Bianche moved to the upper tier of non-monument/GT WT races
- Stages worth more points
- The top 20 riders on each team now count for the three-year promotion/relegation ranking (instead of top 10)
- Automatic invites to all WT races for the first year after relegation, regardless of position on the yearly ranking (AKA the Sylvan Adams slipped us some money rule, AKA let's hand out even fewer wildcards)
All ProTeams who played any role in the rankings this year already had roster sizes similar to their WT competition. It makes it a bit harder for Uno-X to close the gap and that's about it, IMO that's worth it in exchange for improving the career prospects of the B- and C-list riders on the teams battling it out.I don't think counting the results of the 20 best riders is good news either. I can see why they want to limit the cases where teams are sacrificing some riders' chances, because they're not among their best riders, which might also hurt them in future contract negotiations, but it will also make it harder for ProTeams to compete with the WT teams.
All ProTeams who played any role in the rankings this year already had roster sizes similar to their WT competition. It makes it a bit harder for Uno-X to close the gap and that's about it, IMO that's worth it in exchange for improving the career prospects of the B- and C-list riders on the teams battling it out.