General News Thread

[Armchair Cyclist]

before his first pro season he was a famous champion of racing with model remote controlled cars

Add it to the list with Ski-jumping, middle distance running, nordic ski-ing, dressage...

 

[Pozzovivo]

What happened to the Cycling Out of Context admin on X? Not a word since last year and no review of 24. Anyone know?

 

[RedheadDane]

What happened to the Cycling Out of Context admin on X? Not a word since last year and no review of 24. Anyone know?

You already asked this:

What happened to the out of context cycling account on X?

No review of 24 season and no post since october.

Considering that you didn't get a reply, probably safe to say that people just don't know.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

They've possibly either accidentally brutally cut their head off while combing their hair or left the place due to Musk. One is more likely than the other.

 

[Pozzovivo]

You already asked this:



Considering that you didn't get a reply, probably safe to say that people just don't know.

Is it a crime to ask again? Maybe people didn't see it or didn't know at the time of my previous post.

 

[RedheadDane]

Is it a crime to ask again? Maybe people didn't see it or didn't know at the time of my previous post.

Or maybe people saw it, and just didn't reply because they didn't have a reply...

 

[Pozzovivo]

Or maybe people saw it, and just didn't reply because they didn't have a reply...

Or maybe most people don't scroll back to read every post. Great work policing honest questions.

 

[RedheadDane]

Or maybe most people don't scroll back to read every post. Great work policing honest questions.

So, are you gonna keep asking until you get an answer?
Or are you going to accept that most people just don't know, and probably don't care either.

 

[pastronef]

Soudal Quick-Step to pull out of Tour du Rwanda, safety issues raised

Belgian team were due to field development squad at week long stage race but will now not travel to east Africa, it is understood

www.cyclingweekly.com

 

[Red Rick]

Soudal Quick-Step to pull out of Tour du Rwanda, safety issues raised

Belgian team were due to field development squad at week long stage race but will now not travel to east Africa, it is understood

www.cyclingweekly.com

The irony.

 

[Netserk]

Rumours of the Itzulia route:

Vitoria-Gasteiz (ITT)
Besain? > Markina-Xemein
Zarautz? > ???
Pamplona > Lodosa
Orduña > Gernika
Eibar > Eibar

Estas serán las etapas de la Itzulia 2025

Comenzará en Vitoria con una crono individual.

as.com

Route will be announced the 13th. The ITT will be 18 km long.

Vitoria-Gasteiz (ITT), 18.7 km
Pamplona > Lodosa
Zarautz > Besain
Besain > Markina-Xemein
Orduña > Gernika
Eibar > Eibar

https://archive.ph/LTxPc

Izua will yet again be climbed from Matxaria(!) in stage 4 towards Markina.

 

[Red Rick]

Estas serán las etapas de la Itzulia 2025

Comenzará en Vitoria con una crono individual.

as.com

Route will be announced the 13th. The ITT will be 18 km long.

Vitoria-Gasteiz (ITT), 18.7 km
Pamplona > Lodosa
Zarautz > Besain
Besain > Markina-Xemein
Orduña > Gernika
Eibar > Eibar

https://archive.ph/LTxPc

Izua will yet again be climbed from Matxaria(!) in stage 4 towards Markina.

How far from finish woudl that be?

 

[Netserk]

~11 km if no additional circuit afterwards.

EDIT: See here for an illustration, same finish as in 2014:

Besain > Markina, Mockup

117.0 km, +2577 m. Bike ride in Lazcano, País Vasco/Euskadi

ridewithgps.com

EDIT2: They could also descend the traditional side down to Eibar and do Aiastia/San Migel from the other side so that the last 25 km would be the same as in 2014.

 

[Unchained]

I hope calls are made to not invite or uninvite Kern Pharma from upcoming races. Bizarre love triangle.
Not safe enough for our riders, safe enough according to promoter and safe enough for all other teams, riders and seasoned directors..
Don't know the Spanish equivalent of Karen behavior. Team can't afford to squander opportunity.. And 2 Kern riders went up after outstanding performances last year.. From my comments it's apparent I don't agree with decision.

 

[AmRacer]

I hope calls are made to not invite or uninvite Kern Pharma from upcoming races. Bizarre love triangle.
Not safe enough for our riders, safe enough according to promoter and safe enough for all other teams, riders and seasoned directors..
Don't know the Spanish equivalent of Karen behavior. Team can't afford to squander opportunity.. And 2 Kern riders went up after outstanding performances last year.. From my comments it's apparent I don't agree with decision.

Maybe the team's last name has something to do with it 🤔, should be discussed in another thread.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I hope calls are made to not invite or uninvite Kern Pharma from upcoming races. Bizarre love triangle.
Not safe enough for our riders, safe enough according to promoter and safe enough for all other teams, riders and seasoned directors..
Don't know the Spanish equivalent of Karen behavior. Team can't afford to squander opportunity.. And 2 Kern riders went up after outstanding performances last year.. From my comments it's apparent I don't agree with decision.

So should all the WorldTeams that pulled out also be boycotted? And should Lotto only be allowed to send 1/3 of a team?

 

[ciranda]

Add it to the list with Ski-jumping, middle distance running, nordic ski-ing, dressage...

wait actually Oscar's thing was model race tracks like scalextric, not remote controlled cars, sorry

found something here

Óscar Freire: «He pasado el que más controles de todo el pelotón ¿Por qué? Simplemente por ser español»

Nadie tiene más de esos que Óscar Freire (Torrelavega, 1976). Los mismos, como mucho. Hay también, allí, un maillot verde, copas, el palmarés completo (que es muy, muy grande), el recorrido de las dos Veronas y Lisboa, su firma sobre una placa enorme. Fotos, luces, memoria. Un cachito de quien...

sport.jotdown.es

 

[awavey]

Chantal van den Broek Blaak has retired from the sport with immediate effect as shes expecting another baby.

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[Netserk]

Route announced for the Itzulia Basque Country 2025 — Itzulia Basque Country

13 February 2025. The official route for the Itzulia 2025 was unveiled today at a media presentation event. The event was held at the press room of the Buesa Arena, which will host the stage one start and finish. The 64th edition will start with an individual time trial in the area surrounding...

itzulia.eus

The two climbs before Beasain were last used in the 2014 edition with Gainza being where Contador won the race the first day. Beasain itself was last host the year before, but the climbs used in 2013 were all to the west of those used this year.

The uncategorised(!) climb to Zallobante before Gernika is the first ~5.9 km of this:

 

[YavorD]

I like the route. Decent TT length, not a single MTF/HTF and several stages where things can happen.
I don't like Krabelin being that far from though.

 

[Rob5091]

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[Netserk]

Parcours - TdR

Découvrez les dates et le parcours des coureurs lors de chaque étape de cette nouvelle édition du Tour de Romandie.

www.tourderomandie.ch

Stage profiles will be published April 16. A very traditional route with the third finish at Thyon 2000 in five year.

• Prologue : 29/04/2025 SAINT-IMIER > SAINT-IMIER (clm individuel)
• Etape 1 : 30/04/2025 BÂLE > BÂLE
• Etape 2 : 01/05/2025 LA GRANDE BÉROCHE > LA GRANDE BÉROCHE
• Etape 3 : 02/05/2025 COSSONAY > COSSONAY
• Etape 4 : 03/05/2025 SION > THYON 2000
• Etape 5 : 04/05/2025 GENÈVE > GENÈVE ((clm individuel)

 

[Devil's Elbow]

So that's hopefully four out of five road stages that will be GC days, all of them containing textbook Basque goat tracks, and they've finally gone for a decent TT again to boot. Proper Itzulia is back, baby!

 

[Samamba]

Parcours - TdR

Découvrez les dates et le parcours des coureurs lors de chaque étape de cette nouvelle édition du Tour de Romandie.

www.tourderomandie.ch

Stage profiles will be published April 16. A very traditional route with the third finish at Thyon 2000 in five year.

• Prologue : 29/04/2025 SAINT-IMIER > SAINT-IMIER (clm individuel)
• Etape 1 : 30/04/2025 BÂLE > BÂLE
• Etape 2 : 01/05/2025 LA GRANDE BÉROCHE > LA GRANDE BÉROCHE
• Etape 3 : 02/05/2025 COSSONAY > COSSONAY
• Etape 4 : 03/05/2025 SION > THYON 2000
• Etape 5 : 04/05/2025 GENÈVE > GENÈVE ((clm individuel)

Had to know how good or bad this route is. Saint Imier will either be really short prologue (like last year) or some sort of hill climb prologue (that would be kinda fun). Geneve will probably be a pretty flat TT, bit different than most years. Fribourg reduced sprint (think they had that stage 2 years ago, not sure). La Grande Béroche en Cossonay could go every direction, but doubt they will be GC days. I feel like having a good TT might be even more important this year.

 

[tobydawq]

Parcours - TdR

Découvrez les dates et le parcours des coureurs lors de chaque étape de cette nouvelle édition du Tour de Romandie.

www.tourderomandie.ch

Stage profiles will be published April 16. A very traditional route with the third finish at Thyon 2000 in five year.

• Prologue : 29/04/2025 SAINT-IMIER > SAINT-IMIER (clm individuel)
• Etape 1 : 30/04/2025 BÂLE > BÂLE
• Etape 2 : 01/05/2025 LA GRANDE BÉROCHE > LA GRANDE BÉROCHE
• Etape 3 : 02/05/2025 COSSONAY > COSSONAY
• Etape 4 : 03/05/2025 SION > THYON 2000
• Etape 5 : 04/05/2025 GENÈVE > GENÈVE ((clm individuel)

They publish the route only two weeks before the race?

That seems a bit strange.