General News Thread

[Red Rick]

Of course, but still. They must be massive.

I guess slightly more than the usual post TdF appearance fee because the timing is annoying, but I'd see this also as being way more attractive for sponsors

Appearance fees in general is something I'd like to know more about in cycling. I know in tennis they get absurdly big but I doubt cycling races have the budget for such appearance fees even if adjusted for the difference in $$ between the sports.

 

[Brullnux]

How on Earth have they managed to pull this off?

Pogacar, Vingegaard, Roglic and Del Toro face off in a new head-to-head race in Andorra

The one-day event on October 19 will feature an uphill time trial and a short urban race in Andorra la Vella.

www.domestiquecycling.com

No Artem Nych? Not worth watching

 

[postmanhat]

From the downloads section.

Three of the new Italian races are in areas currently without any pro events (Sardegna, Lazio, and Magna Grecia which is more or less the south of the mainland), while the former has had a few abortive attempts and I'm not holding my breath it's still good to see something of a revival in the poorer parts of the country. On the other hand, the French calendar faces something of a reduction.

Some more changes:

• AlUla Tour moves up to 2.Pro
• South Aegean actually stays a 2.2, however there are two and not one new Greek 1.1 races, overlapping with opening weekend
• Vuelta a Murcia goes back to being a two-day race
• Terres de l'Ebre now on the same day as Sanremo instead of late July
• GP Monseré is two weeks later, the day after Sanremo
• Gran Camiño is moved to April, ending the day before Amstel
• The new race in Uzbekistan is a two-day race, not a one-day race
• Giro dell'Appennino is moved to early May
• GP Criquelion is moved to late May
• Circuit de Wallonie and Veenendaal-Veenendaal (are trying to) return
• Tour of Estonia expands to three days
• Dwars door het Hageland drops down to 1.1
• Circuit Franco-Belge moves (like seemingly every year), this time to June
• Route d'Occitanie shrinks to two days
• Tour of Denmark is slightly earlier, the week after the Tour
• Czech Tour moves up to 2.Pro
• Tour of Britain shrinks to five days
• Giro d'Abruzzo moves to September
• The Tour of Holland is missing for both the men and the women, the latter was announced last month to be moving down from the WT so that they could be held simultaneously? Not sure what's going on there.
• Other .1 and up races that are missing: Classic Var + Tour des Alpes Maritimes, Tour of Hainan, GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela, Tour of Iran, Tour of Istanbul, GP d'Isbergues, CRO Race

Sad to see Hageland moving down to.1 as it always delivers great racing. Presumably it's a cost issue for the organisers?

Overall, these changes could benefit the PCT teams and lower, as the ones most likely to enter the new races, and some of the clashes with WT events?