General News Thread

[Wyndbrook]

Unbelieveable that 18 months later nothing has been implemented.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Things are going very poorly in the world of Swiss cycling. After the financial situation of the Tour de Suisse caused it to be massively downscaled, the Tour de Romandie is running without a main sponsor this year - and the organisers say they don't have the financial reserves to do so next year too. There is a gap of nearly 10% in their annual budget for this edition.

It's also interesting that this potentially fatal issue surfaces in the year Pogacar is taking part, and the year after Evenepoel did - further evidence that the biggest names in the sport aren't as commercially interesting as a lot of people think?

Link

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

A brief flurry of activity on my cycling club WhatsApp this evening about a report that Garmin were buying out Strava....







an April Fools' story from some running website

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Jaume Guardeño was involved in a severe crash with a vehicle on Tuesday. He was lifted from the scene by helicopter and is still in the intensive care.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2039650050314305899

 

[search]

there's a bit more information on As. According to that article, he lost control on a descent and crashed into a car.

Guardeño, sedado y en estado grave tras un accidente

Según pudo saber AS el ciclista del Caja Rural, que tenía previsto debutar en el Tour de Francia, se encuentra ingresado con un traumatismo craneoencefálico

as.com

 

[YavorD]

Tour de Romandie route has been released.
Strangely, no ITT (except for the usual prologue.
I like it, but Pogacar can win all the road stages if he wants.
Profiles:

Tour de Romandie (TDR) - official website

On this site you'll find all the information you need to make the most of this latest edition of the Tour de Romandie!

www.tourderomandie.ch

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Of course the one year they put together an actually-good route is the year that Pogacar is there to make it completely irrelevant.

 

[Red Rick]

Of course the one year they put together an actually-good route is the year that Pogacar is there to make it completely irrelevant.

Specifically so he can win all 5 stages.

It is completely ridiculous

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Specifically so he can win all 5 stages.

It is completely ridiculous

To be fair, he could have won all stages on last year's route too.

 

[Eagle_Alps]

The one and only biggest superstar of the sport is attending, and they still don't have a main sponsor for the leader's jersey. Something really is wrong with cycling's business model 🤔 😕