General News Thread

[auscyclefan94]

oh yes i remember watching that, I think that was his best result. Got any thoughts on who from BMC can get a win from romandie or the giro. And when is the strade bianche stage?

Stage 5 is the strade bianche stage. Ballan has a good chance there. Stage 1 and two look good for cadel but I doubt he'll win the overall. He hasn't raced for over a month.

 

[dlwssonic]

Stage 5 is the strade bianche stage. Ballan has a good chance there. Stage 1 and two look good for cadel but I doubt he'll win the overall. He hasn't raced for over a month.

I hope ballan finally gets his first win this year. But evans always seems in good form. DO you think phinney has a chance for the TT. I surely expect to see mauro, ivan and johann in the giro breaks

 

[auscyclefan94]

I hope ballan finally gets his first win this year. But evans always seems in good form. DO you think phinney has a chance for the TT. I surely expect to see mauro, ivan and johann in the giro breaks

Ivan's not riding. Phinney has a good chance in the opening tt as it's only 3.5km though he may not have form. They have rode well in tour de suisse last year. Lets hope they do well in romandie.

we better take this discussion to the giro and romandie threads

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

TGAK is actually dominating my PCM career

 

[dlwssonic]

TGAK is actually dominating my PCM career

LOL HOW? He can hardly sprint. Only 70. And he totally can't handle hills, danilo wyss is much better and versatile.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

LOL HOW? He can hardly sprint. Only 70. And he totally can't handle hills, danilo wyss is much better and versatile.

random potential option...

So now he got lucky and got potential 7. He grew 6 points in sprint in his first year

 

[dlwssonic]

random potential option...

So now he got lucky and got potential 7. He grew 6 points in sprint in his first year

What is this potential, never seen it on my pcm. Trying to get tyler farrar for next year for my bmc. So far kroon has been my best.

 

[maltiv]

random potential option...

So now he got lucky and got potential 7. He grew 6 points in sprint in his first year

I think that's quite realistic. I'd give him 82 sprint, 62 flat, 59 hill and 52 mountain

 

[jens_attacks]

super news(for me at least):

EUROSPORT WILL MAKE A SPECIAL COVERAGE “InSIDE ASTANA TEAM” DURING GIRO & TOUR

Pro Team Astana signed a contract with world-known channel "Eurosport" with the duration from 1.05.11 till 31.07.11. During this period Eurosport will pay special attention to Pro Team Astana.

The focus will be on Giro d'Italia and Tour de France. During these big races the people from Eurosport (reporter + cameraman) will be every day with the team. From the beginning till the end of each of this two Grand Tours special movie "Inside Team Astana" will be broadcasted on Eurosport before each stage every day.

http://astanafans.com/pro-team-astana-pr.html#more-48471

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

This PR-piece is supposed to be like Planet Armstrong?

I hope they will replace the host, though. That guy was unbearable.

 

[Christian]

I'm not sure if this has been reported somewhere, I'm not even sure I heard the announcers correctly today, but I think Thierry Adam of France 3 said today that Omega Pharma and Lotto will go seperate ways at the end of the season

 

[luckyboy]

As in Lotto will stay on but Omega are leaving?

 

[Christian]

That's what you would expect but they didn't explicitly say that. Again it could be that I completely misheard though ...

 

[togo95]

Now this is interesting. This climb is 10 km with over 14% average.

http://messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it/...colan-si-prepara-per-il-giro-d-italia-1.50131

Imagine Zoncolan and Stentaria in one stage (just like this years stage 14, but this one would be probably even tougher)

 

[ingsve]

Cyclingnews has an exclusive of how the sporting criteria ranking works. http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/exclusive-uci-proteam-ranking-system-revealed

Looking at it though there doesn't appear to be anything new compared to a document that was posted about a year ago.

http://www.cqranking.com/men/docs/div/Calculdelavaleursportivedescoureurs.pdf

 

[Christian]

A new climb for the Giro:

According to cyclim'actu.net Zomegnan wants to integrate the "Stentaria" climb, not far from Zoncolan. This climb is 10,5 km with an average of 16% and a final part of 28%. So far it has not been used because there is not a fully asphalted road, but it could be on the menu in two or 3 years.

http://www.cyclismactu.net/news-giro_un_nouveau_terrible_col_bientot_au_programme-14814.html

 

[theyoungest]

A new climb for the Giro:

According to cyclim'actu.net Zomegnan wants to integrate the "Stentaria" climb, not far from Zoncolan. This climb is 10,5 km with an average of 16% and a final part of 28%. So far it has not been used because there is not a fully asphalted road, but it could be on the menu in two or 3 years.

http://www.cyclismactu.net/news-giro_un_nouveau_terrible_col_bientot_au_programme-14814.html

Dude... that news was posted literally two messages above your own.

 

[luckyboy]

 

[Parrulo]

lol the giro

i can see the terror of a crostis> zoncolan> MTF in this new mountain stage.

 

[jens_attacks]

ahaha so giroish.............that's why i love italian cycling.they are warming the riders with this climb before introducing scanuppia.
anyway what a beast, sweet mother of god

 

[Frosty]

Over-rated IMO, there is that bit where it eases off just after 3km.

 

[luckyboy]

Yeah the peloton would just regroup there and it'd surely just stay together until the end.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Seems perfect for Cavendish

 

[jens_attacks]

Over-rated IMO, there is that bit where it eases off just after 3km.

haha brilliant.
freire has a chance here,leave alone the cauberg

 

[Christian]

Dude... that news was posted literally two messages above your own.

Yeah my bad, sorry about that