General News Thread

[hrotha]

RCS, they're even worse. There's a reason why Zomegan is fired.

...and that reason has nothing to do with Contador.

 

[El Pistolero]

...and that reason has nothing to do with Contador.

It's because he didn't respect any cyclist with his stupid ideas and long transfers. An organisation that puts in that many and that long transfers has never heard of the word respect.

 

[Bala Verde]

Let's keep the thread on topic and share 'general cyclign news' here. If you want to debate Contador's quotes and how they should be interpreted, please open a new thread.

 

[Rooboy]

Hope I'm posting in the right place. So reluctant to start a new thread being a BMC/Cadel fan and all. Hope this is considered "general news" and is taken as intended.

Anyway Floyd has basically admitted he's going to use motors when he comes back to racing:

http://www.bikerumor.com/2011/07/23/floyd-landis-wants-to-race-again-in-nascar/

 

[The Hitch]

Hope I'm posting in the right place. So reluctant to start a new thread being a BMC/Cadel fan and all. Hope this is considered "general news" and is taken as intended.

Anyway Floyd has basically admitted he's going to use motors when he comes back to racing:

http://www.bikerumor.com/2011/07/23/floyd-landis-wants-to-race-again-in-nascar/

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=6220&page=31

 

[Machu Picchu]

tweet from cycling weekly, no links yet...

Cycling Weekly
BREAKING NEWS: The Court of Arbitration for Sport has delayed Alberto Contador's case until November 2011

 

[El Pistolero]

tweet from cycling weekly, no links yet...

What a joke CAS is...

 

[Machu Picchu]

"Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has allowed a request for a second exchange of written submissions between the parties as well as for a new procedural calendar. Such request was formulated by WADA with the unanimous agreement of the three other parties.

As a consequence of the parties’ request, the hearing which was scheduled for 1, 2 and 3 August 2011 is cancelled and will be rescheduled for new dates, probably in November 2011."

link to CAS

Probably November?_? good job.

 

[El Pistolero]

By the time he's sentenced he'll already be free to ride

 

[Parrulo]

this is getting pathetic . . . .

 

[The Hitch]

Maybe Contador decided he wanted to ride Lombardy. A quick phone-call got that sorted.

 

[jobiwan]

November?? This is ridiculous! At this rate we might know the 2012 Tour winner before the 2010 winner!

 

[El Pistolero]

November?? This is ridiculous! At this rate we might know the 2012 Tour winner before the 2010 winner!

I can already tell you that Contador won that one

 

[dlwssonic]

Are they dumb or what? next thing i know its delayed to next year

 

[Jeanne]

By the time he's sentenced he'll already be free to ride

or retiring...

 

[ManInFull]

November?? This is ridiculous! At this rate we might know the 2012 Tour winner before the 2010 winner!

Just incredible. Do we know if he is planning to do any more racing this calendar year?

 

[The Hitch]

Just incredible. Do we know if he is planning to do any more racing this calendar year?

He said one more race, though its unclear which one.

 

[goggalor]

He said one more race, though its unclear which one.

Hopefully Lombardia. Is that likely?

 

[Sophistic]

No surprise, SBS needs the verdict after the licensing procedure has ended, take Contis points away and they are not a top 15 team.

 

[paperbackwriter]

No surprise, SBS needs the verdict after the licensing procedure has ended, take Contis points away and they are not a top 15 team.

It's delayed at WADA's request.

 

[ingsve]

No surprise, SBS needs the verdict after the licensing procedure has ended, take Contis points away and they are not a top 15 team.

Well, that's possibly still true but you can't know that since the ranking they use is not public. Being top 15 has nothing to do with hte WT team ranking.

 

[El Pistolero]

http://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/14940/nieuwe-finale-voor-ronde-van-lombardije.html

The Giro di Lombardia course will change yet again... This time they'll finish in Lecco(south of the Como lake)

They really don't want Phil to win huh

 

[Bala Verde]

General news, on topic please.

Take the discussion elsewhere.

On that note, http://www.wielerupdate.nl/wielernieuws/18452/nibali-en-boonen-zullen-starten-in-ronde-van-polen/

Besides Boonen, Nibali also confirmed for Poland.

 

[luckyboy]

Nowhere to put this, but here's a pretty nice video about the 1962 Tour - http://vimeo.com/21306164

 

[El Pistolero]

2012 Tour:

Prologue Liège Liège ITT
Stage 1 Liège Seraing Road(flat)
Stage 2 Visé Tournai Road(flat)
Stage 3 Tournai Orchies TTT (Cobbles?)
Stage 4 Lille Rouen Road
Stage 5
Stage 6 Sedan Metz Road
Stage 7 Metz Porrentruy Road
Stage 8 Porrentruy Dijon Road
Rest Day Rest Day Rest Day Rest Day
Possibly Etape du Tour Mondovelo to la Toussuire
Stage 9 TDijon Lyon Road
Stage 10 Lyon Alberville Mountain
Stage 11 Alberville la Toussuire Mountain Top Finish
Stage 12 ITT l'Alpe d'Huez Mountain Top Finish
Stage 13 Road
Stage 14 Road
Rest Day Rest Day Rest Day Rest Day
Possibly Etape du Tour Mondovelo to Pierre saint Martin
Stage 15 Samatan Saint Lary Mountain Top Finish
Stage 16 Saint lary Pau Mountains
Stage 17 Pau Pierre saint Martin Mountain Top Finish
Stage 18 Pau Bordeaux or Pamploma Road
Stage 19 ITT
Stage 20 Provins Paris Road

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More then 12 stage wins for Frodo