General News Thread

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Is that General news, or Clinic news?

Regardless, I love this time of year...

 

[Gloin22]

Anyone ****ed that Colombian Olympic Team delegates choose Duarte/Henao over Bentacur ?

 

[FF'Wilco]

 

[LaFlorecita]

Not nice..

 

[kanari]

Not nice..

I like it. A mix of the old Garmin with 80's Man Utd

 

[LaFlorecita]

I like it. A mix of the old Garmin with 80's Man Utd

I don't like the red but hey that's what you get when you pick sharp as your sponsor.

 

[Azabael]

Not nice..

To me Garmin has the nicest outfit in the peleton. I'm not that pleased with the latest change either, unfortunately.

Farewell

I'll just focus on this one now.

 

[screaming fist]

I would have liked them to keep the lower front white with a red and blue argyle pattern. (Just like the norwegian curling team pants )

 

[Azabael]

The Norwegian curling team. Who can forget about them.

 

[RedheadDane]

I would have liked them to keep the lower front white with a red and blue argyle pattern. (Just like the norwegian curling team pants )

I was actually thinking something similar. Just, make the entire jersey covered in blue-red-white argyle!
Would make them pretty noticable...

The Norwegian curling team. Who can forget about them.

Who can indeed? And they're not the only ones with style...

 

[Samson]

I approve.

Previous one looked way too much like Estonian national champ kit.

 

[Azabael]

I approve.

Previous one looked way too much like Estonian national champ kit.

You find the new kit to be an improvement or are you merely approving?

 

[Samson]

You find the new kit to be an improvement or are you merely approving?

Not an improvement but it's not a step back either imo.

Previous one really did look like Estonian champ kit and in tour of qatar where Mart Ojavee was racing (Estonian road race champ back then) I always got him mixed up with Garmin riders. >.<

and

Thank god Taaramäe or Kangert weren't est road race champs while Garmin was using that mix of colors.

 

[Angliru]

Kind of reminds me of a court jester.

 

[Azabael]

Not an improvement but it's not a step back either imho.

Previous one really did look like Estonian champ kit and in tour of qatar where Mart Ojavee was racing (Estonian road race champ back then) I always got him mixed up with Garmin riders. >.<

and

Thank god Taaramäe or Kangert weren't wear est champ jersey while Garmin was using that mix of colors.

I see how that can be very confusing, yea. You'd think they have some rules for teams not to make outfits that match champion jerseys.

 

[will10]

I see how that can be very confusing, yea. You'd think they have some rules for teams not to make outfits that match champion jerseys.

That'd be pretty impossible as as we've seen on the other thread, different teams have very different ideas of how to incorporate national champions onto their jerseys.

 

[Azabael]

That'd be pretty impossible as as we've seen on the other thread, different teams have very different ideas of how to incorporate national champions onto their jerseys.

That is true. Which is why I think there should be some rules to that too.
Like the Dutch should put Pugno Pro Patria on their bellies to allow Luxembourg to wear a red-white-blue kit as well, so even colourblind people like myself can see a difference.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

British cyclocross rider Ian Field is forever having fans shouting "Venga!" at him, thanks to his team's outfit:

While Team Raleigh appear to be winning the Women's World Cup:

While German amateur squad Team NRW-Rose appear to be going for the Dreifarbe look... (left)

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

I can't find a Tour de Pologne thread and I'm certainly not starting one.

Anyhow, Sky have named a very fun team. Swift for the sprints, then Nordhaug, Henao & Uran for the hills.

 

[Gloin22]

Btw, Brian Holm revealed that the team had pre-ordered yellow helmets for Tony Martin and co. Won't come to much use now for Tony.

http://www.sporten.dk/cykling/holm-vi-havde-bestilt-gule-hjelme

 

[taiwan]

I'm so easy for this sort of stuff.

Sorry big pic

 

[El Pistolero]

Btw, Brian Holm revealed that the team had pre-ordered yellow helmets for Tony Martin and co. Won't come to much use now for Tony.

http://www.sporten.dk/cykling/holm-vi-havde-bestilt-gule-hjelme

Every big budget team does that.

 

[gustienordic]

I can't find a Tour de Pologne thread and I'm certainly not starting one.

Anyhow, Sky have named a very fun team. Swift for the sprints, then Nordhaug, Henao & Uran for the hills.

OOOHHH I like the sound of that! The Aggressive side of Sky.

 

[The Sheep]

Telegraaf journalist Raymond Kerckhoffs is reporting that Tirreno-Adriatico is in financial trouble. Might not be on the calendar next year.

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraaf.nl%2Ftelesport%2Fwielersport%2F12471985%2F__Tirreno-Adriatico_in_gevaar__.html&act=url

 

[The Joker]

Telegraaf journalist Raymond Kerckhoffs is reporting that Tirreno-Adriatico is in financial trouble. Might not be on the calendar next year

Nooooo. This is terrible news!

If they don't race Tirreno next year, I can forsee the UCI adding another boring stage race in some far flung place with cash to spare, like China or India or Saudi Arabia...