General News Thread

[roundabout]

Trapagaran, meh.

On hand it's an MTF, on the other it's one of those annoying last km walls.

 

[The Hitch]

GP Ouest France is live on British Eurosport on Aug 26. Good to see them showing races that they normally have'nt shown before like San Sebastian and now this.

I think San sebastian is because the date changed for this year due to the olympiad.

 

[Bobby G]

Never thought I'd see the day ITV advertise La Vuelta at half time of an England international.....

 

[Afrank]

Hushovd finally ends it. Hopefully he will be better next year.
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12642/Under-par-Hushovd-has-more-tests-ends-season.aspx

 

[T-Nielsen]

Never thought I'd see the day ITV advertise La Vuelta at half time of an England international.....

How did they sell it ?

 

[maltiv]

Hushovd finally ends it. Hopefully he will be better next year.
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12642/Under-par-Hushovd-has-more-tests-ends-season.aspx

I'm pretty sure he'll retire next year. There's no coming back from this.

 

[The Hitch]

Never thought I'd see the day ITV advertise La Vuelta at half time of an England international.....

Yeah wow.

After you said it i went and recorded the itv +1 show to see how it went.

How did they sell it ?

Wasnt an ad. Was even better, a plug from the commentators before the 2nd half. He said " plenty of football to look forward to this season and if you are now hooked on cycling and arent we all, ITV 4 has daily highlights of the Tour of Spain starting at 8 oclock this Saturday, the Tour de France runner up Chris Froome is in the field there".

Not too enthusiastic, but the message came down from on high.

 

[Dedelou]

Yeah wow.

After you said it i went and recorded the itv +1 show to see how it went.





Wasnt an ad. Was even better, a plug from the commentators before the 2nd half. He said " plenty of football to look forward to this season and if you are now hooked on cycling and arent we all, ITV 4 has daily highlights of the Tour of Spain starting at 8 oclock this Saturday, the Tour de France runner up Chris Froome is in the field there".

Not too enthusiastic, but the message came down from on high.

So Rupert also own ITV now?

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Samu riding TOB http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/1...-of-Euskaltel-Euskadi-in-Tour-of-Britain.aspx

Great times for the islanders. lucky *******s

 

[roundabout]

Wut?

Montreal is on the same day as TOB start.

I suppose he is not really in form right now, and it's Worlds and after that he is aiming for.

 

[WillemS]

Don't know if this has been mentioned anywhere, but bad news for women's cycling:

Team AA Drink/Leontien.nl has announced to quit at the end of the season. It's the current team of Elizabeth Armitstead, Emma Pooley, and Kirsten Wild. Team manager Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel announced that after their sponsor, AA Drink, had announced not to extent the sponsorship contract, what ends at the end of the current season.

Sources:
Dutch: http://nos.nl/artikel/407710-ploeg-zijlaardvan-moorsel-stopt.html
English: http://www.leontien.nl/artikel/2161...iennl/news/hopefully_with_a_grand_finale.aspx

 

[CasperVg]

Bram Tankink broke his wrist while training behind a motorcycle this morning

Also, not sure if anyone else has posted this yet, but the team sizes for the Worlds have been released:

Top 10 UCI World Tour:
Spain, Italy, GB, Belgium, Australia, Netherlands, USA, France: 9 starters
Slovakia, Switzerland: 6 starters

Africa Tour: Marocco (6), South Africa (3)
America Tour: Colombia (7), Argentine (6), Canada (4), Venezuela & Brazil (3)
Asia Tour: Japan (6), Kazakhstan & Malasia (3)
Europe Tour: Germany & Slovenia (7), Russia & Poland & Ukraine (6), Czech Rep (7), Denmark& Austria& Latvia& Estonia& Bulgaria& Croatia& Sweden& Serbia& Lithuania& Greece (3)
Oceania Tour: New Zealand (3)

Other qualifiers (Top 100 rider in WT): Portugal (4), Luxembourg&Ireland&Belarus&Norway(3)

Other qualifiers (1 rider in WT): Costa Rica (1)
Other qualifiers (Cont tours): Algeria & Uruguay & Bolivia & Chile & Hong Kong/China & Iran & Turkey & Hungary & Moldova & Azerbijan (all 1)

 

[Ferminal]

And the startlist for the TTT.

http://biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=54498

Will be cool to see how high RB3 and AIS go against the big boys.

 

[CasperVg]

And the startlist for the TTT.

http://biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=54498

Will be cool to see how high RB3 and AIS go against the big boys.

Wow, that is a lot of participating teams. Will be interesting to follow. Wonder what the timegap between first team and last team will be in the end

 

[Gloin22]

Wiggins will not ride the Worlds ITT.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ot...ns-accepts-Mark-Cavendish-leave-Team-Sky.html

 

[El Pistolero]

Wiggins will not ride the Worlds ITT.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ot...ns-accepts-Mark-Cavendish-leave-Team-Sky.html

Lol, he has lost all interest in road cycling.

 

[Arnout]

His comments about X-Factor are the first bit of sense I heard coming out of his mouth for a long time.

 

[JRanton]

Bradley Wiggins and co. pedal onto Sky Atlantic HD

Following the Tour de France finale and Team GB's Olympic success, Sky Atlantic HD announce that on Thursday 30 August at 8pm, five part series British Cycling: Road To Glory will debut on the channel. Forming part of Sky’s investment in home grown content, the Twofour produced series will focus on the world of cycling, following some of the most high profile names in the sport, including Tour de France 2012 winner and Olympic Gold medallist Bradley Wiggins.

British Cycling: The Road To Glory will offer an insight into the inner workings and stars of both the professional road outfit Team Sky and the national British Cycling team. It will lay bare the extraordinary physical, psychological and tactical dimensions of both professional cycling and the bid for continued Olympic success at London 2012. The series will also feature key coaches behind the bid, including Dave Brailsford, Performance Director of British Cycling and Team Principal for Team Sky.

Also airing later this year will be one-off documentary Bradley Wiggins: Tour Of Duty, which will give a no-holds barred look at how one of Britain’s brightest sport stars balances his professional and personal life. Cameras will follow Wiggins across some of Europe’s toughest races as he trains for the Tour De France and succeeds in becoming the first British rider to win cycling’s most iconic professional race. The documentary will also look to capture the personality of Wiggins as he trains and competes for the Tour, following his journey and speaking to those closest to him. The film will be directed by John Dower (Thriller in Manila).

Sky has been the principal partner of British Cycling since early 2008 and is committed to the partnership until the end of 2016. The main aim of this partnership is to get one million more people cycling regularly (once a month or at least 12 times per year) by 2013. Sky and British Cycling have a shared vision to build an epic success story for British sport for today and in the future.

British Cycling: Road To Glory will exclusively air on Sky Atlantic HD and Sky Atlantic from Thursday 30 August at 8pm while Bradley Wiggins: Tour Of Duty will follow later in the year.

http://skyatlantic.sky.com/bradley-...gins-tour-of-duty-pedals-onto-sky-atlantic-hd

 

[JRanton]

Lol, he has lost all interest in road cycling.

A journalist, Richard Moore, who is close to Team Sky and spoke to Wiggins yesterday, has suggested that he might well target victory at the Giro next year and then go to the Tour to ride for Froome.

 

[Forunculo]

A journalist, Richard Moore, who is close to Team Sky and spoke to Wiggins yesterday, has suggested that he might well target victory at the Giro next year and then go to the Tour to ride for Froome.

The parcours will be very different than this Tour and without Froome... Anyway if his rivals are Basso and Cunego he will be fine, but I think Nibali is going to contest the Giro.

 

[JRanton]

The parcours will be very different than this Tour and without Froome... Anyway if his rivals are Basso and Cunego he will be fine, but I think Nibali is going to contest the Giro.

I could see Henao not being far off Froome's level by next year and they have enough climbing depth to support GC riders very well at both the Giro and Tour.

Eg: Giro - Wiggins, Henao, Porte, Kiryienka, Cataldo

Tour - Froome, Uran, Wiggins, Rogers, Siutsov

 

[Forunculo]

I could see Henao not being far off Froome's level by next year and they have enough climbing depth to support GC riders very well at both the Giro and Tour.

Eg: Giro - Wiggins, Henao, Porte, Kiryienka, Cataldo

Tour - Froome, Uran, Wiggins, Rogers, Siutsov

Is Cataldo an official deal?

 

[The Hitch]

Lets just hope Giro dont take Wiggins too seriously and make the parcors for him

 

[El Pistolero]

This guy sure talks a lot of BS in his recent interviews.

Seems like he already knows he won't win the Tour again, strange...

 

[jens_attacks]

a big + from my part for wiggo.


"But now a month on I'm thinking I'd maybe like to go back next year or go and try to win the Giro (d'Italia) now. That's just as historic, just as much of a beautiful race.