Official Pre-Season Training Camp thread

[auscyclefan94]

This will be a thread to post pics about training camps and to post general news on happenings at training camps of what has happened and where future training camps will be.

Cyclingnews' guide of all training camps

Another future one is BMC's which will be in Spain sometime in the coming weeks.

EDIT: This can also be a thread for team presentations.

 

[Christian]

Team Lux training (bonding) camp is starting tomorrow December 6th in Crans Montana/Switzerland; first rider to arrive was australian Will Clarke on Saturday.

Team presentation will be in Luxembourg City (sports center "Coque" in quartier Kirchberg) in the evening of January 6th. It seems as though it will be open to the public, which means up to 4,800 people will be able to attend. The whole presentation, as well as a press conference earlier that day, will be on live-stream on http://www.rtl.lu

AG2R already had a small 6-day camp in Temple-sur-Lot (Lot-et-Garonne) in November (15th-20th), which had a s a main goal to integrate the 7 new riders. The big training camp including all the riders will be held in Salou/Spain from December 8th to 17th.

 

[RedheadDane]

Some pics from the Saxobank-Sungard camp.

Guy in the middle looks oddly like "Birdie" (Also known as Fuglsang) but wouldn't he be on the Rabobank camp?

Guy in the middle is not impressed!

Kitesurfing?

Kinda looks like he's fishing in the air...

 

[janraaskalt]

Guy in the middle looks oddly like "Birdie" (Also known as Fuglsang) but wouldn't he be on the Rabobank camp?

He doesn't look like Fugslang at all. Secondly, the Leopard camp seems a more appropriate place to be for Jakob.

 

[Christian]

Guy in the middle looks oddly like "Birdie" (Also known as Fuglsang) but wouldn't he be on the Rabobank camp?

I think either you mean Breschel or Team Luxembourg.

Anyways nice to get some pictures though, thanks for that!

 

[theyoungest]

I think either you mean Breschel or Team Luxembourg.

Anyways nice to get some pictures though, thanks for that!

He does look a bit like Breschel. He's supposed to be on Lanzarote right now, but that's not too far away from Fuerteventura, I guess.

 

[ingsve]

Team Sky had a first meeting at November 23rd in London with all the new riders and they had an award ceremony where among other things EBH won Rider of the Year, Wiggins won Biggest Media Blowout of the Year and most importantly Löfkvist won for Best Tan Lines of the Year:

 

[RedheadDane]

He doesn't look like Fugslang at all. Secondly, the Leopard camp seems a more appropriate place to be for Jakob.

I meant Breschel. Why did I mix him up with Fuglsang? Leopard is the name of Team Lux?

I think either you mean Breschel or Team Luxembourg.

Anyways nice to get some pictures though, thanks for that!

You're welcome. And, yeah, my mistake with the mixing up...

 

[Beech Mtn]

Photos from Astana training camp in Italy
http://www.astana.lu/gallery.php?action=visu&gal_id=113

 

[Christian]

Leopard is the name of Team Lux?

It's the name of the newly-founded company which holds the license of the team, such as Riis Cycling for example. It's been stated on several occasions that the name of the team will not be the same.

http://www.leopard.lu (coming soon)

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I meant Breschel. Why did I mix him up with Fuglsang? Leopard is the name of Team Lux?


You're welcome. And, yeah, my mistake with the mixing up...

In the same respect as Saxo-Sungard = Riis Cycling, and Movistar = Abarcá Sports, yes.

 

[auscyclefan94]

BMC Camp to start today in Spain!

 

[The Hitch]

Everyone else seems to be in the son, while Liquigas are out in the cold cold snow.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/photo-gallery-liquigas-cannondale-in-san-pellegrino

 

[Christian]

Everyone else seems to be in the son, while Liquigas are out in the cold cold snow.

Team Luxembourg is in the snow too, camp to start tomorrow.

just back from a 4hr hike up the mountain 2200m in the snow, and lunch on top . good fun
http://twitter.com/clarkeywilbur

 

[roadbiker]

HTC start their first camp this week (today?) in sunny California.

 

[Christian]

Cofidis is currently holding their camp in Gréoux-les-Bains.

Francis van Londersele is absent however, and his relations with team manager Eric Boyer are said to be quite bad ever since the Giro di Lombardia. It is impossible to know who is at the source of this conflict, but is appears that the riders are on Boyer's side. They seem to have written a letter to the president of Cofidis, assuring their support of Boyer for 2011.

http://www.cyclismactu.net/news-2011_un_absent_de_marque_durant_le_stage_de_cofidis-10865.html

 

[Michele]

BMC Camp to start today in Spain!

Are they in Calpe?

Radioshack's first meeting started today as well.

I was there until today and just noticed a few guys from Katusha (Gusev and Kolobnev, but they both have house in there) and a Vacansoleil guy (couldn't recognize who it was).

Vacansoleil supposed to be there around 10 or 11th of this month.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Are they in Calpe?

Radioshack's first meeting started today as well.

I was there until today and just noticed a few guys from Katusha (Gusev and Kolobnev, but they both have house in there) and a Vacansoleil guy (couldn't recognize who it was).

Vacansoleil supposed to be there around 10 or 11th of this month.

Denia, Spain but that is realtively close to Calpe.

 

[RedheadDane]

The Liquigas skiing pictures kinda reminds me of the time where the CSC camp was cross country in Norway. Arvesen seemed to like it, O'Gready not so much...
I'm already looking forwards to watching the "video dairy" from the Saxobank-Sungard camp (it's being send together with the Tour, so I'm gonna have to wait) It looks like so much fun!

 

[Christian]

St. Nicolas in Crans Montana:

 

[Arnout]

Euskaltel will go to Mallorca, from 13 (or 12) to 23 (or 22) december. Among other things, they will sort out rider programs for next year (although the big guns are already sorted for the GTs of course).

They already had a sort of pre-preseason camp some weeks ago to meet sponsors and new riders.

 

[hubbard]

tag team training

 

[El Pistolero]

Team Saxo.

 

[Michele]

Denia, Spain but that is realtively close to Calpe.

Yep, just few kms away.

 

[RedheadDane]

Team Saxo.

Hmm. Even though their backs are turned you can just so clearly see which way their eyes are pointing.
Gee... guys!