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Barkintheeye

Barkintheeye

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Remembering and already missing Stybar I had to rewatch some of the memorable races he took part in. If you never saw Strade Bianche 2016 it’s a must watch!

View: https://youtu.be/Ocw26S1ucP0?si=AHhY9MPfcdBfB-z6


Closely all of the best of the late “rim brake era” was there. Sagan as the World Champion, Cancellara with multiple wins and Olympic TT World Champion, Valverde, Kwiatkowski, Nibali, Benoot, Brambilla, Oss, Van Avermat… the list just goes on and then of course Stybar. Fantastic race with a very exciting finish.

Stybie might not go down in the history books as one of the all time great but at his peak he was good.
 
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TourOfSardinia

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low key enough for me
 
Barkintheeye

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I hate to say it but the Sint-Niklaas race was a bit of a sleeping pill. Something like a lingering hangover after Tabor and now that the big guns are focusing on the upcoming spring classics.

Will Nys and Ronhaar participate in some notable road events?
 
Hugh Januss

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Armchair cyclist said:
Only watching Brussels this morning. Is there an exemption in this event from the 3m wide route rule, or do the Eurosport commentators mis-state that?
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The Belgian courses routinely bend the actual wording of course rules both in width of course, placement of first "bottleneck" after the start, and stationary objects (generally trees) within the course parameters. I think they have a kind of a "*** you we invented it" attitude
 
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Wyndbrook

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Barkintheeye said:
I hate to say it but the Sint-Niklaas race was a bit of a sleeping pill. Something like a lingering hangover after Tabor and now that the big guns are focusing on the upcoming spring classics.

Will Nys and Ronhaar participate in some notable road
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Last year Nys took part in a few lesser Belgian races like Denian and de Panne, then mostly one week stage races. Maybe similar this year.
Theres an intervew with Ronhaar today on WF where he talks about road this season, suggesting he could be a hilly classics rider, but all very vague with comments about an internship. So no I guess to any notable races.
He also talks about improving his diet, but again no concrete plans having used a nutritionist in the past, but did not work out.
 
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Puck Pieterse will start her road season this Saturday, in the Omloop. She'll also do Omloop van het Hageland on Sunday, Strade Bianche next week, and the Ronde van Drenthe the week after.

Fem van Empel will start in Gent-Wevelgem, then do the Ronde van Vlaanderen, Amstel Gold, and possibly Fleche Wallonne and Liege. Her trainer has said that the Ronde and Amstel are her big goals this spring.

Curious if Puck can do as well as last year. Given how poorly January went for her, I'm doubting it a bit. Fem's spring last year was a dud, so any result she gets will already be progress.
 
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Fun video on Zwift Academy prospects getting the chance to train with MVDP and Alpecin. Cycling these days is completely structured, scientific and super competitive. Massive pressure on these kids. Also interesting to see that one of the main selective parameters is Durability, i.e. the capacity to do well at the end of a hard workout...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aagywz3B-T8
 
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Axel Hangleck

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Transfer news; Anna Kay leaves Cyclocross Reds (and the Roodhooft empire) and signs for Proximus-Cyclis-Alphamotorhomes.

When she was an U23, I thought she might become a regular top 5 /10 rider depending on the courses.....

www.wielerflits.nl

Anna Kay verruilt Cyclocross Reds voor Proximus-Cyclis-Alphamotorhomes

Een transfer in veldritland. Anna Kay verlaat Cyclocross Reds en zet haar carrière voort bij Proximus-Cyclis-Alphamotorhomes. De 24-jarige Britse veldrijdster zal bij haar nieuwe werkgever ook de nodige wegkoersen betwisten. Kay heeft haar handtekening gezet onder een tweejarige verbintenis. “Ik...
www.wielerflits.nl www.wielerflits.nl
 
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TourOfSardinia said:
www.cyclingnews.com

Teams and riders face 'obligations' to compete in Cyclocross World Cups next year

UCI to institute new rules on March 1 for 'balanced athlete participation' in cyclocross events
www.cyclingnews.com www.cyclingnews.com
more UCI domineering
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I guess it was coming, this is the stick bit. But what everyone wants is to see the carrot bit.
Let's see the WC calendar with a hopefully reduced number and the races with protected status.
Where is a teams list with their designated status.
How many WC races are there going to be, will there more that one race in US, either a double header or an additional venue.
As regards if top 20 cannot race in a national competition, I'm not sure if that happens other than rarely. Although I'm not totally sure what the difference is, I guess it's anything not on the international calendar. In the UK our national series( is listed on the calendar) occasionally has international riders, but not top 20. I think Jense Michels was the only one this winter.

The issue is cross is Belgian centric sport and where most of the money comes from.
Yes some riders earn decent money and a decent size group make a living from wages and start money. . But what we do not see are the
wages paid which I suspect are low for a majority. Racing in the US is costly and even bingo riders were themselves financially contributing for their flights and accommodation.
 
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Axel Hangleck

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I understand UCI/Flanders Classics position; they want the top riders to prioritise the World Cup over the other series - as we see in MTB. However, they've gone OTT in having 14 rounds....totally unsustainable, and meaning clashes with other series.
8-10 rounds is the absolute limit, mostly run every 2 weeks allowing the other series the non World Cup weekends.

Forcing riders/teams into doing X amount of races isn't the way to go......and will only backfire.
 
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Axel Hangleck

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A British 1-2 in the junior Alfredo Binda, with Imogen Wolff beating Cat Ferguson. Wolff still hasn't been picked up by a WWT.

In other news men's junior World champion, Stefano Viezzi doesn't seem to have attracted any interest, and is now off racing XCO......
 
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Axel Hangleck

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A World Cup in name only; in fact, apart from Sardinia, it's a North European 'World Cup'........

So many major cycling countries are not represented - and a big kick in the ar5e to the US and Trek.......

And the Olympic games 'trial' in Val di Sole is ended........

Maasmechelen & Dendermonde are not worthy of a World Cup, but obviously have the cash behind them.
 
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Axel Hangleck

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I always find the contrast between the CX & MTB Worlds quite stark.......
12 races in 2 months versus 8 races from April to October........

So no CX World Cups during the drier, faster part of the season........
 
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