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Axel Hangleck

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My social media analysis makes me bet in a move of Chiara Teocchi to KTM: to their factory team or to the italian squad KTM - Protek. If I was to choose one, I would pick the latter.

The Specialized guys were funny. They announced something about revealing their news after December 25th, but so far nothing.
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Good analysis!! KTM-Protek.......
 
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A few World Cup racers out this weekend on the CX bike; Keller, Albin & Forster racing in Switzerland. And PFP, Annie Last & Anne Tauber are racing in Baal, the latter two presumably in no team colours.
 
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A new XC season which will go a long way to deciding Olympic places - and with only 2 places up for grabs, we'll no longer see a Swiss podium clean sweep as in Tokyo. Switzerland, France are going to have a hard job trying to pick just 2 per race - some big names won't make it.
And in the men, the Netherlands have no points at the moment, none of their two top riders have ridden World Cups since 2021 - and with both being on road teams, who knows what happens.
 
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And in the men, the Netherlands have no points at the moment, none of their two top riders have ridden World Cups since 2021 - and with both being on road teams, who knows what happens.
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MvdP has been poorly managed (either by himself or his advisors) and has had too many goals which has led to his demise as a top XCO racer. If he wants to race the XCO Olympics, he should do the Spring classics through Paris Roubaix, take a little break, then start on the MTB for the summer and get some points and forget about the Tour de France. We've seen before that he can't do it all.
 
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Axel Hangleck

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stonerider said:
MvdP has been poorly managed (either by himself or his advisors) and has had too many goals which has led to his demise as a top XCO racer. If he wants to race the XCO Olympics, he should do the Spring classics through Paris Roubaix, take a little break, then start on the MTB for the summer and get some points and forget about the Tour de France. We've seen before that he can't do it all.
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Yes, he should follow the 2019 season example; however they'll want him at the Tour - he won't miss any MTB World Cups, but the prep training/ races will mean he'll likely miss MTB World Cups in June. He currently has no MTB ranking, so I don't think he can do the Friday XCC races, but can start on the 5th row of XCO races due to his Road/CX ranking. Vader is in a similar position.
And as we saw in the Worlds, your ranking defines your gridding position; he'll be miles back - unless he races plenty of MTB.
 
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Banyoles será UCI Test Event, un campo de pruebas para Discovery Sports Events

La prueba de XCO en Banyoles apunta a que tendrá la mejor parrilla de salida de su historia en este 2023. Será especialmente atractiva para los grandes equipos por ser UCI Test Event para Discovery Sports Events
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Looks like Discovery will have a test run at the Banyoles XCO weekend, at the end of February.....
 
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Mathieu van der Poel seguirá en el MTB: “quiero estar en los JJOO de París 2024. Y en la Cape Epic”

Mathieu van der Poel ya tiene calendario para 2023. Incluye intentar ganar otro monumento, acabar el Tour de Francia y luchar por el Mundial de carretera. Y no se olvida del MTB
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Still wants to ride the MTB Olympic race in 2024; he's going to need to rack up points before then, and his Road programme for this year doesn't allow much racing pre MTB Worlds.

Though the mention of Cape Epic excites me.....imagine him and Gaze, now that could be interesting.
 
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Yes, his back, but one guesses that's something he's going to have to manage - and if done properly it's possible to continue switching. I wonder if he'll ride some MTB World Cups after the Worlds?

In other news, Bart's team is revealed today at 13:00 (cet), with Rob Warner hosting....new sponsor, new bikes, etc Live on instagram.
 
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Mathieu van der Poel seguirá en el MTB: “quiero estar en los JJOO de París 2024. Y en la Cape Epic”

Mathieu van der Poel ya tiene calendario para 2023. Incluye intentar ganar otro monumento, acabar el Tour de Francia y luchar por el Mundial de carretera. Y no se olvida del MTB
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Still wants to ride the MTB Olympic race in 2024; he's going to need to rack up points before then, and his Road programme for this year doesn't allow much racing pre MTB Worlds.

Though the mention of Cape Epic excites me.....imagine him and Gaze, now that could be interesting.
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What his mind wants and what his back can handle are not compatible. His road calendar is way too ambitious for someone wanting to race the Olympic XCO race and do well.
 
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Who knows what his plans are? One assumes it's own team/ sponsors....Cervelo will likely be represented by Vader & Van Empel.

Sarrou seems likely to return to BMC, the old KMC-Orbea (Team Vaillant) to become Lapierre, and Cannondale to announce new riders.
 
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MTB may be one of the few sports where fans try to get ahead of the transfer news by checking instagram followers lists. I see the Esmtb team has done the same as I usually do. :tearsofjoy:

That's why I said yesterday that random thing about Avancini to Cervélo, although I don't find it very likely tbh, it's true that he recently followed Cervélo and Team Jumbo-Visma on Instagram in a row. And checking his pattern, he doesn't follow any other road focused team in the same vein as TJV (he follows Alpecin-Deceuninck, but the team is well established as also an off-road team by now).
 
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MTB may be one of the few sports where fans try to get ahead of the transfer news by checking instagram followers lists. I see the Esmtb team has done the same as I usually do. :tearsofjoy:

That's why I said yesterday that random thing about Avancini to Cervélo, although I don't find it very likely tbh, it's true that he recently followed Cervélo and Team Jumbo-Visma on Instagram in a row. And checking his pattern, he doesn't follow any other road focused team in the same vein as TJV (he follows Alpecin-Deceuninck, but the team is well established as also an off-road team by now).
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Ha ha, yes. Sadly, MTB racing has terrible English language media coverage, and trying to get news/ rumours, means going to Esmtb and Brujulabike, who both do a fabulous job.

Never rule anything out; Avancini has a massive following in South America, particularly his home of Brazil....sign him and you're getting a brand new audience.
 
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