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| Shonak |
Posted on 09-08-2016 11:22
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Without the stage races, there could have been room for Tour of Britain as a WT event I imagine, especially in the autumn that is generally rather.. empty in WT terms. Surely with some Cookson extra rule, there would be even room for british conti teams in that event so I agree that RideLondon isn't the best option to profit of the mega cycling hype in Great Britain. But it's better than nothing arguably.
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| Strydz |
Posted on 09-08-2016 15:35
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Thatguyeveryonehates wrote:
what people are saying on reddit is that it isnt the sponsor, it's the team management leaving because of the doping of other teams and suspended dopers coming back to lead dirty teams as managers
they threatened to leave last december for this reason if nothing changed
nothing changed
At least somebody is standing up in Portuguese cycling and saying enough is enough, wish more people inside the sport would do the same in the bigger nations but guess Omertà still runs strong
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 09-08-2016 16:01
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Tour of Britain would be decent and is much better than RideLondon, IMO, but with all the minor and relatively crappy stage races coming in from 2017, meh
Edit: So basically agree. Its a shame.
Edited by Riis123 on 09-08-2016 16:07
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| Shonak |
Posted on 10-08-2016 15:20
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MEGATON: 18 (all) WT teams will block TTT World Championships bc of the race additions and to protest against UCI
https://velonews.c...uci_417767
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| weirdskyfan64 |
Posted on 10-08-2016 16:23
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A number of shocking decisions from Mr Cookson there, but I'll dip into the water:
Omloop and Dwars Door just needed formal confirmations, They were treated as WT races anyway as far as I'm concerned. Same for Qatar and Turkey, for different reasons, but Abu Dhabi was ridiculous. And as for Great Ocean...
But the decision I'm most mad about is RideLondon. A race originally conceived as a fun sportive with a mini-classic at the end whereby a couple of WT teams could send a decent sprinter, and featuring a route that packs slightly more punch than Schelderprijs, has been chosen over a consistently brilliant, consistently well-attended and consistently well-fought one-week stage race that takes the riders all over Britain. But hey! London!
Madiot is totally justified over Paris-Tours.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 14-08-2016 16:19
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I just wanna say, shame on everybody here for forgetting to wish Davide Rebellin a happy 45th birthday last week as he podiums in a GC. 
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| Strydz |
Posted on 16-08-2016 00:40
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Young Australian GC hopeful Robert Power will be starting his first race of the season at the Arnhem-Veenendaal Classic on the 19th, surprised that he's made the start list at all for this season considering he's still recovering from Bone marrow edema which can take 2 years to fully recover from and if not managed correctly could of ended his career. OBE seem like the right squad to be in for a young rider so hopefully this guy can take it slow and make a full recovery as he has a bucket load of talent.
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| emre99 |
Posted on 16-08-2016 00:45
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Strydz wrote:
Young Australian GC hopeful Robert Power will be starting his first race of the season at the Arnhem-Veenendaal Classic on the 19th, surprised that he's made the start list at all for this season considering he's still recovering from Bone marrow edema which can take 2 years to fully recover from and if not managed correctly could of ended his career. OBE seem like the right squad to be in for a young rider so hopefully this guy can take it slow and make a full recovery as he has a bucket load of talent.
The injury effected his progress, wishing a good luck...
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 16-08-2016 23:31
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Sad news as cyclings n1 fan has passed away. For over 40 years he could be found alongside the road giving cans of cola to the riders that needed it.
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| Strydz |
Posted on 19-08-2016 06:03
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Not sure if this is true but certainly changes things if it is as they would be keeping the Lampre WT licence
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 19-08-2016 09:47
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Strydz wrote:
Not sure if this is true but certainly changes things if it is as they would be keeping the Lampre WT licence
I don't know if this is good news or bad news
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 19-08-2016 15:07
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To be honest Lampre is such an iconic sponsor with such an iconic team identity I almost hate this even more.
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 19-08-2016 15:38
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baseballlover312 wrote:
To be honest Lampre is such an iconic sponsor with such an iconic team identity I almost hate this even more.
Moreover the new owners may change the nationality and wipe off Italy of the WT team map
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| Strydz |
Posted on 21-08-2016 05:51
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ivaneurope wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
To be honest Lampre is such an iconic sponsor with such an iconic team identity I almost hate this even more.
Moreover the new owners may change the nationality and wipe off Italy of the WT team map
Well Italy wouldn't of had a WT team next season anyway as Lampre were going to be PCT
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Posted on 24-08-2016 14:55
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Rumours on liveradsport.ch (a swiss cycling site with very decent race text coverages) say that there is a new team on the block for PCT called "Acque Blue". It seems like they are working well together with the old IAM team in terms of f.e. logistical things (taking over team busses and stuff like that).
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| Shonak |
Posted on 24-08-2016 15:09
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Fränkieboy gets 2 millions from Leopard AG due to the sudden contract termination back on his return from the doping ban
https://www.cyclin...ws-shorts/
You got the cash Croatia?
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 25-08-2016 21:18
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Germany in the end will not be able to send a full squad to Doha for the worlds.
9 riders: Australia, Belgium, Colombia, France, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland
6 riders: Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eritrea, Germany, Iran, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, USA
other nations 3, 2 or 1 rider(s)
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 25-08-2016 21:31
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Spilak23 wrote:
Germany in the end will not be able to send a full squad to Doha for the worlds.
9 riders: Australia, Belgium, Colombia, France, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland
6 riders: Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eritrea, Germany, Iran, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, USA
other nations 3, 2 or 1 rider(s)
Incredible than Iran and Eritrea can send 6 riders to the WC, and Slovakia, with the reigning world champion, world nº 1 in WT, world nº 1 in UCI World Ranking, will only have 3 riders. Unbeliveable |
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 25-08-2016 21:34
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This my friends show how broken the UCI ranking system is.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 25-08-2016 21:35
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Juraj Sagan is Slovakian national champion. They don't deserve more than 3 riders
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