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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 13-10-2016 21:08
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deek12345 wrote:
yep Kimmage has spoken up loads of times on skys Bullshit, but Walsh is a different story.
thanks for Kimmage infot.
Walsh just started to write Froome autobiography |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 14-10-2016 10:33
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deek12345 wrote:
yep Kimmage has spoken up loads of times on skys Bullshit, but Walsh is a different story.
Walsh was apparently won over after spending a few weeks on the team bus and seeing the team day in, day out and writing a book on it. Been much less vocal about them as he was about Lance and sees Froome in a different light.
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 14-10-2016 10:34
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AG2R to ride Factor bikes in 2017 after ditching Focus. First WT team to ride the brand after One Pro had them in the PCT peleton this season.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 15-10-2016 09:26
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Wiggins failed a whereabouts test 3 months ahead of Rio Olympic Games
https://www.cyclin...pic-games/
According to The Daily Mail, Wiggins received a strike for providing 'insufficient information about where he would be' in May. The British newspaper reported that Wiggins 'blamed the time difference and the fact it was an overnight flight' on his return home from the 2.HC race in which he finished 121st.
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"It's bloody hard because what happens is you miss one test, they write you a letter, they ask you to explain what happened, and you've got two weeks to put a case forward," Wiggins said in an interview with The Guardian's Weekend magazine. "If you ignore that and then you get another one, you end up having crisis meetings.
"When you're a professional athlete and you're a world champion, there's no excuse, because it's your career. You're setting the standard for everybody else, and to say: 'Cycling wasn't my priority at that time,' is ludicrous, because you nearly lost your career over it. That's just ridiculous. So I can't fathom how that happened."
Meanwhile, Kittel speaks out against Wiggo too.
https://www.cyclin...-over-tue/
"If someone has severe asthma, then he has no place in performance sport," German media reported Kittel as saying.
"We introduced the Paralympics because we want to give people with one leg a chance to compete against others," he added.
Uuuh, burn! (He's right tho!)
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| Thatguyeveryonehates |
Posted on 15-10-2016 09:34
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the_hoyle wrote:
deek12345 wrote:
yep Kimmage has spoken up loads of times on skys Bullshit, but Walsh is a different story.
Walsh was apparently won over after spending a few weeks on the team bus and seeing the team day in, day out and writing a book on it. Been much less vocal about them as he was about Lance and sees Froome in a different light.
im sure it has nothing to do with the fact that his salary is paid by the same people that own Sky |
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 15-10-2016 13:21
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I'm done with the Martin TT discussion in the stats discussion thread, so I post the link here: Link
It's a German Source that points at an interview with his manager. Basically he expained the changes of seat positions (and the failures with it) that were based on wrong data; also talked about how things went in the right direction after Rio and the turnaround issues then. Great read to understand his results a little better!
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 15-10-2016 17:53
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Expansion of the Womens World Tour
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-a...ign=buffer
Adds: Boels Rentals Ladies Tour, Ladies Tour of Norway, Amstel Gold Womens Race, Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
All other races remain, bringing the total up to 21 races. Beginning 4th March with Strade Bianche. Other highlights include Tour of Flanders (2nd April, Triple Ardennes (16th-23rd April), ATOC (11-14th May), Aviva Womens Tour (7-11 June), Giro Rosa (30June-9July), La Course (23rd July). Ending with Madrid Challenge on the 10th September.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 16-10-2016 13:33
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https://www.nytime...oping.html
NYTimes article by Millar, how to get away with doping, basically talking about his previous doping. As sure as the sun rises, you just know Millar will be there when there is money to be made out of doping talks  
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 16-10-2016 19:45
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With the cycling season over now, ASO will reveal the route of TdF in 2 days to keep the cycling mad stimulated.
I always look very much forward to these announcements, but this year it looks very grim. Expect an extremely mediocre route apart from 1 or 2 well designed ones.
EDIT: Fortunately RCS and the Giro will safe us, but the Pyrenean and especially Alpine stages proposed looks just plain bad. One very good stage in the Juras tho.
Edited by Riis123 on 16-10-2016 19:52
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 18-10-2016 11:37
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Tour route awful; watched the presentation and wished I hadn't. 36km of TT and some bad mountain stages (apart from the welcome arrival of Mont du Chat). Will post some profiles when I find them.
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| BenjiNaesen |
Posted on 18-10-2016 11:48
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Stromeon wrote:
Tour route awful; watched the presentation and wished I hadn't. 36km of TT and some bad mountain stages (apart from the welcome arrival of Mont du Chat). Will post some profiles when I find them.
I do feel like the sprints will be fun with a start in germany. The climbs are bad indeed. I do look forward to izoard  |
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| matt17br |
Posted on 18-10-2016 12:55
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The profiles are here
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 18-10-2016 13:36
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Are we saying 36k of TT is too much or too little? This year's TdF had one TT that was 37k alone.
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| Luxemburger |
Posted on 18-10-2016 14:06
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A stage through Luxembourg and one even starting in Mondorf? I guess I'll finally see parts of my family again!
Kirchen's second account according to Spilak23, 21-07-2016 17:16
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 18-10-2016 14:06
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Modern GT riding at it's best (worst really). Action on mountain stages will be limited to last couple kilometres. Gaps between the riders will be small throughout the Tour will which keep 'excitement' in the race.
Chambéry stage is great but unfortunately to early in the race.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 18-10-2016 14:09
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Luxemburger wrote:
A stage through Luxembourg and one even starting in Mondorf? I guess I'll finally see parts of my family again!
First time in over 10 years without a Schleck in le Tour and they start a stage in Mondorf les Bains 
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 18-10-2016 14:30
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La Course goes from news of possible expansion last week to changing location from Paris to Col d'Izoard this week. The women's peleton will tackle the final 66km of the men's stage for 2017.
https://www.cyclin...d-in-2017/
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 18-10-2016 14:54
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Riis123 wrote:
With the cycling season over now, ASO will reveal the route of TdF in 2 days to keep the cycling mad stimulated.
I always look very much forward to these announcements, but this year it looks very grim. Expect an extremely mediocre route apart from 1 or 2 well designed ones.
EDIT: Fortunately RCS and the Giro will safe us, but the Pyrenean and especially Alpine stages proposed looks just plain bad. One very good stage in the Juras tho.
Called it. 
I like the 2 Jura stages, they are great. I will look forward to the Galibier-stage if Quintana is on fire. The rest is meh at best.
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 18-10-2016 15:23
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Am I the only one enjoying week 1 of the Route? But then again I don't really care about the mountains..
Bring on the Vosges, Jura and Wallonie/Luxembourg stages |
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 18-10-2016 16:40
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
Am I the only one enjoying week 1 of the Route? But then again I don't really care about the mountains..
Bring on the Vosges, Jura and Wallonie/Luxembourg stages
No, the first week is decent, but it seems they have gone out of their way to avoid interesting parcours - the Liege-stage is apparently completely flat and the Vosges-stage is almost completely flat beforehand (compared to the great stage in 2014). But overall its definitely the best thing about the route (the first 9 days up until the first rest day) and as I've said, the Juras are great.
Foix-stage is dirt. Izoard is even more dirt and again it seems they have gone out of their way to make it as easy to control up until Izoard. But the time trials is the most embarrassing about this. |
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