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News in 2021
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 08-12-2021 12:01
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Benoot leaving DSM confirmed, has signed with Jumbo-Visma. Big improvement for WVA's classics squad, together with Laporte. Also curious to see how this dynamic will work out next year.
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 09-12-2021 10:46
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The UCI has said "time's up" for Qhubeka
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-...-for-2022/
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 09-12-2021 11:36
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Sporza released a big report on Team DSM today, they don't come out well. I'll try to translate a few of the passages later today.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| DarkWolf |
Posted on 10-12-2021 06:36
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USSR is back and putting up a fight in Ecuador. Well, not quite  , but there are some reminders of the former Cold War giant in Vuelta al Ecuador, after 2 stages Lenin Montenegro is first in the GC and Stalin Puentestar is leading the mountain classification.
And that's not all, because the Spartans are here as well, HA-OOH, HA-OOH, HA-OOH! The Intermediate Sprints Classification is led by Leonidas Novoa. |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 11-12-2021 09:59
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Groenewegen signs for BikeExchange
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 11-12-2021 12:33
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Just saw the news that the Wollongong TT will be the exact same course and distance for men and women. A weird twisted way at looking at equality when you'd rather completely fuck the men's TT in the name of equality. There's absolutely nothing wrong with having shorter distance women's TT. Having them on the same day is an actual good decision that means that there probably going to be more eyes on women's cycling which is what the ultimate aim should be. One of the things that makes women's roadracing enjoyable is the shorter parcours that offer more explosive racing and its literally been cited by female pros in interviews as one of the best things about the sport.
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 11-12-2021 13:06
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Still confused why the UCI chose Woollongong when there’s so, so many better places the race could have been held in Aus. A worlds in Far North Queensland would have been incredible with the scenery.
Indosat - ANZ HQ
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 11-12-2021 16:12
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DarkWolf wrote:
USSR is back and putting up a fight in Ecuador. Well, not quite , but there are some reminders of the former Cold War giant in Vuelta al Ecuador, after 2 stages Lenin Montenegro is first in the GC and Stalin Puentestar is leading the mountain classification.
And that's not all, because the Spartans are here as well, HA-OOH, HA-OOH, HA-OOH! The Intermediate Sprints Classification is led by Leonidas Novoa.
Studied and worked in Ecuador. The president is also called Lenin, and there are quite a lot of Vladimir's as well. Definitely not the names I would have expected in South America, but definitely the names I'll be suggesting for MG 
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| DarkWolf |
Posted on 12-12-2021 05:55
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Nemolito wrote:
DarkWolf wrote:
USSR is back and putting up a fight in Ecuador. Well, not quite , but there are some reminders of the former Cold War giant in Vuelta al Ecuador, after 2 stages Lenin Montenegro is first in the GC and Stalin Puentestar is leading the mountain classification.
And that's not all, because the Spartans are here as well, HA-OOH, HA-OOH, HA-OOH! The Intermediate Sprints Classification is led by Leonidas Novoa.
Studied and worked in Ecuador. The president is also called Lenin, and there are quite a lot of Vladimir's as well. Definitely not the names I would have expected in South America, but definitely the names I'll be suggesting for MG
I guess we'll be fighting over some of them.  |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 12-12-2021 09:42
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Sponsorship uncertainty really puts this whole sport in a constant state of applying ducktap to a sinking ship... Even Assos does not commit to the team a single bit, just referring to a wait and see.
And then you have teams like UAE, Ineos, and Bahrain who literally print money and can provide stability & excellent wages to riders and we get one-sided racing that makes everything worse, as money-hungry teams find it difficult to get results to satisfy sponsors.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 15-12-2021 10:32
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This is actually a very nice kit. |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 15-12-2021 11:00
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Pogacar will ride De Ronde in 2022. Truly trying to become Merckx 2.0
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 16-12-2021 13:26
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Surprised no one mentioned this one yet:
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 20-12-2021 13:27
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Allan Peiper is forced to retire due to cancer. Really sad news for one of the better managers out there.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| MacC |
Posted on 16-01-2022 09:15
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https://www.stick...ld-champs/
Bennett targeting Milan San Remo, TDF and Worlds
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 16-01-2022 14:42
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Worthy goals. Have to wonder how many more chances he has at those. At 31, he's already starting to get to the age where a lot of sprinters slow down, and that knee injury could already hurt. He's also a pure sprinter, so he doesn't have anywhere to transition focus too once he loses a few spins on his acceleration. This might be his last chance at rainbow in particular, as he'll probably be 35+ by the next time it's sprinter friendly.
It'll be hard to do win the stripes though with the ever-small Irish national team behind him. People ask how much of his recent success was due to Quickstep's trains - well this will be the exact opposite situation for him. There are barely any WT caliber Irish riders besides him at the moment, and the ones who are there (Dunbar?) are not guys you anticipate being forceful engines in a sprint train.
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