|
News in February
|
| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 02-02-2010 20:42
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 4790
Joined: 06-12-2006
PCM$: 200.00
|
 |
| |
|
|
| CrueTrue |
Posted on 03-02-2010 11:57
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 29989
Joined: 20-10-2006
PCM$: 200.00
|
USA Cycling has decided to ban team radios in all American races except for Tour of Missouri, Tour of California and Philadelphia. |
| |
|
|
| Shifty |
Posted on 03-02-2010 12:22
|
Neo-Pro
Posts: 298
Joined: 10-03-2009
PCM$: 300.00
|
$&#^! Really USA cycling? One of the biggest reasons I was looking forward to being a Cat II 
|
| |
|
|
| CrueTrue |
Posted on 03-02-2010 13:47
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 29989
Joined: 20-10-2006
PCM$: 200.00
|
Oh dear. The newspaper that I love to hate has an 'overview' of the 2010 cycling teams, rating them from 1 to 6. Team RadioShack gets a 6/6 for having a very strong GC team. On the other hand, Liquigas, a team with 4 GC top-5 candidates, gets 4/6.
... say what?
(Edit: Also, directly translated, it's called "The Great Cycling Overview 2010" - 8 teams are mentioned in the article... Disgrace.)
Edited by CrueTrue on 03-02-2010 13:48
|
| |
|
|
| issoisso |
Posted on 03-02-2010 14:06
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 22918
Joined: 08-02-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Link please
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
|
| |
|
|
| Wilier |
Posted on 03-02-2010 15:22
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 5405
Joined: 28-04-2008
PCM$: 200.00
|
The Beppu case is finally over. He joins Team RadioShack.
Beppu free to join Armstrong's team
Skil-Shimano cycling team have finally agreed to annul Fumiyuki Beppu’s contract after the Japanese rider ignored rules and reached a verbal agreement to join Lance Armstrong’s Radio Shack team.
Beppu had a year left on his contract with Skil-Shimano, which debuted at the Tour de Fance last year, but apparently ignored this on his way to agreeing to join Radio Shack without informing his team.
Skil said Wednesday they had “agreed to annul” Beppu’s contract, but only after establishing his misdemeanour and forcing him to pay compensation.
A statement added: “Beppu recently reached a verbal agreement with Team RadioShack, without permission and without notifying Skil Shimano.
“The 26-year-old has now acknowledged that he has a valid contract with Skil-Shimano and is unable to leave the team and sign a contract elsewhere without Skil-Shimano’s permission.
“This acknowledgment was a point of principle for Skil-Shimano, because an alternative reading would have undermined relations between teams and riders under contract, and existing contracts would no longer have been binding.
“After this principle decision .... Beppu was offered the option of getting out of his contract through payment of non-negotiable compensation to his employer, bearing in mind the team is no longer confident of a continued successful relationship due to the rider’s actions a few months ago.”
Skil said they had no plans to replace Beppu, who despite racing with Armstrong’s former team, Discovery Channel, from 2005-2006 did not take part in any major races.
The 26-year-old Japanese has yet to claim a major victory in Europe.
Skil meanwhile hope the other Asian riders on their team don’t get similar ideas to Beppu’s.
“The team will continue to focus on the current roster of riders and prepare thoroughly for the coming season,” added the statement.
“The team is also confident its four remaining Asian riders will be able to make an undiminished contribution to the development and promotion of cycling in China and Japan, which is one of the goals of Skil-Shimano.”
|
| |
|
|
| kebowers |
Posted on 03-02-2010 17:58
|
Stagiare
Posts: 161
Joined: 18-09-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Terrible news on Scott Nydam (BMC)
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/head-...ams-career
Hey Levi4Life sorry to hear this about your friend.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Pain is a big fat creature riding on your back. The farther you pedal, the heavier he feels. The harder you push, the tighter he squeezes your chest. The steeper the climb, the deeper he digs his jagged, sharp claws into your muscles."
|
| |
|
|
| CrueTrue |
Posted on 03-02-2010 20:04
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 29989
Joined: 20-10-2006
PCM$: 200.00
|
issoisso wrote:
Link please
Enjoy
https://www.sporten.dk/cykling/den-sto...rsigt-2010
Edit: Just noticed this. Of QuickStep's other "high-profiled riders", Thomas Kvist is mentioned
Edited by CrueTrue on 03-02-2010 20:05
|
| |
|
|
| Ad Bot |
Posted on 24-11-2024 16:27
|
Bot Agent
Posts: Countless
Joined: 23.11.09
|
|
| IP: None |
|
|
| schleck93 |
Posted on 03-02-2010 20:08
|
Classics Specialist
Posts: 3715
Joined: 04-08-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
issoisso wrote:
Link please
Here, in danish though.
https://www.sporten.dk/cykling/den-sto...rsigt-2010
BenBarnes wrote:
Thor wears a live rattlesnake as a condom.
|
| |
|
|
| issoisso |
Posted on 03-02-2010 20:17
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 22918
Joined: 08-02-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
CrueTrue wrote:
Edit: Just noticed this. Of QuickStep's other "high-profiled riders", Thomas Kvist is mentioned
Why he's like the 8th best sprinter on the team. It's obvious that he should be profiled 
(He's not actually a sprinter, but I'm making a point here, damn it)
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
|
| |
|
|
| kumazan |
Posted on 04-02-2010 12:17
|
Team Leader
Posts: 6662
Joined: 02-07-2009
PCM$: 200.00
|
The organization of the Vuelta a Murcia has decided to veto the italian teams, in response to the ban Valverde has to ride in Italy (remember Valverde is Murcian). As if this wasn't retarded enough, we must remember that Valverde's team, among others, has decided to not to ride the Vuelta a Murcia due to an administrative confrontation about the norms. Great |
| |
|
|
| issoisso |
Posted on 04-02-2010 12:58
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 22918
Joined: 08-02-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
The same Vuelta a Murcia that 2 years ago swore Contador's time trial time was a full minute slower than it actually was so that Valverde would win the overall?
Brilliant
Well, like Armstrong said a few weeks ago "I'll try to win a race before the Tour. Maybe the Tour of Murcia"
Edited by issoisso on 04-02-2010 12:59
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
|
| |
|
|
| Deadpool |
Posted on 04-02-2010 13:05
|
Team Leader
Posts: 7357
Joined: 06-10-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
issoisso wrote:
The same Vuelta a Murcia that 2 years ago swore Contador's time trial time was a full minute slower than it actually was so that Valverde would win the overall?
Brilliant
Well, like Armstrong said a few weeks ago "I'll try to win a race before the Tour. Maybe the Tour of Murcia"
Can we program PCM to always have a Murcian winner of the race, especially Valverde if he riders. |
| |
|
|
| mb2612 |
Posted on 04-02-2010 14:20
|
Team Leader
Posts: 5759
Joined: 18-05-2008
PCM$: 200.00
|
Lance Armstrong is riding the Cape Argos in South Africa this year, pretty awesome.
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
Please assume I am joking unless otherwise stated |
| |
|
|
| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 04-02-2010 16:01
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 15830
Joined: 08-02-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
kumazan wrote:
The organization of the Vuelta a Murcia has decided to veto the italian teams, in response to the ban Valverde has to ride in Italy (remember Valverde is Murcian). As if this wasn't retarded enough, we must remember that Valverde's team, among others, has decided to not to ride the Vuelta a Murcia due to an administrative confrontation about the norms. Great
Good thinking..fair enough.. |
| |
|
|
| CrueTrue |
Posted on 04-02-2010 16:12
|
Tour de France Champion
Posts: 29989
Joined: 20-10-2006
PCM$: 200.00
|
Trey Greenwood, business manager of Riis Cycling, says that they are currently negotiating with a Danish company (about a title sponsorship).
Team LEGO, here we come
Edited by CrueTrue on 04-02-2010 16:12
|
| |
|
|
| Deda |
Posted on 04-02-2010 16:13
|
Breakaway Specialist
Posts: 901
Joined: 25-03-2009
PCM$: 200.00
|
the team that is going to score the most victories 3rd year running only gets a 4 out of 6? damn..
If offense is the best defence, does it mean that defence is the worst defence?
If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord will delete my browser history.
|
| |
|
|
| doddy13 |
Posted on 04-02-2010 16:19
|
Grand Tour Champion
Posts: 7891
Joined: 04-03-2007
PCM$: 200.00
|
Deda wrote:
the team that is going to score the most victories 3rd year running only gets a 4 out of 6? damn..
But the shack get 6/6.. i know, they clearly know loads about cycling and don't go "oohhh Lance Armstrong"
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
|
| |
|
|
| Wilier |
Posted on 04-02-2010 20:29
|
Grand Tour Specialist
Posts: 5405
Joined: 28-04-2008
PCM$: 200.00
|
Pfff Rabobank gets only 3 out of 6. They clearly don't know what they're talking about. |
| |
|
|
| valverde321 |
Posted on 04-02-2010 22:02
|
World Champion
Posts: 12986
Joined: 20-05-2009
PCM$: 530.00
|
well rabo has climbers and a sprinter that's pretty much it
|
| |
|
