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| issoisso |
Posted on 28-08-2012 18:37
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roturn wrote:
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UCI announces that the Tour of Hangzhou has been cancelled.
McQuaid said it`s still an very important race and after the last "fine-tuning" it will be raced in 2013.
So let`s wait for next year I guess. 
Sure it will. Like we ended up racing the GP of Sochi back in 2011 after all.......oh wait
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 28-08-2012 18:43
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Vanmarcke's agent slams Lotto 
“He’s not returning to a Belgian team. It was reported that QuickStep expressed interest in Sep. I also spoke to Lefevere. He had a good story and it was an option but it wasn’t in Sep’s best interests to go there. At least Lefevere had a good plan though. Lotto, they had no plan. There’s no plan in that team for a guy like him,” said Berkhout.
Meanwhile, Evans' excuse for poor performance this time is an infection.
The same infection that screwed up his Early-mid season and Tour Preperations? Seems like he's had this infection for a long time 
Yep. What unfortunates BMC are, that every single one of their stars just magically happened to have a bad year at the same time. Ballan is still nowhere near 2006-2008 form. Evans. Hushovd. Van Avermaet. Gilbert.
Clearly just a coincidence
jsh312mufc wrote:
UCI announces that the Tour of Hangzhou has been cancelled.
BAHAHAHAHAHHHH
Agreed on everything, but however comparing to those years is not applicable. Compared to the last few years he's had a great year. And what about Van Garderen?
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 28-08-2012 18:46
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baseballlover312 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Eden95 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Vanmarcke's agent slams Lotto
“He’s not returning to a Belgian team. It was reported that QuickStep expressed interest in Sep. I also spoke to Lefevere. He had a good story and it was an option but it wasn’t in Sep’s best interests to go there. At least Lefevere had a good plan though. Lotto, they had no plan. There’s no plan in that team for a guy like him,” said Berkhout.
Meanwhile, Evans' excuse for poor performance this time is an infection.
The same infection that screwed up his Early-mid season and Tour Preperations? Seems like he's had this infection for a long time
Yep. What unfortunates BMC are, that every single one of their stars just magically happened to have a bad year at the same time. Ballan is still nowhere near 2006-2008 form. Evans. Hushovd. Van Avermaet. Gilbert.
Clearly just a coincidence
jsh312mufc wrote:
UCI announces that the Tour of Hangzhou has been cancelled.
BAHAHAHAHAHHHH
Agreed on everything, but however comparing to those years is not applicable. Compared to the last few years he's had a great year. And what about Van Garderen?
Van Garderen is not seen as a star in the BMC team. Especially not before the season. He isn't better as Gilbert, Hushovd, Ballan. On the same level as Van Avermaet and Phinney one level lower...
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 28-08-2012 18:48
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Sorry, I overrated a Tour Top 5.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 28-08-2012 18:56
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I know he finished top 5 in the Tour but face it, he is not a star yet like Gilbert, Ballan, Hushovd and Evans are...
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 28-08-2012 19:06
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Spilak23 wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Eden95 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Vanmarcke's agent slams Lotto
“He’s not returning to a Belgian team. It was reported that QuickStep expressed interest in Sep. I also spoke to Lefevere. He had a good story and it was an option but it wasn’t in Sep’s best interests to go there. At least Lefevere had a good plan though. Lotto, they had no plan. There’s no plan in that team for a guy like him,” said Berkhout.
Meanwhile, Evans' excuse for poor performance this time is an infection.
The same infection that screwed up his Early-mid season and Tour Preperations? Seems like he's had this infection for a long time
Yep. What unfortunates BMC are, that every single one of their stars just magically happened to have a bad year at the same time. Ballan is still nowhere near 2006-2008 form. Evans. Hushovd. Van Avermaet. Gilbert.
Clearly just a coincidence
jsh312mufc wrote:
UCI announces that the Tour of Hangzhou has been cancelled.
BAHAHAHAHAHHHH
Agreed on everything, but however comparing to those years is not applicable. Compared to the last few years he's had a great year. And what about Van Garderen?
Van Garderen is not seen as a star in the BMC team. Especially not before the season. He isn't better as Gilbert, Hushovd, Ballan. On the same level as Van Avermaet and Phinney one level lower...
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| issoisso |
Posted on 28-08-2012 19:09
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That's not the point. The point is who were their stars going into the season.
As for wage, Van Garderen was paid for potential quality not for present quality, as happens in any sport
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 28-08-2012 19:15
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There's a point I don't get. Weren't they supposed to be Phonak 2.0 ? If so, how can they all have bad seasons ? |
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| Neilstrong |
Posted on 28-08-2012 19:18
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Becuase BMC signed too many good riders to affort dope  |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 28-08-2012 20:29
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After a medical evaluation, it's looking like Timofey Kritskiy's career is likely over 
EDIT: It occurs some of you may not know the sad story, so here it is:
Remember when Sicard won the U-23 Avenir ahead of van Garderen, then the worlds u-23 and Bobridge won the TT?
Well, Kritskiy was the massive favorite for all those races. On one of the early stages of the Avenir he lost two minutes due to poor tactics, but then he equalled Sicard in the mountains (even came 2nd in a full peloton bunch sprint), and in the final 40km TT he was destroying the intermediate splits and was about to come to the line with a time over two minutes better than anyone else's to win both the stage and the entire Avenir, when he crashed and broke both legs.
He could climb well, time trial amazingly, and he could sprint. Amazing talent.
He turned pro with Katusha in 2010 but it was september before he recovered enough to ride some small races. For 2011 he sorta semi-retired from cycling due to depression resulting from the trauma suffered. Mid-season he joined the Itera-Katusha continental team and had some meh results (meh for his massive talent, mind), with 5th in the tour of the czech republic, 3rd in a stage of the Volta a Portugal and two stage wins in the cat.2 Tour of bulgaria.
This year he was back with the main Katusha squad and his first race was the Volta a Catalunya. On that huge mountain stage with the hellish weather he finished 11th, ahead of some very noted climbers and things were looking up....the next day he crashed and injured his left leg again.
After surgery, he had a medical evaluation this week. It's not looking good.
EDIT2: He'll ride the GP de Wallonie in two weeks at his own request, as a sort of racing fitness test. Fingers crossed.
Edited by issoisso on 28-08-2012 20:48
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 28-08-2012 20:57
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Sad, I was pretty excited about him and Sicard that year, and they have both been very unlucky with injuries.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 28-08-2012 21:05
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Too bad to hear about Kritskiy. Amazing talent indeed.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 29-08-2012 05:58
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kumazan wrote:
Too bad to hear about Kritskiy. Amazing talent indeed.
+1 I hope he will ride again properly 
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| roturn |
Posted on 29-08-2012 19:28
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Not the best news when even the federation members are tested positive in amateur races.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 29-08-2012 23:20
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That was hilarious
BTW, I'd point out this is the federation that hasn't treated chicken very well because he doped
Elsewhere, Frank Schleck had his hearing with the luxembourg authorities. We can expect him to be clear....I mean uhm....we can expect a decision in a few weeks
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 30-08-2012 06:25
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As reported shortly, Liquigas should transform into the Team Brixia Sport next season, chief of the team Roberto Amadio should announce secondary sponsors in the next few weeks, only one sure is Cannondale.
New president of the team Paolo Zani said to Gazzetta dello sport, that this project (Liquigas) of passion and profesionalism must not end, so he took over it.
The team should be focused mainly on Sagan and Moser and other italian wonderboys, completed by the elder tutor Basso (i like this idea).
Brixia renewed contracts with 19 riders from Liqui and there are three more riders coming, that should be announced (Kreuziger please  ).
So riders out: Oss, Capecchi, Nerz, Vanotti, Szmyd
Riders in : de Marchi, Krizek, Wurf
As i am counting, it seems more riders (like four-five) should also leave.
I hope they will sign somebody for Sagan though, at least replacement for Oss for the classics...
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| madzdaman |
Posted on 30-08-2012 09:14
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Rapha replaces adidas as clothing sponsor to sky |
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| Gulvplanke |
Posted on 30-08-2012 10:39
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madzdaman wrote:
Rapha replaces adidas as clothing sponsor to sky
This I like
How hard can it be?
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| kumazan |
Posted on 30-08-2012 12:26
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Boogerd has money issues?
Boogerd claims Camenzind owes him for 1998 Lombardia win
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 30-08-2012 12:27
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Given the number of times he finished second while being the strongest, he must be very lame at managing his money. |
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