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  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,974
    edited January 2021
    The incredibly talented Pauline Ferrand-Prevot joins BMC (Absolute Absolom)

    Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
    Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
    Scott CR1 SL 12
    Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
    Scott Foil 18
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Family contacts innit...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,197
    Well I never......that's a surprise...... ;)
    All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    UAE confirmed for Marc Hirschi
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • redvision
    redvision Posts: 2,958
    RichN95. said:

    UAE confirmed for Marc Hirschi

    Maybe he was just impatient and didn't want to wait for the covid vaccine :D

    (https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/59-uae-team-emirates-riders-and-staff-receive-coronavirus-vaccine-487598)
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Pidcock is joining Ineos a month early - straight after the XC Worlds
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    RichN95. said:

    Pidcock is joining Ineos a month early - straight after the XC Worlds

    must be eyeing some early races for his then you'd suspect - if any actually take place
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    yorkshireraw said:

    RichN95. said:

    Pidcock is joining Ineos a month early - straight after the XC Worlds

    must be eyeing some early races for his then you'd suspect - if any actually take place

    Tour of Algarve and Het Volk/KBK it says. And a MTB race before those.
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  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,974
    edited January 2021
    Mavic out, Shimano in :/
    https://cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/tour-de-france/mavic-will-not-provide-neutral-service-at-the-tour-de-france-for-first-time-since-1977-488300
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    Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
    Scott CR1 SL 12
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    Scott Foil 18
  • neonriver
    neonriver Posts: 228


    Van Aert extends with Jumbo until 2024
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Hahahaha loved that.
    _
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    What can't he do?

    Act?

    :P
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    On balance, I think that is the single season a rider has had that I have enjoyed the most since Boonen 2012.
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  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,197
    What's he like on a MTB? ;)
    All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."
  • neonriver
    neonriver Posts: 228
    Valverde to retire at end of season
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    neonriver said:

    Valverde to retire at end of season

    Understandable... he's had a good innings.
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    dish_dash said:

    neonriver said:

    Valverde to retire at end of season

    Understandable... he's had a good innings.
    He clearly splits opinion, but the way he came back from that awful injury (from 2017 Tour stage 1 TT crash) to get back to form in his late 30s was impressive (usual caveats about assuming he did it all legit apply).
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    I think with Valverde his level of doping was whatever the mode average was for winners at the given moment.
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  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    ddraver said:

    What can't he do?

    Act?

    :P

    He couldn't beat club riders when he raced on Zwift.
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    yorkshireraw said:

    dish_dash said:

    neonriver said:

    Valverde to retire at end of season

    Understandable... he's had a good innings.
    He clearly splits opinion, but the way he came back from that awful injury (from 2017 Tour stage 1 TT crash) to get back to form in his late 30s was impressive (usual caveats about assuming he did it all legit apply).
    To come back from that and get top 10s in races as different as MSR, Lombardi, the Vuelta, and Flanders shows the range of his talent (and obviously winning the world title too).

    It seems churlish to say what could have been for a guy who won 4 monuments, a grand tour, and a Worlds, but he scored 8 podiums in GTs and 7 in classics, not to mention 6 in the Worlds.
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    phreak said:

    yorkshireraw said:

    dish_dash said:

    neonriver said:

    Valverde to retire at end of season

    Understandable... he's had a good innings.
    He clearly splits opinion, but the way he came back from that awful injury (from 2017 Tour stage 1 TT crash) to get back to form in his late 30s was impressive (usual caveats about assuming he did it all legit apply).
    To come back from that and get top 10s in races as different as MSR, Lombardi, the Vuelta, and Flanders shows the range of his talent (and obviously winning the world title too).

    It seems churlish to say what could have been for a guy who won 4 monuments, a grand tour, and a Worlds, but he scored 8 podiums in GTs and 7 in classics, not to mention 6 in the Worlds.
    I won't deny, despite his dodgy past, that I am a bit of a fan - his racecraft, all round ability and general bandit-ness, always made him worth watching.

    I'd say he was the best all-round rider across 1 dayers and stage races since he came back in 2012.

    He also just loves riding his bike.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    andyrac said:

    What's he like on a MTB? ;)

    I think he rode the last Olympics for Belgium....

    (may be confusing him with Sven in London tho. 🤔 )
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    ddraver said:

    andyrac said:

    What's he like on a MTB? ;)

    I think he rode the last Olympics for Belgium....

    (may be confusing him with Sven in London tho. 🤔 )

    Yeah, it was Sven. DNF in London. Belgium's MTBers in Rio were Ruben Scheire and Jens Schuermans
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Ah, I wanted it to be true...

    (I wonder if WvA would've done any better/worse. Starting grid issues I guess...)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Ian Stannard has joined Trinity Racing as a DS
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  • neonriver
    neonriver Posts: 228
    Steve Cummings to Ineos as DS and development coach.
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    edited February 2021
    neonriver said:

    Steve Cummings to Ineos as DS and development coach.

    That's an interesting one as he never really fitted in as a rider there by all accounts. Could seem him as a good coach / mentor for young riders.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Expect to see Ineos riders hanging around at the back of the bunch all day with an occasional breakaway win.

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