2015 'PRO' cycling discussion

[micky]

Interesting news on Italian Cycling

Report claims certain Italian teams are forcing some riders to "fund" their own salary.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/italian ... y-to-race/

Not a real news.
Just a sad ordinary fact which doesnt happen only in Italy.

[petepeterson]

It's the same thing as riders getting contracts because they bring sponsor(s) to the team which is mentioned. Nothing new or exclusively Italian.

[petelars]

Rumours circulating here that Denmark is about to make a bid on the Grand Départ in 2018.

Would be a dream come true to see the Tour de France start in Legoland

Not quite...

They launched the project offically now, with all kinds of involvement from national, regional, and local authorities.

Progolue in downtown Copenhagen (presumably individual)
Stage 2 from Roskilde to Odense (that would be the same day as the Roskilde festival ends... oh, the joy)
Stage 3 from Vejle to Sønderborg (near the German border)

That's the rough outline.

[mts595]

Oh well guess I got to keep dreaming

[ave]

Pelucchi does wheelies & the like.
http://apisonadora60.tumblr.com/post/13 ... 3%A8-bello

[farm_lim]

not sure if legit or if bertie is just trolling.
first time ive seen something like this.

[nathanong87]

i mean when u gotta get home, u gotta get home.

[petepeterson]

I gotta try that.

[ultyguy]

I saw that on his Twitter, not sure it'd work for long but it might get u home.


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[russianbear]

Didn't think pros trained on tubulars, cool to see that a few still do.

[ave]

Sprint finish from both directions!! Massive crashes. In China, I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... NWC31qplcE

[nathanong87]

Sprint finish from both directions!! Massive crashes. In China, I think.

lol this is insane. cmon china. dengfu

[aarw]

Sprint finish from both directions!! Massive crashes. In China, I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... NWC31qplcE

As reported here http://www.thebikecomesfirst.com/race-error-causes-split-peloton-to-crash-head-on-at-sprint-finish-video/
"The accident happened on the final sprint of Stage 4 of the Colorful Yunnan Gryffindor International Cycling Race in China on the 12th of November and left seventeen cyclists being rushed to hospital. Reports suggest the lead motor took a wrong turn before the finish bringing the riders past the finish line which meant the riders approached the finish from the wrong direction. This resulted in them meeting second group head-on as they were sprinting to the finish."

[djconnel]

Most desirable pro team bike of 2016?
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... eam-200623

Canyon SLX w/ SRAM E-tap.

[KWalker]

Given the lifecycle of women's pro teams we can probably expect to purchase their entire fleet before the end of 2016.