2017 'PRO' cycling discussion.

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spartan
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by spartan

what happend to wiggins cycling team? still around for 2018
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AJS914
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by AJS914

glam2deaf wrote:
AJS914 wrote:I find it sad when athletes like Wiggins have to turn to a "sport" like indoor rowing to get their rocks off. He should of just stayed a track cyclist.


Isn't indoor rowing just rowing but in winter when it's too cold to be in/on the water?


Actually, indoor rowing is its own sport.

petepeterson
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by petepeterson

re bmc money talks.... didn't think it could get worse than tag though.

cool to see svein back for another year on orica or whatever it called

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micky
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by micky

spartan wrote:what happend to wiggins cycling team? still around for 2018


They sent some guys to HK for a non-UCI event and then Pidcock posted a picture of him training in Mallorca I guess with full team Wiggins kit around October.
No more news after that.

gravity
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by gravity

I actually like that bmc kit. The sophos is clearly represented on the jersey without taking away the attention for BMC and TAG. Brilliant design i would say. This is a pro cycling team jersey. Dont compare with the likes of Rapha, La Passione, PNS, Cafe du Cyclist with stripes and lines everywhere..


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Kjetil
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This.
Bianchi-Campagnolo
The Specialissima
Gylne Gutuer, the UCI 1.2 bike race I invented.

pastronef
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by pastronef

Kjetil wrote:This.


I agree too

IchDien
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by IchDien

And yet the designs by Luke Scheybeler (ex of Rapha) for Garmin Cervelo/Sharp/Barracuda, seemed to work quite harmoniously with numerous sponsors...? Particularly the Garmin Cervelo kit.

Vagabond
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by Vagabond

I’m surprised any of you find that BMC kit nice. But I like that you do. Variety is a good and healthy thing. The only kits I like in the peloton are FDJ (white kit is awesome imo) and the Belgian cobble masters and their blue kit.
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kantcantcamp
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by kantcantcamp

usually pro cycling kits are hideous from a design perspective.

bilwit
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by bilwit

AJS914 wrote:I find it sad when athletes like Wiggins have to turn to a "sport" like indoor rowing to get their rocks off. He should of just stayed a track cyclist.


he mentioned interest in pursuing rowing once his cycling career closed back in 2012 and also put up a pic of him rowing in 2001.. not sure how following that is sad

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Matt28NJ
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by Matt28NJ

kantcantcamp wrote:usually pro cycling kits are hideous from a design perspective.


Agree 100%. Kits are a rolling billboard meant to fulfill sponsor obligations. Great design is secondary.

AJS914
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by AJS914

bilwit wrote:
AJS914 wrote:I find it sad when athletes like Wiggins have to turn to a "sport" like indoor rowing to get their rocks off. He should of just stayed a track cyclist.


he mentioned interest in pursuing rowing once his cycling career closed back in 2012 and also put up a pic of him rowing in 2001.. not sure how following that is sad



It seems like a demotion and it's a sport based on an exercise machine. I'd have more respect if he was rowing on the water.

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by Anders3404

Chris Froome testet positive for Salbutamol during the vuelta

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IchDien
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by IchDien

"Sky say Froome's salbutamol concentration was 2000ng/ml.

Diego Ulissi got a nine-month ban for 1920ng/ml in 2014.

Petacchi got a year for
1320ng/ml in 2007.

BUT Leonardo Piepoli got no ban for levels reportedly similar to Petacchi's in 2007."

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