Road Cycling
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@gt12 Looks like TJV has realized it would be a bit of a PR fiasco if they don't support Sepp to win. I'd imagine there's lots of American cycling fans would be hugely pissed.
Flat stage, hilly stage, finale.
With luck he should be good from here.
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likely leaving cause of the merger between jumbo and quickstep.. will be 4 grandie tour winners on one team. be a few more movements
anyhoo - in more important news closer to home. Youngest took out her age group in the Nat road cycling champs last weekend.
bit of a stressed dad moment - got caught right on the line (her closest to camera) she snuck it by millimeters if the line was 10cm further she would have lost!
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@WillieTheWaiter thats awesome!
My sons mates came 1st and 2nd in U14 boys.
Do they get pretty big numbers to that event?
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@gt12 said in Road Cycling:
And, Roglic announces that he is leaving TJV.
I wonder whether it was on the cards and that's why they let Sepp win?Vingegaard was going to beat Roglic anyway in the Giro, and in every Tour. He's the threat, not Sepp.
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@Chester-Draws said in Road Cycling:
@gt12 said in Road Cycling:
And, Roglic announces that he is leaving TJV.
I wonder whether it was on the cards and that's why they let Sepp win?Vingegaard was going to beat Roglic anyway in the Giro, and in every Tour. He's the threat, not Sepp.
Really? I didn't realise he was a good cyclist.
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@JK said in Road Cycling:
@WillieTheWaiter thats awesome!
My sons mates came 1st and 2nd in U14 boys.
Do they get pretty big numbers to that event?
And then 4th in the MTB nationals yesterday
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@JK said in Road Cycling:
@WillieTheWaiter thats awesome!
My sons mates came 1st and 2nd in U14 boys.
Do they get pretty big numbers to that event?
only been involved in schools cycling post-covid - my understanding is numbers are still way down.
not easy to promote - winter sport in nz for many stupid reasons that are 'too hard' to change.
training at 5.30am in the middle of winter on auckland roads only attracts the hardiest of souls and parents who love cycling.
90% of nats attendees are from auckland, yet they do it in palmy, timaru next year - which is an absolute logistical nightmare for anyone to get families and equipment to.
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I'm a bit late to pick up on this news but, not surprisingly, George has left UAE and moved to Israel Premier-Tech.
As the article below notes, should give him more opportunities to ride to win - including at this week's Tour Down Under, where he looks to be numbered as the team leader.
2024 Men's Teams | Santos Tour Down Under
Every year, UCI WorldTeams travel to South Australia to race in Australia's greatest cycling race, the Santos Tour Down Under. View the men's team and riders who are racing in the 2024 Santos Tour Down Under.
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@scribe I didn't see any coverage of the National Road Race, but apparently Aaron Gate, Corbin Strong, Laurence Pithie, George Bennett and Logan Currie must have sprinted it out and finished in that order.
Finn Fisher-Black is also contending in Paris-Nice.
George did better in the UAE Tour than he did last time he rode it in 2022. Still only a modest 25th on GC, but went OK on the climb on the final day.
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