Road Cycling 2022 Discussion Thread

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[Grassmarket 4,047]

First road racing of the year this weekend -   National Champs live on ES Player & GCN in the small hours of the morning.

[Grassmarket 4,047]

Egon Bernal in a serious crash.  
 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/60113862

[hckošice 15,535]

https://road.cc/content/news/sagan-helps-british-cyclist-gran-canaria-289841

[Agger 1,701]

Some pretty huge breaking news!

 

https://cyclingtips.com/2022/01/the-end-of-an-era-davide-rebellin-will-retire-at-the-end-of-2022/

[Olympian1010 8,230]

 

[Grassmarket 4,047]

We all have some serious catching up to do before the Omloop next weekend starts the proper season.

 

Tour of Oman

Provence

Assorted Spanish one days

Andalucia

Algarve

Alpes-Maritimes

United Arab Emirates (starting today)

 

Probably more.

[Grassmarket 4,047]

And another race starting tomorrow on ES Player/Discovery, the Tour of Galicia. That is Galicia , not Galicia  or Galatea . Always good racing in these Spanish regional mini-tours.

https://ograncamino.gal/?lang=en

[Grassmarket 4,047]

Still weeks behind, but can recommend the four stages of the Tour de Provence if you’re looking for something to watch.  

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

L'Equipe had interviewed 381 racers from the World Tour asking what is their favorite race between the 5 monuments and which race should (if any) join the list of the most prestigious one day classics.

 

Favorite race:

1) Paris-Roubaix : 29.7%

2) Tour of Flanders : 25%

3) Liège-Bastogne-Liège : 19.6%

4) Lombardia : 14.2%

5) Milan-San Remo: 11.5%

 

A majority, 53.5%, believe the Strade Bianche should join the list. Other races get a few votes, and 28.1% think we should stay as it is.