Road Cycling 2020 Discussion Thread

[Olympian1010 8,074]

  On 5/26/2020 at 3:47 PM, dcro said:

So I learn this happened at Laguna Seca Raceway.

 

The Olympics will end at Fuji Speedway.

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One of my TOC stages ever! Toms became my second favorite after Sagan because of his success in California. Plus, he came back from that horrific fall he suffered in years past. 

[heywoodu 15,354]

  On 5/26/2020 at 3:47 PM, dcro said:

So I learn this happened at Laguna Seca Raceway.

 

The Olympics will end at Fuji Speedway.

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Yep  

 

Tour of California, the race where Toms Skujins always went from being mediocre to being awesome   I wish he'd show his California mojo more often, in bigger races, he's got the potential and (and this is sort of rare) the will to attack all the time

[dcro 10,210]

Pieter Weening joined Trek-Segafredo... And in doing so he was apparently required to make an Instagram profile.

[Grassmarket 3,626]

Women get their own pseudo e-race, to replace the Women’s Tour of Britain.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/52922599

 

 

[heywoodu 15,354]

Johannes Klæbo has joined Uno-X Development Team on a 5-year and apparently 2,5 million euro contract. Yes, that is the triple Olympic cross-country skiing champion  

[heywoodu 15,354]

  On 6/5/2020 at 1:55 PM, dcro said:

Pieter Weening joined Trek-Segafredo... And in doing so he was apparently required to make an Instagram profile.

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Awesome to see a team decided to give him a chance  

[Federer91 2,904]

  On 6/5/2020 at 7:33 PM, heywoodu said:

Johannes Klæbo has joined Uno-X Development Team on a 5-year and apparently 2,5 million euro contract. Yes, that is the triple Olympic cross-country skiing champion  

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He is still skiing right?

[heywoodu 15,354]

  On 6/5/2020 at 7:54 PM, Federer91 said:

He is still skiing right?

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Absolutely. Presumably this is not going to involve much actual racing, but it's just a win-win: he gets a ton of extra money and has some high-level cyclists (at least for him) to train with in the summer, and Uno-X gets a whole lot more attention.

[heywoodu 15,354]

Niki Terpstra has had a bad training crash on a dam and is in the intensive care unit of a hospital. His life is not in danger apparently, but it's gonna be quite a road to recover.

[Federer91 2,904]

Sagan to miss Flandria and Roubaix this year, as to make his Giro debut.  Time for the Tour-Giro points double!