Road Cycling 2018 Discussion Thread

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The next Colombian superkid, Ivan Sosa (20 years old), wins the Vuelta a Burgos, his first .HC win. In doing so, he beat the already old previous Colombian superkid, MA Lopez  

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After Danilo Wyss (of Switzerland) and Michael Valgren Andersen (of Denmark), also Roman Kreuziger (of the Czech Republic) has joined Africa's Team.

 

 

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The ridiculously talented American Adrian Costa (for example 2nd in the Tour of Utah when he was 18) retired earlier this year, due to all kinds of problems (presumably mentally). Now he has lost a big part of his leg in a climbing accident

https://cyclingtips.com/2018/08/american-adrien-costa-loses-right-leg-after-climbing-accident/

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Africa's Team signed an African rider 

 

 

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And we go on, rumours are Lars Bak  is gonna join Dimension Data  #africasteam

[phelps 7,669]

Filippo Ganna likely to join Team Sky.

 

shame! shame! shame!

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12 minutes ago, phelps said:

Filippo Ganna likely to join Team Sky.

 

shame! shame! shame!

So the Giro d'Italia of 2021 has been decided.

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Niki Terpstra is going to Direct Energie, what the fuck 

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Czech/Dutch (@hckosice) cyclo-cross 1-2 for tiny Corendon-Circus in the 3rd stage of the Arctic Race of Norway 

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/arctic-race-of-norway/2018/stage-4

 

Toupalik hanging on as last surviving member of the lead group, Van der Poel finishing right behind him by dominating the bunch sprint (uphill) but not fast enough to actually catch his teammate, perfect work  

 

 

 

 

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Meanwhile it's sad to read how incredibly deep Jan Ullrich has been sinking. Alcohol, drugs, more alcohol, a divorce, not seeing his children anymore, more alcohol, drugs, more alcohol, violence...he has completely lost touch with reality. According to a friend, he shoots at his TV with an air rifle when watching an action movie, because he thinks he is part of the action, resulting in him buying 2-3 new TV's per week. He was arrested after a fight with his neighbour recently and more recently he was accused of abusing a prostitute and physically assaulting her. 

 

Apparently he's going for forced rehab now or something like that, but so far he's well on his way to killing himself quickly.