Bishop Briggs Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 4 hours ago, peasy23 said: 14 hours ago, Bishop Briggs said: Great ride by Tom Pidcock to win the cycle-cross World Championship by 30 seconds. Stunning performance by him, blew the field away. He brilliantly fought off the Belgians' plan of multiple attacks using their eight riders. The last few laps were very comfortable. With Van Der Poel still injured, only Van Aert could challenge him him on that form. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 We shouldn't forget Zoe Backstedt's big win in the women's junior race. IIRC she won the World junior road race too. She's obviously a great talent and, with her ITT ability, will have fantastic future when she steps up to U23 and senior level. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Got to love the cruelty of bike race organisers. Not a huge climb in today's stage of the Tour of Valencia, but a 10-12% gradient gravel section with a few kms left must be popular with the riders. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Toon Aerts tests positive and protests his innocence with the usual denials of a doper who is caught cheating - https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/toon-aerts-asserts-innocence-after-banned-drug-found-in-doping-test/. The reality -"Letrozole, an aromatase inhibitor that is used mainly to block estrogen and slow the progression of breast cancer, is also abused by people who use anabolic steroids and want to block feminizing effects or to boost testosterone production by preventing its breakdown. It is forbidden at all times in the WADA prohibited substance list. Aerts has requested further analysis of his B-sample but has opted to end his season until "there is more clarity"." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Craig Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Official start of the World Tour today with Stage 1 of the UAE Tour. A pan flat blast out and back down the Emirati version of the M8 finishing in very disjointed sprint won by Jesper Philipsen of Alpecin Fenix. Although really the season starts next weekend with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 With the Olympics ending there was loads of racing on Eurosport today with Ruta Del Sol, Volta ao Algarve, UAE Tour & Tour des Alpes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Fabio Jakobsen's thankfully remarkable recovery from the crash in Poland a few years back isn't good news for Cavendish hoping for TdF selection, and Lefevre is backing Jakobsen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Great piece - unusually for the BBC as its cycling coverage is appalling for a public service broadcaster. Tbh, you're being a bit harsh on Lefrevre who had no obligation to rehire Cavendish even on a low/token/sponsored salary. I thought that Cavendish was back at Scheldeprij. He was very comfortable "sweeping" for Bennett and just rolled over the line. IMHO, If Mark been allowed to contest the sprint, he would have won. At that point, I was desperate for him to be given the chance at the Tour to show his real form. Thankfully, it all worked out... Like many cycling fans, I was absolutely livid that the woke BBC denied us the chance to vote for Cavendish as SPOTY. The BBC might have ignored him, but he's a nominee for the Laureus World Sports comeback of the year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Cracking finish in today's UAE stage with Pogacar edging out Adam Yates in a mountain top sprint. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Wot just rides away from the field in OHN & TT's the final 15 km's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 10 minutes ago, kiddy said: Wot just rides away from the field in OHN & TT's the final 15 km's. Rode away from Pidcock and the highly suspicious Cobrelli. A truly alien performance in his first race of the year! Quickstep and Jacobsen will have to deliver tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Thought the break might just do it, with JV interrupting the peleton chase, in KBK, only for them to get swamped yards from the finish. Jacobsen coming through to pip Caleb at the line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 19 hours ago, kiddy said: Thought the break might just do it, with JV interrupting the peleton chase, in KBK, only for them to get swamped yards from the finish. Jacobsen coming through to pip Caleb at the line. Ewan was way back at the start of the sprint and had too much ground to make up. If he could improve his positioning, he'd win more races. Jacobsen's form looks great and he saved Quickstep from another embarrassment. Hopefully, he'll go to the Giro instead of Cav. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Sivakov changes his cycling nationality to France. I'm actually ok with that since he grew up, was educated there and I think lives in France. He also speaks English with a French accent.Gazprom RusVelo and all other Russian /Belarusian registered teams been suspended by the UCI but riders from these nations on other teams are allowed to compete. Although Vlasov won't be able to wear his national time trial Jersey in any event that has this discipline 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 27 minutes ago, jaggyness said: Sivakov changes his cycling nationality to France. I'm actually ok with that since he grew up, was educated there and I think lives in France. He also speaks English with a French accent. Gazprom RusVelo and all other Russian /Belarusian registered teams been suspended by the UCI but riders from these nations on other teams are allowed to compete. Although Vlasov won't be able to wear his national time trial Jersey in any event that has this discipline Sivakov also spoke out about the invasion I think. No issue with him doing the nationality swap either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Sivakov also spoke out about the invasion I think. No issue with him doing the nationality swap either.Born in Italy apparently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Great finish to Strade Bianche Women. Kopecky out-thought and out-fought Van Vleuten in the last kilometre. Vos failed to get in the top 5 again. Hope the men's race is as good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Pogacar destroyed the peleton but it is coming back. Gap is now around a minute with 22km to go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanton Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 What a performance from Pogacar 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Unbelievable, as Lemond might say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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