Pro Cycling 2022

[beesonthewhatnow]

Lots of info now confirmed, so may as well get the thread going.

Mens World Tour 2022

18 teams, plus both Alpecin-Fenix and Arkéa-Samsic getting invites to all UCI WT races if they wish to attend. Total Energies (aka team Sagan) get invites to all one day races but need to get wildcards for stage races. Qhubeka-NextHash have lost their license due to financial/sponsorship fuckery.

Ag2r-Citroën Team
Astana Qazaqstan Team
Bora-Hansgrohe
Cofidis
EF Education-Nippo
Groupama-FDJ
Ineos Grenadiers
Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
Israel Start-Up Nation
Team Jumbo-Visma
Lotto-Soudal
Movistar Team
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
Team BikeExchange-Jayco
Team DSM
Trek-Segafredo
UAE Team Emirates


Women's World Tour 2022

6 new teams for the WT, the womens side of the sport really seems to be taking off. After the first womens Roubaix in 2021 the big news for this year is a long overdue TdF Femmes. 8 days, starting in Paris and finishing up Planche des Belles Filles.

EF Education-Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
Human Powered Health
Roland-Cogeas-Edelweiss Squad
Team Jumbo-Visma
Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
UAE Team
Canyon-SRAM Pro Cycling
FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine-Futuroscope
Liv Racing Xstra
Movistar Team
Team BikeExchange-Jayco
Team DSM
Team SD Worx
Trek-Segafredo

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Men:

UAE Tour (UAE) February 20-26
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Bel) 26 February
Strade Bianche (Ita) March 5
Paris-Nice (Fra) 6-13 March
Tirreno-Adriatico (Ita) 7-13 March
Milano-Sanremo (Ita) March 19
Oxyclean Classic Brugge-De Panne (Bel) March 23
E3 Saxo Bank Classic (Bel) March 25
Tour of Catalonia (Spa) March 21-27
Gent-Wevelgem (Bel) 27 March
Dwars Door Vlaanderen (Bel) 30 March
Ronde van Vlaanderen (Bel) April 3
Tour of the Basque Country (Spa) 4-9 April
Paris-Roubaix (Fra) April 10
Amstel Gold Race (Ned) 17 April
Flèche Wallonne (Bel) April 20
Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Bel) 24 April
Tour de Romandie (Swi) April 26-May 1
Eschborn-Frankfurt (Ger) May 1
Giro d’Italia (Ita) 7-29 May
Critérium du Dauphiné (Fra) June 5-12
Tour de Suisse (Swi) 12-19 June
Tour de France (Fra) 1-24 July
Clásica San Sebastián (Spa) July 30
Tour of Poland (Pol) July 30-August 5
Benelux Tour (Ned/Bel) 7-13 August
EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg (Ger) August 21
Brittany Classic-Ouest France (Fra) August 28
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec (Can) September 9
Vuelta a España (Spa) 19 August-11 September
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal (Can) September 11
Il Giro di Lombardia (Ita) October 8
Gree-Tour of Guangxi (Ch) October 13-18


Women:

March 5: Strade Bianche, Italy
March 13: Ronde van Drenthe, Netherlands
March 20: Trofeo Alfredo Binda, Italy
March 24: Oxyclean Classic Brugge-De Panne, Belgium
March 27: Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields, Belgium
April 3: Ronde van Vlaanderen, Tour des Flandres, Belgium
April 10: Paris-Roubaix, France
April 17: Amstel Gold Race, Netherlands
April 20: La Flèche Wallonne, Belgium
April 24: Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Belgium
May 05-07: Tour of Chongming Island, China
May 13-15: Itzulia Women, Spain
May 19-22: Vuelta a Burgos, Spain
May 27-29: RideLondon Classique, Great Britain
June 6-11: Women’s Tour, Great Britain
July 1-10: Giro d’Italia Donne, Italy
July 24-31: Tour de France Femmes, France
August 6: Postnord Vargarda TTT, Sweden
August 7: Postnord Vargarda RR, Sweden
August 9-14: Battle of the North, Norway
August 27: GP Lorient Agglomération-Trophée Ceratizit, France
August 30-September 4: Boels Ladies Tour, Netherlands
September 8-11: Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta, Spain
October 18: Tour of Gaungxi, China

 

[1927]

Anyone watching the Zwift/Alpecin/Canyon competition on Youtube to award 2 pro contracts for next year?

 

[hash tag]

Not a good start in preperation for the year ahead for Froome Froome's training for 2022 halted by knee injury

It's OK for someone like Djokovic to go and play in Aus yet he hasn't had a vaccination yet the Tour Down Under was cancelled a while ago

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Some fantastic photos from last year here

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Updated: Egan Bernal breaks leg, prepares to undergo surgery

Medical officials confirm surgery for trauma injuries that will cast doubt on 2022 racing season.

www.velonews.com

 

[hash tag]

Possibly slip streaming the bus? Wish him well.

 

[twistedAM]

Cyclocross world championships this weekend.
No Van Aert or MvdP so it's pretty wide open with maybe five potential winners. I'm hoping for an Eli Iserbyt victory.

 

[rubbershoes]

Updated: Egan Bernal breaks leg, prepares to undergo surgery

Medical officials confirm surgery for trauma injuries that will cast doubt on 2022 racing season.

www.velonews.com

That sounds really nasty. I guess he's screwed for this season.

Froome has never come back from his broken femur. Bernal's a lot younger but even so

 

[rubbershoes]

Some fantastic photos from last year here

This one is mad

 

[weepiper]

Ineos really not having a good one in Colombia:



(I had a separated AC joint after falling off on black ice a few years ago and it's fucking sore for months)

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Cyclocross world championships this weekend.
No Van Aert or MvdP so it's pretty wide open with maybe five potential winners. I'm hoping for an Eli Iserbyt victory.

I’d love to see Pidcock win it.

 

[sleaterkinney]

Possibly slip streaming the bus? Wish him well.

He was on a TT bike as well, so longer to brake. Really sad, he was an exciting rider to watch, a break from the sky train.

 

[twistedAM]

I’d love to see Pidcock win it.

Nah, anyone but Ineos but seriously I'd like to see one of the guys who rides a full season do it. And a Belgian as they are mad for cross. Plus Eserbyt is even smaller than Pidders.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Yes!

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Just amazing. Greatest of all time.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

 

[twistedAM]

The U23 mens was my favourite race of the day maybe because you rarely see team tactics being so important in cross. Ended up with with a Belgian 1-2-3 despite the Dutch having the three favourites.
Women's elite was good too as there was also a big battle for bronze which ended up denying the Dutch a clean podium sweep.

 

[twistedAM]

That draws her level on WC medals with Jeannie Longo who also has an Olympic gold and an hour record. Sometimes GCN is just hype.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

That draws her level on WC medals with Jeannie Longo who also has an Olympic gold and an hour record. Sometimes GCN is just hype.

“Only” road/track though, no cross. Plus afaik Vos hasn’t had any doping accusations.

Sometimes, GCN might be right

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Pidcock has done it

 

[Ted Striker]

Great race

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

 

[weepiper]

Excellent. Plucky little Tom vs the Belgian Bruisers.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Best finish line photo ever

 

[twistedAM]

First .Pro race of the year and Remco is off the mark. Such an exciting rider as he has no sprint at all so if he is to win he has to drop them and he did!

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2022 Stage 1 results

Remco Evenepoel is the winner of Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2022 Stage 1, before Aleksandr Vlasov and Carlos Rodríguez. Remco Evenepoel was leader in GC.

www.procyclingstats.com

And just got an alert that GCN has taken £39.99 out of bank account. Well worth it.

 

[twistedAM]

Anyone else watch the Clasica Jaén Paraiso Interior yesterday? Supposed to be the Spanish competitor to Strade but it's not as scenic (five million olive trees get boring after a while) but definitely more difficult as it's closer to a proper classic length at around 190km.

 

[hash tag]

Watching the Alpes-Maritime live. They said the tour of UAE tomorrow has a finishing straight of 50 k. Could be fun.

 

[Hollis]

Interesting new tactic..

 

[twistedAM]

Watching the Alpes-Maritime live. They said the tour of UAE tomorrow has a finishing straight of 50 k. Could be fun.

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Should be some good beef in this race - looking forward to Cavendish and Ackermann smoking Bennett. Even better would be savage crosswinds as well.