Pro-cycling thread

LVMH

I didn't think Look Mum No Hands was that profitable. Good on them.

LVMH have a majority stake in Pinarello.

Louis Vuitton Racing - can you imagine the team jersey...

https://vimeo.com/249382598

An inside view of a professional cycling race seen from the point of view of a doctors team which follows the race in a small medical car.

this looks quite good. livid I've leant my projector to my boss for christmas / NY

http://www.wonderfullosers.com/

David Walsh reported it in The Sunday Times yesterday I believe.

I’d expect loads of similar articles with rumours of prospective sponsors between now and when/if a new one is confirmed.

Wout Van Aert joins yellow Lotto from March.

Eager to see what Van der Poel can do in the suggested Spring Classics he is entering.

Wonder if he's just signed up to best Van Aert in another disclipline.

Sad day for poseurs, Pippo Pozzato has announced his retirement from professional cycling today, aged 37.

Considering his finest moment of 2018 was 3rd in a TTT, he was virtually retired already. Yet he remains approximately 72.3% as good looking as he thinks he is.

When is Pellizotti going to retire?...He will be 41 in Jan

Oldest World Tour riders:
https://www.procyclingstats.com/statistics.php?p=riders&s=oldest-riders&v=&year=2018&level=wt&filter=Filter

Huh. Froome is 1 day older than Cav...

^^He just did, he's going to be a DS.

I've just realised I have effectively mentally merged Pellizotti/Pozzato into one blonde permed Italian rider for several years now.

Movistar have announced their GC riders for the tours.

Valverde - Giro, Vuelta
Quintana - Tour, Vuelta
Landa - Giro, Tour

Carapaz it is then.

the two leaders thing has worked so well in recent years I guess...

Sky confirm the worst kept secret in the peloton - Ivan Sosa has joined the team, after previously being announced as a Trek-Segafredo signing.

Blythe: "We race on passion at Lotto not bullshit marginal gains"
Narrator: "Lotto-Soudal currently sit 15th out of the 18 World Tour teams in UCI's rankings"

El Ciclista Infinito, a documentary about the world champion (in Spanish, not geo-restricted)

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Hi guys,

Apologies for the shameless plug and let me know if I am breaking any rules in doing this. I've recently launched a new podcast, Any Given Sunday.

This is a passion project of mine that I've been mulling over for some time and finally managed to get into gear over the past couple of weeks. The podcast will seek to focus on interesting figures largely outside of the Pro side of the sport, though not exclusively.

For our first episode, I had a couple of pints and a chat with Richard Moore of The Cycling Podcast. We talked about what was good from last year, what was bad, Team Sky, Cavendish, his favourite races and some other bits and bobs.

You can find the podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/any-given-sunday/id1448125582 and https://soundcloud.com/user-206979817/richard-moore-ags-1-full-mix

Feel free to check it out and of course if you like it, subscribe!

Many thanks and enjoy your day

Just had a quick flick through, and I'm sure you're aware, but the background noise was really high which made it hard to hear what you were saying. Quite liked the background noise and pub feel though, would just prefer to have a bit less of it. I have no idea about recording equipment, but surely there's a few cheap mics you can hook up to a laptop / phone? Perhaps ask in the hifi or music production threads?

Hey, appreciate the feedback and I understand your point. The aim was always to try and get people in surroundings like a pub/cafe as I think that makes for a better conversation in the way you describe. Annoyingly, the place we had settled in got quite busy the second we started recording!

I was using a couple of cheap lav mics but they've picked up more noise than I'd have liked. I did my best to remove this. Its definitely something I'll be more mindful of for future recordings though. Appreciate the input!

Can’t remember if this was ever posted in here, but scrolled past this on my phone from a few years ago. I just don’t even.

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The channel launched in the U.K. exactly three years ago. Their business plan was to gain sponsorship via commercial advertising, sponsorship, and product placement, and when this didn't bring in the cash they tried to find a buyer for this business which also failed. So they pulled the plug in September 2017.

Shame as I loved the live DVV Trophy races plus some of the other content.

GCN are showing most of the Belgian cross races live on Facebook this season.