cycling

[rpo.castro]

As time runs the merge of Team Jumbo-Visma with Soudal-Quickstep seems more likely, with reports of UCI being informed and following the situation (one UCI license will be free outside the 24 months period).
Quickstep had struggled to find good racers to defend Remco Evenepoel and Jumbo will leave TJV as sponsor after a fraud scandal.
Should the merge go on, the new team will have too many riders and too many leaders.

According to rumous, Ineos was looking to merge with Quickstep when TJV just took them out of the game.

[rpo.castro]

Roglic confirms he will leave Jumbo Visma (or the new Soudal Visma). Ineos (probably), Movistar (unlikely) and Lidl are on the move to get him.
Mark Cavendish will postpone his retirement and join Astana, seeking 2024 OG

[rpo.castro]

Roglic joins Bora Hansgrove and will have the company of Vlasov, Jai Hindley and Uijtdebroeks among others.

[Ricardo]

The biggest question to me is, will Vingegaard and Evenepoel be in the same team? With Kuss as helper they will stay the to be beaten team that can win all 3 big tours…..

[rpo.castro]

The biggest question to me is, will Vingegaard and Evenepoel be in the same team? With Kuss as helper they will stay the to be beaten team that can win all 3 big tours…..

His father wanted him to join Ineos but he choose to stay with Quickstep. Now with the merge...with him or without Remco, Visma will be the team to beat.

[Ricardo]

Fusion is off

[rpo.castro]

Fusion is off

I think this is good news for most people.
Having a superteam in any sport is bad for the show.

[Ricardo]

Yes Vuelta was a disaster for me, despite being a Vingegaard and Kuss fan

[rpo.castro]

Another monument for Pogaçar, his 3rd consecutive Giro di Lombardia.

[rpo.castro]

Mathieu van der Poel smashes competition ans wins his 3rd Tour of Flanders, his 5th Monument, now tied with Pogačar.
Portuguese António Morgado of just 20 years old in his first Monument makes 6th! (And he doesn't like cobblestones!)

Edit: Morgado 5th after Michael Matthews penalty.

[rpo.castro]

Serious crash envolving Primoz Roglic, Remco Evenepoel, Jonas Vingegaard and Jay Vine among other on today stage of Tour of Basque Country (Spain).

Remco broken his clavicle, Roglic seems the one with lighter wounds, but Vingegaard was evacuated needing respiratory assistance and neck brace besides seems to have also broken his clavicle.

Video:
https://twitter.com/ehitzulia/status/17 ... frame.html

This will impact massively the cycling season. Now just waiting for the news regarding Vingegaard.

[rpo.castro]

Vingegaard with broken ribs besides collarbone, Remco broken collarbone and scapula, Jay Vine has cervical and two thoracic spine vertebral body fractures.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/68729075

[rpo.castro]

Hell of the North on the road. From Paris to Roubaix. I will have to block F1 news to late afternoon.

[rpo.castro]

I don't know what dutch people are eating but they are taking all the fun out of the races. Max Verstappen, Mathieu van der Poel...
Attacking Paris-Roubaix solo with 59,7 km to go, winning with 2,58 gap for his teammate Jasper Philipsen, Mads Pedersen and Nils Politt (respectively 2nd, 3rd and 4th).

[rpo.castro]

Lorena Wiebes celebrates (way) too early and lost Women's Amstel Gold Race to Marianne Von (carreer win #251).
https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/amste ... ideo.shtml

Men's race on the road. This one is for MvP