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Second Funniest Team Name Disappears
by tedvdw on May 29, 2012 12:57 PM EDT
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Brainwash, a chain of hair dressers' in the Netherlands and Belgium, sponsors a Dutch team of three women in cyclo-cross with top rider Sanne van Paassen and (even) younger talents Sabrina Stultiëns and Evy Kuijpers. Today, Rabosport released the news that Brainwash moves to being a co-sponsor for ("starts a cooperation with") the Rabobank Ladies Team, bringing aboard Van Paassen and Stultiëns.
Jered and Ashley in the flower fields of Holland. See their Flickr page for the first batch of resulting photos.
Should you ever come to the Netherlands for a bike ride, expect these toadstool cycling signs on every touristy cycle path.
FSA DS Calendar .ICS Download
by tedvdw on Mar 5, 2012 4:20 PM EST
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The FSA Directeur Sportif calendar can now be downloaded as an .ics file (iCalendar format) for use in calendar programs like iCal, Outlook or Google Calendar. Three links to the complete calendar, men's races and women's races are on the FSA DS Calendar page.
FSA DS website downtime
Unfortunately, the FSA Directeur Sportif website seems to have some trouble now and again. Like now, again. The proper authorities have been notified and when they wake up all will be restored to full function, I'm sure. Sorry!
FSA-DS: The Value of Men's UCI Teams
by tedvdw on Feb 15, 2012 9:05 AM EST
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A purely numerical approach! Get a list of all Pro Tour and Pro Continental UCI teams. Of their current riders, sum the points scored in 2011 and rider prices in 2012. Divide those figures to get a tentative UCI team ranking by expected return-on-investment. Forty UCI teams ranked in a long table on the flip:
Snow ride! Yum yum.
Oh, snap. (larger)
![[rockyboom]](http://ewoud.home.xs4all.nl/cycling/rockyboom.gif "Lars Boom")
A Clean Slate
by tedvdw on Jan 1, 2012 6:53 AM EST
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Happy Cycling, Reading and Writing in 2012!
Women's World Cup Cyclocross Namur (Namen) by Petites Reines
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Virtual Directeur Sportif 2012
by tedvdw on Dec 8, 2011 6:49 AM EST
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It's coming! Ursula has sent her first spreadsheet with proposed rider costs (link to 2011 prices), Jens has been slaving away at formatting his WVDS data, and inevitably there are questions on the next calendar (link to 2011 calendar). Take the jump!
Rabobank Team Presentation Live
by tedvdw on Dec 6, 2011 8:18 AM EST
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Just the announcement, not live yet! Edit: Almost live now, starts in five minutes. Edit2: Aaaand, we're done.
Follow the 2012 team presentation webcast live via the (Dutch language) Rabobank Sports website tomorrow, Tuesday, December 6th from 14h15 CET (8:15am US East, 5:15am US Pacific, Wed 0:15am Sydney). Scheduled duration is 1.5h but it may run longer.
Live Cyclocross Koksijde
by tedvdw on Nov 26, 2011 8:03 AM EST
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Or Coxyde as the French like to write. Get all the details from the preview by Chris.
Find streams via:
Live Cyclocross Hasselt
by tedvdw on Nov 19, 2011 9:06 AM EST
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- Event website
- Check live streams at Steephill and Cyclingfans
Oh la la la la la la la la la. Woops!
Small audio file with Sporza's Michel Wuyts doing what he does best.
Got any good autumn rides in recently? I did! We had beautiful weather yesterday and today. Photo is from today, an hour before sunset. View larger.
VDS Weekly Scores
by tedvdw on Oct 27, 2011 5:18 PM EDT
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Earlier, on other threads, I posted a couple of graphs with some squiggly lines. I have two more of them so here they are all together, including a link to the complete data. Take the jump!
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Grace Verbeke injured in bike-car crash
by tedvdw on Oct 27, 2011 10:46 AM EDT
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Grace Verbeke leading the chase in Vargarda 2011
Photo by Jenscer | CC
According to regional publication Knack.be, Belgian cyclist Grace Verbeke, 2010 Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) winner, was seriously injured this morning while out training in Flanders. Reports say a small breakdown lorry hit her on a crossroads in Gistel. Initially with life-threatening injuries, she was stabilised around noon in the hospital in Oostende.
Her team Topsport Vlaanderen - Ridley reports on Facebook that Verbeke lost consciousness for a moment, fractured an eye socket, has cuts to her face and thigh and heavily bruised her pelvis and femur. (Found via @TourDeJose)
Het Nieuwsblad says that, contrary to earlier reports, Verbeke's injuries were never life-threatening.
Read updates here or in the comments.
Copenhagen Hidden Alliances
by tedvdw on Sep 18, 2011 9:09 AM EDT
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To have national teams in this era of men's professional road cycling is a bit of an anachronism. It creates an interesting new dynamic at the World Championships compared to the other races we see all season. Some moves on the road in Copenhagen might be motivated by more than what obviously follows from jersey colours on the day. Most riders acknowledge this: if national team tactics don't work out, the next best thing would be for a trade team mate to win.
While having that priority would probably not be wrong by anyone's standards, sometimes, of course, it goes a little deeper than that. There might be money in it, too; either directly as a bonus from the guy trying to win or from his trade team sponsor, or as a result from ongoing contract negotiations. Even the national team selection process might have been influenced by trade team considerations. So I decided, third year running, to put all three teams next to each other: the national team, the current pro team and next year's pro team:
![[screenshot]](http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/718989/natpro_medium.jpg "Compare national teams and trade teams at Copenhagen 2011")
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World Class Legs (photo by ednl | CC-BY).
Vuelta Second Rest Day Open Thread
by tedvdw on Sep 5, 2011 8:13 AM EDT
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- yesterday's Assault on Angliru by Chris,
- the current standings at LaVuelta.com,
- a set of large photos at Steephill.tv.
Special delivery for Albertina.
Time Limits Calculator
For stages 18, 19 and 20 of the Tour 2011 with graphs for 18 and 19.
35 Photos of the second Tour week
Couple of good ones I hadn't seen before.
Menchov lives! He looks relaxed.
Two-storied bike parking in Holland at the train station in Utrecht.
Fantastic short film with close-ups and super slo-mo of riders and bikes on the pavé of Paris-Roubaix by Dutch TV show VPRO Holland Sport. Edit: also available in 720p HD.
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Good times in the RVV cyclo
An English type person from Sheffield recounts her fabulous experience in the Ronde van Vlaanderen cyclosportive.
You don't need a super duper road bike to enjoy a 75 km ride! Here's the omafiets on a warm summer's day in July. Larger and 12 more in my Flickr set.
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