FSA DS Draft League - Group C Draft Post
Well, it's been a long and arduous road, but we're finally going to start the Group C draft.
Well, it's been a long and arduous road, but we're finally going to start the Group C draft.
Bob Jungels arrived in Colombia at the end of January for an altitude training block topped off with the Tour Colombia 2.1 stage race. The general classification ambitions for him and his Deceuninck-QuickStep team were never very high...
Andre Greipel is facing an important week at the Tour of Oman. The German sprinter has already had his first run-out with his new team, the Pro Continental-level Arkea-Samsic, but the Tropicale Amissa Bongo in Gabon turned out not to be the best ground on which to lay foundations.
Newly crowned under-23 cyclo-cross world champion Tom Pidcock has been presented with a 24-carat gold plated oversized pulley wheel (OSPW) system from performance upgrades specialists CeramicSpeed.
Greg Van Avermaet (CCC Team) has acknowledged that the changes to the Liège-Bastogne-Liège parcours increase his chances of success but is not yet committing to racing La Doyenne this year, with a decision to be made only after Amstel Gold Race the week before.
Chris Froome (Team Sky) doesn't go many places in Colombia without a police escort. The four-time Tour de France winner is incredibly popular in a country rich with cycling history and has an abundance of enthusiastic fans.
Jaime Roson (Movistar) has been handed a four-year ban by the UCI after anomalies were found in his biological passport. Movistar had already suspended the 26-year-old but have since confirmed, through their holding company Abarca Sports, that they have terminated his contract.
Fabio Aru says that he will approach the up and coming Volta ao Algarve with ‘grit’ as he hopes to continue a steady progression of form towards the Giro d’Italia in May. Aru will lead a youthful UAE Team Emirates squad at the Portuguese race...
Already February? And half of it already gone! Do not worry Europe and North America nice riding weather is coming your way in a few months.
How bad is it there?
What are you doing to keep fit during this Winter months?
Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) watched on slightly amused as Remco Evenepoel made his professional debut at the recent Vuelta a San Juan, knowing what it's like to be at the centre of attention and have every performance – good or bad – scrutinised and discussed.
Ireland's Rás Tailteann stage race – often better known simply as 'the Rás' – will not take place as a UCI-ranked event in 2019, the organisers have announced.
Dimension Data's Ben O'Connor is looking forward to trying to do some damage on the upcoming Tour of Oman's 'queen stage' on the penultimate day of the race, which includes a summit finish on the climb of Green Mountain.
A day after being given the chance to sprint for the team on stage 2 of the Tour Colombia 2.1 – and finishing third – UAE Team Emirates' Sebastian Molano took advantage of a second opportunity to win stage 3 of the race on Thursday after teammate Fernando Gaviria quit the race due to sickness.