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  • January 2, 2019 at 5:42 pm #29239
    enrique

    Oh yeah! It’s here! I’m ready! Who’s getting excited? 🙂 I can’t wait! When’s our first race?…

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  • January 27, 2019 at 1:10 pm #933525
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    Dr Winston

    Sounds good to me.

    Sounds good to me.

    Condor Andy wrote:

    We’re discussing now. The next race after Cadel is likely to be Tour of Oman (16th Feb), Algarve (20th Feb) if Oman isn’t a popular choice. UAE (24th Feb) after that.

    Spring Classics starts at Omloop (2nd March).

    January 22, 2019 at 5:22 pm #933523
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    MinardiM189
    Condor Andy wrote:
    We’re discussing now. The next race after Cadel is likely to be Tour of Oman (16th Feb), Algarve (20th Feb) if Oman isn’t a popular choice. UAE (24th Feb) after that.

    Spring Classics starts at Omloop (2nd March).

    I would liketo see the UAE tour included with Oman filling the big gap in WT programme in February.

    The new UAE tour is now a combination of the old UAE and Dubai Tours and looks interesting. One TTT, 2 mountain finishes, an uphill sprint stage and 3 sprint stages, and always the chance of croswinds in the desert.

    The Tour of Oman is always quite interesting and throws up a few surprises, it also finishes before the UAE tour begins. A problem with Oman is the reduced number of WT teams (7) but at least the other teams are all Proconti.  Another problem has been limited TV coverage.

    I think the Algarve race is a bit boring and predictable. Again the number of WT teams is limited (12 this year) but with only 3 PCT teams, the other 9 are small Portuguese teams.

    January 22, 2019 at 2:02 pm #933521
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    Condor Andy

    We’re discussing now. The

    We’re discussing now. The next race after Cadel is likely to be Tour of Oman (16th Feb), Algarve (20th Feb) if Oman isn’t a popular choice. UAE (24th Feb) after that.

    Spring Classics starts at Omloop (2nd March).

    January 21, 2019 at 4:45 pm #933519
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    MinardiM189

    Is there any news on which

    Is there any news on which upcoming races will be covered?

    I need to plan my holidays 

    January 21, 2019 at 4:13 pm #933517
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    enrique

    jollygoodvelo wrote:

    jollygoodvelo wrote:
    … can you stop the banner advert at the top of the screen changing size ‘just’ before I press the login button?
    I think that happens on the desktop version too! 🙂

    January 20, 2019 at 5:38 pm #933515
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    Dr Winston

    Aye…I agree with all that..

    Aye…I agree with all that…but surely just the one climb at the end of the race is still somewhat on the skinny side for a field like that and given how the Colombians like their climbers….the term “short changed “ springs to mind. 

    I’ve always felt Colombia should have a major race for itself…something similar to The tour of the alps in profile. 

    MinardiM189 wrote:

    Dr Winston wrote:
    Are we getting a Tour of Colombia?

    Whether we are or not I’m utterly amazed at the quality of climbing field they’re managing to put together. To then set a race with four flat stages one hilly stage and just one summit on the final day in a country like Colombia, and with a field like that, just seems a bit daft.  Who exactly decided that mad route? I can’t help but think they’re missing their chance to propel themselves forward.

    I guess that teams and riders are getting paid a lot of money to participate in Columbia. For Froome & Nibali to attend they must be paying a lot.

    During the season races generally get more and more difficult as they build up to the Giro & Tour.

    A difficult parcours at this time of the season will probably do more harm than good and riders probably wouldn’t participate.

    The promoters of the race will want to show off the local heroes – Gaviria, Hodeg, Uran, Bernal, Quintana, etc. and make them look good by paying for a few big stars to come along.

    I actually  prefer that races like this aren’t included in the competition as it is not serious racing.

    January 20, 2019 at 4:57 pm #933513
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    MinardiM189
    Dr Winston wrote:
    Are we getting a Tour of Colombia?

    Whether we are or not I’m utterly amazed at the quality of climbing field they’re managing to put together. To then set a race with four flat stages one hilly stage and just one summit on the final day in a country like Colombia, and with a field like that, just seems a bit daft.  Who exactly decided that mad route? I can’t help but think they’re missing their chance to propel themselves forward.

    I guess that teams and riders are getting paid a lot of money to participate in Columbia. For Froome & Nibali to attend they must be paying a lot.

    During the season races generally get more and more difficult as they build up to the Giro & Tour.

    A difficult parcours at this time of the season will probably do more harm than good and riders probably wouldn’t participate.

    The promoters of the race will want to show off the local heroes – Gaviria, Hodeg, Uran, Bernal, Quintana, etc. and make them look good by paying for a few big stars to come along.

    I actually  prefer that races like this aren’t included in the competition as it is not serious racing.

    January 20, 2019 at 11:51 am #933511
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    Dr Winston

    Are we getting a Tour of

    Are we getting a Tour of Colombia?

    Whether we are or not I’m utterly amazed at the quality of climbing field they’re managing to put together. To then set a race with four flat stages one hilly stage and just one summit on the final day in a country like Colombia, and with a field like that, just seems a bit daft.  Who exactly decided that mad route? I can’t help but think they’re missing their chance to propel themselves forward.

    January 20, 2019 at 8:00 am #933509
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    littlegermanboy

    FAO Dave – I got 7th on

    FAO Dave – I got 7th on Purist stage 4 but am missing the Top 10 Stage Finish competition badge.

    January 17, 2019 at 4:12 pm #933507
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    Anonymous

    If there’s one change you

    If there’s one change you could make to the mobile version… can you stop the banner advert at the top of the screen changing size ‘just’ before I press the login button?

    January 8, 2019 at 10:22 am #933505
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    enrique

    dave atkinson wrote:

    dave atkinson wrote:
    … i’m planning to update the UI… to make it… more mobile-friendly.
    Yay! 🙂

    January 7, 2019 at 4:46 pm #933503
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    dave atkinson

    TDU should be open tomorrow.

    TDU should be open tomorrow. there aren’t many changes for the start of the year although i’m planning to update the UI over the course of the year to make it a bit more mobile-friendly.

    January 6, 2019 at 3:52 am #933501
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    KiwiAmerican

    Thanks All! I joined last

    Thanks All! I joined last year and this is my favorite fantasy activity by far! I appreciate all the hard work and look forward to TDU 2019!

     

     

    January 5, 2019 at 11:58 pm #933499
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    Condor Andy

    Happy New Year all! Same cast

    Happy New Year all! Same cast behind the scenes as last year. I’ll probably set up TDU and Tony will score, but we’re still setting everything up 🙂

    Edit: I think Dave is doing some tinkering behind the scenes 🙂

    January 5, 2019 at 1:53 pm #933497
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    enrique

    We’re in! Thanks to everyone!

    We’re in! Thanks to everyone! Who’ll be running it? If you need any help, I’d be glad to help! 🙂 Thanks again! Happy Season to All! 🙂

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