A 2022 thread to discuss all things cycling related such as upcoming tours, world championships, debates and news anything to with the world of cycling.

Should be a good year for cycling this year! We've got the first Women's Tour de France which I really hope will be covered on ITV4, plus all the usual staples. I imagine the first race on freeview will be Paris-Nice but I'll be keeping track of the Tour Down Under etc.

2022 Cycling Calendar:

 

https://www.uci.org/calendar/all/2jnxYAuvjgttyHi6YQ94EJ?

Ineos Grenadiers' Egan Bernal has left hospital as he continues to recover from multiple operations after a high-speed crash in his native Colombia.

 

The 25-year-old said he nearly died after he hit a stationary bus while riding his time trial bike in January.

 

He had neurosurgery, spinal surgery and other procedures after he sustained back, leg, knee and chest injuries.

 

Bernal is the reigning Giro d'Italia champion and became the first Colombian to win the Tour de France in 2019.

I hadn't heard about this crash until now - genuinely sounds horrendous and giving me flashbacks as to what happened with Froome, here's hoping he'll be able to get back on his bike again.

Mark Cavendish escaped with only grazes and bruises after a fall during the penultimate stage of the Tour of Oman on Monday.

 

It is the British rider's first race since a high-speed track crash in Ghent in November saw him hospitalised.

 

"I had a touch of wheels and unfortunately I came down quite heavily," said Cavendish.

 

Czech rider Jan Hirt won the stage after a summit finish and took the overall lead in the race.

 

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl sprinter Cavendish added: "I am lucky that my injuries seem to not be too bad and I was able to get on my bike."

Mark Cavendish missed out on the green jersey at the Tour of Oman after being impeded in the final sprint finish by Maximiliano Richeze, who was later disqualified.

 

Britain's Cavendish banged his handlebars in frustration and remonstrated with Argentine Richeze as they crossed the line.

 

Fernando Gaviria won the 132.5km stage from Al Mouj Muscat to Muttrah Corniche to take the points classification.

 

Jan Hirt won the overall race.

I mean, given the fact Cav wasn't even in contention to be winning races just over a year ago, him losing one isn't as bit a problem! I don't berate Gaviria for getting the win either, good to see him beginning to return to form.

Mark Cavendish took victory on stage two of the UAE Tour as he moved to third in the overall standings.

 

The Briton produced a trademark sprint finish to win the 176km stage, with Belgium's race leader Jasper Philipsen finishing second in the same time.

Happy retirement legend Jason Kenny!

Jason Kenny, Great Britain's most successful Olympian of all time, has retired to take up a coaching job with British Cycling.

 

The 33-year-old won seven gold medals and two silvers between 2008 and 2021.

 

"A massive part of me would love to continue and try to get to Paris and I'm a little bit sad in a way to not do that," he told BBC Breakfast.

 

"The opportunity at British Cycling to be a coach might not be there in three years. I thought I'd take it now."

 

Kenny, who was knighted in the New Year Honours list, won team sprint gold in Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016, individual sprint in 2012 and 2016 and the keirin in 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

 

"That keirin in Tokyo was special to me," he said. "It was an amazing race. If you could pick one to end on, that would always be. That did play a small part in it. That will be my last ever race, to finish on something so special on the last day of the Olympics."

 

That win made him the most successful cyclist in Olympic history from any country. He also won silver in sprint in 2008 and team sprint last year.

 

His wife, Laura Kenny, 29, who was also made a Dame in the New Year Honours, is the joint most decorated female athlete for Team GB, with five golds and one silver medal.

Tadej Pogacar retained the UAE Tour title as he once again beat Adam Yates after an exciting head-to-head duel up the final climb of the race.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/60536691

You'd imagine he could win any stage race he entered! You'd imagine the sponsors (i.e. UAE themselves) would be very happy with that result.

Two more men have been charged with robbery following a break-in at the home of Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish.

 

Essex Police said the incident at a house in the Ongar area happened at 02:35 GMT on 27 November.

Dan Bigham won a sixth national title as he beat Charlie Tanfield in the men's individual pursuit at the British National Track Championships.

 

British hour record holder Bigham finished clear of Tanfield, with Kyle Gordon third over the 4km in Newport.

 

Bigham had earlier set a new national record in four minutes 05.25 seconds - going nearly four seconds quicker than John Archibald's 2019 mark.

Ineos Grenadiers rider Pavel Sivakov has changed his cycling nationality from Russian to French.

 

The move has been approved by cycling's world governing body the UCI.

 

The 24-year-old, who grew up in France, has made the move amid Russia's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.

 

"I have wanted to become a French national for some time and had made the request to the UCI. Given what is happening in the Ukraine at the moment, I wanted to fast track this," he said.

 

"I was born in Italy and moved to France when I was one year old.

 

"France is where I grew up and was educated and where I fell in love with riding my bike which led me to racing. It feels like my home."

Paris-Nice starting tomorrow! Highlights will be on ITV4 at 6pm.

Ella Barnwell retained her scratch race title in a close-fought battle at the British National Track Championships in Newport.

 

The Welsh rider edged out Anna Morris and women's individual pursuit champion Neah Evans to secure a fourth senior national crown.

 

Meanwhile, 18-year-old Joshua Tarling claimed the men's points race crown.

 

Matt Rotherham won the 1,000m time trial competition, while Ellie Stone claimed victory in the women's keirin.

 

Team Inspired took the top four spots in the men's sprint competition, with Jack Carlin adding a national title to the Olympic bronze medal he won in the same event last summer.

 

He won the title ahead of team-mate Joe Truman in straight legs in the final, with Hamish Turnbull beating Hayden Norris for bronze.

Entry list for the Paris-Nice race

 

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France's Christophe Laporte claimed victory as Jumbo-Visma produced a dominant display in stage one of Paris-Nice.

 

Laporte finished in three hours 48 minutes 38 seconds.

 

He led in team-mates Primoz Roglic and Wout van Aert as Jumbo-Visma claimed the top three spots.

 

The trio finished 19 seconds ahead of TotalEnergies rider Pierre Latour on the 159.8km route which started and finished in Mantes-la-Ville.