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There is probably no bigger name in the entire cycling world right now, than UAE Team Emirates leader Tadej Pogacar. No one knows the Slovenian better than his partner, Urska Zigart and the Liv AlUla Jayco rider has opened up on Pogacar's personality away from the bike."For me he is just Tadej," Zi...

CyclistOpinion: Tadej Pogaarmust ride the Vuelta a EspaaAt the beginning of 2024, Tadej Pogaar made it clear that the Giro-Tour double was his year-long aim. Now hes done it, the pressures off, but theres still one Grand Tour left to win, and Pogaarcould be the first ride ever to win all three in one season.Currently, Pogaaris listed on the provisional startlist of the Qubecois classics in mid-September, which will act as preparation for his bid at the official Triple Crown, which historically consists of the Giro dItalia, Tour de France and World Championships road race.But Pogaar needs to stop being the party pooper and go to the Vuelta a Espaa. The history books are screaming out for it, and hell probably never have the chance again, he definitely wont have a chance this good again. No Olympics, no excuseA.S.O./Charly LopezFollowing the Tour de Frances conclusion in Nice, Pogaarheaded back to Slovenia for a homecoming party. There, he confirmed that he would not compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics. This decision came as a result of post-Tour fatigue as well as a distaste for the Slovenian teams omission of his partner Urka igart (Liv-Jayco-AlUla) from their Paris 2024 selection.With that decision out of the way, this seriously opens up the chance for Pogaarto target new summer goals. Theres none bigger and more exciting than the Vuelta a Espaa.The Vuelta is rarely at the top of GC riders minds. The Spanish Grand Tour often doesnt require the same stringent altitude training as the two others. Jonas Vingegaard and Sepp Kuss went into the race last year on a whim after the Tour and ended up finishing in first and second place. Pogaar could likely get parachuted in at the last minute and still win. Related Posts Opinion: How to fix the Tour de France Is Pogaar vs Vingegaard cyclings greatest ever rivalry? Who won the most prize money at the 2024 Tour de France? Pro bike: Tadej Pogaars Colnago V4Rs for the Tour de France 2024 Every Tadej Pogaar Grand Tour performance ranked Every Tadej Pogaar Monument performance ranked Vuelta void of big starsA.S.O./Charly LopezAt the time of writing, it looks as though the Vuelta is running low on big stars. Jonas Vingegaard has confirmed that he wont make a return to the race and Primo Roglis participation looks uncertain following worrying injury reports. Former Vuelta winner Remco Evenepoel has also implied that the Vuelta will not feature in his programme.Instead, the GC field will be pinned down by Mikel Landa, Enric Mas and Sasha Vlasov. Theyre lightweights if you ask me. Lots of these riders missed the mark or were injured at the recent Tour de France. Factor in the likes of Dan Martnez and Ben OConnor from the Giro dItalia, and Pogaarhas a field of beatable opponents. Even defending champion Sepp Kuss isnt a threat, hes struggled this season and was a late withdrawal before the Tour due to Covid.There are few A-list opponents standing between Pogaarand a third consecutive Grand Tour title. If anything, his own teammates JooAlmeida, Juan Ayuso and Adam Yates bring the sharpest opposition. They rode in support of the Slovenian at the Tour, but they should be on board to help secure this all-time feat.For auld lang syneChris AuldLets be honest, when is Pogaargoing to get the chance to chase all three Grand Tours again? The Giro-Tour looked impossible before 2024, and now helooks in a league of his own at stage races this year.Now hes won it he wont ride the Giro again for a long time, so should make the most of this historic 2024 season while its still here. If hes really looking to become the best cyclist of all time, then he should try his utmost to secure this achievement.Hes currently putting out his best numbers, hes riding up climbs faster than anyone before him, and that form hasnt wavered since the Giro dItalia, or even Strade Bianche in March where he began his racing calendar. Riding the Vuelta shouldnt place his World Championships dream in jeopardy either. If he thought that way, he wouldnt have raced the Giro before the Tour.Come on Tadej, do somethingCyclist/Patrik LundinWhats there to lose, Tadej?No one is going to take away the Giro-Tour double if he fails to win the Vuelta. No one will question his strength if he misses the mark, he has already claimed 12 Grand Tour stages this year and clinched both the maglia rosa and maillot jaune with ease. If he dared enough to do the Giro and the Tour, he should be bullish enough to push his luck and win them all.This would be a full circle moment from Pogaars first big splash on the Grand Tour scene at the 2019 Vuelta where he secured a surprise third place. Its almost a tale too good to be true if hereturns and wins it all.I hear you. The Pogaarfatigue is setting in for fans. All but five stages of Grand Tour racing this year have seen Pogaaroutside of the leaders jersey. However, for historys sake, I dont mind sitting through another Slovenian exhibition. Visma did it last year, so why not do it all over again before the sport opens up again in 2025.Take notes, Vuelta organisers: no Pogaar, no party. Related Posts Opinion: How to fix the Tour de France Is Pogaar vs Vingegaard cyclings greatest ever rivalry? Who won the most prize money at the 2024 Tour de France? 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Current junction is wide with sweeping turns and no formal crossing at five locations. Public consultation on the Suir Road/Davitt Road junction project has been extended until August 9th after opposition from local motorists, mainly against a bus priority measure which was included as part of the project.A presentation was given to councillors at the first South East Area Committee since the local elections recently. Councillors said that the junction is a notoriously a bad intersection for everybody but that members of the public have real genuine concerns and that they are raising reasonable issues.The majority of issues raised related to the impact of the project on motorists. A Fine Gael councillor said that Senator Mary Seery-Kearney, who lives in the area thinks the plan will create a lot of discomfort and is an unrealistic approach.The project is part of the Kilmainham to Thomas Street Walking and Cycling Route. It is also proposed to also include a bus gate in the northbound direction out of planned redesigned junction from Slievenamon Road. The bus gate would give priority to the 123 bus route, which is due to be changed to the 73 under BusConnects and increased in frequency. The design of the project is also viewed by the council as likely increasing the safety and reliability of Luas as it crosses part of the junction.An extra information event on the project is to be held from 4-7pm on August 1st in Good Counsel, Liffey Gaels, GAA and Camogie Club, Davitt Road, Drimnagh, Dublin D12 AX61.Details of how to respond online can be found at consultation.dublincity.ie while drawings are also available to view in Dublin City Council, Block 1, Floor 0, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8, D08 RF3F and Dolphins Barn Library, Parnell Rd, Saint James, Dublin, D12 ET22The council said that the new public information leaflets will be distributed to local residents and businesses located directly adjacent to the scheme.Cllr Pat Dunne (Independents for Change) said: I get it, and I voted for measures that make travel and active travel safer for pedestrians and cyclists. I fully support public transport, the bus and the Luas services in that area, but I also get that a lot of people still need to have a car and access to a car either to go and do the weekly shopping for families or for work reasons or whatever.But he said that there had been major traffic tailbacks since the installation of pedestrian crossings and safety measures at another junction along the canal at Herberton Road, which previously lacked signalised crossings. He said: I think anyone whos planning changes to the transport and to the roads should be conscious of those delays.He said that in relation to what he called the main proposal here for a bus gate, he said hes spent a lot of time studying the BusConnects proposals for the entire Dublin 12 area and there are no bus gates on the main roads such as the Crumlin Road so he said: I cant say why we would want to put a bus on a small slip road which is at Slievenamon Road.However, BusConnects includes significant road widening to allow for bus lanes on Crumlin Road and bus priority signals also a type of bus gate in the east and west directions where continuous bus lanes are not possible.The presentation given to councillors outlined how the delay for the bus route at that junction was the longest delay for buses in the city.Cllr Dunne said: Id like to see the statistics on that. They can have delays there, yes, but I would be very surprised if its the longest and the way to prioritise buses is what the NTA are doing in the BusConnects proposals is to put in traffic lights with bus priority.Generally, signal priority type of bus gates requires bus lanes to be effective.He said: Im asking is that once again you go back to the residence and engage with them everybody wants to see better safety for cyclists and pedestrians.Cllr Dunne said that a consultant working on the project Had used the expression rat run to say Slievenamon Road is a rat run. But it is not a rat run. Its a main road. Its the main road out of Drimnagh.IMAGE: The distance people cycling have to travel from Suir Road to Dolphin Road is before they clear the junction is 70 metres. To compare that to OConnell Bridge, the longest distance people cycling have to travel before clearing the junction is 50 metres.Cllr Mannix Flynn (independent) claimed that pedestrians were not mentioned much in the presentation. However, pedestrians and pedestrian crossings were mentioned ten times, while cyclists were mentioned half that number of times.He also claimed that the presentation did not break down the different modes of traffic, but the presentation did go into detail about how buses were being prioritised while residents would still have access to their homes by car, the different possible detours the bus gate might cause and the new improvements for people walking and cycling.Cllr Flynn also said: In terms of the kind of greening area, again, this kind of terminality that is used, you didnt break that down. you know, whos going to be sitting beside a roadway?The planned green area is an expansion of the existing green. It is currently encircled by traffic but will be made larger and linked to an existing park. It will also partly buffer the park from the roadway. Many people also benefit from seating along roadways, including older people and people with some disabilities. After complaining that traffic lights were changed to give pedestrians extra crossing time during Covid, Cllr Flynn then said that pedestrians were to the forefront of all of this.Cllr Kourtney Kenny (Sinn Fin) said that she has met with Cllr Daith Doolan, another Sinn Fin councillor, on the issue and that residents are very concerned. She said: Theyre real genuine concerns about the effects of the plan. I understand what you [the person presenting] are saying about how its only a two or three minutes, if not six minutes, added on to their journey, but at the end of the day, thats where they live, and residents are really starting to feel like there hasnt been enough time for proper consultation.Cllr Kenny said: The residents feel like they havent been given enough time and the proposal has very practical implications on residents that are living in Slievenamon Road and Galtymore Road also the ability to leave and enter their homes is very much affected.Cllr Punam Rane (Fine Gael) said that most of the residents have written to her and that Senator Mary Seery-Kearney also lives there, and she thinks the plan will create a lot of discomfort and is an unrealistic approach.Cllr Rane said: What I am asking is should we not give enough consideration before we go ahead with the implementation plan? My understanding already of the BusConnects plan in the areas of Rathgar and Terenure is that it has already raised lots of concerns from the residents. Should we now not be a bit careful about our implementation of these plans, which will be permanent plans, and there is no way to go backCllr Carolyn Moore (Green Party) said that there is a lot of be welcomed in plan but that there were definitely issues with the communication of this.She said: This brings its own issues in terms of how people perceive the projects that were trying to present to them and the intent behind those presentations, and so we have experienced this previously with other projects where you start things off on on a bad footing when people feel theres something if not underhanded then just you know a little bit not very upfront about what were trying to achieve.She said: I would also have questions about the proposal for a bus gate and what is the measure that we intend to use to enforce that because we dont have camera-based enforcement at the moment and if there isnt a kind of a robust adherence to the presence of that bus gate weve created bigger problems with wider implications.From a cycling perspective, I have a few concerns that its not quite maximising the potential to create a proper safe cycling infrastructure along this route. Im concerned that the approach is possibly a little bit over-engineered, and I wonder how intuitive its going to be for people who are using it, she said.She also said that there were ongoing issues with toucan crossings further down the canal and that there seems to be a basic lack of knowledge in Ireland about how toucan crossings actually work.Cllr Eoin Hayes (Social Democrats) said that residents are all aligned on the idea of making sure that there is safe active travel at this intersection making sure that improved bus services are part of how we redeveloped the city however, there are some serious concerns from residents that I have heard and I think in the whole one thing that I just like to emphasise is that they have been reasonable.It has been a reasonable contribution of question marks around how these different roads will lead to different traffic congestion, what will mean for them what will mean for people with disabilities or older people and how they will be able to get around the city, so, I think I just encourage you to engage in that that more extensive process in terms of consultation for another two weeks, he said.He added: It is notoriously a bad intersection for everybody that goes down it, and Im just wondering if there were other alternatives that were considered, whether that was roundabouts or bike bridges or anything like that. Im wondering how much of this is constrained by the budgets that we have and the innovation that were allowed to have on some of these issues.

CyclistThe complete history of the Specialized TarmacThere arent many bikes more synonymous with road racing and with road racing success than the Specialized Tarmac. To illustrate the point, out of the last 20 mens and womens World Championships Road Races, the Tarmac has been ridden to victory in half of them. Thats on top of wins in all three Grand Tours and a hatful of spring Classics.In terms of winning pedigree, Specialized is now up there with the Pinarellos and Colnagos of the racing world. However, those are brands with decades more heritage, as even though Specialized celebrates its golden anniversary this year, it didnt have a foothold in the road market until around 25 years after Mike Sinyard founded the brand. Related Posts Specialized Tarmac SL8 S-Works Di2 review The complete history of the Scott Addict The complete history of the Giant TCR Best road bikes of 2024 reviewed by Cyclists experts Up until 2000 we were really more of a mountain bike company, says Stewart Thompson, Specializeds road category leader. Wed been around a while by that point and were one of the bigger brands in that space but had no road presence. We realised that if we wanted to be taken seriously on the road scene we had to make a legitimate race bike for teams to win on at the highest level. There was this tense meeting in our Morgan Hill office where people were like, Were going to win the Tour de France in ten years. Mike, to his credit, said, Yeah, go for it, do what it takes.Technically, we did end up doing that twice in the same year in fact, when Andy Schleck was retrospectively awarded the 2010 title stripped from Alberto Contador, who were both on SL3s but it certainly wasnt an easy process. Theres a running joke here that if we knew how hard it was going to be, we might not have done it.Hard yardsSpecializeds pre-existing in-house facilities and expertise got its road line off the ground and prototypes started to come together, but the brand knew pro rider feedback would be critical in developing something competitive.No one at the elite level really wanted to know us at that point though, says Thompson. Specialized eventually got its foot in the door with an Italian team, Domina Vacanze.Fortunately for us, the team had Mario Cipollini in its ranks. He won the 2002 World Championships Road Race and Milan-San Remo on our prototypes. Some were really wacky we used aluminium tubes from our mountain bikes and one bike Cipollini rode had a BMX top tube that we squashed to give it enough lateral stiffness. Those results and his feedback were the foundation for us launching the first Tarmac.In 2003 the Tarmac E5 came along. Interestingly, it used a frame made from a collection of both aluminum and new-fangled carbon composite tubes. The metal was for stiffness, while the carbon reduced the weight.Tapestry / CyclistWithin a couple of years, Specialized had landed the sponsorship of the QuickStep-Innergetic team and Tom Boonen picked up where Cipollini left off in terms of providing feedback. He had won the 2005 World Championships Road Race and was instrumental in the design of the Tarmac SL, which supplanted the E5 in 2006 and became Specializeds first full composite frameset.Tom was a great guy but very demanding of the equipment he used. He wasnt mean but would be very direct when a feature didnt work for him, says Thompson. Luckily wed had Cipollini another big, strong rider so were accustomed to working in this way. But our sponsorship of QuickStep-Innergetic also allowed us to access climbers like Paolo Bettini, who brought an entirely different perspective to our designs.Boonen and Bettinis feedback fuelled development of the SL2, released in 2008. Boonen said the SL felt disjointed front-to-back, while Bettini wanted more comfort. Thanks to improved testing and fabrication methods, the SL2 had a much stiffer rear end but was also specifically tuned dependent on size in areas such as the seatstays which before were just the same tubes cut to different lengths to create more comfort as well.The development of the SL2 helped us nail down the Tarmacs geometry, which hasnt changed much since, says Thompson. It illustrates how valuable pro rider feedback is.The SL2 is regarded as the first Tarmac that would still feel capable today. Its design was so successful that nothing drastic changed in the next seven years.SL3 and SL4 mainly iterated on the SL2s revolution, incrementally dropping weight and adding stiffness as our composite knowledge developed, says Thompson.Reining it inBy the SL4 those stiffness levels were almost becoming too much in the smaller frame sizes. Alberto Contador, then riding for the Specialized-sponsored Team Saxo Bank, fed back that the bike was getting too harsh. Specialized worked with Contador and an SL4 loaded with strain gauges to work out how the frame responded to him.As a result, in 2015 the SL5 debuted the application of our Rider First Engineering concept, which were stiffness targets that varied across different parts of the bike, depending on how riders of different sizes load the frame, says Thompson. The SL5 proved to be as complete an overhaul as the SL2 was, for the bike was the first to be designed with input from high-end automotive manufacturer McLaren, as well as the first to be offered in a disc brake version.Tapestry / CyclistMcLaren, owing to some computer simulation resources we didnt have, helped us put together an extremely light carbon layup, says Thompson. It helped make our disc bike competitive right out of the gate.The SL5 presided over three consecutive World Championships Road Race wins for Peter Sagan (who wasnt the most active feedback partner because he didnt much care about the finer details of bike design), but within that time aerodynamics exploded to such an extent that Specialized invested in its own wind-tunnel. The brands dedicated aero bike, the Venge, started to have an increasingly symbiotic relationship with the Tarmac.Both made the other better, and aspects of the Venge fed into the SL6 that came along in 2018 to make it faster. That was another huge project, because we had to develop both rim and disc bikes concurrently as we werent sure if the UCI would approve disc brakes, says Thompson.In 2021, the SL7 made things a huge deal simpler. Rim brakes were gone, as was the Venge. Specialized declared that its latest Tarmac could do it all. Truncated aerofoil tube profiles were paired with integrated components from in-house brand Roval to make the bike both fast and light.It was a risky move, but we believed in it because, if we executed it well, it would solve so much confusion for our pros over which bike was needed when. We figured simpler was better for consumers too. We proved you dont need separate race bike categories.Last year the SL8 reinforced this opinion. Specialized says it is its lightest race bike to date (685g frame weight) despite being faster aerodynamically than the Venge ever was. For all the effort Specialized has put into the Tarmac over the years, the bike has paid back in kind.As I said, it has been an intense project from the very start, says Thompson. But in turn, it changed us entirely. We became a performance road brand, and then one that doesnt just keep up, but stands out. Specialized has the Tarmac to thank for that.Specialized Tarmac timelineThe Tarmacs pivotal moments2003: First-generation Tarmac E5 is made from a blend of aluminium and carbon tubes for light weight and stiffness2006: Developed with input from Tom Boonen, the SL1 is the first full-carbon Tarmac, introducing Specializeds FACT composite blend2008: SL2 improves stiffness and comfort for riders of different heights using specific tube profiles for each size2010: SL3 drops more than 150g in weight over SL2 thanks to refined fabrication methods2010: The Tarmac wins the Tour de France under Team Saxo Banks Andy Schleck2011: Mark Cavendish wins World Championships Road Race on a Venge, pipping Australias Matt Goss, riding a Tarmac, on the line2011: SL4 arrives just one year after the SL3, with claimed 19% better stiffness-to-weight thanks to another revision in frame construction2015: Peter Sagan wins first of three consecutive World Championships Road Races on the SL5. Lizzie Deignan wins womens Road Race on the same model2015: SL5 is the first Tarmac to be offered with a disc brake option, but it is 80g heavier than the rim brake bike and has an offset rear end that requires specific wheels2017: Sagan wins his final WC Road Race aboard the SL5. The Netherlands Chantal van den Broek-Blaak wins womens Road Race on the same model2019: Aerodynamics arrive in the SL6, using features such as dropped seatstays. Disc brake model is greatly refined to achieve a 200g weight loss2021: SL7 goes disc brake only. The frameset is now aero enough for Specialized to kill off the Venge2023: Changes in the UCI rules around tube shapes let Specialized improve aero features at the front, but drop weight at the back of the SL8, achieving a 685g frame weight This article originally appeared in issue 154 of Cyclist magazine. 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Matteo Trentin has done a lot in his nearly 14 year spell in the World Tour peloton. Before this Friday afternoon however, the experienced Italian had never managed to add a general classification triumph to his palmares. At the 2024 Tour de Wallonie however, that all changed.Entering the final stag...

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Having prove something of a medals conveyor belt over the last decade, the Irish cycling Paralympic team will be at the Paris Games, starting at the end of this month, when 10 men and women in green will be aiming for glory. Katie George Dunlevy and pilot Eve Richardson have blazed the trail for Ireland []The post Irish Paralympic cycling team | 10 riders aiming for Paris Games glory appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

One of the biggest names in the women's peloton, 32-year-old Italian Elisa Longo Borghini is arguably in the form of her life coming into the 2024 Paris Olympic Games after finally managing to the win the Maglia Rosa at the Giro d'Italia Women ahead of Lotte Kopecky earlier this month."I'd be happy...