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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

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2021 Tour de France | 2021 Giro d'Italia

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. - Pablo Picasso

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Bill & Carol McGann's book The Story of the Giro d'Italia, Vol 2: 1971 - 2011 is available as an audiobook here. For the print and Kindle eBook versions, just click on the Amazon link on the right.

Upcoming racing:

• Dec 29: Diegemcross Cancelled
• Dec 30: Azencross
• Jan 1, 2022: GP Sven Nys Cross
• Jan 16 - 23, 2022: Le Tour de Langkawi
• Jan 22, 2022: Flandriencross
• Jan 26 - 29, 2022: Challenge Illes Balears
• Jan 30 - Feb 6, 2022: Vuelta a San Juan
• Feb 12, 2022: Gavere Cyclocross
  

Latest completed racing:

• Dec 27: Heusden Zolder Cyclocross
• Dec 19: Namur Cyclocross
• Dec 11: Ethiascross-Essen
• Dec 5: Scheldecross Antwerp - Cancelled because of Covid-19
• Nov 13: GP Leuven
• Nov 7: Elite Men European Cyclocross Championships
• Nov 6: Elite Women European Cyclocross Championships
• Nov 1: Koppenberg Cyclocross

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Tom Pidcock’s INEOS Grenadiers reports on Heusden-Zolder Cross race

We posted the report from winner Wout van Aert’s Jumbo-Visma team with the race results

Here's the INEOS Grenadiers report:

British champion Tom Pidcock rebounded well from his eighth place ride on Boxing Day, and was in the thick of the podium battle from the opening lap.

Pidcock found himself in a three-man group consisting of Eli Iserbyt and Quinten Hermans, with Wout Van Aert pushing clear on lap two to build up an unassailable lead.

Tom Pidcock & Eli Iserbyt fight for second place.

With Hermans distanced, Pidcock rode well to keep on the wheel of Iserbyt, staying close to the Belgian off the final descent and out-sprinting his rival at the line.

With a fourth podium in six races under his belt, the cancellation of Wednesday's Diegem Superprestige race now gives Pidcock some extra recovery and training days ahead of the resumption of his programme on New Year's Day in Baal.

After the race Pidcock said: "I didn’t win [today], Wout was too strong – but at least it wasn’t like yesterday – at least I could push a little bit. I felt pretty good. It’s probably the best I’ve felt at this track – physically and technically. For me it’s a hard track here, I’ve always found the roots quite tricky.

"Honestly I think Eli was stronger today. I had to tactically play it right to beat him. I just wasn’t explosive enough today, but it was better than yesterday so now we can build on this.

"Baal is my next race so I’ll take a rest and do some training."

DT Swiss set to acquire Trickstuff disc brake company

Bicycle Retailer & Industry News posted this:

BIEL, Switzerland (BRAIN) — DT Swiss will acquire disc brake company Trickstuff. The acquisition is expected to be completed on Jan. 1.

Trickstuff — based in Pfaffenweiler, Germany — has established itself in the industry in the past two decades. Owner and industrial engineer Klaus Liedler will continue in the role of managing director.

DT Swiss said Trickstuff will operate as an independent company with its own brand identity, marketing, and product strategy. Trickstuff primarily will benefit from DT Swiss' knowledge in business model development, IT infrastructure integration, supply-chain management, production optimization, and industrialization within the scope of joint cooperation and integration projects.

The joint cooperation in cross-company project teams began this month in the area of ERP system integration.

You can read the entire story here.

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