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Reno @cyclingreno.bsky.social · 1d

Statement and update by Derek Gee

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 1d

in the break and still sprints. And not riding Lombardia

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A podium finish if you like but did he actually stand on the podium? Probably not as only the stage winner does

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 1d

92 wins for UAE this season... and counting. If they had a better house sprinter it's possible they'd have over 100 wins this season too

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 1d

true, Del Toro was supposed to finish off the Tre Valle Varesine in Tuesday but was marked so Pogačar went for it instead.

the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 1d

First time back on the podium for Mollema since his Dutch TT champs in 2022, or for a road race the Tour de France stage in 2021

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Top-10 in Gran Piemonte

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Isaac Del Toro (UAE) wins Gran Piemonte, 15th win of the year for him, now tied with Tim Merlier as the second most prolific winner of the season behind Pogačar who has 19

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 1d

<25km to go in the Gran Piemonte race. Love the autumnal sunshine. Land of barbera and dolcetto wines... and Nutella too with many fields of hazelnut trees planted to supply the Ferrero factory down the road

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 1d

Il Lombardia start list published by organisers RCS and the Israel-PremierTech is not there; it has skipped several races in Italy recently and seen its invitation withdrawn but said recently it planned to do Lombardia but this looks to have changed now

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 2d

it's not clear what the debt (or debts) are from reports this month... but they've certainly racked up debts from sponsors, and also the social security/government in years past too, gave the alarm bell a ring a couple of times before, eg inrng.com/2024/10/inte...

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 2d

...and sometimes he would drink the tea, gargle... and then spit it back in the cup before taking to his chef. He lasted two months and went into sports TV.
He was from the Gard in the South of France and died in an "abrivado", a festival in the Camargue/wider area involving bull running and horses.

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 2d

He worked in the 2-star Michelin restaurant of Gordon Ramsay, a celebrity chef. He said he saw a pâtissier with a broken nose for getting a dessert wrong. He said the chef later humiliated Di Grazia in front of everyone. So Di Grazia got revenge. He had to bring the chef cups of tea each day...

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 2d

...but he'd just left Eurosport after first being suspended in May and then an investigation into his conduct. Remember an interview with L'Equipe where he said after becoming a father at the age of 18 he did some small jobs then went to London to learn English... www.lequipe.fr/Medias/Artic... (🇫🇷)

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 2d

RIP Guillaume Di Grazia who has died after an accident in a village festival. He'd been French Eurosport's lead cycling commentator for several years and a lively presence with Jacky Durand and David Moncoutié both on live and the Rois de la Pédale and Bistrot Vélo shows...

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 2d

thanks, sounds like the main things in place but they have issues to sort out

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 3d

it also depends on what paperwork goes in by the deadline. Basically if the team misses the deadline completely then yes, but if they put in the headline documents (sponsorship contracts + bank guarantee filed) but others are missing, then harder to move

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 3d

that was down to the small print in her contract, it's not automatic. Only a few riders likely to be able to pick and chose among other teams if it comes to this... but the star names so all the more reason to sort this quickly if they can

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 3d

...15 October is the UCI deadline for a lot of the registration and paperwork for next year's licence but there's been leniency (and late filing fines) before if a team needs time to resolve issues, has gone to December before.

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 3d

Clock ticking on the Lotto Intermarché teams merger with UCI deadline this month. HLN reports obstacles remain, especially debt, staff issues and having a surplus of riders under contract for next year www.hln.be/wielrennen/2... (🇳🇱,€)

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 3d

Pierre Latour is due to retire soon but may not be able to do his last race after an incident with a delivery van while out training www.ledauphine.com/sport/2025/1... (🇫🇷)

Drôme. Le cycliste Pierre Latour percuté par le rétroviseur d'un camion à l'entraînement : « Il a été bien amoché », témoigne son père

Le cycliste professionnel Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) a été blessé, ce mardi 7 octobre après-midi, lors d’une collision avec un véhicule de livraison.

www.ledauphine.com

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 3d

just seen it was in Nieuwsblad, never any easy moment but October must be the worst time for this, adds to the amount of riders looking for contracts this late in the year

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 3d

All teams have three letter UCI codes and the team has had UAD since 2017. Like to think it was old Lampre management that made a typo on the form but think it's linked to old team name of UAe abu Dhabi

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 3d

Track sprinter Lin Junhong provisionally suspended after a test for steroids. Don't usually share much track news but the sample collection date is from the eve of the Asian champs in 2016. Could be retesting of old samples but that's just a guess, it looks like an unusual case

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 3d

...Wagner wanted to buy the business back and he could still do this keep the team going (plus there's main story of the factory and workers but here to talk about 🚲). Number of Belgian men's teams already shrinking with Lotto & Intermarché trying to merge, Flanders-Baloise to stop after next year.

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