All roads lead to Harrogate: Pro cycling 2019

[delicatemoth]

So is that Androni kit being forged in the fires of hell or something?

[caja-dglh]

Evidence is somewhat thin. Well played, Kev.

UA is correct that I am not so focused on this market due to a current position of relative fortune, though I had never heard the idea that caffeine shampoo would stimulate hairgrowth.

[ursus arctos]

It is available here.

It is just that dglh is not in the target market.

[Kevin S]

Has Alpecin caffeine shampoo not made it Stateside yet, then? A snip at $9.99 for 250ml, or something.

They had to change their taglines when marketing it in the UK - I think they made some claim about preventing hair loss but the evidence is somewhat thin on this. So they just get Marcel Kittel to shout about how his hair has 'power' or is 'turbocharged' and stuff like that.

Stick your money in Androni Giocattoli beach toys instead, I say.

[caja-dglh]

Caffeine shampoo? WTF?

[Kevin S]

Article for FIGS if he drops by:
https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/5...-no6-euskaltel

And anyone else, of course.

[Kevin S]

Did I ever mention that my daughter's Hello Kitty bucket is made by Androni Giocattoli? It's a quality item, made of nice thick plastic unlike a lot of the other buckets you get at the seaside. We took it to Wales on our summer holiday and managed to leave the bag of buckets and spades in the Cwtch Cafe at Aberporth. Children were gutted but remarkably when we went back to that beach a few days later the bag was sitting by the gate of the cafe and all was well.

[longeared]

The new Androni kit is a little ... busy.

[Kevin S]

This list is a pleasing update to PCS:
https://www.procyclingstats.com/stat...er-without-win

[Kevin S]

Katusha have upped the sky blue. I assumed this would be down to the sponsor's product line and it seems that it matches the Alpecin "Hybrid" shampoo.

[Kevin S]

We have our first 21st Century male World Tour cyclist:

https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/remco-evenepoel

[ursus arctos]

I guess the Emirati championship is about what he can aspire to on last season’s form

[longeared]

Fabio Aru is full of the joys of the season.

[ursus arctos]

And Trek's men's kit

[Kevin S]

Especially as the hue is pretty similar to the new CCC one. Lots of tomato shades.

[ursus arctos]

This is going to take getting used to

https://twitter.com/TeamSunweb/status/1073528659619782656?s=19

[ursus arctos]

https://twitter.com/petrvakoc/status/1073588124926783488?s=21

[ursus arctos]

Maybe Norway isn’t that good a model for Britain after all

https://twitter.com/fmk_roi/status/1073568711783653376?s=21

[ursus arctos]

Lefevere knows how to do national champion kits

[Kevin S]

And CCC have gone all Euskadi Eusaktel on us:

[longeared]

Cofidis have got a new kit everybody!

[Antepli Ejderha]

Just read that on Wikipedia. Apparently his diamond mine was in Uganda.

My memories of early cycling are because of him but the Armstrong era also taints him. Was he an apologist like Liggett?

RIP .

So this gold mine had three partners, Sherwen, Liggett and Armstrong. No wonder they wouldn't say anything bad about him.

[ursus arctos]

So much for Bernal's five year contact.

And I hope that Savio got his money for Ivan Sosa up front.

[longeared]

Skexit.

Real end of an era this, if they do find a replacement sponsor they're unlikely to have similarly deep pockets. Be interesting to see how toxic the team are to any form of sponsor, what with Jiffy bags and TUEs and salbutamol and that.

In other news Bahrain-Merida have entered into a technical partnership with McLaren. Poor buggers, they'll probably end up riding tricycles.

(Nothing else happening this morning is there?)

[Me Old Flower]

Martha Kelner is reporting that Sky are going to withdraw their sponsorship at the end of next season.