The 2016 road season is grinding to its end, but don’t worry we have lots to talk about. The London ‘6 Days’ or should it be 5 + 1 days? Race action from Putte-Kapellen and Ronse (with video), plus a new US National Organization, The UCI Gala, Japan Cup, the end of the Colombia team, the best bits of cyclo-cross video and lot’s of contract news. A full EuroTrash.TOP STORY: When is a 6 not a 6?‘Six Day racing returns to UK’ said the headline in the July 9 edition of Cycling Weekly – and despite the fact that the race starts this Sunday there’s been not one further mention of it in the UK’s premier and oldest cycling publication that we can see.We’d have thought you really need ‘press’ to sell a new ‘Six’? But it’s not a Six, is it?It’s a ‘five plus one’ – whilst there’s no denying the quality of the top end of the field; Iljo Keisse, Kenny De Ketele, Morgan Kneisky, Andreas Muller, David Muntaner, Gijs van Hoecke to name but half a dozen, none of these riders actually participate in the full six days.The reason being that on the Sunday when the London starts they’ll all be occupied at the European Madison Championships in Grenchen, Switzerland. We believe that the dates were set to suit Mark Cavendish who was originally billed to ride the race with Bradley Wiggins – but Cav is out with injury and Wiggo has opted not to ride.And PEZ...
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