2014 Pro-cycling season thread

Yeah BMC were very good. GVA was selfless. I doubt anyone could match that kick though. Looking forward to the Muur de Huy now.

Inspector Dubtap closes the case

oh, thought it was going to something fuel the test-tube gate fire

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Sean Kelly's translation. Top lolz.

Why is he hiding his stats if he's got nothing to hide, guilty DRUGS!

GVA looks a bit wobbly on a bike but he's bloody handy. Great teamwork.

Sky were fucking woeful. Least visible team in the race.

Didn't help that half the team seemed to abandon.*

*not actual figure

Lawdy, what gear was he in?

big one.

53x16/15?

maybe 52 big ring?

Lawdy, what gear was he in?
2011 gear.

Oh. You said 'in', not 'on'. :)

He averaged 33kmh up the Cauberg. Fucking insane.

I had a "surely fucking not" moment when Magnus Backsdedt said he did the Cauberg in the big ring, top riding by BMC though, the Sanchez move put the shits in everyone setting Gilbert up

He averaged 33kmh up the Cauberg. Fucking insane.

It's 900m long and only has 2x 12% 100m stretches, the rest is pretty civilised. It's hardly a wall.

Disclaimer: I have not ridden up it.

Has anyone heard anything about Rodriguez? They mentioned he was being x-rayed, and concussion was mentioned so presumably he got a good clout on his noggin, possibly fractured skull? Hope his brain didn't get bounced around too much either, I like the sonova gun

Ah ok, google is your friend, concussion, no fractures, but likely to miss the rest of the Ardennes classics, shame because LBL was a big objective for him.

It's 900m long and only has 2x 12% 100m stretches, the rest is pretty civilised. It's hardly a wall.

Disclaimer: I have no ridden up it.

Plus Gilbert has been training the entire winter for this week, building up his condition so that he can attack hard with 250 kms in his legs.

He does look in good form though. Fingers crossed for the rest of his season.

Broken

Why do people take such pleasure from mocking Andy Schleck?

Because he's the poster child for what's possible riding dirty vs riding clean.

andy's looking old

I think it was that his system fit he threw about riding with his brother that annoyed me the most. If anyone tried pulling that shit off at work they'd be shown where to shove it. It was immature and unprofessional.