Pro-cycling thread

TOMORROW!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfVi8h2SO-Y&t=64

Cadel and on-board cams '98..

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Ha, nice to see this! My brother competed in that edition of the Tour VTT but we hardly had any TV-coverage than.

Hellz yeh. I subscribed to eurosport just in time for this, Paris-Nice and Tirenno. Now just need to stock up on belgian beer and never leave my flat.

^ Belgian beer over Chianti any day ;-)

some more video recaps of previous editions, compiled in this here Sporza blog:

http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2259297

But Brunello over Belgium beer fo shizzle

...video recaps...

Awesome. I wish you hadn't posted that this side of my deadline :(

I love Porte, but does anyone else get a bit of an Ed-Milliband-bacon-buttie vibe from him?

Ha, totally. But he makes it charming. You're allowed to stumble your way through questions when you've just raced 200 kms in the rain.

Leave Mr Porte-ato head alone :(

The UCI have just said the CIRC report will be released on Monday.

Will we see a media feeding frenzy at Paris-Nice and/or Tirreno?

Shame that couldn't be sorted before the racing

It's going to attract attention no matter when it is released. As Cookson said last week, "if you open a can of worms, expect worms."*

At least it's not coming out the week before the Tour starts, which is the traditional date for a major doping scandal to erupt.

*It's not clear if he was explicitly referring to Vino or not.

*heheh

Subtle

^ha.

Think Nibali might go all out to win some Spring races eg today in case his season is cut short/it all gets messy around grand tour time?

Dem roads damn. Only shame of it is the weather is so nice here and I'm inside watching a bike race

Stop it. I'm in work and can't watch!

Working and watching (but would rather be out on my bike).

Such a small group already!

Looks windy and hurty. Apparently hr1 was 50+kph avg.

Fucking Rob Hatch. "It's all brown roads, Strade Bianchi". Come back Duffield.

Work is for wimps! 40k to go, should be over with enough time to go out for a ride in the sun as well

A bit of hurt showing on Sagan. Stybar looks good but Valverde has to have the best chance up the ramp at the finish surely?

And he's doing his turns 'up the climbs' WAC.

Powerful front group now, with over minute, pick from a them I'd guess

The inevitable question- where are people streaming this from? Every time I use cyclingfans it seems to cut out in the last 5k.

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