Pro-cycling thread

Eurosport are currently showing todays Pais Vasco stage without any commentary at all...

That may be your link - I am definitely listening to Carlton and Magnus.

I'm on the iPad app...

It's very boring.

Please accept my sincere condolences.

I've lost track of the days - it's the 'queen stage' tomorrow.

Finding Basque kinda boring

^ Yu huh.

They're about to go up a hill tho.

They are currently trying to get us excited about some Movistar tweets they may or may not read our in a bit.

I really hope they read them

The next adverts should be on soon. I like the one for holidays in Bulgaria, looks nice there.

No Cav no Kittel no Greipel, organiser's a bit p'd off about it, saying they're ruining their own game not showing up in one of the few 'classics' that's usually decided in a bunch sprint.

Kristoff would've won anyway.

Nasty crash in Scheldepris...Eventually some guy called Kristoff comes through with a pretty ballsy long sprint.

What? Kristoff again? (Between shifts messengering atm, not seen it.)

Not seen it either but very nasty crash (again) that Kristoff was in front of.

The organisers might think it's a classic, but they need to change the finish. That bend always causes crashes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIMAmVCagPY

Apparently the inflatables were at it again too:

https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CCE-og7WAAElD-p.mp4

Looked like an Astana rider (Guardini?) going for a gap that wasn't there. I love his team mate giving him a push, then casually gliding past the crash and looking over his shoulder.

well done rodriguez

Thought a lot of this was interesting (http://www.ridemedia.com.au/ride-features/nationalism-and-pro-cycling-in-spain-part-one/). (Although, having been published in 2009, it misses a few important events that have happened more recently - the historical stuff is neat, though).

After winning a repechage match that landed him the bronze medal in the sprint competition, Baensch raised a middle finger at Franco. “He was sitting up there in his armchair, his little throne, right on the finish line. He had armed guards with machine guns all around him. I was a bit worried, actually. He could have you locked up forever, if he wanted to.”

fairly sure he's currently riding Basque? He was on the startlist, may have dns'd

Kristoff is so strong at the moment, begs the question though, will he have this/better form in the summer? or double peak?

Doing it right

Betancur was 15 minutes down today. Ulissi is struggling too.

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This guy Haas been taking the biscuit.