Pro-cycling thread

Boonen is Etixx sprinter for this, no Cav.

ettix have already said he's not going for sprints, he's road captain for Uran,

Third stage of Romandie today, going to be another "some mountains and we'll see which sprinters are left at the end" I reckon Albasini will take his second

Does Albasini ever win outside of Switzerland?

Talk about liking the sound of his own bell tower...

Fabio Aru had dysentry. How do you get dysentry in a nice hotel on Tenerife?

Doing bumps off the toilet?

I thought this stuff was so scary no one actually used it but...

(through @spitinthesoup on twitter)

Diego Ares (Brazil)
GW501516 - two-year ban until 11.04.2016

Why is it so scary? Makes you grow extra limbs?

Real shame the TDR isn't on TV as it's such a beautiful area!

"tests on rats showed that at all doses, the drug rapidly causes cancers in a multitude of organs, including the liver, bladder, stomach, skin, thyroid, tongue, testes, ovaries and womb."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GW501516

Whoa, that's some freaky shit right there.

It's on TV in Suisse, that's all they care about.

Sacha Modolo just won stage 5 of the tour of Turkey so now Merida will have a new bit of footage and commentary VO for their advert.

^ ha

Quick google and about the third result is

http://www.sarmreviews.com/gw-501516-cardarine/

Jesus Christ! Some people have no heart when it comes to making money.

Massive GAINZ doh

btw apols for having posted this here instead of in/ and please continue in doping thread >>>>

Astana's Gruzdev DQ'd after headbutting Eugert Zhupa (Southeast) in Presidential Tour of Turkey

https://youtu.be/Dtr7elr8Lys

Yeah shame.
Pretty sure it was on eurosport last year. Good race.

It's on here on Eurosport Asia. Tony Martin and Uran did a great job of lining up Alaphilippe for the win but he seemed to pick the wrong wheel and Albasini was gone.

Not the most exciting race.

Stage 5 is the only stage where we'll get Froome v Quintana v Nibali.

So, Eschborn-Frankfurt gets cancelled because of terrorism fears. Two people were arrested on suspicion of planning to make a bomb.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rund-um-finanzplatz-eschborn-frankfurt-cancelled-after-police-thwart-possible-terrorist-action

We can only hope that this doesn't become a pattern. Bike races are really quite vulnerable in this respect.

Be good to see how Yates holds up... Currently in 4th on GC

I keep getting a bit confused about which Yates is which to be honest.

That final climb on stage 5 is going to be an absolute shit-fight.

Movistar are going to have to take it to Sky unless something drastic happens today.

That descent to the finish is tight and technical according to Inrng so Froome might have some pressure piled on his descending skills.

Cav wanna play (hard drive from etixx yesterday at Tour or Turka)

So sad. I hate it how the public and participants always have 2 chances of losing in this sort of situation, either when there's an actual attack or when the event gets cancelled because of the fear of it.