Pro-cycling thread

Sounds like the start is pretty full on today, 20 kms covered and the break still isn't established. Contador must be praying the right mix of riders gets up the road pronto.

Even if the break goes, Orica have got a group of 4 diesels who will just sit on the front all day and reel it in, probably with help from BMC

No way Bertie makes it to the end of this stage, 260km of racing with hills and bearing in mind how much he climbs out of the saddle, with an arm that can't put a jersey on?! Good luck

I reckon it'll be a hilly sprint, Gilbert will try and go early, be followed by a few and then call it a day, then a race between Matthews and Lobato, then Felline coming with a late charge

Oh really? A confirmed Fascist was he?
Coppi's war seemed mostly sort of kind of ok - he avoided the worst of the fighting by being Coppi, and had a smother time as a POW because one of the camp commanders was a cycling fan and got him training again. I think I've remembered that right.

Like all events in Italy, there are many versions of who did what, but Magni was part of a Fascist militia that were responsible for the massacre of Valibona.

Urgh. How terrible. War is a fuck.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_Bartali#Bartali_during_World_War_II

fascinating stuff....

I done read his road to valour.
would recommend.

Race is currently 30 mins behind the slowest predicted schedule. It's going to be a long day in the saddle.

Not sure i'll be able to watch it today; is the race being respectful to the injured maglia rosa then?

54km I believe.

I just turned it on. They're riding very (lol) slow - 35km/h I think I heard - but there's also a head wind.

Nice to see a filthy doper getting a win under his belt.

We had this yet? Just watch the first minute or so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr-HF9npPog&feature=youtu.be

I went to Camden and bought a yo-yo, then I had a Subway and saw Bill Bailey live. Did I miss anything more exciting than that today?

Yeah, Cav has won me over. That is incredibly sweet.

LFGSS alumni TaoGH beating Dreamy PeterK by a couple of seconds and positions on the Tour Of California GC this evening. He's 11th overall

I am excite for today. Should find out if Contador is genuinely okay.

I'd like to see Aru or Porte attack him. It's a bit early in the race but it might be their best chance before he recovers.

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LFGSS alumni TaoGH

'Alumnus'. 'Alumni' is the plural.

He's 11th overall

Wow. Well done, Tao.

Closing sprint from yesterday looked killer. Sprinting up a shallow climb after 7 hours... eugh. They should get paid for doing that.

Just saw SRAM had tweeted re. Tao hovering at 11th but failed miserably to find a GC published anywhere.

5 years years ago he was drag sprinting on Hackney Marsh with us :) (15 secs in)

https://vimeo.com/6330776

failed miserably to find a GC published anywhere.

Er? What's wrong with Cycling News?

General classification after stage 6# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 22:15:23
2 Toms Skujins (Lat) Hincapie Racing Team 0:00:28
3 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:00:45
4 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:49
5 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky 0:00:55
6 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:56
7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
8 Ben King (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:00:58
9 Dion Smith (NZl) Hincapie Racing Team 0:01:03
10 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 0:01:04
11 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Axeon Cycling Team 0:01:05
12 Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:06
13 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:08
14 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:01:09
15 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:01:14
16 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:19
17 Rob Britton (Can) Team SmartStop
18 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing
19 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 0:01:20
20 Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:01:21
21 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
22 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:34
23 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 0:01:35
24 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:01:39
25 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 0:01:41
26 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:49
27 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) Jamis - Hagens Berman 0:02:06
28 Michael Woods (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
29 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 0:02:10
30 James Oram (NZl) Axeon Cycling Team 0:02:17
31 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 0:02:32
32 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Axeon Cycling Team 0:04:12
33 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:05:23
34 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 0:06:11
35 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:08:38
36 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:08:48
37 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 0:09:03
38 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:09:29
39 Gregory Obando Brenes (Crc) Jamis - Hagens Berman 0:12:21
40 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:12:45
41 Travis McCabe (USA) Team SmartStop 0:12:48
42 Gregory Daniel (USA) Axeon Cycling Team 0:14:09
43 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 0:14:53
44 Chris Butler (USA) Team SmartStop 0:15:36
45 Alexandr Braico (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:15:40
46 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:16:07
47 Gavin Mannion (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:16:30
48 Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Racing Team 0:16:41
49 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 0:16:44
50 Logan Owen (USA) Axeon Cycling Team 0:16:47
51 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:16:49
52 Daniel Eaton (USA) Axeon Cycling Team 0:16:53
53 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Jamis - Hagens Berman 0:17:01
54 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:17:06
55 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:17:54
56 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:18:03
57 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) MTN - Qhubeka 0:18:20
58 Geoffrey Curran (USA) Axeon Cycling Team 0:18:21
59 Angus Morton (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:19:03
60 Andzs Flaksis (Lat) Hincapie Racing Team 0:20:20
61 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:20:32
62 Evan Huffman (USA) Team SmartStop 0:20:34
63 Jempy Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 0:21:07
64 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 0:21:08
65 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:21:26
66 Edward King (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:21:29
67 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:21:33
68 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 0:21:37
69 Justin Oien (USA) Axeon Cycling Team 0:21:45
70 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:21:55
71 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:21:56
72 Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:22:02
73 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:22:06
74 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:22:10
75 Koen de Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:22:11
76 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 0:22:12
77 Tyler Farrar (USA) MTN - Qhubeka 0:22:13
78 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:22:26
79 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis - Hagens Berman 0:23:15
80 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:23:17
81 Dennis van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:23:26
82 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky 0:24:00
83 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:24:04
84 Travis Meyer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
85 Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Racing Team 0:24:15
86 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Team SmartStop 0:24:20
87 Martin Kohler (Swi) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:24:31
88 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:24:41
89 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:24:47
90 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:24:57
91 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 0:25:08
92 Nicolae Tanovitchii (Mda) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
93 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:25:28
94 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Hincapie Racing Team 0:25:37
95 Eric Marcotte (USA) Team SmartStop 0:25:41
96 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:25:48
97 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:25:52
98 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka 0:25:54
99 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) MTN - Qhubeka 0:26:18
100 Campbell Flakemore (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:26:26
101 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:26:29
102 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:27:06
103 Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:27:11
104 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:27:45
105 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 0:27:48
106 Jos van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:27:59
107 Joseph Schmalz (USA) Hincapie Racing Team 0:28:36
108 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:29:38
109 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:29:40
110 Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:29:49
111 Thomas Soladay (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:30:09
112 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:30:33
113 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:30:47
114 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:31:02
115 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:31:38
116 Stephen Leece (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 0:32:22
117 Will Routley (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:32:51
118 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky 0:33:15
119 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:33:28
120 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:33:47
121 Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:34:26
122 Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:34:38
123 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 0:34:47
124 Kevin De Mesmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk 0:34:48
125 Travis Livermon (USA) Team SmartStop 0:34:53
126 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:36:16
127 Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:37:46
128 David Williams (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 0:38:29
129 Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:39:02
130 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:39:11
131 Daniele Ratto (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:39:40
132 William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:41:04
133 Carson Miller (USA) Jamis - Hagens Berman 0:43:36

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-california-2015/stage-6/results

Praise be! A list!

Is there a daily Giro summary anywhere?
I quite liked the one hour vuelta summary ITV did last year.

Another victory for MPCC