Pro-cycling thread

The new Vos, until the old one comes back

Pulled out? Or not pulled along enough by the team car?
I DEMAND STRAVA PROOF.

I'm not one for doping/cheating conspiracy theories, but a sprinter getting the KOM up the Cipressa? I mean, come on. That's ludicrous. Then getting back up to the group and still having enough left to outsprint the bunch? I'm really struggling to buy it.

@Jimmy_Fingers Shhhh. Let me enjoy the glory while it lasts.

It will be great to see them race each other.

she's back already, yesterday she won the 2nd race she entered since returning from her forced sabbatical. unsure about her programme though, I suspect it might be a lot less ambitious than in previous years

Yep, I think the Olympic road race will be explosive as that's what Vos is training towards and Lizzie will be after a gold too this time after getting silver after Vos in 2012.

Can you provide evidence of your assertion that he stood at the side of the road for 30 seconds? He was up and away quickly from what I can remember, quicker than Matthews.

There's still no evidence of him getting a tow, he admits he drafted, he probably got a sticky bottle, but this hysteria about him being DQ'd for a tow has no evidence to support it.

He went up it a bloc, to get back on. The peloton cruised up, with only Visconti and Stannard (Stannard ffs, he's not exactly a climber is he!) attacking, pretty close to the top too.

Visconti's time was 5 secs slower than Demare, and the latter had a top speed 1 km/h faster.

From his own mouth in a post-race interview. Oh and I'm not breaking the pitchforks and torches, but as I said it does taint the win for me. Not demanding a DQ tho

On a separate note, I'm calling it now that Gaviria will fail a drugs text in the next 2 years.

Can we file that with the 80 km/h top speed then?

Katusha were really keeping things under control at the front, and by under control, I mean slow.

Will be amazing if Vos can get back to her old level

I was wondering when she was back

Ah good old cycling, the one thing you can be sure of is that you can be sure of nothing.

Or something

Stolen from my cycling clubs FB page.
Just stirring because boredom.

Proves nothing

That's what Lance said

Trollololo

He's clearly over taking the team car.

At 80 km/h.

Really hope that we don't get to Rio and find armistead is knackered from crushing everyone at the start of the season. Saw her ride past in London 2012. Really want her to get gold this year.

Demare was on a blue bike, that FDJ rider is on a white one. That also doesn't look like the Cipressa.