Pro-cycling thread

Thanks, good read

Seems that Tony has picked up a few deals in the recent Lidl cycling sale

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The names directly under Hugh are Uran, Purrito, Aru and Nieve! After 5 stages.

Super performance as they say !

Was a bit windy in France yesterday

Yeah - I suspect he's peaking now rather than other GC players/luxury domestiques riding into form but still a great boost to his mindset.

Pointless Gent-Wevelgem prediction - I quite fancy Viviani to keep Sky's run going.

Dropping like flies; Kristoff and Stannard out.

doing a 'bunch-Hoogerland', ha! what race was that?

here in the low lands it doesn't feel as windy as yesterday. but maybe still strong enough to see some echelons on the way to Wevelgem...

GP Bousquet

Eurosport doesn't seem to be showing G-W today, where can we watch it?

http://cyclinghub.tv/livestream

Looks to be on BIKE Channel (Sky 464, Virgin 552).

Just the info I came looking for, ta muchly

Sagan WILL win a Monument in the next three weeks. Roubaix or Flanders. If I was a betting man I'd put money on it.

(However, I'm not because my predictions are normally horrible.)

Thanks!

He's suffering from the same issue Sean Kelly had back in the day, his wages are so high that the team can't afford riders who can be with him at the business end of a monument. He will win a monument in his career, but I don't think it'll be this year. It'll be interesting to see where he goes for next season.

That said, there are a lot of good cobbled classic riders out of contract at the end of this year. It could be a buyers market.

Very true.

A quick glance over their roster and there really isn't a lot of strength for the classics.

The obligatory comment would be to say he'd be great on Etixx, however as we've seen a few times strength in numbers for them does not equal wins.

I think he'll get in a small break at Flanders or Roubaix where everyone is being marked equally (as a couple of years ago where there was a five man group(?) with him, Fabs, Stybar et al(?)) and then anything can, and probably will happen.

Anyone have an English (or French) feed of GW?

14.25 for the live feeds on French RTF http://www.rtbf.be/livecenter/live_cyclisme-les-courses-completes?pid=8700

made me think of Geraint Thomas last year in G-W:

https://twitter.com/bedlamcycling/status/714066402781605888/photo/1

can all race organisers in Spain, Italy, Portugal etc. please hire a Belgian tv-production crew and director please? k thnx bai. #catalunya #whatajoke

brutal echelon racing in G-W now!!

Edvald to win GW.

english feed anywhere?