Pro-cycling thread

I don't think he can back it up day after day.

What a disappointing Suisse from Thomas. This felt like a really good opportunity for him to step up and he has been a little lacking.

I think he's disappointed too. But we don't know how he came into the race, i.e. did he come in tired to time his form right for the Tour.

To be fair, it's been a particularly cold and wet edition of the race. Which affects taller riders like Thomas and Van Garderen more than the smaller riders like Spilak and Lopez, because they're riding with minimal body fat to be competitive in the mountains.

He should move up the GC a bit tomorrow, with a 16 km time trial.

My perhaps dodgy preconception was his ability in the classics might put him in good stead for bad weather days in the mountains. Clearly not.

He's had to lose a few kgs from his classics weight, and I'd imagine he's down to around 5% body fat. That matters in cold and wet conditions.

117k stage on sunday.
That'll be a good watch. Will be brutal.

Just noticed dowsett was DNF a couple days ago.

Shame.

Bad day for Brits in stage races today, Thomas dropped on the only climb of the day in Switzerland and finishes well down the field, losing 11 minutes and dropping down to 17th overall, and Hugh Carthy crashed and lost third place overall in the Route du Sud.

Thankfully the forum's own @taogeogheganhart won the final stage of the Tour de Savoie.

Shame for Hugh. Don't think it'll affect his step up to WT though.
Shitter all the same.

Olympics selection is causing some upset and outrace!

If it is the Olympic selection.

Given performances on the road this season, I think taking Emma Pooley is a big risk as she was way off the pace at the Women's Tour last week. It's definitely harsh on Dani King, as she has had a good season so far.

No stevo in the road squad !

That's just crackers - what'shegottado ?

Luke rowe road captain for sky at tour.

Man they've so many good riders, a solid tour team in the b team for them.

I'm thinking back to the wet worlds when our pissed up hero was the only one that finished the worlds course. Obviously shane suttons fault.

Olympics selection is causing some upset and outrace!

Racers gonna race. :)

Are you talking about Florence in 2013? Because none of the British team finished that day, including Cummings.

Why no kwiatowski for sky? Am I missing something?

He was sick at the Dauphine, so they didn't want to risk him.

Aha. Just read he's recovering from laryngitis

Florence it was . Correct

Froome to be first to ever win TT and roads Olympics!?
Think he could win the TT, if he targets it, which I presume he is.

Now that would be insane.

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Chris Froome is the Grinch AICMFP.

Dani king must really pssd off seeing emma pooley only came 4th in the national tt today .

Has he ever won a one day race in his life?