Pro-cycling thread

No.
But then again, I don't think he's ever really targeted one.

Rio course is meant to be extremely hilly, think Ardennes/il Lombardia more than anything else

100/1 on Froome dog to do the double at Paddy Power too...

Alex Dowsett in hollowest victory. I know you can only beat the riders who enter but why bother if you are the only WT rider?

Someone has to be British Champion.

Not really hollow is it- just means he's bloody good. Hollow is where they find a motor or similar.

Very sad news. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/stig-broeckx-in-vegetative-state-with-severe-brain-damage/

Edwige Pitel wins the French women's road race championships, aged 49

For now anyway..

You think she'll be older later?

Coached by Patrice Ciprelli, Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli's husband and previously convicted of supplying EPO.

Seems legit.

Agh yep all ok then .

Unless you came second.

That is just so horrible.

Anyone got a stream for the British road race?

Bouhanni dropped out of French nats, due to punching drunk person/people in the face and cutting his hand on their broken tooth the night before apparently.

Boxing thug . No sympathy

They didn't choose this British Road Race course for its historical beauty did they?

Ha, I was just thinking that.

A 58 year old just won our nationals . Incredible...

Classy from Blythe and Tao.
Alex Peters proving a point about why he's a superstar to be.

If Cav can't win that, really not fancying his Tour/WC chances...

Nah well different race.
Cav did a lot of work there. So will be tired.

Plus blythe is underrated. When he trains for a target, he's class.

As @skinny said, completely different race to what he'll face in the Tour and the Worlds, so it's difficult to draw any conclusions from it.

Isn't Hannah Barnes Tao's girlfriend? Been a good weekend for them.

Blythe is world class.

Yes, she is.

Excellent weekend for the Barnes family, with Alice Barnes, Hannah's younger sister, coming second and winning the U23 championship.

Plus blythe is underrated. When he trains for a target, he's class.

And presumably the extra incentive of not having to wear the normal Tinkoff colours...

EDIT: It seems Tinkoff also have three other National Champs this year...Juraj Sagan, Kreuziger, Majka...perhaps an unexplored marginal gain for BC to investigate - ride in awful kit, incentivise with nicer kit?