Pro-cycling thread

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/nationalroadchampionships/article/20170108-roadchamps-Isle-of-Man-to-stage-2017-HSBC-UK-National-Road-Championships-0

One thing I'd say about Sky is that they seem to get the best out of most people, i.e. it's rare that riders leave the team, especially younger ones, who then go on to better things.

one to watch, maybe: https://cyclingtips.com/2017/01/leopold-konig-explains-his-path-from-sky-domestique-to-giro-ditalia-contender/

Under Armour and Castelli. Dream team.

I bet they all change into the Rapha off the bike kit as soon as the press have gone.

It's a money thing.

Shame for Westra.

Is the Tour Down Under really only on 'Bike'? 😩

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/santos-tour-down-under-2017/peoples-choice-classic/results/

Ewan starts the season off with a bang.

Get in the fucking sea, it's not even a UCI categorised race. No one cares apart from Skippy and his mates.

bit strong?

Season starts with Omloop as far as I'm concerned.

^^ which is sort of what made it funny.

^ yes. month and a half to go.

Sam Bennet 2nd though. Good for him.
Wonder if sagan lead him out and still came 3rd!

from what I saw Sagan didn't go for victory

Friendliest forum on the internet.

But really, who gives a damn? It's a crit in January, all races until Hey Niuewsblad are just training races.

Porte for the win down under http://www.marmeladrome.co.uk/preview-tour-down-under-2017/

Agree about the People's Classic, but the stage race is decent.

EUROSPORT.

The £20 for 12 months deal ends 31st Jan. So get in there before it does.

Here's the link.
http://uk.eurosportplayer.com/subscription/pass.shtml?ns_campaign=player-uk-prospect-tennis-australianopen&ns_mchannel=mail&ns_source=mailmetrics&ns_linkname=launch3&utm_campaign=player-uk-prospect-tennis-australianopen&utm_medium=mail&utm_source=mailmetrics&utm_content=launch3

Thanks for the reminder.

Fantastic -thanks for the tip!

I owe @Scoot I saw her comment here a while back. But I then forgot!
Thankfully, Eurosport spam'd me.

I gone dun this. Looking forward to putting it to use!

Was a bit gutted TdU wasn't on however. Then I thought, ah its ok, Qatar won't be too far off. Then that went down the shitter!

Roll on the start of the Belgian filth races. let's hope Bike channel haven't got their mitts all over those as for some random reason i don't actually have it even though 99.9999% of the world does.

Those of you that use the Eurosport player: does it tie you to a specific PC/IP address or can you log in from multiple PCs/devices? (I think that you can log in from any PC but just want to check).

Cheers. So I've got two eurosport accounts until April... Which annoys me a bit, but I guess I've saved £20 or so.

You can login from multiple PCs/devices, but I'm not sure about simultaneous. I use it at home and work. I do think can do Android and PC at the same time.

Ok, cheers. Don't need it to be simultaneous but wanted to be able to do it from home or work depending on where I am. Bring on the classics!