Pro-cycling thread

Dredging this: love Vanmarcke, but often how is going to actually win a race. He's incredibly powerful and consistent but doesn't that explosive change of pace. Get a gap a few K out and make it stick? He's been talked up as someone who can replace Boonen (but not the 'next Boonen') and take home the wins for Belgium but he doesn't have the weaapons. I mean him and Sagan go into the last few Ks of a race, who is going to win?

Mind you I used to think the same about Stannard and he proved me wrong. Vanmarcke just makes me scratch my head a little.

Oh and Kirby, who was that Eurosport presenter before him? He stopped and was suffering from depression, he was head and shoulders above Kirby. Back then Kirby was the one back in Paris popping up every once in a while to tell you about the history of a local monastery and an anecdote about the time he ate some of the local saucisson and got a bad of brown water. Plus Kirby will frequently refer to Sky as the 'greatest cycling team in the world' and make gooey eyes at Froome like Ligget did to lance. However he is food and shouty in the sprints, even if he always calls the wrong winner.