Pro-cycling thread

Yeah. Sod Pete though.

@skinny in a late, surprise-the-peloton-breakaway preferrably

Wait, skinny's riding? :)

The BC live feed let me down, Gullen snuck onto the podium at TGH's expense without them updating it!

Once, in 2014. I got dropped before we made the finishing circuit.

Yeah BC are a joke. Coverage would have been better in the days of teletext!

You fucking youngsters don't know you're born.

It used to be you'd find out on Thursday who'd won the National Champs held the weekend before.

Lol.

When cycling weekly was actually good.

It's even worse today, I've only just found out, three years on, that skinny rode in 2014. This Internet thing is sloooooow.

Betancur watch:

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He looks gaunt now. Also, those Abus helmets look so cheap.

Notice he's wearing headphones to drown out Valverde's on-road #bantz

And that watch is far from aero. 2/10.

Just heard that there is a speculation Sky will walk away from cycling and Virgin looking to take over, is this old news and is there any credibility?

New team leader spotted in training

Interesting, the first makes sense if he is tapering towards that third week, but he has looked, well awful so far this season. Only Contador of the major contenders has looked more off the boil.

The second, wow I hadn't even considered that. I do think an under-par Froome opens the race up massively. I would love for Landa to do a et tu Brute and mug the lot of them. But it will be exciting to have someone else in yellow, not because I'm hating on Froome but it would just make a nice chance, and might make for a less toxic atmosphere around the race.

subtle network sponsorship @Grand-Wizard-Goma-Sauce

Shout out to a former employer of mine :0)

Is the British nationals on telly?

What's the criteria for a start? Do riders have to be Cat 1/elite?

I think there are highlights on Eurosport later this evening.

Entry is based on results, so you need to be scoring points in the UK consistently to get in. I think if you're on a WT team, you'll be fine though.

Cheers. Looks like a great opportunity for top amateurs/young riders to get their legs ripped off by WT pros.

Is it not on tv live at all? Was just searching for it

Live tv coverage is expensive, it's cheaper to record and show highlights later. There might be a YouTube stream of the finishing line if you're lucky.

I think if you're on a WT team, you'll be fine though.

Oh good, that's me sorted, then.

Bugger

Highlights on itv4 tomorrow eurosport later