Pro-cycling thread

Serious speeding in the Giro though! 78.8kph at times, 70 avg over 13km

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That's terrifying. Couldn't they have done something to ensure the driver could see the traffic island? Oh ...

You know he’s going to be on the final podium right?

Of the cake eating contest?

:)

KM:"...das war eine kleine Welle von Sam Bennett ..."
JCL: "Das war eine riesen Welle. Er braucht die ganze Strasse!"

Which is annoying when today is a bank holiday and tomorrow is not.

This finish is crazy

Come on Tim!

Froome looks off the pace.

The threat of result annulment can't be a great motivator for performance*.

*not actually sure if it would happen but he's still got a AAF to answer for.

That downhill run-in through the town was a bit sketchy though, no? A few close calls with the TV motos and spectators on those narrow street corners.

He's finished, just like Cavendish.

Maybe, but looking forward to seeing whether the aim was to peak for the 3rd week will result in great racing.

It's a long-established thread joke. :)

Last 5km today was superb. Proper white knuckle stuff coming through those narrow streets before they hit that climb.

I wonder what shoes he's wearing, definitely dont look like sidis. The silhouette looks like the same carbon ones the gb squad got for the olympics.

Took me a second to notice, because I thought it was weird he was wearing aero shoe covers for a recon but no other aero gear

Probably covering up some kind of salbutomol patch. Gotta show those readings were normal somehow.

Froome a minute down now. Might as well pack his bags.

Got to finish to get the 1 1/2 million maybe .

There’s a lot racing left and we know that mentally he’s very strong, so I wouldn’t write him off just yet.

How did your last job go you got paid 2m in advance?

think the money goes to Sky tho I'm sure he touches a significant percentage of it...

You don’t win five GTs (and have four runner up spots) when you’re motivation is solely financial.

It weird isn't it? We've not seen this before from him.