Pro-cycling thread

Bernal was announced as the leader for the ToC today. @taogeogheganhart going too.

The Sky Mobile ad on Eurosport really annoys me. I mean, who really wants kids taking off attached to large soap bubbles which are likely to burst and deposit the child from a considerable height?

All in all, it has swung me in favour of post Murdoch Sky departng from cycling. But please, no Branson in his stead.

Branson prefers to deposit adults from considerable height, so he would represent an improvement in terms of moral fibre.

Quintana in the move. Going to TT up etna, with Henao and Chaves doing the odd turn.

Here are the riders in the break with 94km to go:

Haga, Oomen (Sunweb), Tonelli, Ciccone (Bardiani Csf), Cherel, Jauregui and Denz (Ag2r), De La Cruz an Henao (Sky), Frapporti and Gavazzi (Androni), Mori, Polanc and Ulissi (UAE), Zardini (Wilier), Gesink (Lotto Jumbo), Hermans and Plaza (Israel), Reichenbach and Roy (Groupama), Haig and Chaves (Mitchelton), Eg (Trek), Quintana (Movistar).

Polanc

Last year's winner on Etna from the breakaway

That's Dayer Quintana, so doubt he's in it for GC no?

Well isn't that just confusing.

I should read the start list a bit closer.

The tel aviv/jerusalem adverts haven't got any less blatant, then

They have been running long before the grand depart was announced. Seems like for years.

Who's on academic singles? ASL?

Branson prefers to deposit adults from considerable height, so he would represent an improvement in terms of moral fibre.

Virgin fibre broadband is another very irritating advert.

Bouhanni wins at the Four Days of Dunkirk...

Froome cracking. Could we be witnessing the end of his career?

Come on Yates!

C ya later Froome.

You boring bastard.

He’s putting up one hell of a fight for someone at the end of their career.

Yates is flying!

He's been pretty drab so far in the Giro and looks to be dropping off at the moment...the curse of Sky at the Giro continues.

Yates and Chaves have been great today.

The problem with watching on my iPad with a time lag...

Brilliant ride by Yates.

Amazing ride by Yates, how did he bridge that?!

Chaves/Yates great shot

Cracking ride by Yates and Chaves. Nice touch by Yates to let Chaves have the stage.