Pro-cycling thread

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/44739022
Chris Froome: UCI president says Team Sky's wealth helped them fight case in way other teams could not - BBC Sport

Yea cos it’s the first team to have significant financial backing... probably the first time anything has happened to do with dollar in the sport. Groan.

Quintana technical... froome falling over. All happening

Crazy finale.

Fuglsang!

Landa was the real winner today right?

TdF 2018 thread is here in case you guys hadn’t noticed: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/312025/?offset=175#comment14313037

Alex Dowsett has an interesting behind the scenes video on his YouTube Channel looking at the Nationals TT. Sadly, perhaps too much of it is spent looking in awe at the camper van his sponsors provided him with (as well as a particularly long sequence which seems to focus on his girl friend's cleavage). Then again, those must be important details in a pro's preparation of a major race.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb0wLEe_O4A

Someone get the poor lad a hot meal.

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I'd say he's fairly hench for a pro...

Can someone poor some urine over the French "fans"?

TdF thread >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Contador shared some old numbers on Instagram today, I guess before a Tour win:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BlF9nuMhMY-/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=ci7u3n6y925m

7.06 w/kg

Young Welsh rider Stephen Williams, who won the Ronde d’Isere and led the u23 Giro before finishing 5th overall, will ride as a stagiare for Bahrain-Merida for the rest of the season, then turn pro with them next season.

Jeez.

Quitter. Didn't complete the 20 minutes.

Team Wiggins’ Mark Donovan has won today’s stage of the Giro Valle d’Aosta, one of the biggest u23 stage races. Only 19 and his first year at u23 level, but 4th at the u23 Giro and this win today will almost certainly guarantee him a pro contract.

Interestung story about Danny pate on KM 0 with chief narcissist JV.

Annemiek van Vleuten won a mountain TT in the women's Giro by two and a half minutes. Imagine how that would look in men's racing.

What a ducking sprint. Dylan is so powerful no one even close.

Ps. Is Kittel here or at home?

He is here

(p.s. There is a dedicated tour tldee France thread)

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/chris-froome-could-ride-vuelta-a-espana-in-august/

Imagine he wins the vuelta, giro, tour, vuelta...

And people thought Armstrong winning 7 tours in a row was suspect.

Well, Armstrong wasn't on salbutamol, so naturally had to settle for lesser achievements.