Pro-cycling thread

way before the last km, she was apparently still working on those skills ;-)

https://twitter.com/marianne_vos/status/1029283990543446016

Badass. Here's the clip

https://twitter.com/Voxwomen/status/1029078713718243328

Tom Pidcock has ended his contract with Telenet-Fidea ‘by mutual consent’ because it seems he has a deal agreed with a World Tour team.

mutual consent

because it seems he has a deal agreed with a World Tour team.

The coverage I saw was that he was leaving to join a British CX team that is under the same management as team Wiggins.

cxhairs are saying he's registering his own team

Not sure how this will pan out - hopefully for the best. I was excited that he would be invited to Superprestige and DVV Trophy races riding for Telenet-Fidea with Nys backing him. Does he have that same appeal when not riding for a Belgian team?

Sagan teasing on Twitter that he may be at the Vuelta. A collective groan goes out from all the riders fancying the points jersey.

They must be managed by Harry Redknapp.

Froome and Thomas to ride the Tour of Britain next month.

Money talks.

Can't see Thomas doing anything but a beer tour, if his Instagram is anything to go by. And fair play to him.

TOB final stage in London on Tuesday 11 Sep. Anyone know likely timing of this?

https://www.tourofbritain.co.uk/stages/stage-eight/

Sunday 9th.

Cav in the Deutschland Tour. Can he win in Bonn?

Nikki terpstra to direct energy , what where we saying about the team being a retirement home.

Correction -that was dimension data.

People were saying that about DD and EF as well.

I’m glad Mathieu van der Poel is still a long long way from retiring. Blasted to the win in 1st stage of Arctic race of Norway today, his 5th win in 10 race days. While he’s focusing on MTB racing. What a guy.

Wow! I don't understand this move

$$$$

Plus he gets sole leadership in the races he wants to target, and won’t have to work his guts out for other riders after April.

Really? in a Pro Conti team?

Direct Energie have WT ambitions, this will help them achieve those.

Is he going to win things though?
QS are insane.
He's bonkers but everyone works in that team. Will he be able to get everyone working for him? He's quite difficult isn't he?

That was me, and I stand by those words. Actually DD is a retirement home, EF is a frat house.

Is it? I get the impression they're all nerdy awkward introverts.