Pro-cycling thread

Comw on bardet, woods, or dumoilin even. riveting stuff

Surely not Tommy D...

Valverde leaving out...Nice

Great tension but Valverde was always the likely winner.

That climb must have been savage with 250km in the legs. No thanks.

That section where Moscon basically stopped because he lost momentum, he would have podiumed I think had that not happened...

Yes! Valverde!!!!!

Sickening.

El Imbatidoooooo!

Still, I think TD should have made a real attack at the flamme rouge not a fake one. Incredible performance by the Dutch team. They should be a team in the Grand Tours...

You think he spared a gear?

No, on the replay just now, it was clear he was in the largest cog in the back

Bollocks. Glad I missed that.

Doper wins at age 38. Great for cycling and kids aspiring to be professional cyclists. Sigh

He’s 38

Well, at least he can retire now.

Since he has never owned up or shown any regret, I think it's better to call him a convicted doper rather than an ex-doper.

Then it must have been a question of lack of power when he parked, don't see how he could have reached podium

No, as he will want to wear that jersey the whole of next year and try to ‘defend’ it at next worlds :)

The Spanish Chris Horner has taken it?

Glad I didn't tune in now tbh.

Farcical.

Fixed it.

Fixed it

He’s said his final target is the 2020 Olympic road race. So we’ve possibly got plenty more of the autumn of his career to see yet

I suggested to @Chalfie this morning that a finish with Valverde and Moscon sprinting it out for victory was a) possible and b) would break the Internet. Looks like it nearly came to pass.

Andy, why don't you like Bala?

I'm reminded of the first time I became aware of valverde, it was the tour when Tommy V was ripping up trees. And valverde did him on a stage? And from then on it was the side by side until the end and then pipping his wheel over first. And then any hilly finish.

Hilly finish? Long?
He's tough.
And unrepentant. I bet there are others.
It's just sport.

Tour if majorca the early season opener when he was banned . Wearing black but still riding with the team . Dirty cheat.