Pro-cycling thread

Booyaka booyaka, his power is massive

Quickstep are so so strong

Keisse came down in that crash at the end. Karma?

Oh please, give it a break.

Was he the one that just before Doull went for it he turned around to tell people to slow down?

I'm surprised Terpstra didn't do more. Well done by Doull they only had a 6 man team there.

Was he the one that just before Doull went for it he turned around to tell people to slow down?

That was Kasper Asgreen

Terpstra is perhaps adjusting to being a leader on a weaker team. He only has one card to play.

Strade Bianche next weekend. Forecast for Siena this week is nice and dry. Might be quite different to last year’s edition. No Sagan by the looks of things.

is wout van aert still racing in the world tour this year? he was up there in strada bianche last year

He raced Omloop on Saturday for Jumbo Visma. Was near the front but didn’t make the group that contested the win.

Yes, he’s riding for Yellow Lotto this season.

Lotto Anal Yumbo

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/mar/03/belgian-cycling-nicole-hanselmann

Great ride in Kuurne. No, not Jungels (who was a bit special), but Lampaert who showed what selfless riding means.

Always turn off the collision avoidance system when driving around a bike race (Junior KBK)

https://mobile.twitter.com/philmaertens/status/1102262328194666497

The best advert yet for self driving cars...

There is no Yellow Lotto. Dutch Lotto is out as sponsor, it's now just Jumbo-Visma.

(But pro continental team Wallonie-Bruxelles has Lotto on their yellow sleeves though)

I know, but calling them Red Lotto, Yellow Lotto makes me smile, and reminds me of Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry, Leeds’ finest 80s post punk band.

What's a Visma?

#jfgi

Financial management cloud software firm, based in Norway.

Good weekend of racing, I know there are other races but the cobbles always feels like the proper start of the season.

Nice to see my over priced accountant charges going towards something I like and not only big fuckoff beemers

harry on the boat?

Didn't that happen last year too?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/mar/04/quick-step-team-cycling

This feels like a really half-arsed article. They should stick to complaining about Sky in July.

This is quite a nice evocation of the early classics though - or maybe just Belgium

Grey skies, grey houses, grey churches, brown fields, muddy verges, raindrops on the lens of the heli-cam, moto headlights reflecting yellow off the greasy grey cobbles on the short, brutal climbs