Pro-cycling thread

Ineos are at the front.
Vitus are out the back.

Easy.

Yeah, look like he got stuck behind that crash. He tends to stay too far back all the time.

He hasn’t got the habit of being in a winning position, but maybe we’ll see some good things from him this year!

I like that he is easy to spot from the helicopter shots, he’s the Movistar rider with the sprinter butt.

Woman's race start into a block headwind !

I didn’t really get a sense of what sort of rider the Worlds finishing circuit will suit.

Sprinter with a strong team to keep him well positioned?

I am really annoyed there is no commentators on the women's TDY race. Working simultaneously makes it really hard to figure out whats goin on. I turned on Tool 10.000 days instead which works well with the apparent suffering. At least it looks cool but fuck know who's winning.

Where were you watching it?

Eurosport webplayer

Gorgeous scenes from the final stretch of road.

Didn’t realise it was on Eurosport. Itv4 has Ned Boulting and Lucy Martin commentating.

Bernal out of the Giro after breaking his collarbone.

Shame. Perhaps that'll be him at and winning the vuelta.

He’ll ride the Tour now I’d think.

Superb race today in TDY. Good racing by mini squad Riwal

I had him as fav to win the Giro, shame he crashed. Wonder if he'll have to hold back in the Tour for Froome/Thomas like last year or is allowed to fly this time.

I'm putting my money on Roglic for the Giro.
Viviani apparently has flu, the sort that is treated with antibiotics and allows you to race just a couple of days in Yorkshire.

Normally if you crash out and miss the giro, you end up doing the tour/vuelta double?
I expect he’ll be super domestique for the Tour and let loose at the vuelta.

Who’s going to the giro from Ineos then?
I think Moscon isn’t going either from what I understand.

Sivakov and Tao will probably be going for stage wins.

Scary form for Roglic

Betancur watch: 11th GC

Who’s going to the giro from Ineos then?

No Moscon and still 2 missing from the roster at Procyclingstats

Wonder what Moscon’s been ditched for. Naughty naughty.

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I thought Sosa was riding as the giro as well? Both of them have seemed to have dropped off the radar.

His form has been suspect all season, so it’s no surprise he’s not selected. Sky/Ineos management always select based on form.

This rumour that he’s involved in the German/Austrian doping ring seems to have no credibility so far. It’s just Internet forum people who are pushing it, rather than any serious source.