Pro-cycling thread

huge break has finally gone as ineos just sat completely across the front of the peleton.

Great. Most the riders I transferred out are in the break.

just a 40 rider breakaway

He’s always been utterly shit. One assumes he’s cheap.

Rohan Dennis abandoned

fuck, he was in the fantasy squad from the beginning purely for tomorrow and he goes and does this

Some dude getting pushed (?) out of the way lol

I think he actually dived backwards, but too overeager to give out food and drinks...

so it seems dennis has disappeared (?!). Apparently abandoned after argument with DS. Was said to be a bit unmanageable earlier in his career.

Lame.

Weird.

An angry-looking looking Rohan Dennis leaves the @Bahrain_Merida bus without saying a word, marching towards the finish line with his manager Andrew McQuaid. #TDF2019 #tdf

He was nailed on for the ITT stage win.

Brilliant win

Yates looked so pro, like a really experienced rider. He made it look easy!

Clever by Yates to take the inside line and then box him in

Saw that, he had a great line, gave them no option.

Probably best not to jump to judgement before we know what happened.

B-M have said they don't know why he pulled out and are launching an investigation:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bahrain-merida-launch-investigation-after-rohan-dennis-quits-tour-de-france/

Felt very planned, I reckon he'd given that final corner a good reccie.

hats off to Yates. very clever finish and respect for winning a stage now in all three GTs

His bottle skillz was weak.

I'd pretty much written Yates off as a GC contender in my mind, but the way he made that look so effortless is making me wonder whether there's something to the theory that he's been keeping his powder dry so far.

Not sure if you are joking or not.
Simon Yates won today but started the day 59 mins down. Adam Yates is 1:47 down and targeting GC.

Very. If you're mad about something you'd surely hold it together until after your specialty in the Tour. :S

OMG there's two of them?!

"His team sent him up the road one day before the ITT stage that he was targeting. Maybe that was the reason of the fight with the DS and why he quit the race."

Was he in the early break(s)? I wasn't watching the start.