Pro-cycling thread

Adjective you are looking for is smarmy.

I’m also of the mind that Thomas rides for one of the most nefarious teams in history that’s headed by the king of the snakes, and thus today’s “on the ropes” interview was part of a wider plan to make JA think he can hang on until Paris and go into the red so badly that Thomas can plough a double digit lead into him and have it sewn up before Quickstep can say “how long until Omloop?”

Do you still think Thomas is play acting?

Yeah that's what I thought. Looked like he was holding back.

Brad's football "yer dad" conversion is complete

He's chugging the ketones whilst Pinot does interviews

No, his goose looks genuinely cooked

Just stating what was going on

Can't help but think he needs to head to another team and target other stage races. This GC approach does not seem to suit him anymore

Ahah that's actually possible. The pneumonia

Jesus. Roused off the sofa and now hiding in the garden to escape semi-inlaw surprise visit tidying frenzy. The highs and the lows...

Yeah, bit of a dull stage, should have done the tidying instead....

This tour is nothing without a Sky train.

Yes, that's it, I miss the excitement of a monocolour centipede strangling the life out of the financially disadvantaged.

That was some stage. Contenders dropping out the back like flies!

Movistar kamikaze pace on the first climb killed everybody. Won't happen again.

No Froome, no train? G was at the back of the GC group early on so presumably he didn't have the legs today and the team knew it. So they never put the hammer unlike Movistar to drop Quintana.

Before the ITT it looked like INEOS were about to start their annual strangulation of the race. Now it looks like neither the team or G have the power to do that. Which is fucking brilliant because the racing is going to be very open.

Ketones for the win

Movistar up for worst tactics? V EF for trying to force echelons on 10

A bit of beetroot juice and G will be fine. All set for a 50km one man break tomorrow 😅

So Bardet shipped over 20mins and Yates 6?

Ooft.

and valverde gained 5 places and is now in top 10 <3

You're also a card carrying member of the Chris Horner fanclub, aren't you?

Amey riding dirty again

That was nuts

Buchmann is having a great tour so far without anyone noticing. Possible podium finish?