Pro-cycling thread

Bonkers Madison at Glasgow .... cracking ride from Ethan and Ollie Wood .... phew ....

Any way to watch the gent 6 day from the UK?

Don't think so. I'm not sure it's televised at all.

Meanwhile Cavendish stacks it.

South London youngster, and Herne Hill track league alumni, Fred Wright has signed with Bahrain-Merida-McLaren for the next two seasons.

alumni

Alumnus. Alumni is the plural. There is (all sing along) only one Fred Wright.

Wow , well done Fred ...

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Israel Cycling Academy's head of PR takes one day off work and....
"But now I'm healthy and ready again," he said. "I'm a climber, and used to work helping riders like Alberto Contador, Lance Armstrong, Andreas Klöden, Roberto Heras, and many more", Dani Navarro.

Steve Cummings has announced his retirement, which probably surprises no one.

His stage hunting abilities will be missed.

I wonder how long until the wirral turns out another pro !
We have done a few.

Some cycling royalty up that way. Must be the tea in Two Mills.

Wow. Fittest I have ever been on the bike was 2013 and I was getting smashed about by him on Monday and Wednesday evenings when he was about 14.

Smashed me just before he won the mersey roads two day . Never ending lane !

Apparently Rohan Dennis has been seen training in Ineos shorts in Girona ahead of his conversion into a mountain domestique.

Thing is; as Ineos could you trust him to put team first?

Support another shot at the hour record and build his season around the Olympic TT, give him nice titanium 3D printed kit, and I don’t see why not?

I know it's the wrong time of year for most, unless you like watching the CX World Cups, but Eurosport are offering a year's subscription to the Eurosport Player for £19.99 as a black Friday promo.

Speaking of CX World Cups, that was some 1st lap of the men's race @ Koksijde

[edit] here's a video. Dutch commentary, couldn't find it on the UK Eurosport site

https://video.eurosport.nl/veldrijden/wereldbeker-koksijde-masterclass-in-eerste-ronde-bezorgt-van-der-poel-de-zege_vid1264532/video.shtml?fbclid=IwAR3htsPQ_orFz3f4pClxCaO8M2cwoepRm94l55AFpm8egGVDpnL14A7TIGA

Is the ineos kit any good though? At last year's tour there was a lot of mocking around these parts of ineos' decision to buy a load of lightweight wheels, the general view being it was a damning indictment of the quality of the frames they had.

It's not like Pinarello have had much success in Grand Tours.

Fillipo Ganna destroyed the individual pursuit record on a Pinarello and wearing a Castelli skin suit.

@umop3pisdn your favourite tester has signed for ICA...

'Alex Dowsett, why do you hate Palestine?'

'Because I like getting paid'.

Sounds like Dennis should be happy then.