Pro-cycling thread

Are you calling my wife a nonce?

I don't think that word means what you think it does.

I don't think you think.
Talking of hype, is Peter Sagan ever going to stop doing wheelies?

I was thinking earlier today about how much I’m looking forward to when Sagan retires and gets obese and turns up at races half cut and acts the clown

gets obese

dont think he will, he will age like Cipollini

Or Merckx

^^ What, stuffed full of steroids and growth hormone and having life threatening heart problems in early middle age?

Live cycling this weekend for those that have really missed it;

https://twitter.com/kolesarskazveza/status/1274080088229896195?s=20

What a hilarious argument.

Who's arguing? But if you re-watch some of the key mountain stages, it's De Plus who was Kruijswijk's last man and played a key role in thinning out the GC group. Bennett was strong too, but he'd proven himself before, whereas this was the first time De Plus showed what he was capable of.

Tenner says he’ll turn up at a race looking like the dude from the Big Lebowski before 2050

I reckon he's more of a Berzin than a Cipollini.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-xSH8K56FI

Oh dear, he's going to be even better post covid

Some good background on the Mitchelton-Scott affair;

https://www.ridemedia.com.au/features/bannan-moved-on-from-mitchelton-scott-ending-an-interesting-chapter-of-australian-cycling/

Crap interview though. "Amstel Gold, that was good huh?"

fun to watch; all solo (at least at this point)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AuBWJWk4hU

Luckily that motor didn't bring him back, what an idiot.

Interview with Sean Yates over on VeloNews;

https://www.velonews.com/news/road/how-retired-great-sean-yates-lives-off-the-grid-in-southern-spain/

I had no idea he’d had such a serious accident, it sounds like he was very lucky.

It's been reported in Cycling Weekly a couple of times, including in conjunction with his job promoting e-bikes.

Things have never been so bad that I’ve needed to resort to Cycling Weekly’s pro cycling coverage.

What's Soto cycling coverage? Did you mean 'Cycling Weekly's ...'?

Well, you'd missed that news of Sean Yates.

While Cycling Weekly has certainly seen better days, I still value print magazines very much and will continue my subscription, even if their 'promotional features' drain my patience.

So this happened:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/53112149

Could add spice to the Tour

As much as I think Brailsford is built up to be some kind of sage-like management guru, you have to admire how ruthless he is when it comes to changing the guard.

What are the odds on Froome not being in the Ineos Tour line up?