Pro-cycling thread

Roglic does seem like the text book perfect GC rider.

Up there with the best climbers, but out sprints them at the end.
Up there with the best TTers but outclimbs then
Good descending skills

Not convinced by the Roglic hype. Definitely the form rider at the moment, but I'm not sure he is the destroyer of worlds he is being painted as.

For sure. Can't see past him on current form.

Bernal isn't starting - a bad back, according to Thomas.

Michael Woods an outside bet for Lombardia today? Unless it's the Remco show obvs.

Should be a great race. Mollema there defending his title too, and Bennett is flying for Jumbo Visma

Woods yes, Astana perhaps with Fuglsang and Vlasov. Schachmann also riding strong.

De Gendt currently breaking away solo in the Dauphiné. 140k to go 😅

Is Masnada on his way to DQS? If so, he's making moves quickly
Edit: apparantly so, even this season already, so he can stand by Remco at the giro

Kruisjwijk and Buchmann have been involved in a crash and abandoned. The former with a dislocated shoulder. As I read elsewhere, that's a lot of shoulder to dislocate.

Wonder if either will be back for the tour. Hope so, that's a lot of talent missing otherwise

Ineos in the break. When is the last time they have done that?

Roglic has crashed too.

Meanwhile, in Belgium Dwars door 't Hageland is starting its grand finale. Lots of gravel and pavé. I'm cheering for Jan Willem van Schip and his chariot

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Voeckler on French Eurosport said Bernal was out on a training ride this morning so not a big injury

Lol, Ineos so casual.
If you look at Froome’s power data, he’s probably just doing a sweetspot session on every other day of the Dauphiné...

grand finale
gravel and pavé
his chariot

@fizzy.bleach

@dubtap remco crashed, what do you have to say?

Fuck that looked bad.

Remco went off over the side of a bridge. Just saw a replay, does not look at all good.

Broadcasters really shouldn't be replaying incidents like this.

Holy shit. Remco crash looked bad. Over the wall on a high bridge.

Yeah I really wish I hadn't seen that

Hopefully he is ok.

On twitter apparently Rai just said he is conscious and is being attended by the medics

Sounds like he is ok thankfully.

Hope he is ok, a little too fearless with the weight of being a favourite on his shoulders?