Pro-cycling thread

It was much closer to the finish than that, as it was on the last lap.

i support my fellow countryman, he certainly isn't getting enough of it on this forum

Seriously underrated. Madiot should have left Pinot crying into his wine glass and brought Demare to the Tour, with his form he would have got at least one stage IMO

He’s got what, ten wins so far this (truncated) season? I can’t understand how Madiot can leave him at home for the Tour, as much as I like Pinot, he’s not robust enough to be the only leader at the Tour and Demare would get results to keep the sponsors happy.

In the French champs jersey too

Will Julian do white shorts? Discuss.

I was impressed how long Pidcock held on but he shipped over nine minutes in the end

Of course he will. Can’t believe it’s even open for debate.

Don't think Brian Holm will let him

if alan phillips does white shorts then... I'm sorry but that's it over between me and him

Compare and contrast Tom Boonen and Paolo Bettini when they won the Worlds riding for Leferve.

Alaphilippe is more of a Bettini than a Boonen I think.

I don't know how you can do this. I remember about 3 moments from this years tour.

Dowsetts TT bike ran another disc on the non-disc side. It seems to deflect the airflow over the braking disc. How come this is not classed as a fairing?
The bike is a specialized shiv with matching wheels.

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I think it's one of these, so not a fairing but actually part of the structure of the wheel.

On a less serious note.
Where is 'How the race was won?'

Ineos lawyers have been working hard to identify loopholes in the race rules and it seems Bernal can start today for Flèche-Wallone.
Exact start time to be determined.

Have they relocated it to Columbia and it now finishes on a high altitude 1.5h climb?

Man it’s flèche wallone already?! Could be a challenging watch with vertigo but I’ll try.
I agree with @edscoble I’m afraid, if you want short fast races there’s cross, crits and track. If you want to watch a race start, go for a really long ride yourself, have a snooze and still watch the critical bit there’s classics and worlds.
I fear people who say shorten races might be the same people who say ‘reduce the risk in rugby’ and who prefer t20 cricket

I fear people who say shorten races might be the same people who say ‘reduce the risk in rugby’ and who prefer t20 cricket

The shorthand for this is ‘paedophile’.

It was only ever a hobby for Cosmo Catalano, as he works as a web developer to actually make a living. He faced lots of challenges in getting tv footage he could use and I think he just got fed up with the hassle of doing it. Which is a real shame as he is an excellent analyst of race tactics.

Eurosport sponsored him later but yeah

He’d pretty much given up before Eurosport got involved.

And by sponsored it was 50% off annual eurosport subscription

Søren Kragh will win BinckBank Tour 2020

Wow bit stronger than I was going for! Millennial maybe
Someone somewhere has just triggered