Pro-cycling thread

You’re totally right but he was hotly tipped two years ago at the tour and then crashed on the first stage so we haven’t seen him have a good go. Since his best tour finish he has really developed and got great results in one day events.

I'm all for Lachlan Morton.

Just to re-iterate the Time Trial chat as I also just saw it last night. If you watch it as a Ron Fricke film a'la Sam Sara or Baraka, it's incredible, it's some of the most impressive and immersive race footage. But if viewed as a portrait of the most jaded man in the world as intended, it's shit.

+1 for LM

strikes me as potentially having a similar issue to roglic -final week fade. Cant help but think that the Giro being the hardest GT will exacerbate this issue.

Gonna see some funny looking bikes shortly it seems. Cervelo tri bike kind of thing most likely

https://cyclingtips.com/2020/10/new-uci-tech-rules-leaked-is-bike-design-about-to-get-a-shake-up/

From my reading, seat stays will still be required

Have I missed a joke somewhere? Lachlan Morton has ridden on grand tour and came 90th.

yeah but he won gb duro AND badlands AND came fourth at three peaks

The discussion was about Fuglsang?

Which is a shame, softrides are awesome

https://twitter.com/janibrajkovic/status/1311542776144822274

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which one of the italians do we think is being quoted in tweet 2

also fs tweet 1 is genuinely shocking

take your pick. My hunch would be one of the older riders: https://www.procyclingstats.com/team/bahrain-merida-pro-cycling-team-2017

Cool - so we can stereotype Italians as racists?

I’m not 100% serious but it’s not entirely fine to make assumptions based on nationality.

no, of course not - I wasn't being 100% serious either

Jani Brajkovic isn’t exactly what I’d call a reliable witness.

On the correct side of the racism in cycling debate though.

You joke, but things like this are not so uncommon:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/nov/25/mario-balotelli-racist-comment-by-brescia-chairman-massimo-cellino

For sure. But he almost certainly has his own agenda here.

https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/get-rid-of-carlton-kirby

he has been particularly poor today even by his own dire standards

why do they always get the tiny cola at the end

Jani Brajkovic isn’t exactly what I’d call a reliable witness.

Whats the reason to doubt his reliability? His doping ban?

I think it’s fair to say that he has a reputation for making claims that cannot be substantiated.

Ah cool, wondered if there was something like that.