Pro-cycling thread

Imagine being Hugo Hofstetter and having come 2nd or 3rd in about 6 races in a row.

I feel bad for him :(

Can get 33/1 on MVDP…

Whilst I've long stopped betting against him, I still think coming into a 300 km race with no racing in your legs and taking the win is beyond even MVDP's capabilities.

I’d agree but E/W…?

I think 33-1 for a rider of his capabilities is a mistake by the bookies.

But he won't win. Probably.

People said U23 riders couldn’t win tours.

MVDP will be horny as all hell.

“Of course, he will only start if he feels he is ready. But if there's one Monument where you can go for the win without any race kilometres in your legs, it's San Remo,” said Van Aert.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/van-aert-sees-pogacar-as-both-rival-and-ally-at-milan-san-remo/

I mean the 5-2 sounds lovely and my friends and family would love that. It was a decent read thanks for sharing, i like his idea with the aerobic training block and setting challenges. He mentioned a 600km ride, I've been thinking about a 500km ride for a while now...

There's obviously limitations with the comparison to a professional athlete. Time being the biggest one, the max i could ride around a working day is 4 hours. With that comes a lot of control with the normal life, for me that's someone else at home who takes full responsibility of my lovely pets.

“With great aerobic power comes a great anaerobic responsibility”

He's right. I've really felt the benefit of a year of aerobic riding and doing some recent anaerobic work (probably 2 workouts as I'm now very lazy) has felt very comfortable.

Pedersen is riding after all. He wins today. Never been so certain of something.

.... not the most hard fought battle to get in the break ... !

You mean there are actually people who watch the start of Milan-San Remo?

Drone hopper still riding mechanical.

...ooh .... I'm settling in to watch it all .... beer , crisps and the Italian commentary so hopefully after seven hours I'll be fluent ......

Will be interesting to see how he goes. According to Strava he's been doing some pretty big rides in advance of today. I've a tenner on him. Hopefully in seven hours he'll have made me a rich man.

Drone hopper is also my #1 pro cycling sponsor this year. Big drones for putting out fires, primarily.

What is the link between Bahrain Merida and Croatia? Passed one of their team cars and it's registered there.

I'm really enjoying Kirby, McEwan and Blythe. There I've said it.

Shows if you put Carlton Quite Frankly Kirby For Goodness Sake with someone with personality, he's fine. Sean Kelly just leaves him hanging out to die all the time.

Hah yeah I noticed a lack of rage at Kirby’s musings and even the occasional chuckle when he has more engaged company.

The only thing you need to take out to make the combo even better is Kirby himself.

lets not normalise watching full length of milan san remo

It's the easiest race to watch the finale of and the hardest to watch the whole thing. Or something.

Absolutely fuming the Eolo Kometa bibshorts with a Burger King logo on the arse appear to be team issue only.

#haspogacarattackedyet?

#hasanyoneexceptjosdoneaturnyet?