Pro-cycling thread

Cracking last 20 kms today. With an astonishing stage winning attack by Cecillie Uttrup-Ludwig.

Exceptional finish

The speed she came past the others at. Wow.

Yeah I am happy we can stop talking about her having a bad finish.
When she watches this in replay she'll get confidence

Loving the spicy language in the post-race interview too. Brilliant finish to a terrific stage.

Her vocabulary is liberating for sure, but I do wonder if she might reach more young cyclists with a cleaner language.

Sounds like Van Vleuten's 'nature break' was an attack of the squits. Imagine staying in a stage race when you have that to deal with.

I did suspect that at the time, as the racing was on and you wouldn't normally stop for a piss then.

Got to forgive her for not being a native speaker.

Plus, what 10-11 year old wouldn't think: "Yeah, swearing... badass..." when hearing that interview?

Haha you are probably right.

Worth her wait in fanta . Its so good to see her so happy balling her eyes out 🥲

Velonews reporting that Leo Hayter will ride as a stagiaire for Ineos at the end of the season (presumably after l’Avenir).

https://www.velonews.com/news/road/leo-hayter-set-to-stagiaire-for-ineos-grenadiers-before-worldtour-move/

Liz miller will be very happy!

(I suspect thats @andyp 's burner account also)

LOL

She gave the same interview in Danish
https://v.redd.it/i60ci0uvcyd91

lol

My admiration for her grows by the day.

Her interviews are entertaining, I do seem to remember her refusing to work for Marta Cavalli during some race earlier in the year though. Bit of a rivalry within the team perhaps. I was gutted to see Cavalli taken out in that bowling ball crash, she was the one pushing AVV the hardest in GC lately, was really looking forward to her impact on the race.

Valtteri Bottas was out with bottle supply yesterday with his partner Tiffany Cromwell's team.

https://twitter.com/ValtteriBottas/status/1551924568931065858

Looks like he has good things to say about the Tour but also is helping to host a gravel race in Finland in 2023 so can get right to the gravel grinder thread.

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/valtteri-bottas-spotted-at-the-tour-de-france-femmes

That’s a strong interpretation. She was visibly working hard for Cavalli in the Giro Donne a couple of weeks ago.

Yeah, maybe they'd squashed it!

calling what they are going over "gravel" takes away the authentic painful experiences of British gravel as experienced by many others

its insensitive

its like calling this 'gravel'

True. It's much rougher than UK SFAB

we need more inclusive non-binary term like 'surface'