Pro-cycling thread

If you think the dropping in bit is bad, just wait until you get to the top of the other side...

hippy + gravity

Let's be honest, there is no getting to the other side.

Lets be honest, Hippy creates half pipes everywhere he skateboards.

Is there a better sprinter in the world than Lorena Wiebes right now, in either peloton?

Cav.

lol

16 wins this season vs 5 wins.

2023 season when junior gears are binned by UCI is going to be fun

rong jersey m8

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Is there a higher cadence sprinter in the world right now?

Also, did someone give Long-way-around Borgini the wrong finish notes today?

I know! cries into pillow

Cav at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games
Edit - and G

Women’s Arkea kit is great

Better than their normal one, but for some reason the team aren't selling it

There's usually some reason that these people find out about their genetic ability and it's often shit like escapting abusive familes, misfits that can't fit in anywhere socially, all that kind of thing. Dig a bit and there's often trauma somewhere at the top level.

I'm not sure how true this is now, at least in cycling. Looking at the examples upthread I know it's not true of Tao and Fred and the Hayters seem to come from a nice normal family. Vingegaard and Pog don't exactly seem to come from trauma.

The peloton is actually becoming more middle class and therefore comfortable/less traumatised in terms of background.

Is Cav racing for Isle of Man at these games? What’s the road race course looking like?

Yep, Isle of Man team is looking strong! Haven't seen the course

Looks like a (flat?) circuit race.

https://resources.cwg-qbr.pulselive.com/qbr-commonwealth-games/document/2022/04/05/7febdb1d-6f51-489c-adf0-c3f95109dc9e/Cycling-Road-Race-Map-v4.png

If you watch The Move TdF stage 19 on YouTube Cav features and speaks about the race. He is quite on for it.

https://youtu.be/cyQtAmiUO8w

one does not simply LINK lance in this thread, one only talks about him

I think this is more sport in general, than cycling.

Due to the cost of entry, support required, proximity to velodromes, someone has to fund it.

Not quite as middle class as rowing, (proximity to a boathouse and normally school with a rowing team)

Plenty of stories in athletics, basketball, football, particularly in combat sports like boxing. It seems like most boxers have some sort of redemption story, fighting poverty, abusive or neglectful family, escaping a criminal life, finding someone outside of their home who believes in them and pulls them towards sporting excellence.

Of course, for every one of the successes, there are all of those that didn’t make it.

I linked to Cav having a conversation with former dopers.

i miss user cozey

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i find the whole Lance resurrection fascinating, i have no strong feelings about him, i never watched him race and refuse to indulge in secondhand guilt/rage.

thing i find most interesting is that most current pros still do look up to him and happy to indulge him. I wonder what that does to people who watched him race and feel “robbed”

he is a master troll and i respect that

^ related: https://cyclingtips.com/2022/07/the-curious-case-of-lance-armstrongs-imaginary-tour-de-france-partnership/

JF says it well: "The article is interesting and newsworthy because it demonstrates in a very specific and documented way that Armstrong continues to have no interest in differentiating right from wrong and is taking advantage of other people and organizations. He’s a cheat and a sociopath; it’s unfortunate that he still has fans and enablers. "