Pro-cycling thread

Amazing how quickly they can ride when they have Covid. I couldn't get out of bed.

Agreed. They both put in exceptional time trials. I was floored for at least a few days after just the vaccine.

I read somewhere that Roglic had two fracture vertebrae and only got on the bike a week before the start. I would actually like Remco to win this he has obviously put in a huge amount of work to get to the start in solid form.

If Remco wins, it will be interesting to see how his footballesque arrogance develops.

If Remco wins, it will be interesting to see how his footballer arrogance develops.

I hope he manages to cling onto a top ten spot on GC though. And not just because he's a fellow Hackneyite. He's not had the best time since winning the Giro.

And...Alaphilippe has crashed and bust his collarbone on this nothing stage.

what went wrong for Tao the other day that caused the interview in question? I've not been following the big spanish race that closely.

enough to start blaming/yelling at the commisar mid race for his (relatively) poor bike handling

He also got a lot of grief about calling out the relegation system that has run post covid sickness and points scoring.

Yes!

That was basically a solo win at a mountain top finish

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Came here to post this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTmo-gqsV58

Rog employing the power of the Tadej tuft

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Kirby is running on fumes jesus chrriiisssttt

I couldn’t take any more of him and had to switch to the ambient audio feed.

Love it when cracks appear.

Watching on Spanish domestic TV channel for first time and they show every second of the race but just chuck occasional 10 second banner ads in bottom quarter of the screen and ad breaks are done in L/R split screen with the race.

You already had me with lack of Cunton Cuntby, I have little knowledge of Spanish but it is closer to our mother tongue than his drivel.

Now, what was it I said about Roglic a few days back?

I paired tonight’s highlights with this: https://www.nts.live/shows/the-four-elements-japanese-ambient-environmental-new-age-healing-music-1980-1993/episodes/air-3-12-18

Johan Bruyneel said the other day that Remco couldn’t climb out of the saddle. I thought he was joking.

I cannot believe the weather at a Scottish Highlands ski station in September would be so unpredictable.

Chipper bike races thread ->

Cees Bol win = chipper confirmed

lol

God the Tour of Britain looks miserable. A bazillion shades of grey punctuated by groups of “volunteers” holding union flags.