Pro-cycling thread

Dominant display

masterclass in miss calling by kirby

Gutted for Cav. He is getting closer though...

My favourite part of the ITV coverage is that the adverts are all aimed at normal weekday lunchtime viewers, so they're all for funeral cover, cruises, walk-in baths etc.

So close. gutted indeed.

It is hilariously untargeted. Not a single bike ad!

By the end of the tour I'll probably be thinking of signing up for that Antarctic cruise tho

For sure... Until you realise you can buy a top of the range bike and a cheapo EU holiday instead with some spare change ;)

https://twitter.com/BadgerMVDP/status/1677337274529337344?s=20

surely he's deviating. Girmay has to pull back and then it allows JP to draft cav.

Shame. I liked Jasper.

The UCI Commissaires have looked at it and not seen anything worthy of a DQ.

It is hilariously untargeted. Not a single bike ad!

waves at @Soul ;-)

Good, because that was the decision I had come to without having to even review and they should know by now that #hippyisalwaysright

Anyway, gutted for Cav but I told the missus it wouldn't happen. There's no fairytale endings.

Ha. Just because it’s not cycling ads, doesn’t mean it’s not targeted.

I've already ordered my walk-in bath and my cremation has been paid for.

Exactly. Seeing as the cycling ads demographic is 35-65 ish. Some of those folk are not far from the cruises and walk in bath customer

To be fair, Bora had the right idea a few years back with Sagan slinging out ideas for a new LFGSS kitchen

Slipping between Cav's 11th and 12th gears apparently, which makes it all the more gutting.
https://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/tour-de-france/2023/i-am-bitterly-disappointed-majorly-disappointed-mark-cavendish-laments-gearing-issue-in-tight-tour-de-france-finish_vid1947173/video.shtml

Wouldn't have happened if he was on 11 speed.

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Cav wasn't on the right gear?

Shit writes itself.

So the new hate figures are Jasper and Shimano?

It's not pros sprinters to blame their kit when they don't have the legs.

Wins divided by gears is the no. counts.

It would be easier for him to get the record if they retrospectively stripped Merckx of all his drug-tainted rides. Presumably back then, it would be all of them.

A black mark for Dura Ace. I thought electronic mechs didn't do this. I bet Cav's mechanic is having a bad night.

They don't. Hence my comment above.

I mean, if he was riding SRAM or Campag then I'd understand...

#trollololololol