Pro-cycling thread

Thank you. Was actually thinking you might confirm this when asked the question.

Should be the Pinot race winning course this year but possibly not.

It's alternated in recent years between starting in Bergamo and finishing in Como, and starting in Como and ending in Bergamo. If that pattern continues, then it should be a Bergamo finish this year.

Wout's baby looks nothing like him

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I think Evenepoel has a point. It's a Grand Tour not an alley cat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj3UdRmhgvM

I think it was a very poor move by the Vuelta organisation. First and foremost it is a sporting competition and to have some teams competing in almost total darkness is just not fair. Secondly, and more importantly, rider safety should be paramount and that wasn’t safe.

Best GT lolz

Bit wet in Spain.
https://twitter.com/Laura_Meseguer/status/1695695178986574124?t=GZtf8GWn9xC4AQGGI5sw3w&s=19

Yeah it a crazy weekend. But much needed rain. It's been so dry so it's just running off the land rather than being absorbed, dangerous.

Conditions yesterday were utterly mad ... even ignoring the rain did they actually expect teams to be racing in the dark?

Yeah I agree with Remco, Andy and will

This’ll probably require lanes.

Just watched the highlights. Expected the streets to be very well lit, kind of like the F1 night races, but they absolutely weren't, it was pitch black. Ridiculous.

even US crit races can better light their night courses

A stupid idea, but no one crashed seriously, ttts are shit at the best of times and dsm got to actually win something for once, so all in all not the worst start

Apart from De Plus who dns'd today.

Yeah fractured hip for De Plus

https://x.com/ineosgrenadiers/status/1695734741704515925

Amazing finish in the Tour of Scandinavia. Little bit more in love with the winner of the stage than I was before.

Last 9k neutralised apparently

Yet with bonus seconds still available at the top of Montjuic and at the finish line. So kinda pointless, really.

Apparently the commissaires are reviewing fan mobile phone footage to confirm places over the revised GC point as there wasn't a camera there.

Two days in and it's already pretty shambolic.

Safely through day two.

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Lol. That’s great

How is there even a conversation about the La Vuelta being the best GT if there are no ITV highlights?

The Le Tour wins by default.