Pro-cycling thread

But sad for remco's explosion. Going to make it a lot duller in the final week.
Was at the ToB so missed the stage and the highlights are so embarrassingly poor it was hard to get a sense of what happened - people ahead, then together, then ahead again with no talk of what happened in between.

reckon he still thinks he should be on €7m?

There were a lot of short lived attacks and counter attacks which never got far ahead and never lasted long, with one longer break from the start and one before the finish. Jumbo controlled it fairly comfortably I’d say

Big Jim at Ineos putting Remco's dad on his blocked callers list as we speak

those Unibet bikes are gopping

I'm not a fan of betting companies but I really like these, they look like Fruit Salad sweets.

Today’s ToB stage was very entertaining. Worth a watch.

Prodigy in blows up shocker, although not really a shock at all because it keeps happening.

He seems to be going a lot better today though.

I loved that smile on Kuss's face yesterday at the end. He's very easy to like. I'm rooting for him for the GC but realise it could easily be Vingo or Rog too.

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Poor Sean with this lot

Anybody know what the white bike Richardson for Saint Piran is using in the Tour of Britain? Just wondering since it’s got no branding and they don’t seem to have a bike sponsor.

Is it this one? Tarmac SL8 S-Works apparently

Hmm , I was always more of a Blackjacks man/boy myself ….

My son’s first bike had that same colour scheme

https://twitter.com/lavuelta/status/1700880788344950921

That was a good victory to watch. You can shove your chapeaus and class acts up your arse, that was tactically perfect!

Thought they were gonna get caught by the Remco group! Really left it till the last moment

As soon as I saw who was away, you knew Rui Costa would win. He’s so sharp tactically.

He wouldn’t have looked so tactically sharp if Kemna (sp) hadn’t crashed.

But remember, before you clean your own plate, you have the throw your opponent's plate in to a ditch.

Kämna’s sprint was long and he started it from the front. Costa played him. Rui makes a good pantomime Valverde villain.

Not been so sharp for a while. Good to see him having a better year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okn2fX1o3hI

I still can't understand how Valverde let Rui Costa get away in those closing kilometres. He had one job.

George Bennett has retired