Pro-cycling thread

they should have done the fake fly and pockets printed on them like carrera did back in the day.

I'd definitely buy a pair with less branding

Rui Costa’s rainbow cravat can fucking do one.

Good to see @taogeogheganhart back at the sharp end of races. He was 7th, 8 seconds behind the winner, in today’s uphill finish in the Algarve.

Good finish, that. And not what I was expecting in terms of the winner either.

…. or that Dani Martinez was even at Bora !

🤞the races are not all downhill from here.

Come on Sar, sort it out

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Tom Pidcock going under the radar with the Tao comeback story. Not sure he's finished in a GC group in an uphill finish like that before.

That wind tunnel thing is getting out of hand

I for one didn't realise that Cipollini was second in all-time pro wins among men and that Qavendish has just caught him at 163.

https://www.procyclingstats.com/statistics/start/all-time-wins-ranking

Also that Greipel may have had more wins than Qavendish when he retired (158), although I suspect Qav has more higher-quality wins. Stats aren't something I look at a lot.

He was 8th on the same finish last year, just 2 seconds back, then won the fourth stage, also an uphill finish, to take the GC lead. He then lost 1:27 in the final time trial to finish 7th overall.

Ha, in my purely #vibes based assessment he always goes out the back like Wout did if he isn't in a break

Cavendish is the Lance Armstrong among sprinters

Also that Greipel may have had more wins than Qavendish when he retired (158), although I suspect Qav has more higher-quality wins. Stats aren't something I look at a lot.

Greipel holds the record for the most Tour Down Under stage wins, with 18. I don't believe Cavendish has ever graced the Tour Down Under with his presence.

Cav hates kangaroos - it’s well documented

Quality finish to Classic Var today lol

lmao
https://twitter.com/OutOfCycling/status/1758505101000397132

Ha ! would feel more sorry for him … but .. that UNO X kit ….
Nice to listen to Jose Been commentating again.

The online Eurosport Player subscription has increased over 100% in price here, from €39.99/year to €83.88/year, and now takes a monthly instead of annual fee. Quite steep, if you ask me. Taking it up with customer service, hope they'll offer a discount or something.

Just going through some old context posts. LMAO

https://twitter.com/OutOfCycling/status/1729069616843178032

They told me they sympathise but 40 euros was annual, 84 is a monthly and 7 x 12... as if that's an answer to the problem.

I was wondering what was happening here. So this is going to be £7 a month. Haven’t been sent any updates T&Cs. What are the other options then?

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I've just messaged them about exactly that. Let's see what they say.

I got roughly the same answer (how surprising) as @atz . No word on the price hike, just some bollocks about 'yearly subscription is no longer possible'. I have replied I still want to know why it's twice as expensive now.

I'm just going to subscribe from.march through to the end of the Vuelta I think..it's all on Discovery+ subscription now isn't it, or have I got that wrong? Might not even bother subscribing when the Tour is on as that's most likely on ITV4 anyway