Pro-cycling thread

We should definitely refer to all pileups as "fall parties" now.

Ah okay... imagine your key sponsor being so toxic that you have to hide it in public

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxgbL1-ibLs

Nothing from dubtap on the Poels vs Cortina beef. Must be in a rush to post his accruals before end of financial year.

Poels v Quintana sounds like it was the catalyst!

"Ooohh, you're a bit touchy Nairo you back on the Tramadol?"*

*I am paraphrasing only slightly

Got to see the last few laps of Montjuic at the Volta a Catalunya at the weekend. Fucking hell, a peloton in full flight hurtling towards you is a sight to behold, isn't it?

Managed to take some nice video clips and get a good shot of G drilling it at the front of the peloton (see below). Had to watch it later as I had zero clue who had won the stage or what was going on during the laps either if the truth be told. Good fun, though.

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Bad crash for Wout :(

edit; for loads of hitters actually

Fuck me that looked nasty. Big reshuffle of riders for flanders and roubaix

Just heading over to the Ladbrokes website, back soon.

VLAB are getting hammered with bad luck

Boring Ronde & P-R possibly :-(

nah Wout is not the factor for those races to be exciting this year IMO

moral of the story: dont have children

In the 74 Tour the organizers were so sure that Merckx would win the tt prologue that they already had a Molteni Yellow Jersey ready.
When Moser won the podium ceremony was delayed because the organizers had to unstitch the yellow jersey and replace it with Filotex.

brexit ganna riding well!

Oh no Bertie

he is so weird .. did an attack but didnt follow through, then cramped and out

Leg mechanical

brexit ganna :)

Victory #250 for Marianne Vos in the women's race. Incredible career, quite the debuts in both Omloop and Dwars Door Vlaanderen

EDIT: not even counting her pro cyclocross and track wins!

Multiple fractures for wout says his team statement.

Tiesj Benoot blames himself cos he stood up without signalling and his bike went back into Wout's front wheel.

Broken collar bone and several ribs

His crying was so painful to watch. Wish I hadn't, feel so sorry for him 😢

Cramp comes out of nowhere. You rarely get a warning and you wouldn’t make that attack if you knew it was coming.

Gutted for him as, judging by that attack, he had some punch left.