Pro-cycling thread

The women's race was on earlier and the roads were soaked, with standing water in lots of places, and more rain falling, so it's no surprise they've cancelled it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qz4z_FjysU

would wear those glasses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DV-rDMUVgs

Asgreen to EF!

This is great

Patron du peloton in effect. Who was the EF rider with Pogacar in the protest video?

Rui Costa.

Swifty and Pidders looked up for it

Presumably Pidders is leaving inneos then based on his wording of ‘deselected’?

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The rumour mill says he's off to Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal.

Ineos are so weird.

lol

Pro cycling is quite a petty sport sometimes.

I think it's fairly normal that riders who are actively looking to leave a team don't get selected for major races.

He should be thankful he's not been sent to ride the Tour of Guangxi.

…. better than Yorkshire … !

Rumours he’s been fired 😵‍💫

Not major riders like that. You manage them out in a way that demonstrates your values, which I guess they’ve actually done tbf.

Why would any young talent want to go to Ineos at this point? Are the salaries still top end?

Surely he’s going to red bull bora and then I can justify a new Specialized?

Ben Ainslie has called him up to play against NZ.

They left Sivakov off the vuelta squad last year because he was leaving too. Sure showed him!

The bookies will be happy, unless they have to refund for non-starters, Pidcock was 2nd favourite (albeit a distant one).

Pidcock clearly didn't fit in with what appears to be a regimented regime. Luke Rowe buggering off is possibly slightly more telling. Skyneos was once the place to be, in a UAE sort of way, now less so.

Luke rowe is a catch of a DS.

Being normal doesn't make it less petty

Oh nice, no live Lombardy on Eurosport TV channels

Oi!