2013 Pro-cycling season thread

What is natural ability in cycling? Technical ability? Sagan has that in spades, Froome is very poor. Physical ability? Sagan is a phenom, an exceptional talent and so is Froome in a very, very different way.

Getting very, very tired of the 'Froome is so ugly on his bike' guff, how he looks is just aesthetics, and certainly shouldn't be used to judge his ability by, and certainly not whether he dopes or not (as I hear from some quarters). I hope he smashes the TdF just to shut the purists up. Him or Contador? Easy choice.

In other news Argos-Shimano are sending both Kittel and Degenkolb to the tour. That could be spicy.

Shut your mouth. Cycling is a visual spectacle. If we didn't have the opportunity to admire those who look good on a bike in full flight, there would be no fucking point in watching the whole tedious procession.

I couldn't agree more with BMMF. Fuck Froome, SKY and their power meters, I could watch Contador on a bike all day.