2012 Pro-cycling season thread

Are there any British riders in the Tour Series on ITV4?

Quite a few I think. Biggest name could be Ed Clancey, who rides for Rapha-Condor-Sharp. He's definitely built for the track: looks massive next to all the road riders

Medium French Coq.

I hope he remembered that 'Medium' in France is X-Small everywhere else...

Eurosport reached new levels of annoying yesterday, when they simply removed the advertised Dauphine highlights that were due on at 9pm in favour of a replay of the Nadal tennis match they had already shown earlier in the day. I honestly feel like complaining to them: it was there on the sky box, I set the reminder, I had just finished cooking a frittata, settled down to watch it and it simply wasn't there, it had just vanished, not even shunted back to some ungodly hour so students and the unemployed can watch it

Stephen Roche on triple crown:

'Spitting Rice and Wine in his face' and shitloads of drugs mate. Surprisingly mentions Kimmage... he was 'naive' apparently. Also doesn't mention Robert Millar helping him out in the Giro when he had nobody left to help him in the mountains... I'm not a massive fan of him-probably as much for listening to the shite sequence of 'uuuuummmmmmm's that he provides by way of commentary as anything else..

^how was the fritata at least? Not too greasy I hope?

Stephen Roche on triple crown:

'Spitting Rice and Wine in his face' and shitloads of drugs mate. Surprisingly mentions Kimmage... he was 'naive' apparently. Also doesn't mention Robert Millar helping him out in the Giro when he had nobody left to help him in the mountains... I'm not a massive fan of him-probably as much for listening to the shite sequence of 'uuuuummmmmmm's that he provides by way of commentary as anything else..

Sure you're not talking about Sean Kelly? His 'umms' can go on forever

The frittata was a triumph, got a couple of slices cold for lunch today too

well that's good. I have my little highlight watching routines too and i don't know if I could have faced that double crown of disappointment... i've had fits of blind rage followed by hollow disappointment over a soggy tortilla or burnt pizza before settling down to watch a mediocre stage. Almost too much for one man to take...

and I think I might well be muddling up my irish commentators. uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......

You need well-cooked foodstuff to keep that strength up during those long stages.

Durbrain I mean Bridge setting the pace so far on the TT today

Some start times for today:

Chris Froome (Sky) - 13:33
Janez Brajkovic (Astana) - 13:35
David Millar (Garmin-Barracuda) - 13:53
Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) - 14:07
Cadel Evans (BMC) - 14:13
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) - 14:15

Andy fell off.

where you watching this? all usual streams saying not up till 14.45!

where you watching this? all usual streams saying not up till 14.45!

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/533128/live-criterium-du-dauphine-2012-stage-four-time-trial.html

awesome, thanks!

POINGGGGG

"Stop it Johann"

POINGPOINGPOINGPOINGGGGG

"Just fucking stop it OK?"

Ha!

awesome, thanks!

no worries.

EBH second fastest behind Durbridge now

Cadel Evans just off, Wiggo about to be, Durbridge time is under threat: 5 riders faster on the road at the moment

Rogers of Sky currently top, Martin laying down a storming time, Wiggins looks to be catching and potentially overtaking Evans on the road.

Slow day at work.....

Wiggins 36 seconds faster than Martin at first split!!

Is Tony in drooling zombie face mode yet? OPQS say he's on 58x11 142 GI!

^ pretty much.

Fark Wiggins is smashing Tony's time?? #beast

go wiggins1

36 seconds on the 2nd checkpoint.

Wiggins wins it, 30 seconds ahead of Martin, about 2 minutes faster than Evans. He absolutely smashed it