2012 Pro-cycling season thread

ouch..

Mad skills by the Farnese Vini rider that bunny hopped Cav.

WhyTF did Ferrari go right?

Shit that was nasty.

This sport isn't exciting enough for me, I'm going to watch the snooker.

i am watching it in B&W, intriguing stuff

inexplicable move by Ferrari, he had a better gap on the left, and he just shot across Cav's line, very dangerous

i would have liked to see where cav would have finished if he didnt get taken out. Seemed to be in a bad position and needed quite a bit just to get close to goss. But he seemed on such good form yesterday I wouldnt have been surprised if he edged it today

Wouldn't be surprised if that move was planned... Remember last year when an unimpressive Petacchi won the first sprint against Cav that way then had absolutely no penalty?

they gotta relegate Ferrarri, what a dick move

check it, inring already has stuff up about it http://inrng.com/2012/05/ferraris-sideswitch-and-the-sprint-rules/#more-8532

Gossy! 'bout time he got over his 2nd place habit.

^only wins when Cav isnt around

He came 2nd four times in the Tour of Turkey and Cav wasn't racing there. So it's nothing to do with the Manx Missile.

Hippy won that one. I think.

Tyler Farrar's podium shoes must have thought they'd never see the light of day again.

Mad skills by the Farnese Vini rider that bunny hopped Cav.

Shit that was nasty.

i am watching it in B&W, intriguing stuff

they gotta relegate Ferrarri, what a dick move

ouch... in colour, no commentary:

http://nos.nl/artikel/370639-zege-goss-val-cavendish-phinney.html

He came 2nd four times in the Tour of Turkey and Cav wasn't racing there. So it's nothing to do with the Manx Missile.

no i was talking about the important races that matter, but i suppose the turkey results just adds to the feeling that Goss isnt quite good enough

I think Cav would have had a tough time winning it if he hadn't been impeded. Sky were bossing it then Cav lost G's wheel a couple of corners to go, then the two Sky men where leading the train with Cav about five riders back, the twoof them looking around to see where he was and unsure what to do. Green Edge timed it perfectly, two of them surging through with Goss on their wheel. That said Cav was winding up and would have a got a decent placing to defend his Maglia Rosso. I doubt they will do anything about the Italian....in the Giro d'Italia. Although him and Finney crossed the line, both are going to be very sore.

Cam amyone see Geraint developing into a proper GC rider? His time-trialling has improved, he was excellent in Paris-Nice and Romandie as a lieutenant, great lead-out man yesterday, if he was to fully focus on the road (after the Olympics) and improve his climbing, could he be a contender?

Oh yes he won junior Paris-Roubaix too

looking at that picture, it's a credit to the bike-handling of the pros cav wasn't more seriously hurt. The team manager has apologised, the rider seems unrepentant:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/savio-apologizes-for-ferraris-manoeuvre

Ferrari - "I didn’t see him. I don’t know what happened because it was all behind me, my foot slipped. I had to switch lines because another rider moved abruptly.”

trans - Here's all the excuses I can think of - pick one that seems halfway plausible.

Is he related to Lola (rip) ?

More plausible he tripped over his own cock.

Ferrari - "I didn’t see him. I don’t know what happened because it was all behind me, my foot slipped. I had to switch lines because another rider moved abruptly.”

Actually a poor translation from Italian, what he really said was 'it wasn't me, honest'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aVHSbHvlGPE

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2140810/Mark-Cavendish-crashes-Giro-dItalia.html