2013 Pro-cycling season thread

and Euskatel's massive concession to the UCI points system is to have 2 Slovakals, 1 Francofrond, one Deutschlander, one Greekanese, one Moroccanian, and one Portugalialalian out of a team of 28 riders. (racist)

How many mountainous stage races does Wiggins have to win before people give him credit for his climbing ability? Ten? Twenty?

News just in, he won the fucking Tour. You don't win that if you can't handle the high mountains.

Pfft! I saw the tow ropes. Those SRMs are actually winches to stop Brad 'I can only pursuit' Wiggles from getting left behind whenever the gradient goes past 5%.

He's Belgian, anyway.
#channellinghippy

And half Aussie (the sweary, drunk half)

#sickburn

Yeah great to see a British Grand Tour squad with only one British rider in it

It's not a British grand tour squad, it's a Sky grand tour squad. That means 'merican or 'strayan depending on which company is paying the bills at the time.

A cycling team sponsored by a magalomaniac Australian with American nationality, led by a culturally South African Kenyan national and a part-Belgian, part-Aussie, fighty drunk 'lad from Kilburn'. Makes you proud to be British don't it?

Just realised FDJ may not be at the Giro, but you'll take my point: certain squads are there to nurture local talent and should favour those riders, like Euskatel or Blanco/Rabobank

Euskatel changed their Basque-only policy.

Blanco have a few Aussies on their team.

Spent too long writing my post; Hippy blew up my spot. Fucking Aussies.

I'm leading Team Sky at TdF and so is my wife.

I'm leading the TdF at the TdF. Everyone else is doing what they're told.

Froome is a bit soft for putting that message out. Meaningless without the team announcing it, and that isn't going to happen. Hope Wiggins shoves it right up him.

Euskatel changed their Basque-only policy.

Blanco have a few Aussies on their team.

Yes but both with field squads where the majority of riders are homegrown, as will OGE, the twats

Froomie putting you scallywags straight.
'Im the leader, fuck brad if he isn't down with rhat'
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/538135/froome-claims-tour-leadership-after-wiggins-announces-giro-tour-aim.html

A cycling team sponsored by a magalomaniac Australian with American nationality, led by a culturally South African Kenyan national and a part-Belgian, part-Aussie, fighty drunk 'lad from Kilburn'. Makes you proud to be British don't it?

We need this on a T-Shirt. I'm making a list, who's in?

Froomie putting you scallywags straight.
'Im the leader, fuck brad if he isn't down with rhat'
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/538135/froome-claims-tour-leadership-after-wiggins-announces-giro-tour-aim.html

This is turning into keystone cops

bunch of girls

and Euskatel's massive concession to the UCI points system is to have 2 Slovakals, 1 Francofrond, one Deutschlander, one Greekanese, one Moroccanian, and one Portugalialalian out of a team of 28 riders. (racist)

There's something wrong with this post, but I can't quite put my finger on what it is.

A cycling team sponsored by a magalomaniac Australian with American nationality, led by a culturally South African Kenyan national and a part-Belgian, part-Aussie, fighty drunk 'lad from Kilburn'. Makes you proud to be Empirean don't it?

Fixed.

A cycling team sponsored by a magalomaniac Australian with American nationality, led by a culturally South African Kenyan national and a part-Belgian, part-Aussie, fighty drunk 'lad from Kilburn'. Makes you proud to be British don't it?

can you get this onto a personalised team sky jersey?

This is turning into keystone cops

Brad vs. Chris in a straight up bar fight.

You'd pick 'The Tournai Twig' over 'The Foetal Fallopian Frightener' every fucking day of the week.

So.. Breaking news is that Petacchi has signed for OPQS.. Done deal.. His bike is already built..

Well that will help Cav's lead out...

Yep.. That would be the plan

Yes but both with field squads where the majority of riders are homegrown, as will OGE, the twats

It's simple. We have more talent.

<<<< Especially this hot piece of ass. Mmm hmmm yeah... tssss hot to touch

We need this on a T-Shirt. I'm making a list, who's in?

Doesn't quite roll off the tongue like

but, dibs!

Yep.. That would be the plan

Not sure how they are getting round registering in-season though?