2013 Pro-cycling season thread

What is it with Wiggo... it's only a bit of rain.

#htfu

wiggo n cav are offski's then

Yep, both out.

Wiggins may have crashed. Shame it's raining, the weather is making the selections. Evans out, Porte out, Sagan missing, Contador down, Wiggins gone.

Can you (anyone) confirm that Wiggins crased?

Edmondson crashed. Wiggins climbed off.
According to @willfoth

Always feel a bit sad any time someone says Scarpone and it isn't Sean Kelly.

This is great. You don't want it to be easy for them. Italians look like they're on a training ride though.

53 riders left! It's like last years Lonbardia

Wiggins is in good company then. I reckon when they say the weather forecast the should have ridden for Stannard

Fucksake... now Froome is gone.

I'm trying to watch the race on a dutch tv with the sound off, so have no real idea of what's going on. Anyone care to summarise?

It's raining so three-quarters of the field have abandoned. Sagan FTW

Think for any wet weather races we should unleash the Brownlees. They'd be laughing at the Italian rain

It'll be between Sagan, Cancellara and Nibali

Yeah, looking forward to the point nibali throws himself down one of those descents like a madman.

I've got a feeling about Degenkolb. But that might be purely sexual on account of his moustache.

Really surprised to see Contador still in there... Britain is gone completely it seems?

Hypothetically speaking, what would happen if everybody retired... last man in it gets it or what?

^ so there are just two riders left in the world champs, and someone thinks "yeah this isn't for me" and retires. Unlikely I would think.

What happened to the commentary? Nice one bbc

Don't think you're missing much. I'm watching it on Italian TV... Makes more sense than the English commentary, even though I don't speak Italian.

It's on BBC2 now. Boardman, Armitstead and the long jumper talking shit for people who don't like cycling.

Boardman on JTL. 'Its not good news'. No - it is Chris. It means the system is working. Just because you got away with it

At least that dial-up modem noise has stopped.

That noise was at least as insightful as the commentary to be fair.

Not a single British rider in it... that's unacceptable.