2013 Pro-cycling season thread

Yes. He'll win a one day race soon I think, maybe even a monument.

See;

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gp-camaiore-2013/results

Did Andy Schleck finish?

Apparently he did.

But it was nearly a year.
Shame.
Good for him.

Good work Sagan. Going to be a good year.

Did Andy Schleck finish?

Managed to have a mechanical earlier and then get dropped from the peloton on run in to the finish but did finish.

Come on Andy! Remember that time you won the Tour?

Different time, different blood bags...

This is good;

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/sports/wp/2013/02/27/cyclings-road-forward/

Nice link. Thanks for the share.

saved for later, cheers Andy

"Cycling is very much a team sport and the pressures to conform haven’t disappeared entirely. There was a pint of beer — that was easy. A couple of mixed drinks — a bit harder. And three shots that Dombrowski remembers tasting like gasoline. That was the last straw. Boswell and Dombrowski were supposed to race, but Dombrowski couldn’t get close to finishing. The music started playing and Dombrowski had to get in front of his teammates and colleagues and perform a striptease."

Oh dear.

Just had a chance to really read the article.
Actually really poor form.

Compare him to lance throughout the whole thing, bit unfair
Yes he came through the U23 system, but still, it doesn't mean you need to keep repeating it.
Talk about the pressures to dope and yet put the whole world on his shoulders.

Not the most probing journalism, or engaging prose. Thanks for wasting my fucking time, andyp. Fuck you very much.

andyp's pet name for his penis is his 'Lance'. Always getting it out during stripteases for the RPLZ boys at their social events.

andyp's pet name for his penis is his 'Lance'. Always getting it out during stripteases for the RPLZ boys at their social events.

Time of the month?

Anyone know if there'll be any highlights on channel 4 or whatever it is of Paris-Nice? Or if LMNH are showing it?

ITV4 are showing highlights I believe. It'll also be live on Eurosport.

This is good;

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/sports/wp/2013/02/27/cyclings-road-forward/

Interesting but very glossy. Lots of 'zero-tolerance team Sky', no mention of Leinders

ITV4 are showing highlights I believe. It'll also be live on Eurosport.

ITV4 highlights.. Don't know when. But have asked (vis Twitter) when it will be aired. Last year it was a one hour highlights package a week of so after.

^ OK, ta. Spread the word when you find out!

Shame it won't be the night-by-night highlights. Guess it gives me an excuse to go drink fancy beers at watch Eurosport in LMNH...

Like you need an excuse for doing that ;-)

BSkyB apparently aligning themselves with the World Series Cycling project.

Article here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/feb/28/bskyb-world-series-cycling

Shame they had to include the UCI