2014 Pro-cycling season thread

Good racing in Paris-Nice again, it's like a week long of classics

An interesting snippet from inrng this morning, so far all the stage winners also qualify for the white (young riders) jersey competition.

Today's stage should be good, a cat 1 climb 20 kms from the finish, which is itself at the top of a 2 km climb. Whoever leads after today's stage will be odds on to be the winner in Nice on Sunday.

There's only controversy because some bedwetters think that passion shouldn't be part of sport. Idiots like that should just be ignored.

I'm a fan of Kittel anyway, but he went up in my estimation yesterday. The fact that he can now take the piss out of himself has meant I'm now in full on man crush mode.

+1. Proper dreamboat.

Betancur tearing shit up. I really like him.

I hate to see nice bikes being thrown on the floor but sprinters wouldn't win many if they didn't get fired up a bit.

Paris - Nice parcours made for hugely entertaining racing today. Attack after attack and tough for any team to control.

Thomas put up a good fight.

I haz man crush on Kiriyenka just watched him take off sunnies two-handed and slit them in the back if his helmet on a steep section. Love a diesel

Paris - Nice parcours made for hugely entertaining racing today. Attack after attack and tough for any team to control.

Thomas put up a good fight.

Damn right, that was superb!

Jesus, first prize in womens tour of Drenthe is a hoover?? :(

Fucking hell. Does it come with a duster and a pinny too?

Nasty looking crash for G

Looked like he was on his own in the leading group there, with his luck that's always going to be dangerous.

He took a long time to get up but at least he finished the stage

damn, why did TJ Slagter & Wilco Kelderman take each other out (of the final of the stage) yesterday...

Richie Porte out of TA with sickness overnight

And Thomas is a non starter at Paris Nice.

TA today. More brilliant racing. Contador playing with Quintana like he played with Kwiakowski yesterday. Cruel and awesome.

Bert is looking fearsome.

Chapeau to Benjamin King.. For about a minute.. 30% incline

Impressive stuff by Bert

Frank Schleck on the attack too. #flashbacks

Wow. there's a 'Fronck' Schleck on the attack... Is he related to the other two semi-professional parachutists of the same name?

He was doing things on Thursday(?) too. And I don't mean PEDs.

winner of the women's tour of drenthe should kittel that hoover

Oooh I like kittel as a verb

"oi m8, wach yor bak or i'll kittel you"

it has a nice ring to it

Dowsett sets the early pace at Tirreno ITT.

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