Pro-cycling thread

Come on rain...
If I was betting, terps.
I'd love to see vanmarcke go for a long one, finally get the big win.
But it doesn't matter, best race of the year.

Odd seeing cross top levers on professional bikes, though wholly understandable today.

If the cobbles are wet then Vanmarcke’s chances improve a lot. But he has to arrive at the velodrome alone to win I think.

Nobody for Van Avermaet this year?

Where's that piece about rain and Roubaix? Is it on inrring? Saying the race is rarely wet now?

https://rouleur.cc/editorial/last-wet-paris-roubaix/

Rouleur

http://inrng.com/2014/04/paris-roubaix-rain-probability/

Statistically the driest period of the year in the region. I'm going to call Stybar for today.

I want him to win, I think he has a very good chance of winning, but with the wet/mud I think it's much harder to predict.

That's the one
I knew there were charts.

Was just wondering if he's not on form or something as hadn't seen his name mentioned anywhere!

Would like Demare to put in a good showing, but yeah. Lottery.

Twitch.tv dude is casting Eurosport 1! Lower quality available from livecycling

Been a lot of questions about his form, he’s gotten pretty spikey about them. Clearly a danger-man but not on the dominate form he was last year.

Sean Kelly is on great form. He just ‘the Quickstep’ like it’s a dance move.

Stybar or Sagan for me today.

I am cooking a curry in the advert breaks. I have my mise-en-place, started the chopping. Two onions so far.

Piss breaks. We have our break finally.

Pro-cycling most be one of the few sports where you can spend hours having a natter with your mates

Van Summeren 2011

The one where Ross proposed to Racheal in the velodrome, in front of the press pack.

Nasty fucking crash for that Movistar rider

Turbo going up in front of TV...

anyone got a twitch link that's working? the tiz-cycling one is a bit stuttery. And I can tream from my phone with the twitch app.

Why’s the twitch bloke streaming snooker?! Today of all days.

Sean Kelly is still the best bit about cycling on the telly... but the Alpecin adverts might be getting close!

Lewis Askey wins the junior version, that’s the second consecutive win by a British junior.

Rumours abound that it was Goolaerts on the floor earlier, suspected cardiac arrest and defibrillator used.