Pro-cycling thread

Yeah, although does gesture his head which was maybe misinterpreted

Astana doing Astana things

early attacks at the very start of the mountains would never happen in the Tour these days. shame really

Disappointing for Tao. Hopefully once the dust settles he can take heart (Hart?) from the fact he’s showing incredible promise and great things are on his horizon. Chapeau

Good work on those switchbacks.

Great move from Landa / movistar

I bet Yates wishes he’d kept his gob shut on the shitting it comments. It doesn’t bode well if Bahrain-Merida’s lead domestique can drop you.

Nieve got this

Balls

Oopsies

I thought that too.

I'm in Mallorca with hundreds and hundreds of Germans on cycling holidays with Max Huerzeler but Eurosport Germany can't sell a single advert in its Giro coverage.

Yates sitting in the back of a van covered in towels with a puddle of vomit at his feet.

Oh dear

It’s shaping up nicely, there are now seven riders in contention for the win.

Remind me, did Yates say his rivals should be shitting themselves or pissing themselves?

Lol

It did strike me as rather arrogant and not that clever at the time.

Confirmed broken collarbone for @taogeogheganhart

What a rotten way for his race to end. He’ll be back though.

They’re a weird bunch aren’t they? Lot of bandanas under the helmet and, bizarrely, quite a lot seem to ride with a rucksack.

Heal up soon, Tao!

talking of crap commentators .... rob hatch on quest
i'm sure he could sensationalise the making of a cup of tea
oh my goodness he's switched on the kettle, its really coming to the boil, it's a disaster they've added the milk first
and he would pronounce the choice of lapsang suchong tea in its native fujian chinese dialect
thank goodness for shaun kellys tempering and balancing monotone drearyness

Is the coverage going to be 12 hours of riders riding at tempo, while drinking pickle juice?

I'll take Rob Hatch over Carlton Kirby any day

Is that where Rob Hatch is? Watching on Tiz the ad breaks swap from Eurosport to Rob Hatch and Sean Kelly.