Pro-cycling thread

Stage 20 on Sat should be good! Froome Raid 2.0?

I'm at a wedding on Saturday :'(

Valerio Conti non partito oggi.

Apparently he has cystitis.

Adam Blythes shirt change was incredible. They could barely talk.

He's not put the Burberry one on again has he?

This is going to be one of those heart breaking ones

Wow

This is going to be one of those heart breaking ones

The chase didn't appear very organised/interested. Demare lost a few of places at the end.

FDJ should have put a few people on the front and I wonder if there will be complaints about Demare's not very straight sprint?

I can't tell what Ackermann was so frustrated about. Was it just that he got so close to winning, or did he think Maestri was in his way?

It was because Bora slogged themselves stupid to get him to the sprint to come 2nd and he didn't know he got the jersey anyway.

He said he thought Demare had beaten him. Musta been just looking-at-floor-sprinting.

Hope they catch this plonker.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/disaster-averted-after-spectator-drops-bike-in-front-of-giro-ditalia-breakaway/

Creepy guy, note how everyone avoids confronting him.
Respect for the guy who ran into the road to clear it.

I love Chaves

He is the best of us

So pleased for Chaves.

We know Lopez and Nibali will have a right old crack today. But what about Landa? Does he work for Carapaz or try and get on the podium?

He went from being a froome dog to working for carapaz . He must be hoping his time will come.

It looked like he went to have a go yesterday but the team reined him back in.

That road looks amazing to cycle up.

Also Jumbo Visma not getting someone in the break is ridiculous.

Was there some kind of mudslide on this descent, or just an apocalypse?

I heard it was angry giants

Mollema having a mechanical as the camera bike goes by catching him screaming "Fucking Sram!".

https://streamable.com/o44uh