Pro-cycling thread

Yeah, Matthews was isolated from about 20km out, and BMC were able to just slow the peloton which bought the break about 10 seconds, very good riding from them.

If Matthews had Gerrans like he will on Sunday he'd probably have won I reckon, bookies seem to agree too, he went from 16/1 at the start of the week to 8/1 now. Will be interesting to see if he can stay with the likes of Valverde, Purrito and Martin if they really push it though.

Belgian Federation recommending a 2 year ban for Van Avermaet.

Wowzers.

Thank God for that, it was starting to get intensely painful how he was always coming second or third.

Were it to go ahead, would results back to 2011 be modified?

2011

1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Wallonie

    1st Stage 5

1st Stage 6 Tour of Austria

    1st Jersey red.svg Points classification

1st Paris–Tours
2nd Gran Piemonte
2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
4th Halle-Ingooigem
7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
7th Binche–Chimay–Binche
9th Milan – San Remo
9th Montepaschi Strade Bianche

2012

2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
4th Tour of Flanders
5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
5th Strade Bianche
5th Brabantse Pijl
6th Paris–Tours
8th Gran Piemonte
9th Trofeo Deià

2013

1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Wallonie

    1st Stages 3 & 5
    1st Points classification

1st Stage 1 Tour of Utah
3rd Gent–Wevelgem
3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
3rd Binche–Chimay–Binche
4th Paris–Roubaix
4th Gullegem Koerse
4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
6th Overall Tour of Qatar

    1st Stage 2 (TTT)

6th Strade Bianche
6th Brabantse Pijl
6th Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau
7th Tour of Flanders

2014

1st Grand Prix de Wallonie[13]
1st GP Impanis-Van Petegem
2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2nd Tour of Flanders
5th Overall Eneco Tour[14]

    1st Stage 5

5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
5th 2014 UCI Road World Championships
7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
10th E3 Harelbeke
10th Overall Tour of Belgium

2015

1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico
2nd Strade Bianche[15]
3rd Tour of Flanders
3rd Paris–Roubaix
5th Overall Tour of Qatar[16]
6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad[17]

I don't understand this forum sometimes.

Markdown is annoying.

sometimes?
I don't get the new things it does.

Degenkolb was running an extra in-line quick release to get around the tyres.

Haven't seen them before and wouldn't mind some to get around the crap QR on mt WW Ciamillos.

Ciamillo

buys weight weenie brakes... has to fit extra shit to make them usable

:P

Cross your fingers for me doing a photo assigment on Tinkoff & Orica in Belgium from Tuesday to Sunday next week (I'll get the answer later today).

Score me some freebies please? Demand all sorts of crap 'for the shoot' and then keep it

Deal

nice one Thue, good luck!

This Sunday: Tro Bro Léon in Brittany, France. Awesome race, would love to do the tourist version/sportive of this.

More pics of last year's edition by Jered Gruber: http://www.yarak.cc/trobro

Last year's race is on YouTube. I watched it earlier and it's like Wacky Races. Completely bonkers.

I would not like to do it. Those surfaces are dreadful.

Watched the Incycle vid on Youtube this morning with PhilGil describing his win on the Cauberg for the WC in 2012 and it still gets me every time seeing Jon Tiernan-Locke in the selection the finish mentally screaming " just don't win it Jon, you know you could piss this but you really can't".

It's the only black and white striped team that's on a rampage in Belgium this spring

I would not like to do it. Those surfaces are wonderful.

ftfy

;-)

This looks great.

I've been doing a bit of riding on these types of roads lately. The Cotswolds are full of them and they're dry right now. It's a lot of fun (on a cross bike).

I wonder if dreamy Pete can do anything today

I don't think so. 4000 alt. meters is not really his thing

• edit: ah you mean Kennaugh I thought Sagan but he's not racing -
  
  

Surprised and disappointed that Wout Poels had to let go

AGR looks more hectic than ever, this must be the classic with the highest number of turns (and mini roundabouts, traffic islands and speed bumps)

Fresh as a daisy

Nibbles and T Martin in the breakaway, yum