Pro-cycling thread

Agree: very hard to spot they are marijuana plants from the telly box, but I am guessing the position and density of the plants would have triggered alarms. Guessing growing weed on roofs is a thing in the town/country?

In this country the police look out for house where the snow melts on the roof.

And a bm in the drive.

Well, that was a pointless stage.

Not if you're a Basque looking for a new contract when your team might possibly fold.

It was great to watch though, especially the final 30 kms or so.

Cannabis is semi-legal in Spain via Cannabis clubs.

However wikipedia suggests "Cannabis plants that are located somewhere visible from the street/public place (ie. from balconies) are considered a serious administrative offense, which leads to a fine from 601 to 30,000€"

I guess the plants aren't visible from the street, but because a helicopter picked them up and were broadcast to the world the police were probably forced to act.

Absolutely. Basque rider/team/sponsor/bike/clothing etc winning a Basque stage must be amazing for everyone involved.

Fair point!

the neighbors already called the police a couple of days before, a Flemish news site said.

in the Basque country (Zarautz, surfer town, for instance) people openly smoke weed in the streets, it's condoned there.

Yeah I'm definitely glad I sat down to that one

I'd like to hope that the result is enough to keep the sponsor in cycling and his/her pro ride riders in a job.

How does one join a Spanish Cannabis Club? Sounds a lot more fun than Club Med.

You obviously haven't enjoyed a coke-fuelled swingers party on Saga Holidays (remember to change your pacemaker battery).

mate I think that would genuinely make me wrap myself in cinder blocks and jump in the sea. after three years of being chronically ill my penis is largely a symbolic ornament anyway, although happily my latest round of drenching myself in experimental drug treatments appears to have been successful so the wee man might be getting dusted off and put back into regular service again sometime soon...

Landa and Carapaz being made to ride ToB as punishment for leaving

Carapaz is struggling to get a visa on time according to Matt Rendell.

Cracking final climb.

Gilbert’s odds for winning the Yorkshire Worlds just shortened considerably.

Looks like Poels is to go to Bahrain-Merida / Bahrain-Mclaren next year.

Carapaz hasn’t received his visa in time so his punishment ride in the Tour of Britain is off.

Sure they’ll manage to fire him off to Guanxi instead.

brutal climb

Yes. Do not want to have a go on that.

Wow. Pogacar made it look easy.

Piece on Slovenian cycling in the Rouleur email today: https://rouleur.cc/editorial/inside-slovenias-astonishing-rise-to-the-very-top-of-cycling/

Good to see another cyclocross rider making it on the road.