Pro-cycling thread

Denifl ‘won’ the Vuelta stage on a Ridley. And blood transfusions.

i was at the 6 day on saturday and raised an eyebrow at cav being so prominent in the races...it looked to me once or twice like viviani sat up just short of the lone..that said it was good fun to watch and i was yelling with everyone else... what was cool was seeing Coquard ride so well..i had no idea he had such pedigree on the track - also my gf thought he was cute and wanted to take him home along with the fattest oldest derny rider...

They had a few derny races. But I can't remember what happened as I found them weirdly hypnotic and zoned out for each one. I preffered the women's races though.

@Fox has Tao got a contract renewed?

Blimey. That's rather big news.

Hah. He's on a two year contract till this time next year but I don't think Jim Ratcliffe's money gun is gonna run out of ammo any time soon.

Fracking isn’t a massive part of Ineos’ revenue. They’ve invested in acquiring rights but I don’t think this will hurt them too much.

Mr. Geoghegan Hart’s agent client wattage is over 20,000.

Filippo Ganna has just done a 4:04 individual pursuit at the track World Cup in Minsk.

At sea level too. Boy has got some power. Ineos will turn him into a mountain domestique soon.

Insane negative split

Good to see Greipel getting another contract. Not sure he will win anything tho. Maybe him and cav can contest for a special 'yester-year jersey'

Peter Stetina off to be a pro gravel rider

Who?

Trek Segafredo guy from the US. Had a decent but not particularly spectacular career so far.

pro gravel

Isn't that an oxymoron?

You'd have thought so but apparently not

Monetise Everything!

Come on. How are you supposed to enjoy the great outdoors without a sponsor?

distinctly uninteresting Euro CX Championships course for the weekend:

Prepping us for the Worlds?

If it rains there like it’s raining here that’s going to be an unbelievable muddy slog!

Let's pray/dance for rain then!

At least in Bogense the riders run the risk of being swallowed by sea waves if there's some wind ;-)

Muddy it is https://sporza.be/nl/2019/11/09/modder-op-ek-cyclocross/