Pro-cycling thread

Boxing day = cyclocross treat! Superprestige Heusden-Zolder (B) - Pidcock, MVDP & WVA are all there.

Best head over to Tiz cycling to find a stream I guess, maybe Eurosport player has it too as it is broadcast on Eurosport tv in NL.

looks like it's on eurosportplayer at least, for those with subs (like me... so, thanks for the heads up !)

What time does it start?

women's - 12:35
men's - 13:55

Lovely - thanks. Watching those three go at it should be grand.

Will Pidcock be able to ride CX after joining the evil empire?

does Thomas pidcock live in Belgium? wondering how they do international cx at the moment

You can travel for essential work.

He lives in Belgium for the cross season.

Shame about vAerts flat so early in the race. And why's Pidcock so far behind from the start?

caught up behind a crash at the first corner

sore one for iserbyt : /

That elbow was bleeding a lot. Possibly a disc cut? HHis elbow got hit from the gguy behind him pretty hard.

Aren't there exemptions for elite athletes?

are you asking me.or telling me? idk

Yes.

I was just looking it up:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-phased-return-of-sport-and-recreation/elite-sport-return-to-cross-border-competition-guidance

Dendermonde tomorrow. Pretty flat, grassy and muddy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kuO6rmkbjw&feature=youtu.be

Just lots of power then? A crit but on grass...?

A mud crit. Given how wet the course already is, and the forecast for tomorrow, a lot of it could involve running.

Nothing can prepare you for this;

https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1342944061913751559?s=20

I love this

Just saw this, the stickiest of the icky.
https://instagram.com/stories/schlegto/2473365697802604863?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=tas7zyorv414

Just saw Betsema all but disappear into some sort of mud sinkhole 😮

fkn grim

“No-one would cry if she did” @Chalfie elsewhere.