Pro-cycling thread

Good breakaway today. It would be nice to see Bardet or Haig get something, good riders who have had a rough time with crashes in GTs this year.

Fuck Valverde just binned it on a corner......jesus. Just climbed back up the bank. Lucky, it could be worse but I think his race might be done

I was thinking about a post about how well Movistar had done yesterday and so far today.

Then Valverde slid off a corner into the green valley and looks to be out of the race.

It's a sad way for the ex-doper to possibly end his GT career, looks like a collarbone. He's enjoyable to watch despite his shady past. @amey is in our thoughts today.

Valverde back on his bike!

Valverde crashes and Lopez attacks. Just movistar things.

Just rewatched that Valverde crash a few times and it looks like a mechanical/bike failure caused it. Hope I’m wrong for Canyon’s sake.

I’d buy a Canyon if one ended Valverde’s career.

Pothole right on the corner wasn't it?

Oh I didn’t see a pothole. I just saw the frame move suddenly and he went down.

If it was a pothole on a grand tour descent, that is awful.

His front wheel seemed to go over a dark area (pothole or asphalt patch) and shudder, then his right hand comes off the bar.

https://streamable.com/0e7v6r

Sivakov is going to crash isn't he

I will buy a Pinarello if he does

He seems to have learnt everything he could from Thomas.

Ahhhh, his hand slipping off the bars looked like a bar or frame failure to me.

Definitely looks to me like a pothole or some other imperfection on the road, the way his front wheel buckles would suggest that.

Agreed

That VCL kid wins again in Norway. 2/2 for stages, points, KOM and leader's jersey. At 22 he's too old for the young rider classification

Kirby described it as a pothole 'no bigger than a block of butter'.

… ‘kin ‘ell Ethan ….. great riding

He’s hot stuff. That was a great uphill finish. Kristoff’s pull was awesome.

Kudos to Michael Storer for already arranging to leave DSM before he got his first GT stage win

Their is something caustic with dsm i presume ? Knowone stays long.

Good listen on Padun.

TCPod Kilometre 0
https://overcast.fm/+SIo50DY

Storer done this season only at DSM and off to FDJ for two