Pro-cycling thread

rein taaramey advancing #commentary

Go wide go wide ….. ohhhhh

What's the unbroadcastable nickname for bollards?

Can’t believe the Trek team didn’t warn Lopez of that bend on the radio.

Gregg

Etna fails to deliver much excitement once again. Roll on Stage 7.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boENDGsF2Yw

https://twitter.com/thijszonneveld/status/1524061655046541312?s=21&t=eQsf7FaYcUs2hDGzedszMQ

Incorrect.

good news!

This is a bit sad. I want him to return to greatness.

He needs to return to happiness first…I thought he wasn’t going to pressure himself back into GC competition as that’s what messed him up in the first place.

He is (was?) a great TT rider who had one exceptional Giro but the rest of his results don't show much in terms of being a multiple grand tour winner. Seems like a nice guy but pro sports are not about that.

Still some time to go!

2nd at the Giro and 2nd at the Tour the year after winning the Giro, pretty good going.

Sorry, but that’s rubbish. He was expected to win more GTs and would start them as a favourite, based on his consistent podium finishes in previous ones.

He had two good years as a GC rider. It’s better than just luck but it’s hardly like he had a palmarès as long as your arm for that sort of race. It’s a bit like van Avermaet; a good career with a couple of exceptional years rather than an exceptional career with some bad years (sort of Froome’s current form if we ignore the life threatening crash)

sean kelly has had a beef sandwich

Certainly knows how to live

Cavendish and Ewan slow down now the peloton, get them, and then duel each other in the final sprint

Who’s going to win today?

Cort or mvdp

big French guy won

I think bad boi Dowsett cut up MVDP swinging off the leadout. Would bet that was a cynical move.

Mathieu would have won had there been neat little lanes.