Pro-cycling thread

Not enjoying Hatch trying to be Carlton Kirby.

https://twitter.com/EscapeCycling/status/1655581592889307140

#fuckingsram

Kinda forgot the Giro was on, what with all this excitement over.. um.. something.

Anything worth watching so far?

Bling won a race.

😭😭😭🐐🐐🐐

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Speaking of farm animals

Was it better than the TDF stage he won last year?

Glasgow Worlds course finishes with a 140km city centre crit in Glasgow

That will be ok if there is a decent hill like in GP Montreal. It's August in Edinburgh anyway so it will be snowing.

I was wondering, tomorrow at the Giro, if Soudal want to 'give' the pink jersey away could the other teams force them to keep it by chasing breaks down? Could be the oddest race.

Fukn Sram. Good bike handling and flexibility.

Edit: Apparently he switched batteries on the fly.

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That was my thought when they announced when they planned to give the jersey away.
Which then made me think perhaps it’s a bluff.

Regardless the practicalities seem pretty complex.

Of course they can give the jersey away if they want, they just need to engineer the right situation where a break goes and the composition of it is right, i.e. it includes someone who can hold the jersey for a few days. Other teams might chase, but it's very unlikely they'd waste their resources on this, solely to keep Evenepoel in pink.

If I was someone like Lorenzo Fortunato, I'd be trying to get in the break today. He's good enough to keep the jersey until Sunday at least, but he's not good enough to be a genuine GC threat, especially in a race with a 30 km flat time trial.

Thanks for the mansplaining ;-)

If I was someone like Lorenzo Fortunato I'd have my own fragrance range and have fabulous people round for brunch every week.

That will be ok if there is a decent hill like in GP Montreal.

There is not.

Looking very tense today.

some quality insight, finally

Enjoyable stage.

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Ha, I'm sorry. Just trying to be part of the conversation. I'll strive to find a tasty bon mot for later in the week.

Maybe something about Ben Healy.

Really no need. I usually just call riders out for looking horny.

Speaking of horny, Ben Healy’s head angle…

Dog.

Remco down!