Pro-cycling thread

It was Mads that crashed. Nothing broken so should be OK to continue.

I liked Cav saying 'don't beat it' to Pog when he was congratulating him.
And also Pog giving Cav's son his sunglasses after a high five.
Feels all round.

That fucking massive lane change was what won it IMO, everybody was suddenly having to think about not crashing themselves whilst trying to get in the wheel and he just had to gun it.

Still chuckling a little fat lad from the Isle of Man had the most stage wins at the Tour de France.

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I think it was deLie that finally shut Pedersen down. He had been pushed as a result of Cav, then Philipsen, then a few others moving over and I think Pedersen was just the unlucky guy on the end of the line.

Great sprint.

Pretty cool to see the line of riders looking to congratulate him after it.

Cav played a small part but obviously the result was mostly down to Renshaw in the car. ;)

Cav needs another two stage wins to equal Cipo's total of 57 in grand tours. I suppose Ned will be repeating this endlessly https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/03/stubborn-brave-brilliant-mark-cavendish-defies-age-again-to-rewrite-history

He’ll probably get them at this tour, but failing that the Vuelta might be calling?

the Vuelta

Not a proper GC

@mods pls ban this user

Barely any pure sprint stages from the look of it.
Maybe stage 2, 3 and 5?

Vuelta will probably chuck money at him to appear.

Read them and understand them

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We all know Mark was raised by cats on the island of MAN (where they now make lorries), which is why he’s known as the “Mad Manx”.

So, apart from Bob Jungles, which other pro cyclists were raised by animals until they were talent scouted by eagle-eyed pro cycling teams?

The eagle of Toledo
The badger
God this is boring

Eddy the Eagle.....oh ..hold on

I’ve worked with him and can confirm not raised by animals but can and does ride a bike.

What is the km rule today? Is it a 3km or a 5km day?

4km today.

Days like today are a great day to have a huge km rule.

Just let the GC boys, one nominated from each team drop miles back and we don’t need to worry about daft shit.

UNLESS We get a cool Remco attack for giggles.

Predictions pls

COME ON TIM

Have Astana spent a whole year training just for lead outs?

Cav too old and slow. Retire.

Sick finish. Came from who knows where.