Pro-cycling thread

Giant must have paid Tom D a BIG sum to sign a 3 year deal.

I've not looked but apparently next years Giro has a lot of time trialing, would be good to see him have a good crack against Nibali

Who knows? He might appreciate the support of the team. Plus they've freed up a shed load of cash in letting Kittel go.

Siutsou and Meyer to the team that must not be named.

They must have a decent budget or there is alot of talent for cheaps on the market.

Good signings. They need engines. Makes a change from signing failed second string sprinters.

A long read on team Colombia

TLDR; the team manager has been scamming the Colombian government into believing he knows what he is doing whilst putting family on the payroll and not paying riders.

most likely program for him next year will indeed include the Giro and not the TdF because Rio Olympic TT

Betancur's move to Movistar confirmed. Time for @I_am_Hingis to get skin in the game.

Dead cert...

Betancur: "At Movistar I will show what class of rider I am"

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/27/geraint-thomas-tour-de-france-team-sky-interview

G trolling the Clinic

How do you even?

Hugo Barrette from Canada crashed at the Cali champs

Did his helmet vapourise?

The reports are all in Spanish and veer from massive head injury to no problema.

Ouch, looks terrible.

http://www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=30272

After a crash over the summer - my previous love of pro-cycling crashes has completely evaporated. Can't really handle seeing them anymore..

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/10/the-secret-pro-the-off-season-the-abu-dhabi-tour-and-the-bullsht-doha-worlds/

I don't like the illustration they use for the secret pro. He looks like an emaciated prisoner of war.

That's a very Shane Stokes-ish article. I'm really not sure that a rider would be all that party to the deals and rumours of all the team management and sponsorship.

Yeah stopped paying attention to that rubbish 2/3 articles ago...

I've seen some thiiiiiiings, man. And some stuff!

Jens Voigt seems to be live tweeting from some sort of video game sporting event. Pretty exciting stuff.

ive been watching the tour of taihu lake. im really into how dead it is at these races. perfect wide streets. barely any spectators. jakub mareczko is a new favorite for me.

Dusseldorf bidding for the 2017 grande depart (and I can't imagine ASO not giving it to them). Ignoring issues of municipal spending, seems like a pretty good thing for German cycling.

I think they should give it to Robert Forstemann's leg dimples