Pro-cycling thread

I found this nice link to a youtube live stream
of the you-ro-sport coverati of this Giro, good quality

Having a clear out and I found this picture I took at Paris-Roubaix in 2001. Museeuw getting a push after a puncture. There's a young lad on the right who looks happy with his souvenir.

Ace pic!

Fantastic sprint from 8th position by Greipel, now most successful German in the Giro ever, wow. Jumped out past Ewan like a Gorilla-in-the-box (as mr De Cauwer put it)

Ewan didn't stand a chance and Mezgec's lead-out was perfect so he's out of excuses now. He'll have to re-think his strategy if he wants to race with the big guys.

Looked like Ewan was turning a smaller gear? Had no speed on Greipel!

I'm fairly sure the physical strength that comes with full maturity will be enough. He's only 21 remember.

It takes time for a young sprinter to get into the rhythm of GT sprint finishes. He did well at the Vuelta last year, but is still on a learning curve and both he and the team know this. And, as @T-V rightly points out, he's still very young.

Great stage today. A pity that Dumoulin cracked.

half the TT rained out, sad for the top 10 (11 ;-)) riders, especially on a highly technical course like today's. former ski jumper Roglic sure proves to be a great talent.

Odd u turn so close to the end - estimated 1 in 4 riders have gone off around the course. Was there fir eroica a few years back - when it rains, you're practically swimming.

You should have posted that before Zakarin went on the course so he could have read it. :)

(I still love the Italian expression 'la strada bagnata'.)

yearly 'why cant every race have the ATOC tour tracker' post. this shits so good, whys everyone so far behind

(obviously, money but still)

Agree, they even added the ToB this year.

Great pic, that.

He will have ridden that pretty hard knowing there was a chopper with a minigun chasing him.

Reminds me of the time when his uncle Francesco used RAI helicopters to stop opponents/get a push on hard stages.
Awesome picture.

Lol out loud

tv directors should use this wonderful thing to keep track of the rider(s) in front and actually film the finish ;-)

Landa DNF - will they fire the BBQ chef?

Sky and this race dont seem to get on.

French commentators were making much of the fact that Landa doesn't seem to get on with the Sky training regime and has his own (external) trainer. Reminded me of a certain JTL... Anyway-they were confidently stating that Landa would not have gotten sick if he was in good condition. Apparantly over-training "fragilise l'organisme". This attitude may also be why there has been no French Tour winner for some time...

Is it still Jalabert on the french comms?

God no, it's BeInSport that's got the rights to the Giro and journo Emmanuel Barth with ex-quickstep sprinter Cédric Vasseur commentating-I quite like their mix of humour and analysis, makes Sean Kelly completely bone-dry by comparison.