Cycling thread

[salmon fingers]

The Giro. Bloody hell.

Yeah it's difficult to find words for that, what a ride from Yates but Van art put almost 3 mins in the valley

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Yeah it's difficult to find words for that, what a ride from Yates but Van art put almost 3 mins in the valley

That was the game changer. One of the best classics riders in the world burying themselves versus two climbers, neither of whom wanted to work for the other.

 

[Simo]

Biked to the pub.

 

[salmon fingers]

That was the game changer. One of the best classics riders in the world burying themselves versus two climbers, neither of whom wanted to work for the other.

Spot on! UAE and EF must be kicking themselves now two terrible game plans. Wout was exceptional and what a team player.

 

[Wat Tyler]

Beautiful. Redemption.

If there was one rider I could choose to win a particular race it would be Simon Yates and the Giro. 2018 was horrible for him, so to finally do it, and do it on the Finestre, it is an incredible achievement and a beautiful story.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Aside from Yates win, perhaps the most remarkable thing was the time up the Finestre. He was around 5 minutes quicker than Froome in 2018 (or ~8%).

I know people like to say that equipment and nutrition and all that have improved a lot, but can we all agree that an 8% improvement in just 7 years is huge (when they barely made "any" improvement over the 10 years post-Armstrong)?

 

[Rita_Poon]

Giro on Quest at 11pm tonight.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Cav at the TT for the first time since 2008.

 

[Arteta2391]

i'm actually looking forward to the tour the france this year

can anyone realistically challenge Pogacar?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

i'm actually looking forward to the tour the france this year

can anyone realistically challenge Pogacar?

The Dauphine will give us a glimpse. Pog, Ving, and Remco all riding.