Cycling thread

[Armel]

Cardoso caught using EPO. Good that it happened now and not during the TDF 2017. This is a blow for Contador.

He says he is not guilty ...

 

[Armel]

I hope Bardet and Porte have made a wise choice.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Should think the rain will neutralise the race here.

On a side note, it's Maratona day tomorrow. Very excited. Had an awesome week of riding in the dolomites.

 

[ilikecheese]

Awful television.

He look it's a guy on a bike...oh hang on here's another guy peddling.

Time trials make for terrible viewing.

 

[Armel]

Should think the rain will neutralise the race here.

On a side note, it's Maratona day tomorrow. Very excited. Had an awesome week of riding in the dolomites.

Bardet has a crappy meteorologist. He started early to have a dry track; obviously it's not dry and he was also off with his wind predictions.

Good luck tomorrow.

 

[Armel]

ffs Valverde seems to have broken his leg. How unlucky.

@ilikecheese It's more about the position on the bike, the gears they are pushing, what kind of bike they are using (the tires, brakes ...), how they take the corners... . It's a very difficult part of cycling.

 

[toffeejack]

Da iawn Geraint

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I don't really like Valverde but that's a crap way to go.

 

[Wat Tyler]

Big blow for Quintana to lose him too

 

[arminisgod]

well that has ruined my next 3 weeks. Tour already over... dont think i'll bother watching the Sky train destroy the field for 3 weeks.

 

[Armel]

Apparently they have 'cheated'. The suits that they were wearing 20-25 sec. advantage
http://www.fredericgrappe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/vortex.pdf .

UCI useless once again. Apparently it is legal because they've been woven into the material, instead of pasting them on there. It's like the bodysuits in swimming type of thing.

 

[Eggs]

..I'll be watching lots of the live coverage of TdF. I was never a fan until I backed Cadel Evans at 25-1 when he won some years back and that got me really interested in it. I like it, and Mrs Eggs tunes in as well.

 

[Armel]

..I'll be watching lots of the live coverage of TdF. I was never a fan until I backed Cadel Evans at 25-1 when he won some years back and that got me really interested in it. I like it, and Mrs Eggs tunes in as well.

Who do you think will win today; Kittel, Greippel, Demare, Sagan, Cavendish, Groenewegen, Bouhanni, Degenkolb, Kristoff?

 

[Eggs]

Who do you think will win today; Kittel, Greippel, Demare, Sagan, Cavendish, Groenewegen, Bouhanni, Degenkolb, Kristoff?

...I'm no expert, fella. I presume it'll go to a sprinter and noticed Kittel had a puncture an hour or so ago but he was quickly back in the race. Cavendish winning another stage would be good for the IOM, but I wouldn't know who'll come out on top.

 

[Armel]

...I'm no expert, fella. I presume it'll go to a sprinter and noticed Kittel had a puncture an hour or so ago but he was quickly back in the race. Cavendish winning another stage would be good for the IOM, but I wouldn't know who'll come out on top.

I am hoping for Kittel or Greipel; with Sagan second (traditions and all that). Cavendish would surprise me since he has been out with glandular fever , his form can't be all that atm, recently in the Tour of Slovenia he was beaten by Sam Bennett.