2020 Pro Cycling Thread: Spreading Corona with La Caravane du Tour

[tx ind 7,013]

Loulou!  Great attack by him and he's always fun to watch.

[Whitewater Horn 968]

Man, everyone knew he was going to try that and he timed and executed with perfection. Bravo Loulou, well deserved. 

[Captain Ron 12,883]

On 9/25/2020 at 3:23 PM, Knoxtnhorn said:

Ugh.  Anyone see Chloe Dygert crash in the women's TT yesterday?  Over the rails @ 30 mph.  She was about to win as well.

Men's TT today, women's road tomorrow, men's road Sun.  No youth or U-23 events.

On 9/26/2020 at 4:40 PM, G650 said:

Yeah, it was fucking gnarly. She seems to be in really good spirits though thankfully

Just saw the clip of this, WOW. I also saw the resulting gash in her leg, I hope she is OK. I am posting links instead of embedded tweets for obvious reasons.

The crash:

https://twitter.com/sporza_koers/status/1309136302474956804

Injury If you haven't seen this WARNING, THIS IS VERY GNARLY, consider yourself VERY WARNED before clicking this:

https://twitter.com/SportINTERIA/status/1309158268380610560

 

[52-80 19,161]

goddamn.  she got toe up from the floe up

[Whitewater Horn 968]

Anyone have suggestions for watching the Giro? I think I can access live feed using my VPN and it looks like there is coverage for US and Canada on Flobikes. 

[G650 14,263]

15 hours ago, Whitewater Horn said:

Anyone have suggestions for watching the Giro? I think I can access live feed using my VPN and it looks like there is coverage for US and Canada on Flobikes. 

I use a VPN and Eurosport app.

 

Meanwhile in Fleche Wallone, Hirschi continues his charmed season. And Wim Vansevenant's son has epic day

[Whitewater Horn 968]

3 hours ago, G650 said:

I use a VPN and Eurosport app.

 

Meanwhile in Fleche Wallone, Hirschi continues his charmed season. And Wim Vansevenant's son has epic day

Word

[G650 14,263]

Giro Roadbook aka the Garibaldi

 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ex8yX8Ldf402dhPQZccg7_fT1-kqO8qx

[G650 14,263]

Quinn Simmons has been showing his ass again, now getting suspended by Trek Segafredo.

 

 

Chloe Dygarts white trash ass in the cross hairs now too.

[G650 14,263]

And the inevitable contrition.

 

 

[Whitewater Horn 968]

On 10/1/2020 at 2:43 PM, G650 said:

And the inevitable contrition.

 

 

Yeah, sure. That has all the contrition of a Lance Armstrong explanation of the treatment of his doping accusers and critics. 

[52-80 19,161]

60km/h on a 15 minute is some shit.  I can barely keep 45 for a minute.  But they're going downhill though on TT bike.

Was supposed to meet up with a buddy to watch the Giro in the summer and enjoy the italian sunshine...fucking rona

 

[G650 14,263]

Crosswind is cray cray today

[Whitewater Horn 968]

52 minutes ago, G650 said:

Crosswind is cray cray today

I thought it was going to blow Rohan off the road earlier. Really twitchy out there. That Lopez crash was quick and bizarre, but shit can get out of hand in the blink of an eye on a TT bike. 

[Napoleon 8,682]

 

'Winner' celebrates too soon at Liège-Bastogne-Liège classic

Sun, October 4, 2020, 11:40 AM CDT·1 min read

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'Winner' celebrates too soon at Liège-Bastogne-Liège classic

Slovenian Primoz Roglic, left, of the Jumbo - Visma team crosses the finish line to win the Belgian cycling classic and UCI World Tour race Liege Bastogne Liege, in Liege, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

LIEGE, Belgium (AP) -- Tour de France runner-up Primož Roglič won the Liège-Bastogne-Liège single-day classic on Sunday after rival Julian Alaphilippe celebrated too soon.

To add insult to injury for world champion Alaphilippe, he was then penalized for an irregular sprint and dropped from second to fifth. That was for swerving into the path of Marc Hirschi during the frenetic final sprint of the 6 ½-hour race.

A photo finish showed that Roglič narrowly beat Alaphilippe after the Frenchman lifted his arms in celebration and coasted to the 

 

https://sports.yahoo.com/winner-celebrates-too-soon-liège-bastogne-liège-classic-164031239--spt.html

[Whitewater Horn 968]

Pretty surprising gaffe for a pro like Alaphilippe. Not only pipped at the line by a hard charging Roglic, he was also relegated in the sprint. Watching that live I couldn’t believe when he sat up. Hope we see see some action on the way up Etna later. 

[G650 14,263]

7 hours ago, Napoleon said:

 

 

'Winner' celebrates too soon at Liège-Bastogne-Liège classic

Sun, October 4, 2020, 11:40 AM CDT·1 min read

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'Winner' celebrates too soon at Liège-Bastogne-Liège classic

Slovenian Primoz Roglic, left, of the Jumbo - Visma team crosses the finish line to win the Belgian cycling classic and UCI World Tour race Liege Bastogne Liege, in Liege, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

LIEGE, Belgium (AP) -- Tour de France runner-up Primož Roglič won the Liège-Bastogne-Liège single-day classic on Sunday after rival Julian Alaphilippe celebrated too soon.

To add insult to injury for world champion Alaphilippe, he was then penalized for an irregular sprint and dropped from second to fifth. That was for swerving into the path of Marc Hirschi during the frenetic final sprint of the 6 ½-hour race.

A photo finish showed that Roglič narrowly beat Alaphilippe after the Frenchman lifted his arms in celebration and coasted to the 

 

https://sports.yahoo.com/winner-celebrates-too-soon-liège-bastogne-liège-classic-164031239--spt.html

 

7 hours ago, Whitewater Horn said:

Pretty surprising gaffe for a pro like Alaphilippe. Not only pipped at the line by a hard charging Roglic, he was also relegated in the sprint. Watching that live I couldn’t believe when he sat up. Hope we see see some action on the way up Etna later. 

Lordy that was hilarious. And then gets relegated on top of it.

 

Meanwhile, Geraint Thomas and utterly inexplicable crashes, name a more iconic duo.

[Whitewater Horn 968]

24 minutes ago, G650 said:

 

Lordy that was hilarious. And then gets relegated on top of it.

 

Meanwhile, Geraint Thomas and utterly inexplicable crashes, name a more iconic duo.

No kidding. I wasn’t buying his supposed enthusiasm to focus on the Giro after being left off the Tour squad.  Another weird crash knocks him out of contention. 

[Whitewater Horn 968]

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/paris-roubaix-cancelled-after-covid-19-cases-rise-in-northern-france/
 

That sucks. That’s always been one of my favorite races. 

[G650 14,263]

On 10/9/2020 at 6:25 AM, Whitewater Horn said:

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/paris-roubaix-cancelled-after-covid-19-cases-rise-in-northern-france/
 

That sucks. That’s always been one of my favorite races. 

The Enfer du  Nord.

 

Meanwhile, Yatesy out of Giro with Covid!

[G650 14,263]

Fuck, Kruijswijk positive now too. Two potential GC guys out with the covid.

[Whitewater Horn 968]

The Giro is hanging on by a thread. The ‘Rona is running rampant and JV packed it in. Cool to see Sagan win in old Sagan fashion. I was starting to wonder if that guy was ever gonna win another race. 

[G650 14,263]

1 hour ago, Whitewater Horn said:

The Giro is hanging on by a thread. The ‘Rona is running rampant and JV packed it in. Cool to see Sagan win in old Sagan fashion. I was starting to wonder if that guy was ever gonna win another race. 

Yeah, he still has some umph. Basically just rode the breakaway right off his wheel uphill.

[Whitewater Horn 968]

La Vuelta: “Let’s let the GC guys get after it, and I don’t mean “get after it” with an ITT, but with a real climb on Stage 1”. 
 

Dumolin loses a minute to his teammate Roglic who wins the stage. Thibaut loses 10 minutes, Froome 11 minutes. Okay Vuelta, you have my attention. 

[Whitewater Horn 968]

For anyone following today, pretty exciting finish to an otherwise boring Giro with an ITT win deciding the race a la the Tour.  In La Vuelta, a disastrous day for TJV. Roglic falls from rojo to off the podium, and their other GC hope Kuss loses 10 minutes. This race just got much more interesting. 

[G650 14,263]

19 hours ago, Whitewater Horn said:

For anyone following today, pretty exciting finish to an otherwise boring Giro with an ITT win deciding the race a la the Tour.  In La Vuelta, a disastrous day for TJV. Roglic falls from rojo to off the podium, and their other GC hope Kuss loses 10 minutes. This race just got much more interesting. 

I was pretty surprised to see Roglic slide, but he may just be cooked at this point.

 

Fuck that Giro finish. Fuck it in the ass.

[Captain Ron 12,883]

Woah, great discovery yesterday that the Vuelta is going broadcast on Peacock. I know that it has haters, but I can't complain they are showing this thing!

BTW - you see the crash of Jay McCarthy? They didn't have footage of the crash, but the results didn't look good at all.

[G650 14,263]

Helluva win by Woods!

 

Fuck Fraile and his wheelsucking ass.

[Captain Ron 12,883]

This was the aftermath of the crash I was talking about. Note the replay at 0:30 and how far the bike is away from McCarthy. News is that he has no broken bones, but there is concern he might have a knee injury.

 

Edited October 28, 2020 by Captain Ron

[G650 14,263]

Yikes.

 

Roglic flexes a bit today. If he hangs through the weekend or gains he will annihilate Carapaz in the TT

[Whitewater Horn 968]

1 hour ago, G650 said:

Roglic flexes a bit today. If he hangs through the weekend or gains he will annihilate Carapaz in the TT

No kidding. The way Roglic savagely dropped Carapaz in the last km, then doubled the gap in the last 200m is a sign that he ain’t playing around. Even though he played the good sport when losing the Tour in such humiliating fashion, you have to wonder if he realized his mistake in not attacking Pogacar more often to put time into him and is making an effort to be more aggressive. 

[Whitewater Horn 968]

Damn, Primoz! Today was supposed to be for the sprinters. Dude has no chill this week. Guess he must feel pretty good to make an effort like that today going into some difficult days in the mountains. 

[G650 14,263]

Sepp Kuss is absurd lol.

[G650 14,263]

Also, Angliru. Great googly moogly. Mas trying not to wheelie.

[Whitewater Horn 968]

20 hours ago, G650 said:

Sepp Kuss is absurd lol.

 

20 hours ago, G650 said:

Also, Angliru. Great googly moogly. Mas trying not to wheelie.

Man, I would have loved to have seen Kuss just turn it loose on the Angliru. I wonder how close he is to being a truly special and dominant climber.  My guess is that he is already pretty high on that list and team plans and tactics are the things keeping him from really putting on a show. 
 

Every time I watch a race with the Angliru it further fortifies my resolve to visit that beast in person. The next time I go to Spain it is a mandatory stop. What an unrelenting monster of a climb. 
 

Interesting ITT tomorrow with an uphill finish. After that last time trial at the Tour, I expecting Roglic to light this thing up. I don’t think putting more than 13 seconds into Carapaz is out of the question. Pretty damn compelling race so far. 

Edited November 2, 2020 by Whitewater Horn

[G650 14,263]

Paris Roubaix in the rain. It finally happened

[52-80 19,161]

This is like watching nascar. Tons of spills. Some idiot ineos dude just wiped out a bikeexchange guy. It collected another BE dude who went headfirst into the curb. Saved by the helmet

[52-80 19,161]

And fuck gianni moscon that aggro douche

[G650 14,263]

7 hours ago, 52-80 said:

This is like watching nascar. Tons of spills. Some idiot ineos dude just wiped out a bikeexchange guy. It collected another BE dude who went headfirst into the curb. Saved by the helmet

Luke Rowe. Completely cleaned out Mads Petersen.

 

I even saw an AG2R car lose it into a ditch lol

[Captain Ron 12,883]

I watched the very end on Sunday. That was gnarly. But those highlights are epic. 
 

 

[52-80 19,161]

so many people lost traction.  in years past they maxed out tires at 28mm.  this year it's 30/32.  wondering when they'll start going to 34 and wider - frame forbid

[Captain Ron 12,883]

Since there isn't a 2022 Cycling thread, and I don't want to be the one starting it, I will put this here

Egan Bernal is out for a while after an awful training accident, he hit a bus and suffered some extensive injuries

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Bernal is conscious, stable, and able to move his limbs, which is the result of an intensive and risky spinal surgery he had at the Clinica Universidad de La Sabana. Bernal suffered a broken vertebra in addition to unspecified “blunt trauma of the thorax,” though neurosurgeons said they were able to preserve Bernal’s neurological functionality after the surgery. Ineos-Grenadiers also confirmed that Bernal suffered a punctured lung, several fractured ribs, a fractured right femur, and a fractured right patella.

https://defector.com/tour-de-france-champion-egan-bernal-survives-horrific-crash-during-training/

More links to details in the article.

[G650 14,263]

Yeah it's super fucked up. I just hope he has good quality of life at this point, nevermind racing.

[Napoleon 8,682]

Brandon Rivera crashes, ends up in same hospital as Egan Bernal

Media reports there say Brandon Rivera, the childhood friend of Egan Bernal who also rides on Ineos Grenadiers, was involved in a crash Thursday.

There are not many details available immediately, but it appears the 25-year-old crashed while on a training ride...

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/brandon-rivera-crashes-ends-same-190409813.html

[G650 14,263]

  Yeah our pets heads are falling off.  Wtf

[Carl Spackler 3,483]

Speaking of pets, this ain't one.

https://www.fox13news.com/news/caught-on-video-bull-charges-cyclists-during-california-race?fbclid=IwAR39vMBkamUxMiM3vcdp9qX7wSJdj7Ff1yy2i1xCCzsm0i6VregOItPc_sk

[G650 14,263]

Omloop tomorrow!

[G650 14,263]

Wout flexing already

[G650 14,263]

https://www.podiumcafe.com/book-corner/2022/3/20/22925846/alphonse-steines-tourmalet-aubisque-tour-de-france?utm_campaign=podiumcafe&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

[52-80 19,161]

Russian cycling team banned from competition.... what a fucking farce the UCI is. 

 

https://cyclingtips.com/2022/03/inside-the-struggle-to-save-gazprom-rusvelo/