beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I imagine he’s had better birthday rides. That must have been an utterly horrible day for the sprintersHappy birthday Cav, 37 today.
Pro Cycling 2022
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DJWrongspeed
radio eros
Convincing win from Ciccone yesterday, Hugh Carthy looked like he might have a heart attack trying to keep his wheel. Wonder if Yates has another win in him?
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
You certainly think Nibali will want to go out like Contador with a late stage win but will J Hindley spoil the party.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
I fear Nibbles will crack but I'd love to see him cause havoc.
I've not been watching much of this as it looks kinda dull so far and I'm enjoying the French Cup one day races but Carapaz must still be favourite surely?
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Over 5000m of climbing in todays stage 
Plus there’s nearly 200m just in the neutral zone
Those poor, poor sprinters
Plus there’s nearly 200m just in the neutral zone
Those poor, poor sprinters
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Sprint teams today… 
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Sprint teams today…
I was watching Tour of Norway instead - how the hell did they miss out by 14 seconds? Amateur stuff by Groupama-FDJ. Sounds like Quickstep needed Remco but he was busy blowing all away on the approach to some mountain car park deep in Norway.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
It was partly down to FDJ not wanting to use up lead out men in the chase, but I think a lot of it came down to them just all being knackered. All credit to the break though, they rode smart and worked as a solid unit right until the end.
It’s been a pretty good giro, and 3 seconds gap on GC heading into the final stages is apparently the closest in history.
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
Certainly did, I thought Carapaz didn't have bad days
Hindley looked cool as a cucumber. He's been on Carapaz's wheel like limpet for all those mountain stages waiting for the moment.
hash tag
Books, not bombs
Just caught the highlights, a great last 10 k. Obviously Hindley had a good ride ( and could be making history ), I thought kamna had a good ride, first taking Hindkey away from Carapaz and then sitting on Carapaz's wheel.
( Totally unconnected. My last faller a short while ago was a member of Dulwich Paragon and raced at Herne Hill).
( Totally unconnected. My last faller a short while ago was a member of Dulwich Paragon and raced at Herne Hill).
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Same old tactics from Ineos which blew up right in their face. Beautiful moment today when Hindley attacked, blew off Sivakov and then a minute later there's Kamna coming back from the break and helping crush Carapaz. A right bore of a tour (cheers again, Ineos) but those were a lovely few minutes.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
How's Hindley's TT ability?
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Good enough to hold onto a one and a half minute lead unless he fucks things up really badly.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
With hindsight, if Bahrain had pulled Novak back like Bora did with Kamna, there would have been a very good chance of Landa and Carapaz being a few seconds of each other going into today's ITT. As it is podium looks sorted.
Bad day for Ineos yesterday; in Norway they threw their toys out of the pram in the sprint.
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
My internal jury is still out on tje merits of an ITT for the final stage (penultimate would be much better imo) , but shirley a short/unmountainous ITT for the last day is the worst of all worlds?
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Same, but organisers love the potential drama. Lemond vs Fignon and Pogacar vs Roglic were probably the two TdFs that got most media coverage (outside of Britain that is, where the sight of a Skybox train was something to lavish glory on).
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
A horde of entitled pedaling pricks have fucked up East London today. I don't know if they're professional, but had the Authorities forewarned me, I would have stocked up on glue and drawing pins to sprinkle liberally across all those highways reserved for the Elite
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
And it was only East London.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
And a fair bit of Essex.
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
Yes, that's what we were told to do. Fuck off and catch the DLR.
