Pro Cycling 2024

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They are continuing with the mock team talking tactic thing before the races. Drop it, it's irksome. Don't do it.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

That was exciting for day one!

 

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Digressing by coincidence; there was an Italian bike stand at Brook lands with a spattering of old Bianca's, Colnago's Benetti's (?).

 

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A good day for Pog but not so good for the giro

 

[twistedAM]

There's a forum I'm on and there's a poster who claims to only watch 1.1 (third tier one-day races) for as much as he respects Pog, Remco, MvdP and Vingo the big races are are a bit predictable and some teams are just so strong and sometimes the most interesting thing is to to see if Van Aert finishes second or third.
Yesterday it was a no brainer for me to watch Tro Bro Leon over the Giro.
A one day race in Brittany it's one for fans of Paris-Roubaix or that trendy Strade Bianci but instead of cobbles of gravel they race over 20+ sectors of farm tracks most of which have slippery grass growing down the middle.
No superstars involved but still some very good riders from the French and Belgian teams and very unpredictable. Yesterday's race, whilst pretty exciting, wasn't the best edition as the weather was quite nice but well, well worth a watch.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Today’s stage kinda knocks that theory out.

A dull boring sprint stage… perhaps not

 

[twistedAM]

Today’s stage kinda knocks that theory out.

A dull boring sprint stage… perhaps not

It was more predictable that yesterday's Tro Bro Leon - today was almost certainly going to come back together and a mighty Merlier win

 

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With 12 k of gravel today, Hopefully it will be slightly more interesting.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Yesterday was great. I bloody love it when breakaways fuck up the sprint teams plans

 

[stavros]

By the way, anyone with just Freeview then there's highlights on DMX each night at 7.

 

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Oh dear, they think it's all over. The discussion now is not will Pog wear pink all the way to Rome but will he try and win every stage on the way there?

 

[stavros]

Oh dear, they think it's all over. The discussion now is not will Pog wear pink all the way to Rome but will he try and win every stage on the way there?

He's nothing but a sprint lead-out man.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

That was a bonkers finish. Pog’s revenge for stage one

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Fuck me, what a ride from JA today.

 

[twistedAM]

I'm bored and we've over another week to go.
On the other hand this year's classics season was daf too.

 

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Ah cycling is great again; ridiculous stage today at 4 days of Dunkirk.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Fuck me, what a ride from JA today.

Two fingaz to Lefevre; that was not your average win.
Clinical masterclass from Lidl-Trek today. Perfection in setting up your sprinter.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Two fingaz to Lefevre; that was not your average win.
Clinical masterclass from Lidl-Trek today. Perfection in setting up your sprinter.

After having to work hard to get him back in after the spilt as well.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Tomorrow. 220km, 5700m of climbing. Savage.

 

[stavros]

I think it was Rob Hatch who opened up his commentary today with:

"We always talk about cycles in cycling."

 

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They think it's all over

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Today was… something else. Just astonishing.

 

[stavros]

A-Pog-alypse Now.

I understand it's touch and go whether Vingegaard goes to the TdF. Remco and Rog hopefully make it less of a procession if so.

 

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Today was… something else. Just astonishing.

Did you see him before the start. He looked supremely confident.

 

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Pippa York sadly says it's all about control now as opposed to crushing the opposition. Sad but true I guess

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Pippa York sadly says it's all about control now as opposed to crushing the opposition. Sad but true I guess

They were saying that when he had 3 mins, he apparently didn’t get the message then, so who knows?

 

[stavros]

It's not his style to sit back and defend, is it?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

It's not his style to sit back and defend, is it?

Doesn’t seem to be, but at some point he’s got to start thinking of the tour.

 

[stavros]

Doesn’t seem to be, but at some point he’s got to start thinking of the tour.

I suppose, and not just him. Majka did well yesterday, but Grosschartner looked like he was dropped earlier than planned.

 

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It's not his style to sit back and defend, is it?

It's not really a case of full on defending, it's more a case of crusing safely to the finish and making sure some like Gee doesn't jump him.