Cycling Thread

[TimeyWimey]

Porte's on fire.

 

[Veggie Legs]

Almost joint favourite with Froome for the Tour now. Could he actually do it?

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

He'll ride brilliantly in 20 of the 21 stages, but in that other 1 stage he'll lose 25 minutes after being struck by lightning or hit by a thermos flask that's fallen out of the TV helicopter or summat.

 

[TimeyWimey]

Porte's a damp squib... again.

Big props to Buchmann. My vds bargain buy.

 

[TimeyWimey]

Steve Cummings. Wonderful news.

 

[TimeyWimey]

Bertie is fuming, Cardoso stole his steak.

 

[Super_horns]

Looks like Alejandro Valverde might be out of the tour already.

Nasty crash into the barriers.

Good victory for Thomas (a surprise) and Froome best of the main contenders.

 

[TimeyWimey]

Bore off Sky. Good day for Yates. Valverde's crash looked horrible, his knee took a right smack.

 

[Libertadores FC]

That crash was awful. Struggled to get up.
Hopefully George Bennett does something.

 

[Veggie Legs]

Fractured kneecap for Valverde, sounds painful. Izagirre abandoned too so looks like Contador is Spain's only hope.

 

[lordofthepies]

In other words, Spain have no hope.

 

[Super_horns]

Not been Cav's season has it?

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

I get why they do it, but I think this Zapruder film like dissection of ultra slow motion replays is a bit unfair to all involved.

 

[pride_of_notts]

Sagan is disqualified shame I like him but it was totally out of order can't see Cavendish carrying on either.

 

[lordofthepies]

Sagan

 

[Veggie Legs]

WTF? What kind of precedent is there for this?

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

Renshaw the other year for the headbutts.

This seems....... harsh. DQ from the sprint yes, sent home though...

 

[Krazy8]

In slow motion it looks awful, at real speed it looks like a natural reflex. Surprised they didn't just leave it with the 30 seconds penalty and points deduction.

Fair do's he is a dickhead, still seems a bit harsh though.

 

[Super_horns]

Blimey - they must have really taken a dim view of events to DQ a big name who brought a lot of press attention to the Tour.

Maybe setting an example?

 

[TimeyWimey]

The dullest Grand Tour DQ's its most exciting rider.

Bring on the Vuelta.

 

[TimeyWimey]

Sagan's appeal ignored. Silly decision. He moved from his line (along with the rest of the bunch) and at worst should have been relegated. Cav leant into him and basically rebounded into the barriers. Looked like the elbow flick was after Cav started going down in response to Sagan's arm catching Cavs handle bar. Silly self sabotage from the TDF.

Valverde, Izagirre, Cav, Sagan out. Going to finish with a peloton even the Tour of Britain wouldn't boast about.

 

[Madejski]

Fair decision. And now a proper sprinter will win the green, probably Kittel


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[Pagnell]

It looked deliberate to me, particularly when seen from the helicopter above. And if the authorities believe that is the case, it's the correct decision.

 

[Krazy8]

Ah yes, the cycling experts have turned up for the Tour de France I see.

 

[Pagnell]

Oh fuck off you pretentious twat.

Sorry, I don't know what came over me there.

 

[TimeyWimey]

Announce Aru disqualification for looking like he does riding a bike.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

Ah yes, the cycling experts have turned up for the Tour de France I see.

 

[lordofthepies]

This was kinda unexpected
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/a-statement-from-cyclingnews-contributor-philippa-york/

 

[Veggie Legs]

I saw that headline on Cycling News yesterday and didn't know who Philippa York was so I didn't read the article, now I understand why.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

There was a bit of stuff about it a few years ago wasn't there. That photo got a bit of press (mostly in the tabloids for entirely prurient reasons).

Has anyone read In Search of Robert Millar? On me list but not got around to yet. Enjoyed all the other Moore ones I've read.