Pro Cycling Discussion 2020

Bear · 21 Oct 2020 at 07:25

SoliD said:
All grand tours should start with a mountainous day. Vuelta was fantastic today!

Agreed, it blew everything apart with big names getting dropped all over the place. Froome is just embarrassing himself if he ever thought he was in good enough nick to be leader fighting for GC

a1ex2001 · 21 Oct 2020 at 10:02

Bear said:
Agreed, it blew everything apart with big names getting dropped all over the place. Froome is just embarrassing himself if he ever thought he was in good enough nick to be leader fighting for GC

Froome is just desperate to recapture his form and I think he was hoping to hand in there and ride his way back into condition but that opening stage was pretty brutal. I hope he manages to get his condition back over the off season and show what he is capable of next season, it would be sad to see his career ended by that accident.

SoliD · 21 Oct 2020 at 13:27

Itv4 showed the pictures of his post crash and I forgot how horrific it was. The leg break was awful. I think he knows exactly where he is and will be riding into that final week if we get there.

SoliD · 22 Oct 2020 at 07:42

Vuelta once again a good watch, riders racing like there is no tomorrow. Movistar actually did tactics perfectly. I thought they were incapable of that now...

Giro seems to be a slow war of attrition and with the changes to Saturday cutting out izoard and doing sestriere three times it could come down to today for kelderman and those below him to look to gain big time back on almeida who is still looking super strong. Great hit out by lampaert and dqs tactics once again spot on for a one day race.

Finally bruges de panne, the conditions looked absolutely horrendous with those high winds. Merlier riding his top tube was an incredible save unlike van Der poel trying to ride through the gutter. Still isn't learning thta you can't just go through people on the road.dqs tactics spot on once again for a one say race.

-Ad- · 22 Oct 2020 at 14:53

Brilliant stage today on the Giro.

That shot looking up Stelvio and the the snow capped mountains with switchback after switchback must have been hell for them.

Now they have another final climb to deal with, up to the finish.

Crazy

One More Solo · 22 Oct 2020 at 16:21

Great racing in the Giro today. Setup brilliantly for the weekend.

SoliD · 22 Oct 2020 at 18:40

Giro being brilliantly brutal yet again. Looked absolutely freezing up the top of the stelvio. Thought that ineos should have put an attack on Hindley when he was unable to get his jacket on 8 times in a row. Going to come down to that final time trial again surely!

a1ex2001 · 22 Oct 2020 at 20:39

SoliD said:
Giro being brilliantly brutal yet again. Looked absolutely freezing up the top of the stelvio. Thought that ineos should have put an attack on Hindley when he was unable to get his jacket on 8 times in a row. Going to come down to that final time trial again surely!

Hart will have a decent sniff if it does assuming he can stick with it tomorrow. Amazing rides all round today in terrible conditions vertically not One for the faint hearted!

Berger · 22 Oct 2020 at 20:57

It can be a knife edge of frailty.

McNulty was on the podium after the second TT and is now 30 minutes down!

SoliD · 22 Oct 2020 at 21:29

Ganna and Dennis will be going through his tt position and ride with him tonight tomorrow and Saturday probably.

SoliD · 23 Oct 2020 at 09:24

https://road.cc/content/tech-news/zip-gate-tale-two-zippers-atop-freezing-stelvio-278175 sunweb struggling on vuelta with jackets too. Although Hindleys was Castelli so think the cold just killed him and Kelderman!

SoliD · 23 Oct 2020 at 12:01

and riders actually coming together and taking a stand to shortern todays stage by 100km

https://road.cc/content/news/giro-ditalia-riders-board-buses-after-neutral-zone-278193

xdcx · 23 Oct 2020 at 13:30

I had a hard day at work yesterday also. Just told my boss I am doing a half day instead and he told me to **** off.

Since it's raining and they don't like the rain these professionals. They should have made them do the 260KM on Zwift. Would be even worse than doing the actual stage and would show these skinny moaners who the boss is.

SoliD · 23 Oct 2020 at 15:03

lolllll doesn't even look that bad either. Bet they'll all race tomorrow even if it is snowing.

GSVBagpuss · 23 Oct 2020 at 23:52

Unusually I agree with Wiggins, at least in part. It was chaotic to have this fuss when the route has been known for a while (although I do note Adam Hansens points about the lengths of the transfers which were only just understood by the riders). No one wants a 258km sprint stage at any time though

GSVBagpuss · 23 Oct 2020 at 23:53

SoliD said:
https://road.cc/content/tech-news/zip-gate-tale-two-zippers-atop-freezing-stelvio-278175 sunweb struggling on vuelta with jackets too. Although Hindleys was Castelli so think the cold just killed him and Kelderman!

Make them with Velcro! And leg warmers with full zips

SPG · 24 Oct 2020 at 21:44

Amazing race today on the Giro.

resurgam · 24 Oct 2020 at 22:33

Yeah. I wonder if not being in the lead is an advantage ahead of the TT as you can wear your own skinsuit, I'm sure people have said for years that the ones provided for the leaders aren't ever going to be as good.

SoliD · 24 Oct 2020 at 23:41

Both made by the same people castelli! But having your own one you ride regularly will definitely help. Wasn't an action stage but I was gripped when I eventually caught up. Going to be one hell of a tt tomorrow! Although just remembered Tao GH would be in the young rider with Jai Hindley moving into Pink.

Head to Head record is 7 to 2 in Tao's favour.

Ganna to win this by 30 seconds probably.

One More Solo · 25 Oct 2020 at 15:39

I think you all know my feelings about Ineos but I’m delighted for Geoghehan Hart, what a story.