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Xabi
Jan 21, 2006

Inventor of the Marmite pasty
Sweet Moses, I'm about 90 percent surprised.

Nice to see Wiggins is still alive and it will be interesting to see what he can do in the spring classics next year.

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Gibbo
Sep 13, 2008

"yes James. Remove that from my presence. It... Offends me" *sips overpriced wine*

Flat Eric posted:

Survey Garbage


Thanks for wasting my time rear end in a top hat. If you're going to require a zip code, put it first or specify American only

Gibbo fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Sep 24, 2014

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
Looks like Team Martin only beat 98% of the teams.

Box Hill Strangler
Jun 27, 2007

Frozen peas are on special at Woolies! Bargain!

Gibbo posted:

Thanks for wasting my time rear end in a top hat. If you're going to require a zip code, put it first or specify American only

90210

Box Hill Strangler
Jun 27, 2007

Frozen peas are on special at Woolies! Bargain!
RIP Cuddles

Russian Bear
Dec 26, 2007


Here's to hoping Cancellara wins the RR sunday, want to see him destroy that descent and win solo.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
Cancellara had a cry and now he's ready to race.

Pocket
Aug 27, 2006

Ten things Fabian Cancellara just cannot even handle it right now

Fabian Cancellara just cannot even handle non-Swiss flags right now



Fabian Cancellara just cannot even handle Frank Schleck right now



Fabian Cancellara just cannot even handle Sagan's wheel sucking any longer right now



Fabian Cancellara just cannot even handle planket stealing right now



Fabian Cancellera just cannot even handle sobriety in Belgium right now



Fabian Cancellara just cannot even handle standing right now



Fabian Cancellara just cannot even handle dirt in his speedplay cleats right now



Fabian Cancellara just cannot even handle jerseys right now



Fabian Cancellara just cannot even handle the need to pee right now



Fabian Cancellara just cannot even handle another second place finishing

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012


Hahaha perfect. The thing is, I agree with him that it's weird Switzerland only gets 3 riders but I don't care since him complaining will always be hilarious.

Knitting Beetles
Feb 4, 2006

Fallen Rib
If the 3rd guy you bring has never won a pro race maybe you just live in a garbage country that doesn't deserve more spots.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
Tomorrow there will be a fight until to the end.

accipter
Sep 12, 2003
Elite Men's RR Live at 10:00 CET / 1:00:00 AM PDT

drat. Looks like I will be awaking up early tomorrow.

accipter fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Sep 28, 2014

Withnail
Feb 11, 2004
Fuckit I'm still cheering for Fabs



(I don't think he has a chance)

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4HCDs-EYZE Here's the official UCI livestream for people in countries with no TV coverage. Turns out cycling is greatly improved with live youtube comments like "viva espaņa hit hitler".

Cancellara has had a technical already, btw.

kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad
What bikes do riders use? Their normal pro team sponsors'?

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

kimbo305 posted:

What bikes do riders use? Their normal pro team sponsors'?

Yeah normally. They seem to generally keep their team helmets and gloves too.

Pocket
Aug 27, 2006

They sometimes will ride their personal materials, ie lightweight wheels often make an appearance.


edit: rebadged gear and blacked out decals are my favourite part of pro-tour bike tech.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
I wonder if the Spanish riders with ride against each other and cost them the victory again?

Also that greek kit is tight.

Pocket
Aug 27, 2006

What geo-location are you guys bouncing through to get the UCI feed to work?

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

Pocket posted:

What geo-location are you guys bouncing through to get the UCI feed to work?

I'm in Germany and it works. hit hitler

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

Pocket posted:

What geo-location are you guys bouncing through to get the UCI feed to work?

I have no idea why, since its blocked if i click to view it on youtube, but this one http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/15746 is working for me via their website.

Pocket
Aug 27, 2006

I used hola to set myself in Germany and now it works. Praise the Fatherland!

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
The rain in spain falls mainly on the peloton.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
Nibali has crashed pretty hard. Seems okay though.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
And the Norweigian team car has gone off the road and written itself off against a tree. Quality.

Xabi
Jan 21, 2006

Inventor of the Marmite pasty
How is that even possible? We need a gif!

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

Xabi posted:

How is that even possible? We need a gif!

Wasn't on camera, they said it slid out on a corner, possibly collected a spectator and ended up wrapped around a tree.

Pocket
Aug 27, 2006

Please tell me the city flattened out a portion of the roundabouts for the Worlds course.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

Pocket posted:

Please tell me the city flattened out a portion of the roundabouts for the Worlds course.

I think they did.

Very surprised that Poland have put all this work in on the front for so long. Its just giving Australia/France/Spain a free ride.

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

It is rather weird, yeah. I hope someone else pitches in at some point, right now it almost seems like a work-to-rule strike by most teams.

Here's a pic of the crashed Norwegian car: https://twitter.com/TourDeJose/status/516198214643773441/photo/1 . Quite a lot of broken bones apparently.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

Smirr posted:

It is rather weird, yeah. I hope someone else pitches in at some point, right now it almost seems like a work-to-rule strike by most teams.

Here's a pic of the crashed Norwegian car: https://twitter.com/TourDeJose/status/516198214643773441/photo/1 . Quite a lot of broken bones apparently.

The strong teams are going to encourage the negative racing. Germany and Francewant a bunch sprint. Australia and Spain would be happy with a jump on the last climb. If I was Poland's team captain I'd have sat up 30km's ago. None of the other teams want to chase it down and tire the sprint trains out.

Pocket
Aug 27, 2006

Smirr posted:

It is rather weird, yeah. I hope someone else pitches in at some point, right now it almost seems like a work-to-rule strike by most teams.

Here's a pic of the crashed Norwegian car: https://twitter.com/TourDeJose/status/516198214643773441/photo/1 . Quite a lot of broken bones apparently.

Two people with broken legs is what I heard.

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

:siren: The Lip has been deployed :siren:

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
Martin swapping the TT rainbow for the Road would be funny as gently caress.

Pocket
Aug 27, 2006

FROOME DNF

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
They're gonna have about 10km to gently caress about setting up sprints.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

goatface posted:

They're gonna have about 10km to gently caress about setting up sprints.

I think Cancellara/Boonen and Valverde will jump at the top of this climb and trust their descending.

Withnail
Feb 11, 2004
They can't beat degenkolb if they don't go off the front.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

Withnail posted:

They can't beat degenkolb if they don't go off the front.

Nor Matthews.

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goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
The four held off a lot longer than I thought they would.

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