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serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

goatface posted:

I hope he does, just to put the fear of god into everyone for a few minutes.

Just a chorus of 'oh god no' over the radio as the team try and force a split straight after the flag.

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Angryhead
Apr 4, 2009

Don't call my name
Don't call my name
Alejandro




https://twitter.com/vismaleaseabike/status/1787803996104618020
Jonas back on the bike

BlankSystemDaemon
Mar 13, 2009




Danish nature at its most Danish.

Pocket
Aug 27, 2006

bad news: bini retired after two crashes in short order

StarkingBarfish
Jun 25, 2006

Novus Ordo Seclorum

Pocket posted:

bad news: bini retired after two crashes in short order

Yeah was sorry to see that

Pocket
Aug 27, 2006

Always wonder what could have happened on his break through year if he had raced RVV instead of going home or not got the cork in his eye at the Giro upon his return.

StarkingBarfish
Jun 25, 2006

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Exactly, it's why I feel bad for the guy, the cork incident felt like it denied him his time to shine, I had high hopes for him this year and it sucks he's out with another injury

wooger
Apr 16, 2005

YOU RESENT?

Pocket posted:

bad news: bini retired after two crashes in short order

Was he dazed & injured & wobbly for the 2nd off, or some oil on the road? Looked weird, certainly wasn’t pushing hard or even turning much, and he just went down.

How can the whole peloton go through with no further crashes, then he stacks it on his own? Wet roads are wet roads, but it’s normally 90 degree corners where you’re braking and leaning that become a problem.

I checked and Wanty are on Continental tyres like half the peloton, so shouldn’t be randomly skidding out due to equipment.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

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

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
He came out of the first crash worst. Probably riding with a significant undiagnosed problem.

StarkingBarfish
Jun 25, 2006

Novus Ordo Seclorum
Lovely afternoon for a bit of attacking

StarkingBarfish
Jun 25, 2006

Novus Ordo Seclorum
Lol Ganna cooked that

wooger
Apr 16, 2005

YOU RESENT?

StarkingBarfish posted:

Lol Ganna cooked that

Too much messing about in the breakaway earlier, burned his matches too early.

Angryhead
Apr 4, 2009

Don't call my name
Don't call my name
Alejandro




drat, sad to hear that about Bini.
But of course for me there's the silver lining that now Mihkels gets chances (and hey top 10 today, not bad)

Residency Evil
Jul 28, 2003

4/5 godo... Schumi
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ju...-purple-shorts/

quote:

“I don't know much I can say. The organisers gave us the skinsuit, so I put them on but then we got a call from the UCI saying: 'it's not allowed',” Pogačar revealed to Eurosport before the start of the stage.

Pogačar raced in team issue black shorts to avoid any punishment but missed out on the benefit of racing in a skinsuit.

“Now I have my pants but no skinsuit, so maybe today I cannot attack because I'm not fast.” Pogačar quipped.

Asked if he would attack from the start of the stage, Pogačar joked: “No, because no skinsuit, no aero.”

Castelli is convinced that the two-tone skinsuit respects the UCI rules. They shied away from combining pink shorts with the leader’s pink jersey for aesthetic reasons. Other leader’s skinsuits at the Giro d’Italia followed similar styles, with Tim Merlier racing in a two-tone cyclamen skinsuit.

These loving guys.

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012


Wait wait wait, what, the UCI is telling RCS that the purple shorts are not allowed? Isn't that 100% a judgment call for RCS? Also lmao at the "no aero" line

Russian Bear
Dec 26, 2007


I thought F1 was the dumbest sport, but it’s definitely this.

Withnail
Feb 11, 2004
dq'd because your lyrca shorts were more purple than pink?

baseball is still dumber

StarkingBarfish
Jun 25, 2006

Novus Ordo Seclorum
Commentary has descended into poopchat.

Pocket
Aug 27, 2006

A highlight of any giro is when they bust out the pink train with the trophy onboard to drive along side of the peloton

StarkingBarfish
Jun 25, 2006

Novus Ordo Seclorum
Getting a bit crashy today

peanut-
Feb 17, 2004
Fun Shoe
Giro sprint stages continue to be actually interesting

Angryhead
Apr 4, 2009

Don't call my name
Don't call my name
Alejandro




https://www.globalcyclingnetwork.com/racing/news/giro-ditalia-sprint-teams-blast-stupid-alpecin-deceuninck-tactics lmao everybody's so salty

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

quote:

“If it was not for them it would be a clear sprint day,” Theuns, teammate of stage 4 winner Jonathan Milan, told GCN, repeatedly using the word “special” to describe Alpecin-Deceuninck’s tactics.

:discourse:

StarkingBarfish
Jun 25, 2006

Novus Ordo Seclorum
Not sure about this gravel. Prefer when it's a goat track above 2000m.

StarkingBarfish
Jun 25, 2006

Novus Ordo Seclorum
Pogacar happy to be participating in a second poignant tribute to pantani by sucking down lungfuls of dust

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

Putting GC guys through one-day race shenanigans will always be worth it (even if the only GC guy at this race has won this particular one-day race with an 80 km solo, this year, on his first day of racing)

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

:siren: gravel echelons :siren:

peanut-
Feb 17, 2004
Fun Shoe
Ineos really want Pog to win this race

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

peanut- posted:

Ineos really want Pog to win this race

Hell so do i

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

Epic Loulou poo poo. Too bad he extremely won't win this

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




This is some very pretty racing

peanut-
Feb 17, 2004
Fun Shoe
allez loulou

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

Cobbled classics team Movistar expands to gravel races

peanut-
Feb 17, 2004
Fun Shoe
ah well at least the australian didn't win

StarkingBarfish
Jun 25, 2006

Novus Ordo Seclorum
lmaovistar

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
thank the l*rd plapp didn't win

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
https://twitter.com/eurosport/status/1788580834393411827

Meanwhile Groenewegen really wants another big ban.

Pocket
Aug 27, 2006

scandalous behaviour in the sprint in hongrie, guy’s learnt nothing from his previous actions.

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

serious gaylord posted:

https://twitter.com/eurosport/status/1788580834393411827

Meanwhile Groenewegen really wants another big ban.

He should definitely get a ban at least as long as the last time (personally I would have just banned him for life the first time)

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Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

https://twitter.com/NairoInGreen/status/1788678811246039403?t=WDq9_bxcPZFU2TqKOwfPZw&s=19

Lol

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