The Pro Cycling Thread (Part 1)

I know a lot of people who wouldn’t go to work the next day if they’d sustained injuries like that. hard af these blokes

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Contre le montre

  • no crashes in the peleton this stage,

Pogicar(sp?) wins stage, but did he rollout to soon ?
VDP keeps yellow
Cav in green

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Pogacar has done some good ITT’s in 2021 but nothing near this level - Teams will need to be creative to usurp Pogacar.

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Clearly Pogacar sandbagged the Slovenian ITT just a couple of weeks ago!

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That was amazing ride by Pogacar, didnt expect it after Slovenian TT results

hard to know who the rain and wet road helps.
better for first few riders and looks like better for last riders as well.
Portes Ride was ok. Carapaz still in the top 10.

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Pogacars performance was way above my expectations. I always look at ten ITT results to obtain a level. In those you may have 2 ITT’s that are poor and one that is exceptionally good. Pogacar has produced the latter. Pogacar did not sandbag the Slovenian ITT, but instead was saving himself to help Mezgec in the RR, so Mezgec could make the BEX team for the TDF. Pogacar dragged Mezgec through the last lap of the RR.

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Good stage for cycling and scenery today

Cav just way too good, incredible

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Think Cav dropped the F bomb after the win

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The old man goes alright.

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Probably because he dropped his chain at the line?

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Not sure why Alpecin-Fenix are sprinting for Philipsen instead of Merier, who is far faster.

Good to see CAV win again

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Merlier was not expected to ride the TdF but plans changed after he dropped out of the Giro. The Tour of Turkey has proven to be a strong form race.

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Yes. A Cavendish win ensures that Bouhanni doesn’t. :wink:

By rights this should be a Matthews or Sagan stage. Will they be allowed to jump up the road.

Yeh Bouhanni has gone close a couple of seconds.

you just think if Caleb Ewan was there, would he have won or gone close in the races CAV won.

Is there a lack of Sprinters this year?