Le Pro Cycling Thread

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Dec 01, 2020 8:44 pm

LeMond is getting LeMedal

velonews wrote: On Sunday, Greg LeMond is expected to become America’s 10th individual athlete – and the first cyclist – to receive the Congressional Gold Medal, one of the nation’s highest civilian honors.

But Congress loves bicycles, and it loves LeMond. The medal cleared the House in September 2019, and the Senate on November 16. On November 24, 2020, the measure passed to President Donald Trump, triggering a 10-day countdown for him to sign the bill, veto it or do nothing. A veto seems unlikely. If POTUS does nothing, the bill becomes law at the end of December 5

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Feb 04, 2021 8:17 am

Check out the cyclocross world championship highlights...just for the course. Cyclo cross is like a cross country cycling nascar obstacle course race. This was done at a horse track near the beach. Crazy.

Cyclocross is the winter racing style in Europe. Usually a fun carnival experience with beer and waffles.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Feb 04, 2021 1:16 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote: Thu Feb 04, 2021 8:17 am Check out the cyclocross world championship highlights...just for the course. Cyclo cross is like a cross country cycling nascar obstacle course race. This was done at a horse track near the beach. Crazy.

Cyclocross is the winter racing style in Europe. Usually a fun carnival experience with beer and waffles.

I have friends who do cyclo-cross races. They are nuts.

ETA: One of them only does cyclo-cross...no road races. When I asked him why, he told me 'It hurts less when you fall in a cyclo-cross race'.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Feb 04, 2021 3:12 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: Thu Feb 04, 2021 1:16 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: Thu Feb 04, 2021 8:17 am Check out the cyclocross world championship highlights...just for the course. Cyclo cross is like a cross country cycling nascar obstacle course race. This was done at a horse track near the beach. Crazy.

Cyclocross is the winter racing style in Europe. Usually a fun carnival experience with beer and waffles.

I have friends who do cyclo-cross races. They are nuts.

ETA: One of them only does cyclo-cross...no road races. When I asked him why, he told me 'It hurts less when you fall in a cyclo-cross race'.

First time I ever saw it, I stumbled onto it as I was going to for a run in Marymoor Park.It was wild to see really fast bike racing on grass, up the side of the velodrome, on the track, jumping hurdles, and pit crews hosing down bikes. I stopped my run, bought a waffle and beer.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Feb 08, 2021 12:53 pm

So UCI has banned the super tuck and dangerous water bottle throwing

now they are banning forearm on the roadbike time trail position (still allowed on the time trail bikes).

Guess safety is a priority this year.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:02 am

Why didn't I know that on the Peacock app there is a alternative Euro feed for Tour coverage? Way better graphics, no ads, and no Bob Roll.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:55 am

One of the guys on EF who did not race the Tour this year rode the whole thing unsupported. And by the whole thing he also rode the transfers between each stage. Beat the tour to Paris by 5 days. Some good articles covering it, but the fact I liked was he gave up on bike shoes because of knee pain, switched to sneakers but wore through them in day and then switched to Birkenstocks.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:58 am

Lunatic

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 10:52 am

Pretty cool that The Durango Kid won a Tour stage. Go Buffs!

Square Rob · Post by **Square Rob** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 9:41 pm

I’ve been so impressed with Sepp Kuss. He appears to be Jumbo V’s top domestique, and honestly isn’t far from seeming to have the talent to be a genuine GC competitor.

Square Rob · Post by **Square Rob** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 9:43 pm

And I hate it, but Pogacar has to be a drug cheat, right? Last person I recall pulling away like that on two straight mountain stages was.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Jul 16, 2021 12:27 am

Square Rob wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 9:43 pm And I hate it, but Pogacar has to be a drug cheat, right? Last person I recall pulling away like that on two straight mountain stages was.

Certainly seems suspicious...especially at his young age. Most tour riders don't hit their prime until their late 20's.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sun Sep 12, 2021 7:05 am

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sun Sep 12, 2021 7:08 am

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 11:33 am

If you want to see some epic cycling pics..look at yesterday's Paris-Roubaix photos. A rainy Roubaix race is fun and guys look like folks from yesteryear racing.

This race is dirt, cobblestones, etc.

This was the winner

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 11:59 am

Yes...it was epic yesterday. Only caught the last 30 minutes or so, but it looked so damn miserable.

Lots of great stuff on that twitter account...

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:17 pm

I’ve seen a lot of pics of rainy, muddy P-R races from the olden days, but I never got to watch one before. What an amazing, absurd race.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:20 pm

PULP FICTION (1994)

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:38 pm

Dorks. They look like a couple of dorks.

duff · Post by **duff** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:58 pm

Was there a sign in the front yard?

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 8:39 am

call me shocked

velonews wrote:A French study tested hair samples from seven Tour de France cyclists with three revealing the presence of tizanidine, a muscle relaxant that is not currently banned by WADA

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:42 pm

A fun story about how the Tour the France commentators know all the sights on the route.

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/ ... volume-14/

Tourism France gives these guys an encyclopedia every year.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 12:33 pm

Scary story...

Cyclist Egan Bernal recovering from spinal and leg surgery after crash in Colombia

Cyclist Egan Bernal, the 2019 Tour de France winner, underwent surgery on his spine and right leg after a high-speed collision with a bus while training Monday in his native Colombia.

Bernal, a 25-year-old Ineos Grenadiers rider, was in an intensive care unit at a Bogotá hospital Tuesday morning. He underwent procedures to repair a fractured femur and kneecap and also suffered a collapsed lung. The spinal surgery “kept intact the neurological integrity and conserved the functionality of the segments involved,” Clinica Universidad de La Sabana said in a statement.

Look at the picture here....yikes...

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:02 pm

no anti-doping violations in the pro peleton in 2021.....

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Feb 01, 2022 8:10 pm

Was that bus parked when he hit it?

I read that a second Ineos rider had a bad accident this week. This must be some training session.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Feb 01, 2022 8:22 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:02 pm no anti-doping violations in the pro peleton in 2021.....

Means they are doing some new drugs that the authorities haven't figured out a test for yet...

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 8:52 am

UCI Esport Championship is Saturday. It ends up being about a 45 minute race. I watched last year. Very compelling as the production was very good. I am a bit of a mark as I am pretty addicted to zwift.
https://zwiftinsider.com/uci-worlds-events-2022/

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 7:35 am

Drive to Survive folks appear to be working no a Tour De France production.
https://road.cc/content/news/lefevere-n ... vel-290875

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:23 am

wlu_lax6 wrote: Tue Mar 08, 2022 7:35 am Drive to Survive folks appear to be working no a Tour De France production.
https://road.cc/content/news/lefevere-n ... vel-290875

Pretty sure they're doing a PGA one too.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 3:46 pm

I haven’t seen Drive to Survive but man did it ever create a lot of buzz about F1 racing. Would love to see something like that for a sport that is actually interesting.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 3:55 pm

Rex wrote: Tue Mar 08, 2022 3:46 pm I haven’t seen Drive to Survive but man did it ever create a lot of buzz about F1 racing. Would love to see something like that for a sport that is actually interesting.

Look at Rex merging wildly into F1 fan traffic! Watch out, there's like four of them here.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 4:00 pm

Look, if I tried to argue with those guys directly, you know how that’s going to go: we’re all going to end up with the same positions we started with. Hey, just like a Formula 1 race!

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue May 24, 2022 8:58 am

This has been top of the cycling news the last week or so...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/moriah-wil ... r-manhunt/

Square Rob · Post by **Square Rob** » Thu May 26, 2022 5:28 am

wlu_lax6 wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 8:58 am This has been top of the cycling news the last week or so...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/moriah-wil ... r-manhunt/

What did Hood say? Never stick your dick in crazy?

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu May 26, 2022 7:20 am

It’s always the yoga teachers.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:16 pm

Great way to start your premier event....raids of homes of one of the teams.
https://www.velonews.com/events/tour-de ... de-france/

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:18 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 8:58 am This has been top of the cycling news the last week or so...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/moriah-wil ... r-manhunt/

Also this lady is still on the lam
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anna-moria ... armstrong/

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sat Jul 02, 2022 9:47 am

These mfers are riding on the edge of a bridge right now and I just can't.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:15 am

wlu_lax6 wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:18 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 8:58 am This has been top of the cycling news the last week or so...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/moriah-wil ... r-manhunt/
Also this lady is still on the lam
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anna-moria ... armstrong/

Captured
https://www.velonews.com/news/gravel/de ... osta-rica/

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:39 am

Rex wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 9:47 am These mfers are riding on the edge of a bridge right now and I just can't.

The ride across the bridge was nuts.

It was awesome seeing how many Danes turned out to see the stage. Huge crowds on the small climbs.

And as a reminder...if you have a Peacock subscription...they have an alternative feed with different announcers (Anthony McCrossan and Simon Gerrans). No Phil, but also better on screen graphics, less ads, and no Bob Roll.