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
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2021 8:17 am
by wlu_lax6
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.
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2021 1:16 pm
by DaveInSeattle
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 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.
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 12:53 pm
by wlu_lax6
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.
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:02 am
by DaveInSeattle
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.
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:55 am
by wlu_lax6
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.
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:58 am
by govmentchedda
Lunatic
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 10:52 am
by sancarlos
Pretty cool that The Durango Kid won a Tour stage. Go Buffs!
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 9:41 pm
by Square Rob
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.
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 9:43 pm
by Square Rob
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.
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 12:27 am
by DaveInSeattle
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.
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 7:05 am
by wlu_lax6
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 7:08 am
by wlu_lax6
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 11:33 am
by wlu_lax6
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
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 11:59 am
by DaveInSeattle
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...
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:17 pm
by Rex
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.
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:20 pm
by Rex
PULP FICTION (1994)
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:38 pm
by Johnny Carwash
Dorks. They look like a couple of dorks.
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:58 pm
by duff
Was there a sign in the front yard?
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 8:39 am
by wlu_lax6
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
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:42 pm
by degenerasian
A fun story about how the Tour the France commentators know all the sights on the route.
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...
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:02 pm
by wlu_lax6
no anti-doping violations in the pro peleton in 2021.....
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 8:10 pm
by Rex
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.
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 8:22 pm
by DaveInSeattle
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...
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 8:52 am
by wlu_lax6
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/
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.
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 3:55 pm
by A_B
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.
Re: Le Pro Cycling Thread
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 4:00 pm
by Rex
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!
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.
