Cade Posted March 31, 2023 Author Share Posted March 31, 2023 UK Women's Tour cancelled after they couldn't find a sponsor. Funding gap of around £400,000. So, no 5-day Tour of Britain for the women this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 Huge crash on the tour of Flanders. Almost the entire peloton down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 On 07/03/2023 at 20:06, SecN said: That is interesting. Not sure if it will make it more or less exciting. I always enjoy watching the TT specialists showing frustration with the non-specialists when they know they could’ve nailed it. A question for those better informed than I... Would members of a winning TT stage team be able to count themselves as TdF stage winners? Or would it be whomever is 1st over the line? Or is it simply a separate category? TBH, the final suggestion sounds the most likely to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 19 minutes ago, Cade said: Huge crash on the tour of Flanders. Almost the entire peloton down. Did I hear correctly that the guy who caused it has been booted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 11 minutes ago, Boof said: Did I hear correctly that the guy who caused it has been booted? Yep, DQ’d. and quite rightly, idiotic riding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 17 minutes ago, Boof said: Did I hear correctly that the guy who caused it has been booted? Aye he got DQ. Bloody right too, that was crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Some bizarre tactics going on in the race today. The peleton are obviously 100% sure they’re going to catch the breakaway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 It's been a strange race, with no breakaway even forming until after we hit the first cobbles. Full gas attack all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Oh shit that was a horrible crash at 71km to go. Riders at full pelt hitting the ground hard with a couple looking in a bad way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 Horrible viewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Christ knows how this one finishes. How much has it taken out of Pog and VDP catching the leaders? I’d like Fred Wright to get it but unlikely I’d say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 This is brilliant to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecN Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 I’ve no access currently to telly viewing. What’s the synopsis? Finished yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 1 minute ago, SecN said: I’ve no access currently to telly viewing. What’s the synopsis? Finished yet? Pogacar wins by 15 seconds from MVDP. He took off on a climb and burned everyone apart from VDP who he then burnt off on the next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecN Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Will try and get highlights later. Currently in cycling paradise of Mallorca. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 Women's Roubaix today, Men's Roubaix tomorrow. One of the major highlights of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 11 minutes ago, Cade said: Women's Roubaix today, Men's Roubaix tomorrow. One of the major highlights of the year. My favourite of any of the one day races. Fingers crossed it’s not decided by punctures or mechanicals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perth to Paisley Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 It appears I now have Eurosport! I would really like to understand the politics and tactics of the Pelton.. Is there any 'material' I should read/watch first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 Entire books have been written about peloton politics. The entire thing needs to work together to bring back a breakaway, but at the same time nobody wants to blow themselves up in the effort or to be out of position towards the end of the race. Teams try to stay together for safety and to work as a unit to gain position or prevent others from taking an advantageous position. But individuals may work with other individuals from other teams, especially if they're personal friends or ex-team mates. Those at the front alert those behind to upcoming obstacles or problems. Generally the peloton will slow down or stop for comfort breaks at the same time, agreed by the riders. There's plenty of footage from inside the peloton and it's a noisy place, with shouts and chatting everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 Some really nasty crashes today, but then that's kind of what Roubaix is all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 2 cobbled sectors in. Carnage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 56 minutes ago, Cade said: 2 cobbled sectors in. Carnage. It’s dry enough for some riders to get a bit complacent about the cobbles. It’s always going to bite you this race if you’re not 100% switched on for the whole thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 The recon during the week was wet and some patches are still muddy. Sagan's oot due to a crash. Not the way he'd have wanted to end his final Roubaix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 And that’s the pre Arenberg panic happening already and they’re still 10km out from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 Here we go. Trench run! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 Chaos and carnage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, Cade said: Chaos and carnage Every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 This is brutal. Could be a day where the commentators talk about how VDP races too much on instinct and power and is a bit tactically naive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 A total slugfest, and it's brilliant. No clever tactics going on. No chess. No poker bluffing. Just brutal pedalling action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Oh shite. I was keeping my finger crossed for John today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Great race but a real shame about the puncture taking away a potential crazy finish. On a side note quite the outfit from Orla. 😳 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 Orla dressed as a fruit salad chew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 Carrefour de l'Arbre was mental. Degenkolb hitting the deck, WvA getting a puncture.......everything changed in about two minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecN Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Watched Paris-Roubaix in Mallorca this afternoon with a bunch of hardcore Belgiums. They literally cheered like anything when Degonkolb went down. (Bit unsportsmanlike but suppose have seen similarities in other rivalries). The karma was van Aert’s technical. They were quick to disappear when VdP crossed the line. Made an interesting and exciting afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 19, 2023 Author Share Posted April 19, 2023 Pog smashing the classics this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 Pog retires from Liege due to a crash before live pictures are even up Nae Belgian classic treble for Pog this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Bad day for Pogacar with it now confirmed as a broken wrist. I know he winds some people up but loved Remco’s celebrations on the final run in to the finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 Why not gee up the crowd? He's world champion and winning a classic. If you can't celebrate that, then what can you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy Jambo Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Cycling is dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 18 minutes ago, Greedy Jambo said: Cycling is dead Don’t talk shite. It’s healthier than it’s been for a number of years with top riders not just saving themselves for the grand tours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy Jambo Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Just now, Tazio said: Don’t talk shite. It’s healthier than it’s been for a number of years with top riders not just saving themselves for the grand tours. The top riders quit halfway through the tour de france to do mountain biking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, Greedy Jambo said: The top riders quit halfway through the tour de france to do mountain biking Oh yeah, that’s such a common thing right enough. Dozens of them every year. Or maybe a couple on an olympic year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 There's lots of riders who do multiple disciplines these days. Road, track, cyclo cross, single day classics, three week tours, and everything in between. The calendar is congested as feck and they all have to make choices. Do some of them use the fist week of a grand tour as training for an upcoming race in another discipline? Yes. Is that different to sprinters fecking off home as soon as the grand tours hit the mountains? No. Grand tours have always had riders leaving after their bit is done. That's how the sport works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted May 6, 2023 Author Share Posted May 6, 2023 First Grand Tour of the year underway. Time's flying by this year. Still not a fan of an individual TT to kick off a GT but it is what it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tazio Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Cade said: Yeah Remco did ok I suppose. But my favourite in women’s racing did amazing things today in the Vuelta. Went from being 8 seconds off the lead in 5th place to now leading the race by 1m 11s. It’s her last year racing and looks like she’s out to try and do what she did last year, Vuelta, Giro, Tour, and World Championship. Though the worlds will only happen if the course suits her as she doesn’t have a great sprint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted May 6, 2023 Author Share Posted May 6, 2023 The end of that women's race was a farce. It's supposed to be elite sport ffs. Changing the winner about three times before actually sitting down and looking at the photo finish is feckin amateur hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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