The Cycling Thread

[Fighter]

Davide Formolo: this kid is gonna be seriously good...

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

Why, with California in a multi year drought, is the forecast calling for snow in Big Bear on Friday (a week before Memorial day no less) for the ToC ITT? I'll be there no matter what, but jeez, it ain't gonna be easy getting all the photos I was hoping for.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Sagan is a 2nd place legend these last two seasons

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

Sagan is a 2nd place legend these last two seasons

But he really like California where he has won 11 times to go with this year's seconds...

 

[Cruor]

I'm not sure if someone saw todays Giro, but there was a brutal accident at the finish line. An Italian rider was riding all the way to the left, and got bumped into the crowd and fell. I had to do a double take when they showed him and his arm...brutal. That's the type of injury that ends careers. Contador did a sommersault aswell.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

I think AC's in trouble too.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

AC's ok... he's pinocchio.

Colli did get his arm ****ed up... all because of a stupid guy with a big camera

 

[Fighter]

Colli's injury was horrific. Some people makes me sick, it's time to go after these idiots and punish them. But in Italy nobody gets punished...

Great finish today, perfect strategy for Lampre Merida: Richeze piloted perfectly Modolo but it was too steep for him, on the other side Ulissi took advantage and won the stage over Lobato. Wow!

 

[Cruor]

Colli's injury was horrific. Some people makes me sick, it's time to go after these idiots and punish them. But in Italy nobody gets punished...

Great finish today, perfect strategy for Lampre Merida: Richeze piloted perfectly Modolo but it was too steep for him, on the other side Ulissi took advantage and won the stage over Lobato. Wow!

A good idea would be to have a higher fence there, there's no reason the audience should be able to lean onto the race course. At least not there.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

I was at the Tour of California yesterday and today taking photos. I was at the 100 meter sign on yesterday's sprint finish and made sure to stay out of the action. Same thing for today's ITT. But I will tell you it's amazing to see how fast those guys are going in a sprint or a TT.

 

[Fighter]

AC's ok... he's pinocchio.

I thought he could have been at least slightly injured, but I guess you're right. He looks completely healthy. Pinocchio LOL

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Yesterday's climb to Mount Baldy was amazinggggggggggggggg

Landa is much stronger than I expected... at times he looks even stronger than Aru.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Sagan gets it.
Lots of drama

 

[Cruor]

Sagan gets it.
Lots of drama

I just watched the re-run, wow that was intense! That has to be the closest finish in years? Sagan made a fan out of me a few years back at the Tour of California when he had that string of crazy sprint finishes. At one stage he blew a tire a few km's before the finish line, changed it, raced like a mad man just in time for the sprint and won it I was sold.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

The last two days at California have been amazing. Why can't all races finish lke that?

 

[Fighter]

Gilbert with the win, what a fantastic champ!

Aru not brilliant, Contador will win this Giro easily.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

Yeah, short of an accident, AC has this in the bag.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

This is AC's to lose.
I hope he destroys everyone in one of the big mountain stages... show everyone you're the boss!

 

[Fighter]

Today's time trial was a TKO win for AC, I don't think Aru can compete with Contador in the mountains either.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

Could Italy please send some of that rain to California? Please? I'd swear I saw Noah building an ark along the route today. Is the whole race gonna be run in the rain?

 

[Vasilevskiy]

What an amazing time trial... I wish they did these more often

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

I find TT's fantastic to attend in person, but usually pretty boring to watch on TV.

 

[Fighter]

Mortirolo is NEVER a letdown. AP put up a ****ing show, just a class above anybody else. Landa and Kruiswijk were great, Aru not good.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Difficult to find better climbs than the Mortirolo... was a very good stage though Landa could have tried to go alone and... see what happens, he had great legs.

I didn't know all of a sudden Amador turned into a GV-contender

 

[Fighter]

Aru rebounded quite nicely after a couple of very bad days: very nice victory in Cervinia.