The Cycling Thread

[donthaveanickname]

Thought I'd open this one for events apart from the Tour.

The Giro is currently approaching the "Cima Coppi" and it looks like there won't be another 22-year-old Grand Tour winner.

Stage 3 of the Vuelta is also going on right now. Chris Froome already lost a lot of time during the first two stages.

 

[donthaveanickname]

3 stages to go in the Giro and there are 15 seconds between the first three riders.
How about that @kyle18fan ?

 

[kyle18fan]

3 stages to go in the Giro and there are 15 seconds between the first three riders.
How about that @kyle18fan ?

Pretty damned amazing stuff

 

[donthaveanickname]

I never heard of Tao Geoghegan Hart and Jai Hindley before this year's Giro. They will be going into the final time trial with not a single second between them.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Stage 4 of La Vuelta is currently on. First Grand Tour for Fabio Jakobsen since the terrible crash during the 2020 Tour of Poland.

 

[Hotrod]

I watched all of Vuelta on Peacock. Forgot to check over here , my apologies.
Primoz is just on a different level than the other GC contenders. Yes , that Jakobsen .
story was just amazing. I pulled for him on all the sprints. Proud of my countrymen
Sepp Kuss , Lawson Craddock and Joe Dombrowski. They represented well.

 

[donthaveanickname]

This happens too often. RIP

Cycling star Chris Anker Sorensen dies aged 37 after horror crash with van

CYCLING star Chris Anker Sorensen has died aged just 37 after being struck by a van while on a ride. The Danish rider was out in Belgium preparing for the Road World Championships in Flanders when …

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[Hotrod]

My goodness. That 2021 Paris Roubaix was the craziest I have ever seen. Just epic.

 

[Hotrod]

Sounds like Egan dodged a bullet. Definitely will miss Le Tour 2022 imo.
These things take at the very minimum of 6 months to heal and then
another 6 months to get back in world class shape. i hope the
best for him.

Egan Bernal: Ineos Grenadiers rider leaves hospital after multiple operations - BBC Sport

 

[donthaveanickname]

Sounds like Egan dodged a bullet. Definitely will miss Le Tour 2022 imo.
These things take at the very minimum of 6 months to heal and then
another 6 months to get back in world class shape. i hope the
best for him.

Egan Bernal: Ineos Grenadiers rider leaves hospital after multiple operations - BBC Sport

Seems like it could've been much worse for sure.

 

[Hotrod]

Tadej in fine form. Wins today in the 1 day Strade Bianche.
July and Le Tour cant get here quick enough.
Tadej Pogacar wins Strade Bianche with 50km solo attack (msn.com)

 

[Hotrod]

Jumbo Visma took Stage 1 Paris/Nice by the throat with 7K to go
and never looked back. Jumbo Visma 1,2,3.

 

[donthaveanickname]

First ever stage win for Eritrea's Biniam Girmay at the Giro today. Way to go!

 

[donthaveanickname]

You can't make up that stuff. Girmay had to withdraw from the Giro due to an eye injury he suffered attempting to open the champain bottle at the podium ceremony.

 

[Hotrod]

Go check out the finish of stage 3 of the 2022 Dauphine. Usually happens once a year to somebody.

 

[Hotrod]

La Vuelta 20022 starts tomorrow with a 23.3K team time trial. That
should take 4 minutes - lol.

First 3 stages (flat) in Holland before flying to the awaiting hills and mountains
of Spain.

In other news, Egan Bernal finally made it back to team racing this week in the Tour of Denamark.
That is just amazing to me.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Trying to watch as much of this as possible. Last Grand Tour for Alejandro Valverde and Vincenzo Nibali.

 

[Hotrod]

No real suprises yet. Primoz seems to be the Vuelta GC Alpha again.
I am staying interested by seeing if Sepp Kuss can podium this event.

 

[Hotrod]

Vuelta is up for grabs. Roglic running into some serious GC contenders.
Sometimes I think he maybe sandbagging a bit, other times I dont think he has it.
The scenery is stunning in Spain.

 

[Hotrod]

That big "C R A S H " you just heard was the sound of a new GC giant
to make his way to the ranks of the Grand Tour races. He just crushed
the field in todays ITT stage 10. Welcome 22 year old Belgium :

Remco Evenepoel

 

[Hotrod]

Just got around to watching Womans Paris Roubaix.
What a freaking finish!!! Winner Allison Jackson (Canada) in the
final meters of a sprint finish. That is one Super Woman !

 

[donthaveanickname]

Damn
RIP Gino

 

[donthaveanickname]

Can't make that stuff up...
40 years ago, Ricardo Ten Argilés lost both his arms and a leg when in an accident with a high-voltage electricity line.
Despite this, Ricardo has battled through adversity and won four medals, including two Gold medals at the para-cycling world championship.

Therefore, sponsor Tissot presented him his well-earned prize... a watch.