New Cycling season

[Vieux Talonneur]

Tragedy in the Tour of Switzerland.

Bad crashes are part and parcel of road racing and incidents like this will, sadly, happen from time to time. Normally the outcome's a few broken bones, but occasionally it will be much worse. It's a dangerous game and the riders really are brave, tough little nuts.

RIP

Gino Mäder, Swiss road cyclist, dies at age of 26 after crash at Tour de Suisse

Gino Mäder has died at the age of 26 after crashing on a descent and his team, Bahrain-Victorious, paid tribute to a ‘shining light of our team’

www.theguardian.com

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Giro U23 had a big cheating scandal as they took a sticky bottle to a whole other level.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

TdF hoving in to view.

I'm making an early call for Vingegaard. The Pog will give him a fight, but he looked very good in the Dauphine while the Pog will not have had much real time on the road after his injury.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Agreed. Vingegaard has been unstoppable while pogacar will be out of race shape. Lots of hours on the trainer but hasn't raced in awhile.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Mad first stage of the TdF.

First and second in a day of days for the Yates twins.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Yep. The breakaway was pretty entertaining and of course the twins at the end.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Well that's that sorted then.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Come on neilson.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Well that's that sorted then.

Yeah gc is over. Just hoping powless can grab polka dots.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Yeah gc is over. Just hoping powless can grab polka dots.

Well we got ourselves a ball game.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Well we got ourselves a ball game.

Have we ever. Didn't see that coming and I doubt Vingegaard did either.

First week is usually crashes and sprinters. This is incredible.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

such a tough way to go out. really feel for cav.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Team offering him another chance next year if he wants it.

Todays stage up the Puy de Donne was fantastic.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

tv did a great job capturing the change in atmosphere from insanely loud to dead quiet as the fans were cut off.

great effort for Matteo but just wasn't enough.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

great effort for Matteo but just wasn't enough.

Brutal. The guy must have set a world record for lactic acid production.

The Pog taking some more seconds back. Looks like he has the edge in the uphill accelerations. Vingegaard will be glad of the rest day.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Pog seemingly in his stride and able to take seconds back at will uphill. Couple more days in the Alps, but maybe the TT will be the deal breaker.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

uae clearly think it's going to come down to seconds. Watching pog pass people on his way to the bonus points was something to see.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

There's going to be one or two very unpopular motorcyclists….

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

apparently 1 day suspension and a small fine for the motorcyclists.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Fan taking selfie causes Tour de France crash

A fan causes a crash on stage 15 as Wout Poels claims his first Tour de France stage win and Jonas Vingegaard maintains his overall lead.

www.bbc.co.uk

What an idiot!