Rolling Pro Cycling Thread

No chance the tour happens. Worlds? Lombardia? As the last races standing? If this goes long enough the Melbourne to Warnambool is going to have some new found relevance.

("what is that growing there?" "i dunno...uh" "barley i guess.")

^^springtime DS commentary recognizing that 'springtime is HUGE' in the lowlands. i can't remember exactly what the commentary was, but i was glad the editors left that in there.

Lombardia, gheh, first and last race of the season, hadn't thought of that.

Still rooting for the Vuelta though (which will depart in the Netherlands).

i was thinking lombardia would be an interesting site and a difficult one given the extreme difficulties they had there. i'd love for cycling to "lift them up," but they may need better therapy than that.

virtual de ronde... hmmm

The Tour de France has been officially postponed to 29 August owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, and will finish on 20 September, the organiser, Amaury Sport Organisation, confirmed on Wednesday. Shifting the centrepiece of the cycling calendar will involve a delicate juggling act with the other two Grand Tours, the Vuelta a España and the world road championships, and the five “monument” one-day Classics all jostling for space at the end of the season when it is hoped that major sports events in Europe will resume.

lads

you're at it

now of this is happening fs

none*

seems highly unlikely but i like that they are hopeful

Finally a chance for Tim “I hate temperatures above 0” Wellens to win a frosty Giro!

Finally a chance for Tim “I hate temperatures above 0” Wellens to win a frosty Giro!

-1st August: Strade Bianche (Italy)

-5-9 August: Tour de Pologne (Poland)

-8 August: Milano-Sanremo (Italy)

-12-16 August: Critérium du Dauphiné (France)

-16 August: Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic (Great Britain)

-25 August: Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France (France)

-29 August -20 September : Tour de France (France)

-7-14 September: Tirreno-Adriatico (Italy)

-11 September: Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec (Canada)

-13 September: Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal (Canada)

-29 September -3 October: BinckBank Tour

-30 September: La Flèche Wallonne (Belgium)

-3-25 October: Giro d'Italia (Italy)

-4 October: Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Belgium)

-10 October: Amstel Gold Race (the Netherlands)

-11 October: Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields (Belgium)

-14 October: A Travers la Flandre (Belgium)

-15-20 October: Gree - Tour of Guangxi (China)

-18 October: Tour des Flandres (Belgium)

-20 October - 8 November: Vuelta Ciclista a España (Spain)

-21 October: Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne (Belgium)

-25 October: Paris-Roubaix (France)

-31 October: Il Lombardia (Italy)

So not gonna happen? Stoked for this insane, one-off super season crammed into autumn, put me down.

brb buying two extra televisions for Oct 25th: Giro finishes, Paris-Roubaix, Vuelta 😅

Some strong “let’s just do it and be legends man” vibes happening

Women’s Paris-roubaix is the best news. If the do it right it will be Paris-Roubaix without that tedious getting to the cobbles bit

what do we reckon... these races going to go ahead or nah ? expecting some cancellations on a case-by-case / country-by-country basis

Impossible to say really. Vuelta à Burgos starts tomorrow, and unless they cancel it tonight, they'll go ahead with it, I'm sure. Don't know what will happen if one or two or eight riders or staff members get the Rona. Spain is experiencing something of a second wave, it's flaring up all over the country.

You just reminded me Saturday is Strade Bianchi. What a long long wait it's been!

Looks like everything is going just as well as one could expect.

https://cyclingtips.com/2020/07/how-coronavirus-has-affected-bike-racing-an-on-the-ground-perspective/

from the comments there:

Meanwhile in Romania, a week before the Sibiu Tour, 750+ positive cases discharged themselves from hospital and new cases surged to record levels while the race was on. Alpecin-Fenix and Androni Gioccatoli-Sidermec pulled out before the race, but the riders from Bora-Hansgrohe, Israel Start-Up Nation and Bardiani that raced in Romania are now blocked by the Italian government from racing again until August 11 (meaning they'll miss Strade-Bianche and Milan-San Remo).

https://cyclingtips.com/2020/07/sibiu-tour-riders-blocked-from-racing-strade-bianche-milan-san-remo/

... the beginning of the end

interesting and not great

Start to the season couldn't have been much better w/ Saturday's Strade. What a ride.

Oh good, cycling’s back :-/

Vue de très près de l'énorme chute😱🥵 sur la ligne d'arrivée sur la 1ère étape du @Tour_de_Pologne 🇵🇱@FabioJakobsen @GroenewegenD@deceuninck_qst @Team_JumboVisma #TDP20
#tourdepologne 🇵🇱 pic.twitter.com/Fi7xXYkAHW

— Pistolero10 (@pistolero100917) August 5, 2020

yeah not watching that. heard it was horrible

highlights so far

remco still a beast
annemiek still a beast
wout still a cutie
RIP froome

Jakobsen has been put into an induced coma and taken to hospital, has internal injuries apparently. The finish line judge is in a critical condition, was resuscitated at the scene by some accounts.

: /

Polish doctor just said he’s “fighting for his life” and suffered severe brain trauma. Fuck.

https://lfgss.microco.sm/api/v1/files/c762e7b14cc0d68575c9998d4199f6b4e487213d.png

#TDP20 1/2 Very GOOD news from assistant director of hospital! General condition is STABILIZED, but the next few hours will be the most important in terms of neurology. There is NO brain injuries, though there are facial and skull injuries.

— Daniel Ludwiński (@D_Ludwinski) August 5, 2020

Polish doctor speculating about severe brain trauma should be fired too iirc.

anyway, glad he seems to be doing RELATIVELY ok.

iirc=imo=yolo

Doctors confirm: Jakobsen is awake, can move his limbs, is breathing independently and can communicate

I saw the last 20-odd km of Milan-San Remo yesterday (joined the action on the Cipressa) and it was great (though I don't know how much of that is due to me not seeing any cycling for so long).

The last 20-odd km were the only great km's tbf, but yeah that was nice.

I also caught the last stage of the Tour de l'Ain yesterday. Jumbo Visma running the show like Sky used to; Bernal could barely hang on. Should make for a really interesting TdF.

thomas looked heavy. froome looked typically ragged. roglic looked imperious

Agreed. Bernal will be up for it but I don't think Thomas nor Froomey will be of much use, the latter not really motivated either. Jumbo looking very strong, but with Evenepoel and a bunch of outlaws from other teams at the ready to shake things up it should, in theory, be a great TdF.

Oh wait Evenepoel is doing the Giro... That's a shame.

Ineos train melting away today was *chef's kiss*

carlton calling them sky all afternoon as well, lol

Zappi otm, it was beautiful

last year Thomas was supposedly out of shape and had been partying all winter, etc. And he finished 2nd (and could've won, Bernal just was the first to tactic, before the final stages got scrapped)

so I still think Gerraint Thomas will be up for it. Froome not so much.

wiggins said recently he thought thomas would win it. doubtful but would love to see it

according to the watts occurring podcast ben swift had to do two big shites during strade bianche. lovely stuff

kinda wish I'd done this now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPOvAnIy7Vc

Deceuninck-QuickStep domestique Tim Declercq shows the impact of being hit by hailstones on today's stage.

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PzLM4GkLnEHyeRQLegWg6k-970-80.jpg

ffffffffffffffffff yeouch

niki terpstra's nutrition strategy for dirty kanzelled
https://i.imgur.com/XPI7KYg.png

holy shit at declercq!!

so stoked to see kuss delivering like we knew he could, pride of durango. one writer noted that between kuss with xc and roglic with jumping, lotto has some nordie skillz.