Pro Tour/ Euro/Whatever road thread

yup.

haha

pulled

Ace sprinter Mark Cavendish admitted he let emotions get the best of him Thursday when he gave an Italian version of a two-finger salute as he crossed the line victorious in the second stage at the Tour de Romandie.

Eh? That's the British version.

What would the Italian version be? Flicking the teeth with the thumb?

wotta wanker

why i love bike racing:

http://velonews.competitor.com/files/2010/05/phinneyembed.jpg

mini phinney is a mutant u know

also, wtf woman (?) in background in marvel action pose about to spring from rooftop

ya phinney is obv a freak

i am reliably informed that w/out the shoecovers, he is ordinary

skinsuits - c/d?

classic, when used properly. crits, time trials, and CX races.

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/453100/pellizotti-out-of-the-giro-due-to-biological-passport-findings.html

love skinsuits, everything just so. pinups are sorta a pain the ass tho.

yep, you gotta find a friend to do it while you bend over in front of them, suggestively

O_o

pinups?

http://velonews.competitor.com/files/2010/04/DowsettpodGila1_410-203.jpg

VN: What is your strongest quality?
Greipel: I think it’s just the power. I had a good sprint today. I had 1820 watts in the final sprint.

that is insanity

sweet mother

D-:

makes me nauseous... he must have a reinforced bottom bracket.

wait are we talking about hunter's link or Ed's pic?

(looks kinda like the dead dead bird afaic)

we are talking about ~1800+ watts

on pinups-- as i dealt with my skinsuit tonight i looked more closely at it-- i guess in 2003 i had made 6 tiny dots on with a sharpie on it to show where i should pin in the event i was solo and shy to ask for pinup. luckily, they were on the correct side. i gave it a shot, put on the suit and...perfection! not a ripple, not a flap.

pics please

of you in skinsuit

lets just say its less pretty now than ever

fat mantis suit

Bradley Wiggins in pink :-)

Nice positioning for Greg Henderson there as well.

In much less good news:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/may/07/british-cyclists-injured-belgium-crash

5 British women injured

vino: rabid?

the crashes were fuckin nuts today!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXyn2Prb49k#watch-video-container

Blimey, it's all go today. Wind, 45km/h average speed, evans and wiggins (again) in crashes, splits all over the place, Vandevelde out with a broken collarbone. Looks good for Griepel right now.

LOL Griepel fucked it up.

"Will passenger Andy Schleck please make his way to gate 19. This is the final call for Mr Andy Schleck."

That’s me. Shit. I can’t believe that after thirty hours of sitting in Frankfurt airport I’m going to be late for my flight. Gate 19? Gate 19? Okay, I see it.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/andy-schleck/la-vuelta-a-aeropuerto

Chapeau to the Escapees today, Yukio Arashiro especially, saved the breakaway i think.

Lots of riders seen around town last few days. My bro chatted up Lars Boom at a coffee shop.

Fucking brilliant stage of the Giro today: torrential rain turning the Strade Bianche into lethal mudlsick roads from hell. There was a crash on a descent before they even made it to that section which took out pink jersey Nibali and Basso and several others. It was caused by Gerdeman (sp?) - not because he was there, but because he'd divebombed off the front in extremely dangerous conditions and the chasing pack just overcooked it. Garzelli, Cunego, Vinokourov, Gerdeman and someone else ended up out in front after the crash, with the favourites initially not working as it would breach etiquette. But they soon hit the mudtracks and a chasing pack (including Evans) made it back to them and then the race was on. Vino and Evans kept attacking and Cunego looked pretty handy. In the end Evans led over the cobbles and then led out the sprint and just powered away from Cunego. Nibali put in a massive effort to limit his losses to about a minute and a half - he was hampered in the chasing by having to keep waiting for Basso. Sastre lost a tonne of time. Millar is improbably up to third in the GC. If you get the chance to watch this, do so - this is epic suffering. The riders are just caked in mud and shaking their heads in disbelief most of the time.

god it was brilliant. i hope the tour's first week is as good as this!!

epic

just watching the last k, was everyone too fucked to attack Evans for the win i guess?

that was pretty brutal.

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/ba/fullj.cac0f5df1b2204a6ed037f807b819e8a/cac0f5df1b2204a6ed037f807b819e8a-getty-95689688cg021_tour_of_calif.jpg

manx missile takes stage 1, Haedo looked good though and appeared to briefly overtake Cav in the sprint, but he pulled a little something extra at the finish.

Cav is the only HTC rider not running Dura-Ace Di2, still preferring the manual operation of Dura-Ace 7900.

his teeth _do_ look better

hahahaha

cf. Saturday's finish in the Giro. ToC riders are pussies

http://cdn.media.cyclingnews.com//2010/05/15/1/bettiniphoto_0052609_1_full_600.jpg