WorldTour and Pro Cycling Nonsense 2012

his skinsuit says "wiggo." his hair makes him look like a gorillaz character. i dont know if these are pluses or minuses anymore.

He really, really could win the Tour this year. In the form of his life, winning everything he goes for (at the start of the season he said he was going for Paris-Nice, Romandy and the Dauphine). He'll probably suffer some terrible misfortune instead.

well he is british

Wreckless spriting by Ferrari caused a nasty crash - took down Cavendish and about ten others including Phinney (in pink) who had to cross the finish line in an ambulance

And apparently said in interview "I can't see what's behind me and I don't care"

He's been relegated to last place in the stage.

in a way, it's surprising to me that kind of crash doesn't happen more often-- cav wanted to stay on/get on farrar, but was only just closing the gap, and it appears ferrari saw a wheel and thought it was open. i mean, when it's on and you see someone going up like farrar with nobody right on him, the temptation to be an idiot is pretty huge.

well he is british (lol, u mean. xpost)

check the replay videos and watch for the rider who does a bunny hop over the prone cav - so legit

otm

Wow - heroic lone break in the Giro

absolute hero. solo ride for 70km, crashed at one point, and outsprinted rodriguez after he got caught! the giro is really finely-poised, way better than last year.

i would like the farnese vini kit.

good to see robert gesink get up at the tour of cali - shame that i missed that stage finish yesterday morning, sounds like it was a good one too.

Giro is v. entertaining this year, who would have thought that would happen.

holy shit, ryder.

^^^^

Fantastic finish. I sky+ed the Eurosport coverage (all four hours of it) and have just spent the best part of an hour watching, fast forwarding, watching some more etc. - only to discover that the recording finished with 2km left to race! Exactly the same thing happened a couple of days ago for the Passo Giau stage. Fortunately steephill had a link to some Italian coverage of the last 3km.

best bits of hesjedalia imo:

at 2km- "scarponi, i'ma dump my bottle now. i know you're looking at the back of your eyesockets, but i'm gonna take a good long drink. mmMM, that's nice."

at 800m *looks around, grins*

ds alan peiper: "if he was more laid back, he'd be horizontal."

guys guys guys, the Stelvio is totally covered in snow

It's Stelvio time!

Very impressive by de Gendt so far. Also Cunego deserves some kind of award for time spent off the front over the last few weeks (to no good effect).

De Gendt is nearly virtual Pink jersey (why did I take him out of my Fantasy team?)

glad that was streaming on rai. everybody decided to put it all on garmin. have no reservations in hoping hesjedal wins after that.

That was truly immense. Apparently DeGendt rode the Stelvio 30 times to prepare for today. If Hesjedal wins tomorrow it is well deserved.

I was only musing yesterday about Belgium not having a true GC contender, I guess I was wrong. The Uran/Henao show is pretty exciting too.

(why did I take him out of my Fantasy team?)

I didn't :-)

Intermediate checkpoint: De Gendt 11 seconds up on Scarponi, Hesjedal 1 second up on De Gendt, Rodriguez approaching...

Rodriguez about 30 secs down already - il vincitore sara' Canadese

what a fantastic last week of racing.

cadel puttin down some horsepower at the end of dauphine stage 1.

new madone features rear brake under the BB, what's going on there? http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/06/bikes-and-tech/spotted-all-new-trek-madone-7_222357

I don't often go around liking Treks but I think I like that one.

cant wait to see a wrench adjusting that shit out a moving car's window.

lol

http://xenlogic.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/speed-bomb-diffusion.jpg?w=600

BMC is at it as well

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/06/gallery/tech-gallery-bmc-aero-road-bike_222610

Andy Schleck out of the TDF
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jun/13/andy-schleck-tour-de-france

wtf
course doesn't suit him but could have podiumed
team to back Frank then?

1) He's been having a terrible season
2) The report says he's fractured his pelvis

Frank is doubtful because Bruyneel is still angry over his Giro abandon.

Brian Holm says Wiggins is a "Living Computer"

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/wiggins-may-not-yet-be-at-his-peak-says-holm

Time for a TdF thread?

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-57452727-10391709/armstrong-formally-charged-for-doping-tour-de-france-titles-at-risk/

eek

Finally

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bassons-and-simeoni-say-armstrong-probe-is-overdue

Time for a TdF thread?

YYY, but do it on ILE if you please

No Bronies - It's the 2012 Tour de France thread

usapc tourtracker is rollin. i know lizard head well enough that this familiar! stetina/danielson pushing break. dz dropped out of break and puked on the side of the road.

jens is in the break and hincapie too.

Contador killed today, the ol' junkie's still got it

danielson vs. the field

alta climb is harder than they think, id be surprised if he gets over it ahead of the group.

is it tru that contador just got sonned by two spanish kids in an andorran mountaintop beef?

cracking stage in the usapc

question for euro/brits:

what is that cool sounding melancholic, electronic (sounds like a tightly phased Fender Rhodes) incidental music snip they play at stage endings shortly before they switch to Tennis, etc.?

peter g.

think it's in a minor key, drums come in after about 10 seconds...

had insomnia over the weeekend and discovered the videos at Cyclocosm, fun stuff