Steele Von Hoff's 2014 Pro Thread

That was a proper stage

― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, May 27, 2014 11:36 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

Watching the post giro show, Processo alls tappa, right now. The story is that the neutralisation was never announced on radio corsa and that's the only official source of race info. General opinion is it's Uran and everyone else's fail for not responding to Quintana getting away. Riders should thing on the road not rely on their earpieces.

really enjoy seeing quintana on the podium smiling, because on the bike he often just looks sorta robotic, with very little expression. in contrast to aru, whom i also like.

Here's a photo of him on the by sort of smiling.

https://twitter.com/velocast/status/472396959849148416/photo/1

Otherwise the level of focus is somewhat terrifying.

on the by - on the bike

Tour de France 2014

I know him more from MotoGP, but figured this was a good place to ask the Brits:

What is Carlton Kirby's accent exactly? I figure it's Northern, but is it Manchester? Sheffield?

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, April 13, 2014 7:54 AM (2 months ago)

oh btw Kirby called Sheffield his home town the other day, I was on the right track.

pissing down at the commonwealth games road race - isle of man man peter kennaugh has been away solo since the first lap with 60km to go. cav is playing DS for him in the car! is our man on the ground cozen there, I wonder?

Heartbreaking seeing Emma Pooley coming across the line in tears. She's retiring, in part because there aren't enough races for a a female climber/time trialist.

http://tourtracker.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/

scenic views right now on kebler pass (dirt!)

Pipi and Popo commenting on a stopped race with no pictures is about the worst

welp, too bad about stoppage, but tourism tip if you ever want to see the aspens in full color in colorado, kebler is probably about the best place imo.

le tour - the one that shows whose really best
giro - the one i want to see in person
la vuelta - the one that always seems to deliver the best crazy ass racing

this 5km is like, what i want every gt to deliver. it's goddamn glorious.

http://www.steephill.tv/players/youtube3/?title=Last+5+Km+of+Stage+14&dashboard=vuelta-a-espana&id=SY7WPlTHnDM&yr=2014

https://twitter.com/RydersMotor

Pretty good assessment. Giro is also best at media and easiest to watch in the way I want to watch it. Although having said that la videotape is going through my favourite part of spam over the next week and I wish I were there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjjM2tI6THs

minute left

way to go jensie

was nice hearing ppl pronounce his name right.

https://i.imgur.com/SU7Jsnr.jpg

"im cycling bacon"

love how every $250 aero helmet now looks exactly like a department store cheapie.

Jens Voigt what's on your iPod

Warmup:

REO Speedwagon "Keep on loving you"
Brian Adams "Summer of 69"
Journey "Wheel in the sky"
Air supply "Making Love out of Nothing at All“
Metallica "Turn the page"

Hour Record:
Republica "Ready to go"
P.O.D. "Feel so alive"
Metallica "One"
AC/DC "Hells Bells"
AC/DC "Highway to hell"
Farmerboys "Here comes the pain"
Ugly Kid Joe "Goddam Devil"
AC/DC "Thunderstruck"
Black Sabbath "Paranoid"
Metallica “Frayed ends of sanity"
Europe "Final Countdown"

Cooldown:

Metallica "Nothing else matters"
Cranberries "Zombie"
Kansas "Dust in the wind"
Air Supply "All out of love"
Lita Ford/ Ozzy Osbourne "Close my eyes forever"

http://open.spotify.com/user/nicstevenson/playlist/4UzwfZhomtYoZpdnQ8c109

Not sure I like the idea of the top cyclists competing in all three grand tours. I mean, I love the idea of seeing the big fish go head to head more often, but comparing the cycling calendar to sports like tennis seems a bit wrongheaded given the energy expense over such long periods of time. Am I missing something?

Ooh hello, a finish *and* a start in Rodez next year? That is highly convenient for my parents' place.

one TT at the start! froome unimpressed according to reports.

the "all the big names at all grand tours" thing would help strengthen the position of the giro and vuelta, which would be good. I'm sceptical to say the least at the level of form each contender would bring to each race, though - which is probably the main issue that counts against it.

RIP Paul Sherwen.

https://www.twitter.com/lancearmstrong/status/1069342584840089602

seems a bit too early for a dedicated TdF thread but: froome out, broken femur

Remco?!

Pro tour bout to be dominated by low country cyclocrossers and colombian climbers for the next half decade

one group has vo2max and handling that will break you, the other has watt's/kg ftp that will...also break you. they must fite each other now.

mvdp just did another last lap CRUSH on shurter and now fluckiger. it's...his world man.

bike racing
it's good man

bike racing
it's good man

― gbx, Sunday, August 4, 2019 3:13 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

PR this year one of the best races i've seen in ages

yup

Rolling Pro Cycling Thread

not sure about this glasgow course - the elite RRs coud be carnage if it rains. so twisty !

what a race. psyched for the U23 and women’s elite RR next week

I’m a roglic bidon truther

GC kuss

“why did he hi five and not try to get the red”

i think he’s just awesome like that and also doesn’t need the boys to suffer any extra on his account tbh lol

GCN+ dead, I'm devastated

Pog has activated beast mode

what if i was pogacar in maillot jaune
what if i was lipowitz no myth

Love a good breakaway stage.

#strongestrider

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/sports/cycling/samuel-abt-dead.html

Great stage (11). Was it weird they slowed for Pogacar?

Yes amazing stage. The (mostly 2-man, sometimes 3 and briefly 5-man) breakaway averaged 30mph (!) for 97 miles with 5700 feet of climbing.

Not weird to slow for when the Yellow jersey crashes, it's not considered good sport to attack when the Yellow Jersey is on the ground/flatted/mechanical... although obviously this has happened a few times in the tour that I can remember (Kruijswijk in 16, Shleck in 10, probably several dozen more times i can't recall).

Of the 171 finishers (+1 withdrawal) of today's stage, only 14! finished within TEN minutes of Pogi.

my old teammate reminded me of this flashback today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCOXDSuTNwU (start @1m49s)