Pro Tour/ Euro/Whatever road thread

RIP Laurent Fignon

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/laurent-fignon-passes-away-1

Very sad. I knew he'd been battling the cancer for a while, but this was still a surprise, given that we saw and heard him doing punditry on the Tour de France just over a month ago.

Here's an interview with him from a few years ago:
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/497582/laurent-fignon-my-way-or-the-fairway.html

RIP Professor. I am an American and I still begrudged LeMond those 8 seconds.

lol andy schleck booze hound

So cool
http://estaticos03.cache.el-mundo.net/elmundodeporte/imagenes/2010/09/10/

Cav hopping the line? He's a bloody star, his interview post stage yesterday was great.

Yes. Don't know why, but I seemingly can't post pictures at the moment.
http://estaticos03.cache.el-mundo.net/elmundodeporte/imagenes/2010/09/10/

poor igor anton. red jersey to skinless in about two seconds, ugh.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-britain-2-1-1/stage-1/photos/140348

Greipel's pins are very triplets of belleville

shit, meant http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-britain-2-1-1/stage-1/photos/140348

holy hell, Constitution Hill looked frikkin evil.

Yep. Don't think much of Sky's tactics yesterday: three in the decisive break which had a lead of about ten minutes over the rest, you'd have thought they'd be set up nicely for the GC. Instead they burnt off Thomas then Wiggins in keeping the pace high, so both of them lost a couple of minutes or so. OK, they got the stage win from Henderson, but that seems a strange priority.

Very interesting, i hadnt heard about papp's tweets.

Anti-doping authorities have lodged cases against as many as two-dozen domestic racers, sources tell VeloNews. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency will announce the findings in the coming weeks, the sources said.

However, (doper snitch Joe) Papp has been active on Twitter. On August 19, following stage 2 of the Tour of Utah, Papp wrote, “Jonathan Mccarty, don’t worry, you were really 5th today in Utah. Or at least you will be.”

McCarty had finished sixth on that stage, behind Levi Leipheimer, Francisco Mancebo, Ian Boswell, Darren Lill and Phil Zajicek.

On August 11, Papp wrote on Twitter, in consecutive messages, “Seriously – if you think you were on ‘my list’ I urge you turn yourself in, b/c there’s little chance of leveraging something later. Try to dissuade ADA (anti-doping agencies) from applying an increased sanction by admitting your anti-doping violation as soon as you’re confronted with it…”

Let Levi Ride (Dirty)

seems like it would be weird for a euro pro to be on papp's list tho eh?

loved the endless comments about masters doping tho

masters dopers are fucking cunts,but and the ppl complaining are too hilaire. oh, grievance!

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"some time in 2006"...

http://www.usacycling.org/results/index.php?compid=230448

Was great to be at tob stage today, didn't see much o the racing, but hanging out, checking out the bike pron and general wandering made up for it. Also had a go on a go-cycle. Those things are awesome fun, shame they're so expensive.

Great finish to the Vuelta stage today!

Does Anyone fancy an ILTRMB meet around the ToCalifornia next year? Putting a trip in my calendar for next year.

Bike madmanRIP.

The race was only 130km long and Italy fielded by far the biggest and strongest team in the race, but for Pozzato victory was an important signal to their rivals and a moral booster for everyone in the Italian team. The Italian riders rode the 70km from their hotel to the start and then rode back again, to complete a long but very successful day in the saddle.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/herald-sun-world-cycling-classic-ballarat-ne/elite-u23-men/results

ha shasta level mileage

Edward,

I am tentatively down for the SF stage and maybe an LA stage depending on work schedule.

Huntr3,

For the record: 270km is about 35km longer than I have ever ventured in one go.

still time, one more training ride left shasta

phinney, wow. never seen anyone do the aero tuck down over the top tube on a TT bike before!

watching bike racing in daylight hours is a nice change. i am gonna go down there for the l337 TT tomorrow, perhaps i'll take some 'happy snaps'

wish i was in geelong checking this out tbqh

i didnt ride in geelong, but i almost remember a better than satisfactory cellar door marathon on bellarine peninsula! (complete with accidental drunken run in w/ a penned emu)

Contador claims positive test for Clenbuterol due to food contamination. lol

Alberto Contador is affected by a doping control at the last Tour de France on July 21, where it was found the substance clenbuterol.

From the time of the first communication from the UCI, August 24, Alberto Contador alleged food contamination as the only possible explanation of what happened and has put it in the hands of the cycling authorities, in the confidence that they can clarify this very serious problem, which is now made public.

The experts consulted so far have agreed also that this is a food contamination case, especially considering the number of tests passed by Alberto Contador during the Tour de France, making it possible to define precisely both the time the emergence of the substance as the tiny amount detected, ruling out any other source or intentionality.

Alberto Contador will offer today, 30 September, at 12.00 hours, a Press Conference at Hotel Las Artes in Pinto (Paseo de las Artes, n º 15), in order to give his version of what happened to the public.

Read more: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/5836/Alberto-Contador-positive-for-clenbuterol-at-Tour-de-France-team-claiming-food-contamination.aspx#ixzz10xwgYLw6

Watching worlds TT on jp stream, commentators are horrible:

http://www.justin.tv/d/zura929#/w/428158992/2

are they austrayan commentators? If it's mike fucking tomalaris then yes it would defs be horrible..

worse, clueless jp dorks with very little cycling background apparently.

Top 10:

1 CANCELLARA
2 MILLAR
3 MARTIN
4 PORTE
5 ROGERS
6 MOERENHOUT
7 SANCHEZ
8 ZABRISKIE
9 BODNAR
10 LARSSON

awes top ten

Porte is a hero

Now Mosquera and Garcia busted for doping in the Vuelta:
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/501502/mosquera-and-garcia-positive-at-vuelta.html

thought i heard someone down there saying contador had gone pos, lolol

coincidentally here is spain's ll cool sanchez, possibly my one good photo:

http://i55.tinypic.com/2usajxd.jpg

nice snap!

i got kinda caught up with cheering them all on to take properly good pics - lots of pro photographers around there in the way too.

i did get a few that aren't quite as exciting, here's dave z:

http://i52.tinypic.com/2i6yq1x.jpg

millar just leaving start ramp:

http://i52.tinypic.com/2mr787l.jpg

martin

http://i55.tinypic.com/9posgi.jpg

fabian - wish i'd clicked a fraction later, awesome to see him in full flight

http://i55.tinypic.com/28ldemt.jpg

not a fan of the sky kits, but these union jack kits are rad.

TayPhin is first racer to podium both events at worlds!?!?!

Kinda digging this bike:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-cm/under-23-men-road-race/photos/143683

Would look dope in white though. :-P

i thot one article said he was the 6th racer to do that? xpost

sorry, first U23 rider.

GOD OF THUNDER

!!!!

<3

v exciting finish