Doctors confirm: Jakobsen is awake, can move his limbs, is breathing independently and can communicate
― tantric poster 103 (||||||||), Friday, 7 August 2020 16:25 (three years ago) link
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 Rampaging Goats of Llandudno (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 9 August 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
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.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 10 August 2020 06:58 (three years ago) link
thomas looked heavy. froome looked typically ragged. roglic looked imperious
― tantric poster 103 (||||||||), Monday, 10 August 2020 07:23 (three years ago) link
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.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 10 August 2020 07:49 (three years ago) link
Oh wait Evenepoel is doing the Giro... That's a shame.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 10 August 2020 07:50 (three years ago) link
Ineos train melting away today was *chef's kiss*
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:43 (three years ago) link
carlton calling them sky all afternoon as well, lol
― ||||||||, Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:57 (three years ago) link
Zappi otm, it was beautiful
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 13 August 2020 16:07 (three years ago) link
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.
― Ludo, Thursday, 13 August 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
wiggins said recently he thought thomas would win it. doubtful but would love to see it
― ||||||||, Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:23 (three years ago) link
according to the watts occurring podcast ben swift had to do two big shites during strade bianche. lovely stuff
― ||||||||, Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
kinda wish I'd done this nowhttps://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
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:37 (three years ago) link
ffffffffffffffffff yeouch
― ||||||||, Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:38 (three years ago) link
niki terpstra's nutrition strategy for dirty kanzelledhttps://i.imgur.com/XPI7KYg.png
― ||||||||, Thursday, 13 August 2020 21:23 (three years ago) link
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.
― retail rage is for suckers (Hunt3r), Friday, 14 August 2020 04:11 (three years ago) link
declerq 🤮 holy fucking jesus
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 14 August 2020 04:35 (three years ago) link
froome on a semaine sans
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Friday, 14 August 2020 13:51 (three years ago) link
Ineos is losing riders up front like leaves on a tree in autumn.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 August 2020 14:04 (three years ago) link
formolo looks goosed
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Friday, 14 August 2020 14:05 (three years ago) link
... in the big ring though. weapon
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Friday, 14 August 2020 14:15 (three years ago) link
Formolo having a great start to the season. Bernal is fried.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 August 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
looked like sivakov finished ahead of him
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Friday, 14 August 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
He did indeed.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 August 2020 14:25 (three years ago) link
max schachmann crashes into a civilian’s car (!) in il lombardia and still finishes 7th. how the hell the car got onto the route... serious questions for the organisers to answer
heard remco took a sore one on the descent of the sormano too
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Saturday, 15 August 2020 16:49 (three years ago) link
that was scary indeed! seems he's ok though, and he definetely still has his teeth.
― Ludo, Saturday, 15 August 2020 16:57 (three years ago) link
I haven’t been following closely but why was Lombardia moved to the middle of August? I thought races were going back not forward.
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Saturday, 15 August 2020 19:49 (three years ago) link
fractured pelvis for remco; popped collarbone for schachmann
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Saturday, 15 August 2020 19:58 (three years ago) link
french mafia rallying for pinot on the last stage of the dauphine
― ||||||||, Sunday, 16 August 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
durango y’all wooo
― retail rage is for suckers (Hunt3r), Sunday, 16 August 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
I haven’t been following closely but why was Lombardia moved to the middle of August?
I assume because the Tour/Giro/Vuelta are all in the autumn (and to some extent overlapping) and Lombardia is the kind of race that Grand Tour riders are more likely to win.
― The Rampaging Goats of Llandudno (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 17 August 2020 23:29 (three years ago) link
RIP G and froomey
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 19 August 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
kinda excited about seeing G in the giro tbf
my money's on carapaz for the tour
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 19 August 2020 21:01 (three years ago) link
Coronavirus infection rate soars in France ahead of the Tour de FranceFrench Prime Minister Jean Castex says the coronavirus is four times more prevalent there than a month ago, reports the BBC(link is external).
France suffered 5,429 new cases in the last 24 hours – the highest number recorded since April – and there are now 21 départements classed as red zones (which means more than 50 new Covid-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last seven days).
Most red zones are around Paris or in holiday regions on the Cote d’Azur – where the Tour de France is due to begin on Saturday.
― ||||||||, Thursday, 27 August 2020 20:49 (three years ago) link
I was just contemplating starting a Tour de France thread so we can have one before the race gets cancelled.
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Thursday, 27 August 2020 20:51 (three years ago) link
We can enjoy the Phantom Zone. (My NBC Sports subscription for cycling just hit yesterday so I guess we'll see if it'll be for two days or something. Still, fun catching up with the Dauphine at least.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 August 2020 23:08 (three years ago) link
France reports 7,379 daily cases in new post-lockdown recordFrance reported 7,379 new confirmed cases on Friday; the most in a day since its lockdown ended and just shy of the 7,578 high set on 31 March.
how many stages do we reckon they'll manage... first week max ?
― learned lasagna (||||||||), Friday, 28 August 2020 17:44 (three years ago) link
Ladies and Gentlemen, less than 24 hours until we hear this 🚨🎶🤣pic.twitter.com/EzmQ6oeepJ— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) August 28, 2020
― learned lasagna (||||||||), Friday, 28 August 2020 19:49 (three years ago) link
have we got a TdF thread yet? Eurosport audio absolutely borked so far lol
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 29 August 2020 12:09 (three years ago) link
There’s no way this makes it all the way to Paris - TdF 2020
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Saturday, 29 August 2020 12:21 (three years ago) link
Cycling journalist José Been tweeted something along the lines of "anyone following me voting for Trump please unfollow me"
Trek's Quinn Simmons tweets:
Bye 👋🏿— Quinn Simmons (@QuinnSimmons9) September 30, 2020
In response, Simmons' employer Trek suspends him:
Trek-Segafredo response to public comments made by Quinn Simmons pic.twitter.com/ygqYjy8FWz— Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) September 30, 2020
You love to see it.
― Ilxor in the streets, Scampo in the sheets (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 1 October 2020 09:16 (three years ago) link
Also today
In 2017 when we had Tsgabu Grmay on the team, many riders and staff would call him the N word..I got pissed so much every time they did it, but they though it was fun. I think they had no idea what it meant. But that's not an excuse. There was one rider though, I asked honestly..— Janibrajkovic (@janibrajkovic) October 1, 2020
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Thursday, 1 October 2020 12:44 (three years ago) link
brajkovic's confessional witness work is actually feels more impressive to me, as it reflects a bit more of the actual lived-space vs performative twitter assholery (not that twitter assholery isn't revealing or accurate).
― retail rage is for suckers (Hunt3r), Thursday, 1 October 2020 15:12 (three years ago) link
nah actually suspending that dipshit is likely better, that's realest, sorry.
― retail rage is for suckers (Hunt3r), Thursday, 1 October 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
Yesterdays (great) LBL, a triptych:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjfykmSWkAMaY-H?format=jpg&name=small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjgGcq8X0AUreRf?format=jpg&name=small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ejjk9ykWkAAR3UD?format=jpg&name=small
― Ilxor in the streets, Scampo in the sheets (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 5 October 2020 12:51 (three years ago) link
Oh dear
― The Rampaging Goats of Llandudno (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 5 October 2020 12:59 (three years ago) link
RIP G, crashing in the neutral zone is a hell of a way to go out
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 5 October 2020 14:49 (three years ago) link
That was all very bemusing, down to the hilarious finish of course.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 5 October 2020 14:57 (three years ago) link
g hit a coke can, right? as crashes go, it seemed not toooo terrible, he had swerved, slowed, and had a foot down, but him not moving much afterwards-- ooooh not good. is he starting tomorrow i wonder
― retail rage is for suckers (Hunt3r), Monday, 5 October 2020 16:49 (three years ago) link