Road Cycling 2019 Discussion Thread

[TomJa 64]

Giro in Hungary. In particular, I must go there, that he travels through such pretty lands . And right after that driveway to Etna, I'm in heaven . Stage 20 looking at the profile itself will be one big slaughterhouse and the legs will burn with pain!!

[Gianlu33 4,568]

I see the Giro stages and again, like every year, i'm really disappoint. This year they complete forget the western part..

[heywoodu 15,141]

Three individual time trials by the way (although only one of them is not a short one). That last week is going to be brutal again.

[bestmen 2,818]

They call it giro while it looks triangle 

[heywoodu 15,141]

RIP Tour of California

 

 

 

It was always fun to watch a handful of world class riders fight with a whole bunch of local heroes while being ready to sleep. Tradition, if you will.

[Olympian1010 7,975]

9 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

RIP Tour of California

 

 

 

It was always fun to watch a handful of world class riders fight with a whole bunch of local heroes while being ready to sleep. Tradition, if you will.

Saddest news I’ve seen all week . It was a yearly tradition of mine. It’s one of only a few cycling races I religiously. I have great childhood memories of watching races, of meeting the riders. It’s a shame that other kids won’t be able to do those things. 
Money ruins everything. Nothing has ever improved with money. Shit day to be a sports journalist in the US. I just get more and more tired of this country by the day. I really hope my generation brings change in the next few years.

[heywoodu 15,141]

One of the all-time greats has passed away, aged 83. Raymond Poulidor finished on the Tour de France podium eight (!) times, without ever winning it or even wearing the leader's jersey. His biggest wins include the Vuelta a España, Milan - San Remo and the Fleche Wallone, he also finished second once and third three times at the world championships. Poulidor also was the grandfather of David and Mathieu van der Poel.

 

https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2019/11/13/l-ancien-champion-cycliste-raymond-poulidor-est-mort_6018967_3382.html

[heywoodu 15,141]

@hckosice Guess who won two stages in the almighty Tour of Senegal?!  

 

https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/jan-andrej-cully

Edited November 17, 2019 by heywoodu

[dcro 10,210]

Luckily this time the Senegalese found a doctor in time.

 

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-du-senegal/2018/stage-1

[hckošice 14,829]

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