Road Cycling 2020 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 16,434]

5 minutes ago, dcro said:

This is exactly how not to handle things this year. Expecting that there will be a date when everything will instantly turn back into normal so to allow this cramped up schedule is utterly nonsensical.

 

You just can't have it all this season...

 

I get that they try and come up with alternative dates, it's fine to have a plan in case it somehow is possible. I'm annoyed though that they don't make it very clear these dates depend entirely on things outside of their own control and are only best-case scenarios.

[hckošice 16,572]

Peter Sagan new haircut

 

Spoiler

 

 

[heywoodu 16,434]

Hey I've got a Sagan-like bit of facial hair, cool.

[dcro 10,210]

Rohan Dennis apparently left the quarantine at this home in Spain, and even bragged about it on Instagram.

[heywoodu 16,434]

3 minutes ago, dcro said:

Rohan Dennis apparently left the quarantine at this home in Spain, and even bragged about it on Instagram.

 

And then deleted his social media accounts.

[dcro 10,210]

Remco Evenepoel cancelled his Muur Challenge after the media made a big deal out of it.

[Olympian1010 8,284]

1 hour ago, dcro said:

Remco Evenepoel cancelled his Muur Challenge after the media made a big deal out of it.

Why? People can still be allowed to do things on their own. If people show up to watch (after being told/asked/warned not to) arrest their ass (or more realistically, just have them leave).

[dcro 10,210]

7 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Why? People can still be allowed to do things on their own. If people show up to watch (after being told/asked/warned not to) arrest their ass (or more realistically, just have them leave).

 

Because there was a concern that plenty of fans would gather at the Muur...

[Olympian1010 8,284]

2 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Because there was a concern that plenty of fans would gather at the Muur...

Natural selection 

[heywoodu 16,434]

9 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Why? People can still be allowed to do things on their own. If people show up to watch (after being told/asked/warned not to) arrest their ass (or more realistically, just have them leave).

It was his own decicison to not to it though. He was allowed to do so, but decided not to and he is indeed allowed to decide that.

 

If you have a bit of a sense of the popularity of cycling, Evenepoel and De Muur in Belgium, you'll know it was a well-meant, but just not very well thought-out idea from him at the moment. He'll come up with something else I guess, since it was meant to show some support for the healthcare workers (a few days ago he already did a solo 300km ride).