***Official 2024 Pro Cycling Thread*** - The road to the Four Horseman in France begins now (4 Viewers)

[DA RAIDERS]

Ciam…wait! I had high hopes for him.

 

[BassNBrew]

Weirdest roster ever for me. Up and down the overall standings. Three stage wins in a row. Suck it Tadej.

 

[QuizGuy66]

-QG

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Weirdest roster ever for me. Up and down the overall standings. Three stage wins in a row. Suck it Tadej.

Pretty close across the board FBG wise. Milan looks to be the difference maker.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Weirdest roster ever for me. Up and down the overall standings. Three stage wins in a row. Suck it Tadej.

Pretty close across the board FBG wise. Milan looks to be the difference maker.

Losing cian is gonna torpedo my team

 

[cheeseypoof]

Weirdest roster ever for me. Up and down the overall standings. Three stage wins in a row. Suck it Tadej.

Pretty close across the board FBG wise. Milan looks to be the difference maker.

Losing cian is gonna torpedo my team

I’ve been lucky so far. My team still has all 9 riders.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Weirdest roster ever for me. Up and down the overall standings. Three stage wins in a row. Suck it Tadej.

Pretty close across the board FBG wise. Milan looks to be the difference maker.

Losing cian is gonna torpedo my team

I’ve been lucky so far. My team still has all 9 riders.

*Jinx*. Shall we bet on who or how many abandon cheesy in the next few days?

 

[cheeseypoof]

Weirdest roster ever for me. Up and down the overall standings. Three stage wins in a row. Suck it Tadej.

Pretty close across the board FBG wise. Milan looks to be the difference maker.

Losing cian is gonna torpedo my team

I’ve been lucky so far. My team still has all 9 riders.

*Jinx*. Shall we bet on who or how many abandon cheesy in the next few days?

Had that exact thought when I posted!!! Haha

 

[BassNBrew]

Weirdest roster ever for me. Up and down the overall standings. Three stage wins in a row. Suck it Tadej.

Pretty close across the board FBG wise. Milan looks to be the difference maker.

Weirdest roster ever for me. Up and down the overall standings. Three stage wins in a row. Suck it Tadej.

Pretty close across the board FBG wise. Milan looks to be the difference maker.

Losing cian is gonna torpedo my team

I don’t like this coming down to a battle of attrition.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

 

[DA RAIDERS]

A good day for armstrong’s needle. Podium sweep!

 

[BassNBrew]

A good day for armstrong’s needle. Podium sweep!

Congrats. These TTs have been brutal for me. MAOR flat stages please.

 

[cheeseypoof]

Impressive ride by Pogacar.

 

[Jaysus]

Impressive ride by Pogacar.

I had to leave right after he broke away from the peloton on the final climb. I want to see if I can find a replay and watch his ride.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Impressive ride by Pogacar.

Ridiculous

 

[Sand]

I predicted a 7-10 minute win. I think I underestimated Tadej.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

I predicted a 7-10 minute win. I think I underestimated Tadej.

Easy to do

Is he super human? Or does he have the drugs I want?

 

[BobbyLayne]

Grupetto checking in

WOW

Biggest climbing Stage of the Giro (5724 vertical meters), highest profile score, 351 KoM points up for grabs. With no teammates in the break, Tadej destroys everyone. This is now the 9th biggest gap in the Giro since 1945.

Nice day for Nairo, cycling is better off having him back. First KoM points he has earned this tour (65 on the day, Pogačar had a stage best 68.)

This final week is the 5th most vertical meters of a Grand Tour final week since 2000.

Two things won't change: Pogi's dominance, and my grupetto status.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Nasty weather today. Pog being pog. Man I wish Cian was still riding. Arensman is starting to chafe under G’s yoke. I hope they let him ride

 

[Sand]

Tadej's Strava ride for Stage 15 was flagged.

 

[Sand]

I predicted a 7-10 minute win. I think I underestimated Tadej.

I take it all back. I was inside the envelope by 4 seconds.



Last time the Giro was won by a bigger margin was 1965. Eeesh.

 

[cheeseypoof]

Pogacar makes it look so easy.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Congrats cheesy!

I’ve never watched a giro all the way through. Seems like there are way less crashes than the tour. Is that correct, for those that watch it more frequently?

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Congrats cheesy!

I’ve never watched a giro all the way through. Seems like there are way less crashes than the tour. Is that correct, for those that watch it more frequently?

Cheesy wins it going away. Nice work. I’m happy with a podium finish. Someone remind me to roster a time trial expert next time.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Congrats cheesy!

I’ve never watched a giro all the way through. Seems like there are way less crashes than the tour. Is that correct, for those that watch it more frequently?

Cheesy wins it going away. Nice work. I’m happy with a podium finish. Someone remind me to roster a time trial expert next time.

Happy to get 2nd. Especially with 2 abandons. jumbo visma failed me. I thought they would at least compete. They barely finished the race. I had cian having a breakthrough moment and maybe winning white. On to the tour!

 

[Jaysus]

Congrats cheesy!

I’ve never watched a giro all the way through. Seems like there are way less crashes than the tour. Is that correct, for those that watch it more frequently?

Cheesy wins it going away. Nice work. I’m happy with a podium finish. Someone remind me to roster a time trial expert next time.

Happy to get 2nd. Especially with 2 abandons. jumbo visma failed me. I thought they would at least compete. They barely finished the race. I had cian having a breakthrough moment and maybe winning white. On to the tour!

Cian has a bright future

 

[BobbyLayne]

Congrats cheesy!

I’ve never watched a giro all the way through. Seems like there are way less crashes than the tour. Is that correct, for those that watch it more frequently?

Cheesy wins it going away. Nice work. I’m happy with a podium finish. Someone remind me to roster a time trial expert next time.

Happy to land my first Grupetto.



Looking forward to the Tour. Thanks for organizing @Jaysus and congrats to @cheeseypoof on the outstanding win.

 

[BassNBrew]

Congrats @cheeseypoof on the victory.

I guess fading Tadej wasn't the brightest move. Did I hang on for most stage wins?

 

[Jaysus]

Pogačar will have the support of Adam Yates, João Almeida, Juan Ayuso, Marc Soler, Pavel Sivakov, Nils Politt and Tim Wellens at the Tour. Now that's a proper team.


Not sure he needs it though

 

[BobbyLayne]

Last Giro-TDF double was 1998

 

[Sand]

Criterium starts tomorrow. Peacock will carry it.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Great first stage (highlights)

Rest of the week inculdes 3 mountaintop finishes & a hilly TT; today was the only bunch sprint in this years Criterium du Dauphiné

 

[cheeseypoof]

Looks like I'm the only loser that entered the Velogames Criterium du Dauphine contest. Haha

 

[Jaysus]

whoa, the Dauphine finish was both heartbreaking and amazing today!

 

[Jaysus]

Looks like I'm the only loser that entered the Velogames Criterium du Dauphine contest. Haha

I only do VeloGames for the grand tours... I do submit a team on the TourTracker app for every race though

 

[Jaysus]

Rough morning in Dauphine... a bad crash with just over 10 km left neutralized the race. There'll be no changes in GC nor a winner on this stage. A couple Jumbo guys look to be in very bad shape: they are having an unlucky season.

 

[BassNBrew]

Rough morning in Dauphine... a bad crash with just over 10 km left neutralized the race. There'll be no changes in GC nor a winner on this stage. A couple Jumbo guys look to be in very bad shape: they are having an unlucky season.

At some point they are going to have to cancel rain stages or enforce a wet weather tire and mount panniers with 30 lbs of weight.

Today really stuck for the guys in the break. Hopefully Remco and Primos continue on.

 

[Sand]

Rough morning in Dauphine... a bad crash with just over 10 km left neutralized the race. There'll be no changes in GC nor a winner on this stage. A couple Jumbo guys look to be in very bad shape: they are having an unlucky season.

At some point they are going to have to cancel rain stages or enforce a wet weather tire and mount panniers with 30 lbs of weight.

Today really stuck for the guys in the break. Hopefully Remco and Primos continue on.

What they need to do is lay down new asphalt like 6 months before it gets ridden in these things instead of right before the race. ****ing morons these organizers.

If memory serves they plan on using that stretch of road for the Tour.

 

[Jaysus]

HFS! With about 30km left, the breakaway followed the lead car OFF THE COURSE! They had to turn around and lost at least 30 seconds from their lead on the peloton.

 

[Jaysus]

I love HC finishes. Today was no exception!

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Highlights yet?

 

[Sand]

HFS! With about 30km left, the breakaway followed the lead car OFF THE COURSE! They had to turn around and lost at least 30 seconds from their lead on the peloton.

Sounds like something I'd do.

 

[BassNBrew]

Remco just isn't a Tour guy.

 

[BassNBrew]

Nice ride by Matteo Jorgenson brings a big yawn. Guess we are focused onthe tour.

 

[Jaysus]

Live helicopter shot of the sprint finish was a nice touch today...