less than 24 hours away from the most iconic one day race in cycling
it is time for hell in the North
broken bones, broken bikes, broken dreams
weather forecast:
dry and sunny, wind generally from the side or tailwind, so we could have a really fast race
in the news:
a drunk Cager Rager broke Philippe Gilberts middle finger (though he wasn't planned for PR anyway)
Is this Etixx's race?
>>66686624
you know exactly they won't win
they always choke
also Boonen is to old, and i don't think they will let Martin go for the win
they have loads of other otential great placements in the team but they always fail and you know it
Who are the favourites?
>>66686728
Sagan and Cancellara
reminder that eurosport will show the race from the start flag
could mean increased activity from the small teams to get TV time
Looking forward to EQS's new and hilarious way to fuck up a race.
Pais Vasco finishes today with a mountain TT. Pretty comfy
>>66686650
>Martin
It'll probably be stybar after boonen
>>66686748
Sticking a cheeky tenner on Cavo, never write him off
>>66686504
what drugs will our heroes abuse for our entertainment this time?
>>66688111
>tripdubtrip
still not happening
>>66688104
they could literally go with anyone, but we all know they will fuck it up
>>66688166
They will get 2 men in the break and use Martin to chase them down. Then get 3 men in the new break who will look at each other and let someone else escape to win. #JustEtixxThings
>>66688259
every year, again and again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcJ5Qq3OhuE
maybe EQS biggets masterpiece of all time
>>66688950
That was a masterclass of terrible tactics. I don't think they could possibly do any worse than that.
>tfw put Phinney in my road.cc team
who else /absolutemadman/ here?
I had Terpstra then Martin in that slot but it looks like the weather will be pretty mild so it should be "controlled" by Etixx. hence those two will be burned out by the finish.
>tfw you come across this on youtube and realize cycling used to be way more exciting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn4gzxNQbuM
deciding timetrial at Pais Vasco now
up and down the Arrate
made free money by betting cuntador
feels good
>>66692368
Can't out-tour the contador
>competitive cycling
>>66694240
kysmm
>>66688950
That was awesome.
Jorgen Leth: A Sunday in Hell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxBTVU9JDrA
Time to get c o m f y .
>>66686504
>tfw re-enacted OPs picture yesterday in local cobbles
>>66699097
>tfw no cobbles for literal thousands of kilometers
We've got plenty of pea gravel though.
>>66699438
>>tfw no cobbles for literal thousands of kilometers
>tfw cca 20% of Budapest's roads are cobble and I have to ride them every day to uni...
>>66699097
lel I raced my first ever crit on a course whose tightest turn was cobbles. Collegiate C riders at the beginning of the season + cobbles = at least one guy taken out every time we went through that section.
Kinda hoping for rain desu
>>66699531
>tfw almost entire downtown is cobbles
Old uneven wet cobbles are a literal nightmare fuel. Luckily I was going pretty slow and the only thing hurt was my ego.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG6B9XBcy_Q
I don't know how they ride 40km/h on these cobbles
late night bump
