world tour bike racing 2018

#Giro101 - Descent now, then .... THE KAISER! pic.twitter.com/8i2FwQoEIN

— La Flamme Rouge (@laflammerouge16) May 19, 2018

brutal

Yikes

When i said i wanted an incredible finish, that’s not _exactly_ what i meant.

‘We thought, let’s hide and see what happens’: Adam Hansen explains how he and Tim Wellens hid from the Giro peloton

Wow. It will be gutting if Yates doesn’t win this.

yeah same, he's been fantastic to watch

and while i guess kudos to froome for taking the zoncolan, he is just the most boring rider ever, style is so whack i hate it

welp I guess that's that

Yeah, that's that (bar a victory destroying crash like Kruiswijk in 2016, riding into an ice wall). Dumoulin is good but Yates is way better. He's flying.

i missed this earlier lol (that is not an accusation just lol tony that face).

The images of @TonyMartin85 watching Aru rise again after the last rest day and cross the line in third place are priceless. Price.Less. #Giro101 pic.twitter.com/latRztdqGa

— Mikkel Condé v2.0 (@mrconde) May 22, 2018

Yates in trouble. Typical Giro final week madness.

banger of a stage

poels !

Love the third week. Poels was too good.

only caught the tail end of the stage, so maybe there's an obvious answer to this but: what was poels doing going out ahead like that? i just didn't get it, tactically

stoked for tomorrow's stage, the colle delle finestre is gonna be sick. can't help but think that if any attacks are going to be made, that's where it'll happen (vs the final climb).

Not heard it confirmed but I assume Poels went ahead to be able to help out Froome with a later attack. Which happened, as it was Froome's attack that shook off Yates (and Froome wants third place from Pozzo)

it was funny when he turned down the wrong road

some ride from plaza

^this too.

Yates in trouble already?!

He’s fucked. Could drop out of the top ten at this rate.

This is nuts. Yates is done. Froome now with a fierce break away, Dumoulin can't follow.

Yates at 4.30 from Froome. Holy shit.

17 mins down. Wouldn’t be surprised if he abandons.

the expected bad day. (Simon will win his Grand Tour one day)

less expected... Froome the new Brit in pole position to win!

wow

hands down the most extraordinary thing I’ve seen in racing if froome wins today. 80k flyer like it’s nbd

Can't see anything of this, so following online. Reminds me of Boogerd's 2002 victory in La Plagne during the Tour de France. On dope, as it later turned out.
3 minutes ahead of Dumoulin now, so virtually in the pink jersey..

20km to go, Dumoulin @ 3.10. 7 final km's are a climb, but I can't see Tom getting any closer.

I've erased La Plagne from my memory, precisely because it was Boogerd on dope.

everyone was on dope back then though. now they all have asthma.

Froome's having an exceptional asthma attack today

Landis over joux-plane in 06

lol yeah that was a fun one. didn't he lose oodles of time on the day prior?

Yup. He told peeps “im going early ride or die”. He came up on the break and just -railed- them.

O’grady was like, “he dropped me like i was a junior. It was insane.”

yeah this got me thinking about Landis too. excellent stage! (albeit a bit suspicious)

number 6 today already 6 minutes behind. that's insanely old school.

didn’t see it sadly, tho was chatting with some dutch in the bar i’m in and they pointed out that although it may be suspicious the descent of the finstre was something else. daring to the point of reckless.

my god what a stage

stoked for tomorrow's stage, the colle delle finestre is gonna be sick. can't help but think that if any attacks are going to be made, that's where it'll happen (vs the final climb).

― gbx, Thursday, May 24, 2018 11:35 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

how did you get your pass for cyclingtorrents? seems invite-y, is it just timing?

i think i got it from a friend? like, many years ago. i can check if it's invite-y, and send some invites if need be

lol it's blocked here at work, i'll check later today

still can't get over how bonkers this was. assuming froome's actually clean, that's gotta be one of the greatest rides of the modern era

i'll keep looking around, if i confirm a user-invite is needed i'll ping back, no worries.

Today I did 300 watts average for 6 hours to finish 45 minutes behind the winner.

Hahahahaha.

— Ryan Mullen (@ryanmullen9) May 25, 2018

also i know it's duh obvious but having data like this available is a truly awe inspiring illustration of the gulf between the pros and us normies

https://www.strava.com/activities/1595203088/overview

welp

great Giro :-)

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This is still funny to me a day later

yes, yes it is