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Vando
Oct 26, 2007

stoats about

paddyboat posted:

i got yelled at for posting about the red hook crit crash and y’all in here talking about video games, smh
I dunno man, British Cycling loving up at administrating and handing a lengthy ban to a pro cyclist for something that didn't even happen on the road is pretty on topic for a pro cycling thread

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wooger
Apr 16, 2005

YOU RESENT?
The Worlds looked horrific, but I will definitely go watch in person next time there’s something in Yorkshire. Though maybe they should stick to early summer.

Is there a more general cycling thread somewhere in the forums?

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

wooger posted:

The Worlds looked horrific, but I will definitely go watch in person next time there’s something in Yorkshire. Though maybe they should stick to early summer.

Is there a more general cycling thread somewhere in the forums?

General cycling threads are in YLLS, everything from maintenance to random stuff right up to competitive races.

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

wooger posted:

The Worlds looked horrific, but I will definitely go watch in person next time there’s something in Yorkshire. Though maybe they should stick to early summer.

There's the annual Tour de Yorkshire (yes, that's literally its name) in early May, in case you're not aware.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riders-left-angry-and-amused-after-going-wrong-way-in-tre-valli-varesine/

Most of the contendors for the win took a wrong turn and Roglic won again.

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012


I just watched the final 15 km and lmao at the whole thing. There's literally no indication as to which way to go on a roundabout and everyone follows the camera bike, which goes the path of least resistance and pulls out of the race about a minute after that, and everyone's like "WELP"

MrL_JaKiri
Sep 23, 2003

A bracing glass of carrot juice!
Not mentioned in that article but similarly well organised is that shortly after that fuckup they managed to block the road in front of Sanchez forcing him to bunny hop over a traffic island

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

Smirr posted:

I just watched the final 15 km and lmao at the whole thing. There's literally no indication as to which way to go on a roundabout and everyone follows the camera bike, which goes the path of least resistance and pulls out of the race about a minute after that, and everyone's like "WELP"

it kicked rear end, watching the riders from the helicopter shot, and suddenly seeing a suspicious number of parked cars on the road until the riders were like "hey wait a minute"

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
Milan Torino is basically Flèche Wallone for Italians, but the last climb here is a fun watch. :canada:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bzxH5Vouk0

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
under 29k to go at Il Lombardia. We’ve looked at all the speedboats and now it’s time to race.

Woods and Roglic look good. Bernal is hiding still


and uhhh Pierre Latour...

paddyboat fucked around with this message at 15:11 on Oct 12, 2019

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
Bauke Mollema is having his one perfect ride per year, as he does

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

gently caress, I forgot about il Lombardia until now. Rooting against Valverde now

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

Congrats, Bauke :toot:

Smirr fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Oct 12, 2019

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
Mollema woooo

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
omloop when

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012




I feel this lead-up is gonna be hard to do with the Omloop

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
remember when EF won Flanders

https://twitter.com/caferoubaix/status/1183031429963358208?s=21

TobinHatesYou
Aug 14, 2007

wacky cycling inflatable
tube man
Trek's 2020 roster is gonna be pretty damned good.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-2020-route-revealed/

The ASO have gone all in on Pinot for next years tour route. No Ventoux or Alp d'huez either, and a mountain time trial to finish.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
I don't see them returning to Alp d'Huez for a while after last time

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
That gap to the olympic road race is brutal and might cause some people decisions

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

https://twitter.com/inrng/status/1184537096482185216

tylertfb
Mar 3, 2004

Time.Space.Transmat.

It's ok, we have Quinn Simmons now.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
I think he's too big for it, but I'll be so mad if Simmons decides to do the stereotypical American thing and inadvisably try to become a GC rider.

tylertfb
Mar 3, 2004

Time.Space.Transmat.

Feels Villeneuve posted:

the stereotypical American thing and inadvisably try to become a GC rider.

Lance Armstrong's biggest crime IMO was "transitioning" into a GC rider rather than just continuing to win cool one-day races a la his 1993 worlds. Cycling in the USA probably would be smaller, but immensly cooler.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
any excuse to post this (I honestly thought he had already retired)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STj894Ex2Z8

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



paddyboat posted:

any excuse to post this (I honestly thought he had already retired)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STj894Ex2Z8

loving lol

Vando
Oct 26, 2007

stoats about
The Phinneyest thing:

https://twitter.com/CSkinner/status/1184786179171983362

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
Laurens ten Dam has retired too. Hes gonna switch to bikepacking and adventure races.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
Arkea Samsic have missed out on the World tour spot, which has gone to Cofidis.

So unlikely to see Quintana at 2 of the 3 grand tours. lol.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
At least he won't embarrass himself.

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




Well then :thumbsup:

Smirr
Jun 28, 2012

I was gonna say "Nairo being a PCT faillord and Nacer being a WT faillord, count me in" but it turns out that Bouhanni will transfer away from Cofidis to Arkea Samsic next year. So I guess I can still say that, it's just that they both are on the team where dreams go to die

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
You have to think Arkea expected to be the next World Tour team with signing those 2.

Bintana indeed.

rngd in the womb
Oct 13, 2009

Yam Slacker
https://twitter.com/giroditalia/status/1187403691197947904

peanut-
Feb 17, 2004
Fun Shoe
wtf is planimetry

MrL_JaKiri
Sep 23, 2003

A bracing glass of carrot juice!

peanut- posted:

wtf is planimetry

Where things are on a map

kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad

peanut- posted:

wtf is planimetry

Guessing it's a true cognate from Italian that is uncommon but they think it's common.

Lyndon LaRouche
Sep 5, 2006

by Azathoth

kimbo305 posted:

Guessing it's a true cognate from Italian that is uncommon but they think it's common.

Basically this. Almost 100% sure they just had a guy look up 'planimetria' in an Italian->English dictionary. I'm assuming it's a common word in Italian, but its English cognate absolutely isn't.

I see this all the time teaching ESL students.

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goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
I think I once went to a lecture on something like "planimetrics on arbitrarily convoluted surfaces".

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