The professional cycling thread

[ewenm]

Giro route announced officially today. Interesting mix on mountains, long stages and 3 short time trials including one uphill.

[Granfondo]

ewenm said:

Giro route announced officially today. Interesting mix on mountains, long stages and 3 short time trials including one uphill.

Giro and Vuelta far more interesting than tdF for me.

[JuniorD]

Granfondo said:

Leithen said:

Granfondo said:

Great breakaway ride by Niballi to win the last monument of the year.

That boy knows how to get down a hill.

Not to shabby up them either!

Used to have a lot of respect for Nibbles, and suppose I still do for his descending, but the Vuelta cheating was a step too far.

[Dr Imran T]

JuniorD said:

Used to have a lot of respect for Nibbles, and suppose I still do for his descending, but the Vuelta cheating was a step too far.

A bit harsh, he's a hugely skilled rider and I respect him for that. The Vuelta thing I agree was just plain silly - his team are part responsible for that too.

His credentials are superb with all three grand tours wins.

[Jonnny]

I just can't feel happy when an Astana rider wins, nearly every other team I'm ok with it, and I'm sure the rider is clean.. Just dislike the team.

[Granfondo]

Jonnny said:

I just can't feel happy when an Astana rider wins, nearly every other team I'm ok with it, and I'm sure the rider is clean.. Just dislike the team.

I am a bit like that with Sky!

[johnxjsc1985]

Granfondo said:

I am a bit like that with Sky!

Sky have been absolutely fantastic for GB cycling.just watched the women's pursuit destroy the opposition.
As a company I really dislke SKY but for cycling they have been brilliant

[malks222]

dunno if anyone is even interested, but lance armstrong was on the 'joe rogan experience' podcasts (on itunes), dunno what they talk about, but I doubt rogan will avoid the obvious questions. I'm off to have a listen just now.

[FredClogs]

malks222 said:

dunno if anyone is even interested, but lance armstrong was on the 'joe rogan experience' podcasts (on itunes), dunno what they talk about, but I doubt rogan will avoid the obvious questions. I'm off to have a listen just now.

I listened to it this morning on my drive into work, it's not going to change anyone's mind but you do get more of a sense of the man, Joe Rogan's podcasts usually run over 3 hours, this one was about 2 and you do get the sense that Lance came to say what he wanted to and get out.

[Johnny]

Tour Down Under starts Tuesday.

Live on SS1HD at 0200 for those that will be awake...

[Don1]

Jesus. Not good. Swift healing to all. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/35392379

[ewenm]

Yeah, saw that on Twitter - horrendous incident.

[anonymous-user]

Although four have been discharged, Degenkolb and Chris Haga are still in a serious condition in hospital...

[TheJelley]

Some positive news:

https://twitter.com/TourDeJose/status/691369846811...

[funkyrobot]

Bloody hell.

Shows how much damage one vehicle can do.

[Don1]

funkyrobot said:

Bloody hell.

Shows how much damage one vehicle can do.

This much...

[Rich_W]

Driver needs to be locked up!

Why oh why did it HAVE to be a Brit woman though!

[Rouleur]

It looks as though mechanical doping actually exists

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/mo...

[funkyrobot]

Rouleur said:

It looks as though mechanical doping actually exists

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/mo...

Not a new issue, but the first time I see it has been found.

There were talks about this sort of thing years ago. I think Cancellara was on the receiving end of some accusations.

[Rich_W]

Obviously guilty. Though if the story about being lent the bike is true she may have a reasonable case.

Question is really how much assistance are we talking? There's a shop near Sigma Sport that sells Scott E Bikes and they all look a bit wieldy. The batteries are a decent size as are the motors aren't exactly small either



So anything that could be hidden in a regular size frame tube is probably not going to offer anything like the power of the bike above. Is a 5% energy saving likely? Is that actually enough to make a difference?