Pro Tour/ Euro/Whatever road thread

Prudhomme fears this:

http://www.dancewithshadows.com/nuts/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/darth-vader-putin.jpg

David Millar wins the Three Days of De Panne. Yay!

Ronde Van Vlaanderen today, I fancy Fabian Cancellara for this. (Saxo bank running the peleton right now as well)

Cancellara is just looking so good, leading Boonen out and looking so calm on the climb. David Millar trying to bridge as well.

Enough time to show the cameraman his penis angel, pick up a swiss flag and pedal slowly over the line.

That was incredible. When Cancellara made his move on the Muur the camera shot was from the front so you couldn't tell who was leading (they were side by side) and it actually looked like Boonen was launching an attack as he was out of the saddle and giving it everything. Then we saw the side-on view and Cancellara was just smoothly riding away from him, still in the saddle, not even looking like he was making any effort. He had a gap of about 200m in no time at all.

i was riding with a small group yesterday in boulder when taylor p's dad rode up to my buddy/ride host and announced "taylor ha vinto." then his mom told us that he had crashed out of the tt while way up, so getting the road stage was a little revenge. the crash itself at the very end is pretty cool, check out his passage under the barrier--

http://www.youtube.com/user/USACyclingOrg#p/u/5/2wOEPkse_PI

yikes. both of those stages were super wet.

“To attack on the Muur and leave Boonen behind is amazing. When I get old, to be able to say to young riders, ‘At the Ronde I attacked on the Muur, left Boonen behind and won alone,’ not in a sprint, or dropped and came back, but alone … it was the perfect scenario. The gladiator won the battle.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn-oHTCgR84

teh attack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DFM14BIYmA

decent bike change!

watching boonen weaving on the muur while fabs motored away was pretty hilarious. rematch next week should be pretty epic.

srm data from one of the bikes (or both? hard to know...)

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3879577&id=44610508140
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3879576&id=44610508140&fbid=379763543140

show details 10:01 AM (0 minutes ago)

he swapped bikes and then jumped back on his original bike once the repair was made to the brakes. i just dont know if he's jumping back on his original or getting off of it.

Despite finishing a creditable sixth in the Tour of Flanders, George Hincapie (BMC) cut a disappointed figure as he crossed the line and rolled to a standstill after six and a half hours in the saddle. The veteran American believed that he had the legs to follow Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) and Tom Boonen (Quick Step) when the pair attacked on the Molenberg 40 kilometres before the finish but failed to go with them.

damn ppl believin the craziest shit but dont stop believin baby

“I had good legs on the Molenberg and I hesitated when Cancellara and Boonen went.

why u afraid 2 win man

“I though, I’d better let this motorbike come by but when I turned around and looked it was Cancellara"
-Bernhard Eisel

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/eisels-big-day-at-flanders-affected-by-crashes

fabian so strong motorbikes draft HIM

http://cdn.media.cyclingnews.com/2010/04/05/2/040401ispa_0479_600.jpg

classic paint job on phil's bike there

LOL cavendish

charmer

that video of cancellara gapping boonen is ridiculous. one minute he's there and then gone

not euro, but fun pro tour (not sure how much coverage this gets outside of local markets):

The 2010 Amgen Tour of California roster includes the following 16 professional cycling teams:

* Bissell (USA)
* BMC Racing Team (USA)
* Cervélo TestTeam (SUI)
* Fly V Australia (AUS)
* Garmin-Transitions (USA)
* Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda (USA)
* Kelly Benefit Strategies (USA)
* Liquigas-Doimo (ITA)
* Quick Step (BEL)
* Rabobank (NED)
* SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy (CAN)
* Team HTC-Columbia (USA)
* Team RadioShack (USA)
* Team Saxo Bank (DEN)
* Team Type 1 (USA)
* UnitedHealthcare Presented by Maxxis (USA)

wow go Fly V Australia! prob the weakest team tho i assume..

http://gi177.photobucket.com/groups/w219/NFTXNYQWNX/DSCF1618.jpg

ok they have pretty de rosa bikes

fly V had parlees last year!

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid28343239001?bctid=76446742001

ha

vn- disappointing for columbia-htc today (scheldprijs)?
mcewen- "THEY WIN ENOUGH MATE, THEY WIN ENOUGH!"

looking forward to watching this in the pub tomorrow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU_LM1znjPI&feature=player_embedded

the Alma in Crystal Palace is showing it as part of this:

http://www.thelondonclassic.org/

checking out tour of basque county tt live on universalsports.com. wiggo on the road.

http://img.mobypicture.com/c9cc098272dc15b7a10518ffffaa77bc_view.jpg

allegedly gesinks warmup schedule for pais vasco tt

dude is warming up w/10min of 300+ watts, jesus

dude, he's tall but skinny, probly goes no more than a buck 55. power.

there's no time to piss before the race on that warm up sheet wtf

anyone watching n00baix - it's coming to the boil, break's about to be caught with 70km to go

yup, poor Stijn Devolder, not having a good day today, Garmin a bit of a mess too.

tactical mistake there from tomeke!!

here we go

this is just amazing. he'll win this by minutes.

dud

this 'chase group' couldn't organise a fucken pissup in a brewery

well the gap comes down. i was sorta expecting him to continue to gather speed until he achieved escape velocity. just orbiting earth. thinkin baout things.

sez Hammond: "He’s on his own planet. He’s in a different league."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/apr/14/mark-cavendish-tour-de-france

i'm hoping that HTC give rogers a bit of lattitude in pursuing a good GC spot at the tour, rather than just acting as a cog in the cav lead-out train

gotta admit I really like cavendish

if i had to be a kind of asshole, he is the kind of asshole i would be.

Cadel Evans wins the Fleche Wallone, powering past Alberto Contador on the final stretch of the Mur de Huy. Nice. He seems to have been reborn as an aggressive rider, starting in the Dauphine last year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU-kNDQuiIo

compared to the stress-head he's been the last couple of years, it's like a totally different rider.

yuh pretty awesome. My challopy prediction: he'll win giro, get cained in the tour?

vino wins LBL, the rest of the podium also named alex in some form or another