Pro Tour/ Euro/Whatever road thread

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

so, forgive vino? before he popped i kinda figgered he was dirty, but as with diluca, really liked his racing.

also, saw this:

The fact Vinokourov that trained recently in Tenerife, a reputed hideout for professional athletes looking to cheat, has not helped quell suspicion.

and then:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/30159615

unhappy coincidences right

garmin don't have the rice snax on hand any more, they need all the help they can get!!

the testers would be all over vino, surely? i was trying to think of the last (not lance) guy of that age to be competitive and could only think of ...rebellin, heh.

Yeah, he claims to have been tested countless times since coming back:
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/452251/vinokourov-i-don-t-understand-persecution-against-me.html
Personally I was gutted that he won and glad to hear he was booed.

no, he wrote that hes been tested more than 30 times.

i hate it when dopers lie about how many times they get tested, as if we believe them anymore. come clean vino, how many times have you REALLY been tested?

obv im being a churl here

lol @ vandevelde garmin file

eh, dont work too hard just stick at 300 watts for that last climb. that 5500 foot one. that lasts for 90 minutes.

easy!

I'm not ure if this advert is shown in the states but is certainly a frequent one on Eurosport. Transitions Lenses transition Tyler Farrar into the boring junior accountant he would have been if he'd never found cycling. Not alarming like naked Fillipo Pozzato hawking sidi shoes but hardly the most effective advert for photochromatic lenses which don't exactly come with a cool image to start with.

pozzato is gross

ive actually had a set of the transitions "drivewear" lenses for a couple of years and will strongly rep the optics for riding. and great for skiing, they are polarized and get xxx dark on bright cold days.

COLORADOIANS

we have sun here

http://bits.mistersquid.com/assets/2009/12/09/deal_with_it.gif

http://cdn.media.cyclingnews.com//2010/04/29/2/000_par3206406_600.jpg

lol was that today at romandie?

yup.

haha

pulled

Ace sprinter Mark Cavendish admitted he let emotions get the best of him Thursday when he gave an Italian version of a two-finger salute as he crossed the line victorious in the second stage at the Tour de Romandie.

Eh? That's the British version.

What would the Italian version be? Flicking the teeth with the thumb?

wotta wanker