2012 Rolling cycling thread -- US Pro Challenge edition

Re: 2012 Rolling cycling thread -- Giro/Tour of Cali edition



Ferrari cuts off/takes down Cavendish.

Phinney taken away in an ambulance?

 

Re: 2012 Rolling cycling thread -- Giro/Tour of Cali edition

Damn damn damn damn

 

Re: 2012 Rolling cycling thread -- Giro/Tour of Cali edition


Rest day read. Urban cycling as primal therapy.


opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/fear-and-cycling/


You are forced, under pain of death, to quit all that silly ideation and pay attention. It’s meditation at gunpoint.

 

Re: 2012 Rolling cycling thread -- Giro/Tour of Cali edition

Proof no. 34,404, courtesy of Cav, that cyclists are the truest hardmen in all of sports:



This picture was taken AFTER he trained today for tomorrow's TTT.

 

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Wearing pink, looking purple.

 

Re: 2012 Rolling cycling thread -- Giro/Tour of Cali edition

The stage leader at the Tour of California just had to put a put a foot down (like a motocross rider) on a steep descent to make a corner. I thought he was going into the trees.

 

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Dude showed some mad skillz there.

 

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Anyone planning on catching any of the Tour of California in person?

 

Re: 2012 Rolling cycling thread -- Giro/Tour of Cali edition

Nope, but I'm looking at a couple mountaintop finishes in Colorado in August. Just need to figure out if I can make it work with preseason football coverage in full swing.

 

Re: 2012 Rolling cycling thread -- Giro/Tour of Cali edition

I'm not one to buy pro kits, but Zabriskie's Captain America helmet and skinsuit in today's TT is pretty damn cool.

 

Re: 2012 Rolling cycling thread -- Giro/Tour of Cali edition

He designed that suit himself; he's a huge comic book geek.

Speaking of geeks, Frank Schleck and Rasmussen are engaging in a pretty fun twitter war today over at the Giro.

 

Re: 2012 Rolling cycling thread -- Giro/Tour of Cali edition

Who the heck runs this race, NASCAR? Sagan wins five of eight stages and doesn't even crack the top 10 in GC. There needs to be more bonuses for the sprinters or something. Although most stage races are decided in the mountains, this whole deal was decided on one day (or maybe two, counting the TT).