Cycling thread

[Bruce Wayne]

Tromousse and Tente are better. Trust me. The Tour can't use them because they are protected nature areas, so they're not famous, but both harder and prettier than the Tourmalet.

You can see ride details and some photos here to wet your whistle https://www.cicerone.co.uk/cycling-in-the-pyrenees-col-des-tentes-and-cirque-de-troumouse

 

[thirdmantackle]

Hope to also do Col de Pailheres, Col du Pradel and a few others around Foix

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Hope to also do Col de Pailheres, Col du Pradel and a few others around Foix

You touring about a bit?

 

[thirdmantackle]

You touring about a bit?

Few different campsites in the pyrennes.
Over to the Basque country for a while too.

 

[thirdmantackle]

Tromousse and Tente are better. Trust me. The Tour can't use them because they are protected nature areas, so they're not famous, but both harder and prettier than the Tourmalet.

Two hard days on the bike there. Will have to pace myself

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Two hard days on the bike there. Will have to pace myself

It's one road out of Luz and then it forks at Gedre, so you "could" do both in one ride. Tromouse is awesome though. The final stretch is just you and a dotto train on this narrow ribbon with the most amazing views all around you.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Absolutely stacked. It's hard to look past Pogacar for the Tour

 

[Black Belt Jones]

Ethan Hayter the strongest by some way at the Nat Champs at the weekend, really impressive win. He is an enormous talent but a lot of talk on how he struggles for positioning in the pro-peloton, and might be leaving Ineos. Hope he finds the best path forward. He is also a beast on the track, would have thought mixing it in a world level points races would make you fearless for bike positioning.

His Belgian alter ego, Arnaud de Lie (young, strong AF, some issues with positioning) also won their Nat Champs. Buried Philipsen, van Aert, Meeus, Merlier and Nys in a straight sprint, massive win. De Lie will ride the Tour and should contest stage wins if he can navigate the ultra-tactical lead out train battles that dictate things.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Saw Sepp Kuss is out of the Tour. Whatever voodoo doll Pogacar has this year is working a treat. He surely can't have a better chance to get the double.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Tour starts today, no Paris finish because of the Olympics. Also means no Arc de Triomphe to sign Cavendish off. Shame that.
Into the Alps early doors as well.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Special on Gino Bartali in the highlights tonight at 7pm btw.

 

[sbbefc]

Just finished the book Climbers by Peter Cousins. Not bad, but a bit stodgy at times.

 

[Runub]

Cavendish in big trouble. Sick and dropped. Hopefully his team can nurse him to the finish of the stage inside the time limit

 

[spectateur]

Cavendish in big trouble. Sick and dropped. Hopefully his team can nurse him to the finish of the stage inside the time limit

8 min down on leaders 5 min on peloton 120 km to go .
5 more categorised climbs.
Big trouble indeed.
He looks as if he is ill.

 

[jazzy]

8 min down on leaders 5 min on peloton 120 km to go .
5 more categorised climbs.
Big trouble indeed.
He looks as if he is ill.

Be surprised if he isn't timed out