Liege-Bastogne-Liege seems more interesting than the footie currently 
Come on Pogi
Come on Pogi
Pro Cycling 2021
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Carapaz going all out - just one climb to go.
Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons. 16km to go. Brutal climb
Valverde is still there in the first group, on his 41st birthday. He can tie Merckx' record of five wins. Would be insane.
For sure - think off the five, Alaphilippe would be the favorite, doubt Valverde still has the kick of a few years ago
Wow Pogi
Well well, still no LBL for Alaphilippe. Great sprint by Pogacar, what a rider. Schoolboy error by Valverde by the way.
Matthews wins another sprint in the background. He's definitely world champion in pointless sprints. 
Valverde went too early no?
Let himself be forced in the lead, that's error one, and goes way way too early. So much experience, you expect better. Still though, massive respect that he's still there.
Was a exciting race with a great winner. Roglic had a bad day.
Anyone following the Tour de Normandie? Seems like Sagan had a strong finish yesterday, let's hope he's back
Updating this, because I'm bored AF:
Calendar (World Tour races)
February 27 | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad // Davide Ballerini
February 28 | Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne // Mads Pedersen
March 6 | Strade Bianche // VAN DER POEL Mathieu
March 7 - March 14 | Paris-Nice // SCHACHMANN Maximilian
March 10 - 16 | Tirreno-Adriatico // POGAČAR Tadej
March 20 | Milan San Remo // STUYVEN Jasper
March 22-28 | Tour de Catalunya // YATES Adam
March 24 | Driedaagse Brugge - De Panne // BENNETT Sam
March 26 | E3 Saxo Bank Classic // ASGREEN Kasper
March 28 | Gent - Wevelgem // VAN AERT Wout
March 31 | Dwars door Vlaanderen // VAN BAARLE Dylan
April 4 | Ronde van Vlaanderen // ASGREEN Kasper
April 7 | Scheldeprijs // PHILIPSEN Jasper
April 5-10 | Tour de Pais Vasco // ROGLIČ Primož
April 11 | Paris-Roubaix // Cancelled
April 14 | Brabantse Pijl // PIDCOCK Thomas
April 18 | Amstel Gold Race // VAN AERT Wout
April 21 | La Flèche Wallonne // ALAPHILIPPE Julian
April 25 | Liège - Bastogne - Liège // POGAČAR Tadej
April 27 - May 2 | Tour de Normandie // THOMAS Geraint
May 1 | Eschborn - Frankfurt
May 8-30 | Giro d'Italia // BERNAL Egan
May 30 - June 6 | Dauphiné
June 6 - 13 | Tour de Suisse
June 26 - July 18 | Tour de France
July 31 | Clasica San Sebastian
August 9 - 15 | Tour de Pologne
August 14 - September 5 | Vuelta d'Espana
August 22 | Cyclassics Hamburg
August 29 | Bretagne Classic
August 30 - September 5 | BinckBank Tour
September 5 | GP Québec
September 12 | GP Montréal
September 19 | World Championship Time Trial Knokke - Brugge
September 26 | World Championship Antwerpen - Leuven
October 9 | Tour de Lombardie
October 14 - 19 | Tour of Guangxi
Calendar (World Tour races)
February 27 | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad // Davide Ballerini
February 28 | Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne // Mads Pedersen
March 6 | Strade Bianche // VAN DER POEL Mathieu
March 7 - March 14 | Paris-Nice // SCHACHMANN Maximilian
March 10 - 16 | Tirreno-Adriatico // POGAČAR Tadej
March 20 | Milan San Remo // STUYVEN Jasper
March 22-28 | Tour de Catalunya // YATES Adam
March 24 | Driedaagse Brugge - De Panne // BENNETT Sam
March 26 | E3 Saxo Bank Classic // ASGREEN Kasper
March 28 | Gent - Wevelgem // VAN AERT Wout
March 31 | Dwars door Vlaanderen // VAN BAARLE Dylan
April 4 | Ronde van Vlaanderen // ASGREEN Kasper
April 7 | Scheldeprijs // PHILIPSEN Jasper
April 5-10 | Tour de Pais Vasco // ROGLIČ Primož
April 11 | Paris-Roubaix // Cancelled
April 14 | Brabantse Pijl // PIDCOCK Thomas
April 18 | Amstel Gold Race // VAN AERT Wout
April 21 | La Flèche Wallonne // ALAPHILIPPE Julian
April 25 | Liège - Bastogne - Liège // POGAČAR Tadej
April 27 - May 2 | Tour de Normandie // THOMAS Geraint
May 1 | Eschborn - Frankfurt
May 8-30 | Giro d'Italia // BERNAL Egan
May 30 - June 6 | Dauphiné
June 6 - 13 | Tour de Suisse
June 26 - July 18 | Tour de France
July 31 | Clasica San Sebastian
August 9 - 15 | Tour de Pologne
August 14 - September 5 | Vuelta d'Espana
August 22 | Cyclassics Hamburg
August 29 | Bretagne Classic
August 30 - September 5 | BinckBank Tour
September 5 | GP Québec
September 12 | GP Montréal
September 19 | World Championship Time Trial Knokke - Brugge
September 26 | World Championship Antwerpen - Leuven
October 9 | Tour de Lombardie
October 14 - 19 | Tour of Guangxi
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You forgot Philipsen at the Scheldeprijs and Pidcock at the Brabantse Pijl!
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Thomas again. Christ almighty. Really???!!!!
What a weird stage. That neutralization descent was a mess, I think organizers will be grateful that no one from that breakaway survived otherwise they would've had huge issues regarding GC.
Thomas has looked the best this month since quite a while but damn, what a crazy crash - I think his hand slipped from the handlebars so he lost balance?
Some big differences in form in this weather, Kruijswijk lost like what - 9 minutes? Kuss also nowhere to be seen. If Roglic or WVA are not racing, JV really look a bit clueless.
Still an entertaining stage, although it doesn't really make up for an overall very Tour de Romandie , very dull course selection.
Thomas has looked the best this month since quite a while but damn, what a crazy crash - I think his hand slipped from the handlebars so he lost balance?
Some big differences in form in this weather, Kruijswijk lost like what - 9 minutes? Kuss also nowhere to be seen. If Roglic or WVA are not racing, JV really look a bit clueless.
Still an entertaining stage, although it doesn't really make up for an overall very Tour de Romandie , very dull course selection.
Hoping Thomas can make up for yesterday's fall. Looking good first checkpoint
Satisfying win for G
Stay off the beers now Geri
I'm excited to see him back in action but I'm keeping my expectations in check. It was a nasty injury, a long road to recovery and he hasn't had a single race day to prepare for this. On top of that, he's never raced a grand tour before. I don't think anyone should expect him to be top for three weeks. Perhaps that's for the best, just let him have his grand tour debut without too much pressure. I do expect him to do well in the first stage though, an 8.6 km time trial to start with. Should suit him well.
Evenepoel aside, I'm just really excited for the Giro. I've had a brief look at the route and some of the mountain stages are mental, as you'd expect from the Giro. The Zoncolan is in there, one of the most brutal climbs in all of cycling, always a good one. There's even a stage with dirt roads that ends in Montalcino, which is pretty close to Siena so there might be some overlap with the Strade Bianche route there, not sure. Something to look forward to in any case.
Giro has been the most fun grand tour for quite some time.
From LanternRouge. Nuff said.
Evenepoel and Ganna out on course.
Ganna is a freak (and a joy to watch on his TT bike).
Not quite the dream scenario for Evenepoel but still encouraging.
Not quite the dream scenario for Evenepoel but still encouraging.
Top 10 in his first race after 10 months of recovering from injury, he should be delighted!
Still quite astonishing he's 3rd favourite with the bookies for the overall. I know he's special but come on!
He's just a very exciting talent, people think he's invincible. It's hard to imagine now, be before last year's Tour, people expected more from him than from Pogacar.
@RobinLFC my man, how are you doing on the first post lockdown bar day in Belgium? I know this isn't the thread for it, but feck it. I missed the live race because of it.
36.5mph average from Ganna. He’s got an insane engine on him.
Looking forward to this tour though, some exciting and brutal stages.
Looking forward to this tour though, some exciting and brutal stages.
I’ve been in Mallorca with some friends for a cycling holiday since last Sunday
Last night here tonight, been cycling in 27°C and laying by the pool for beers all week, simply great.Happy to hear you went out though! I’d have done the same if I were home, regardless of the weather. Very much looking forward to go to some restaurants again next week.
That sounds awesome! I should go to the mountains/hills more often, I always ride flat routes in and around Antwerp. I try to do at least 1 bike ride per week but with work and shitty weather it hasn't been great so far. We do have a cycling trip planned in France in September, really looking forward to that. Well, cycling and wine tasting.I’ve been in Mallorca with some friends for a cycling holiday since last Sunday
Happy to hear you went out though! I’d have done the same if I were home, regardless of the weather. Very much looking forward to go to some restaurants again next week.
Such an impressive victory from Merlier yesterday, I know the opposition wasn't exactly the world's best bar Ewan but still, first real stage in a grand Tour and immediately victorious. Symbolic too, 10 years to the day of Wouter Weylandt death. Great stuff. Belgium now has a legit contender for the points jersey and the maglia rosa in the same Tour for the first time in my life.
Sucks that our main broadcasting channel doesn't have the rights to air the Giro though. Eurosport is alright but it's such a great shame we can't watch Evenepoel on our national television imo.
Sucks that our main broadcasting channel doesn't have the rights to air the Giro though. Eurosport is alright but it's such a great shame we can't watch Evenepoel on our national television imo.
First time in a long time where a decent breakaway at the start took victory, Van der Hoorn's face was a picture as he crossed the line.
It's between Viviani or Sagan for stage 5 for me today, Ewan looks off the form so far.
Don`t think Sagan is capable of winning a mass sprint in a field like that anymore. He needs these reduced bunch sprints of e.g. two days ago where other sprinters get dropped on hills before. Today is totally flat.
Surprised to see Almeida lose so much time yesterday, I wasn`t high on his GC hopes as he`s not good enough to climb but to lose 5 minutes on the first medium hard finish is bad. Solves the DQS leadership issues straight away with Remco losing a bit but looking quite good overall I`d say.
Bernal looked the strongest yesterday but lets see if his back holds up. Anyway, little gaps on a first mountain stage like that in very bad conditions don`t really tell much in terms of overall favorites as Giro will be decided by way bigger gaps in the final week.
Merlier is miles faster than both of them.
I think the technical finish to the stage today may play a part in proceedings.
Ah fair enough, haven't looked at the finish. The stage looks as boring as could possibly be though, just one straight line from start to finish
Praying for crosswinds and some echelons.