Morning/afternoon lads. What's the plan for lunch this fine Friday?
Tyler Price
Bean, rice, cooked egg and chicken
Anthony Cook
Today is leftover day.
Brody Gomez
>Morning/afternoon It's night here, had one large kangaroo hind quarter steak, mashed potatoes, baby carrots, onion rings and two deep fried bananas for dinner tonight.
Andrew Myers
Had some sausages, sauerkraut, and french fries.
Jordan Diaz
>Today is leftover day. >frog legs >snails >sardine heads >eyes of newts >rooster beaks Throw that shit in the bin, frenchie.
Blake Cox
The frenchest thing in the fridge right now is croque-monsieur. And cheese ofc.
They planned their tactics as if they completely forgot that Quintana doesn't attack.
Hunter Campbell
One bean and a whole chicken?
Jordan Torres
With Béchamel (or cream if you're lazy) too.
Evan Hall
yes yes, but how many days until Avatar 2?
Christian Flores
Why no greek riders?
Nolan Ortiz
Watching Tennis today
Andrew Ross
frOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOme
Michael Stewart
Because they all suck since Tamouridis retired.
Easton Cruz
>Froo-urns! Froo-urns!
Jeremiah Evans
Too poor to afford bikes.
Grayson Wright
>goes on holidays in France >goes to the bakery >'Bonjour monsieur, avez vous encore du pain français ?' >'Wtf is this question? Ofc all my breads are French, I do these myself.' 'I don't import them from poland' yells at me, the baker in frog Every single time. Once a baker asked me to leave because he thought I insulted him.
>pain français What the fuck you are basically telling him that he doesn't make his bread himself, that he is a liar and a killer of french cuisine, the fuck are you expecting?
But it makes absolutely no sense to call it "pain français" ffs, Belgians can't be that dumb.
Jayden Phillips
There's a reason why all Dutch jokes about Belgians are about how dumb they are
Andrew Jones
Is this the home of the famed UberEats Ligue Un powerhouses Le Tractuer FC?
Andrew Carter
Why? The baguette is a type of bread that is associated with France, hence "Pain Français", I don't know what's so hard to understand even for a French brain.
By the way it's called "French bread" in many countries.
Luke Clark
Based French commentators btfo the green agenda
Austin Cook
>doubling down
Sebastian Lee
attention: something happened
David Reyes
these two homolords are helping each other what the F*CK they even showed footage of them pushing each other
thinking the laurent brochard mullet needs to return to the peloton desu
Leo Sanders
At least Ciccone wears the yellow until the TT next weak then.
Based ride at Giro, that stage was Kino, thunder, rain and lightning and suffering.
Lincoln Miller
sprintstages are generally not worth watching unless you really like watching the french countryside and castles and shit
The only exception is when they expect echelons because then spicy shit can happen But generally, only tune in for the final 10km and you'll be fine.
Now mountainstages, that's where the true excitement of the sport lies.
Jace Lopez
Yeah, was really sad when they cut the Gavia but the stage ended up being pure kino anyway >those shots of pure foggy rain and suffering riders gorgeous
Jaxon Robinson
>By the way it's called "French bread" in many countries. We use the term interchangeably with baguette, but we're also hilariously bad at bread.
Dominic Edwards
>Fuck, if wallonia is full of peoples like you i understand why it's in shambles. rofl have you seen the state of fr*nce before pointing fingers at anyone?
Robert Morris
Is there a time bonus in the intermediate sprints ?
Owen Smith
Well, it also depends on the riders and the team tactics.
Usually nowadays, the strongest riders just sit in some train, and maybe attack/defend on the last 5 kms.
>Viviani Reminder that he won't win a single GT stage again in 2019
Jace James
I like how he was furious at the top of the pass, when the help helper gave him some wet rain clothes clogged with some other shit, which he just threw away and used some newspaper to keep himself warm.
Brayden Peterson
For me, it's De Gendt.
That tricky turn at 1.5k might give enough space for a sneaky jump.
That man is always angry, it's quite incredible really.
Lucas Butler
Well, he is an Italian. Aren't they always over emotional?
Brody Perry
As a dark horse i can see kristoff he likes those long stage and doesn't mind such finishes
Jayden Barnes
This stage is particularly boring, no landscapes, no châteaux, no suspense...
Kevin Parker
I hope Nibali falls back with the next few stages and in the TT to go mountain stage hunting.
It would light up things for the audience. I am sick of all the tactics of nowadays, which involves all the GC riders doing nothing until the last few kilometers.
Andrew Wright
>I am sick of all the tactics of nowadays, This. Get rid of power meters and team radios* and make the riders have to manage their own tactics based on how they feel, not what the computer and their DS tells them.
*maybe keep race radios for satety, though, for messages from the race directors like "Crash at km 55" or "rain incoming in 20minutes".
Benjamin Mitchell
Just because the stage is so boring, which climbers are going to do well on the 35km climb to Val Thorens?
It's not often that you see climbs that don't have high percentage but are just incredibly long. Mont Ventoux comes close but is steeper and a third shorter.
Cooper Edwards
>Casuls here not watching the Kitzbühel stage
baka
Carter Diaz
>This. Get rid of power meters and team radios* and make the riders have to manage their own tactics based on how they feel, not what the computer and their DS tells them. this X 1000
Jonathan Smith
We are relying on your witty monologue to keep us entertained.
Nolan Sanders
I wonder anyways how much of puppets the riders are nowadays. Do those in the cars with all the data really them to stay defensive or attack, like you are playing some video game?
Seasoned riders like Nibali will surely listen to his own instincts and experience first and shit on team radio.
I want to see more Froome like attacks like last year at the Giro. I want to see them risk something, instead of just managing the gap.
Colton Phillips
During sprint stages they are 100% puppets.
Jayden Reed
>get rid of power meters they hardly make any difference in racing
>I wonder anyways how much of puppets the riders are nowadays. Some riders more than others, but all of the GC guys get their numbers and the estimates of their opponents' numbers before going on the attack.
Joseph Foster
>they hardly make any difference in racing Then why did Christian Prudhomme and the ASO request that the UCI ban power meters during the route announcement last October?
Easton Edwards
How do you think they can catch the breakaways just before the finish ? Besides, they would get rid of them if it was useless.
Wyatt Davis
Instead of getting rid of power meters, they should get rid of team comms.
Sebastian Thompson
>Small percentages. Perfect for birdsong
Colton Long
This would be perfect for an Andean rider.
Asher Rodriguez
>No Euskaltel anymore
RIP orange colours
Mason Rogers
They want a scapegoat, they don't get live telemetry for every rider in the car. Power meters are not the reason for boring grand tours.
Xavier Torres
based uk poster seething everyday
Luke Phillips
Any recovering alcoholics ITT?
Dominic King
I dont see why they would have a time trial for recovering alcoholics
Eli Edwards
Lel so Tejay crashed again today. Is he the biggest meme in the peloton rn?
Banning power meter won't do shit. Team radios are a much bigger reason for boring races.
Owen Clark
>drinking alcohol how the fuck do people even become alcoholics?
Jonathan Phillips
Dan martin & Landa could do well.
Connor Cruz
>how the fuck do people even become alcoholics? You have one drink, then another, then another, etc until you're at a party and you say or do something that embarrasses your girlfriend. You are now an alcoholic.
Oliver Moore
Huge ego, impatience and a propensity to overthink shit. Also, ADHD and autism (which are basically the same thing).
Wake in Fright is a hard one to watch the novel is pretty difficult too
however becoming an full on alco takes lots of dedication, not many of us achieve it
Nathan Foster
>I thought everybody in Australia is an alcoholic? Not really. Wake in Fright was made a long time ago when things were different. Times have changed since then.
Levi Ward
I'm living it
Leo Jenkins
Looks like the bike just broke.
Aaron Baker
Yeah, I get anxiety just thinking about it. Great movie but probably won't watch it again
They will all wait and happily see what happens at the TT, only to lose time to Bernal and Geraint. Only then do they try some half-assed attack. Stage 12 an almost 30 km long descent to the finish.
Jaxson Robinson
Quick rundown on this stage pls / snack size red pill
Tyler Taylor
Can't people just drink moderately instead of letting it get out of control. Never did understand drinking culture.
David King
They tie into the reasons why I don't have an off-switch whenever I pick up a drink. I never just have a few drinks, I have binges which last for days and usually involve drama and destruction.
Children of extremely strict parents often do not learn how to discipline themselves since the parents are always there to correct the children's slightest infraction. When they finally go out with their friends and have a drink, without their parents to tell them to stop, they go wild.
And some rare souls actually do have an inability to properly metabolize alcohol which puts them at a greater risk to develop an alcohol dependence, regardless of their upbringing.
Aiden Allen
le monsieur Alain Phillippe
Joshua Hughes
I saw Canyon do clothing now. Stupid expensive. Then you have all the hipster brands. No history or reputation and they charge 200e for shorts. And muppets still buy them. I just buy the mid range stuff when it's on sale. Best value
James Brooks
Reminder that Federer Nadal starts in one bong. You only need to watch the last 1k of this stage
I did some mtbing, was very comfy and sometimes a bit scary. I also nearly froze to death in very violent winds in an exposed area at high altitude. Im very glad to be back down in 25c and sunshine.
this He said that even a good club rider would crash instantly in the middle of the pro peloton. Holding a place at the front or getting back up there is a whole different level on top of that.
>scarycomfy I'm jealous. No morning rides for me while the Tour's on, but in about four hours I'm going on an overnight gravel-ride with some friends.
~65 miles (~105km) along a network of old rail trails to a campground in New Hampshire. Go fishing, have a cookout, camp out, ride home the next morning.
Jace Wood
Is Aimé de Gendt a Thomas' brother?
Jackson Carter
Big chute at the time of the sprint and Sagan wins Digits confirm
Jason Murphy
The chess stuff was in Ardèche département I think
its basically a large guinea pig m8 sounds top comfy, enjoy!
Robert Thomas
goddamn why is your country so beautiful
Ian Cook
That looks pretty dangerous tbqh. getting up there even without the bikes
James Lopez
Careful tho, last year a few Dutch tourists died when a camping was flash flooded in an Ardèche valley
Nicholas Clark
Everything looks better from a distance.
John Hall
All cgi.
Hudson Lopez
Footage can really be deceptive with heights and steepness, it's not a mole hill for sure but I suppose they wouldn't have done it if it was truly sketchy
David Lee
I was canoeing here a summer and it looked even better from closer
Aiden Ross
There you go, the Ardèche gorges from up close Ugly hey
>Deceuninck-Quickstep might be kicking themselves at losing the yellow jersey – Alaphilippe was shouting “why, why didn’t they ride” – but with only six seconds difference, it’s spectators and viewers who gain as we’ll see a battle this weekend across the Massif central.
Is this fake news or was Alaphillipe actually shouting this!?
Ryan Taylor
I'm still thousands of miles away, tho. :(
Alexander Taylor
So many filters
Luke Thomas
More of a squirrel. Guinea pigs are rodents too but they're sudaca
It's pretty amazing indeed You're kinda fucked if you live in the middle of the Great Plains I'd say but anywhere west or north-east has outstanding natural beauty everywhere
Since we're bragging about our scenery, there is a red rock area in my département, Hérault Pic related. Less extensive than in the USA of course
Yo norwegians, did Thor Hushovd just say he has cycled around 230,000 Km so far in his lifetime? I wasnt really listening, but that is quite the fucking distance considering earths radius is 40,000km. Fucking hell man
Juan Wood
East coast. I studied in Boston so going back there and visiting at least NY, and DC, most likely stop in Philadelphia for a day or two.
Isaac Powell
>tfw not welcome in the us of a because you visited Iran :(
Bentley Martinez
I think it's the circumference not radius
Jack Lee
It's not impossible, just more difficult. You can't get an ESTA but you can just apply for a tourist visa instead. Friend of mine did it and he has quite the list of countries in his palmares (Best Korea, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, etc)
Carson Gomez
That actually sounds low to me. It's not entirely unheard of for riders to do 20-25k/year (though it is on the high end) and Hushovd has been doing it since forever.
oh fug is this really a thing? I'd love to go bike touring in Iran one day.
Wyatt Murphy
Maybe that's just in terms of cumulative race distance?
Landon Morris
Rough calculation and I'm at 34k with just the distances I had to bike to primary+secondary school. Can add at least 10-15k to that.
William Reed
Could be yeah.
Landon Bailey
East coast is best coast. Boston is lovely. I spent a few days in Philly when I was in high school during a massive snowstorm. And I really love DC. My mom has a yearly conference there, so we'd always go as a family when I was a kid.
Try to visit the Appalachians in Virginia/North Carolina, if you can. Or the Outer Banks of NC.
Julian Torres
Yeah, if you've been to one of the countries we're currently feuding with, the state department will look at your visa application much more closely, because something something terrorism.
Gavin Stewart
>ywn sell an overpriced raincoat to an exhausted rider for a shitty price why even live
I liked it so much that I've been trying to look at jobs in US now that I've got a bit of experience. The fucking taxes are killing me here.
Didn't get to visit DC when I was there and been kinda regretting it ever since. Will have to consider the Appalachians, got 2 - 3 weeks to spend on this trip so shouldn't be a problem to fit it in desu.
Juan Murphy
Man, we know it. I'd love to go to Iran, too. One of my housemates is Iranian (he's a hilarious stereotype).
I think the cosmopolitan, large-ish college towns are my favorite parts to live in.
Colton Richardson
>WOUT VAN SHART
Charles Martinez
Do yuros know what the sponsors even are for these teams?
Almost no name is familiar to me. I saw a team with Splunk on their ass, thats the only thing I recognize because I have to use that shit every day at work
I was going to post some of them each day but I forgot
Benjamin Barnes
and they're back together.
Levi Smith
not even his backwards attacks lasts for more than 2 minutes
Ethan Gray
Movistar and getting caught out in side winds, name a more iconic duo.
Xavier Thomas
Oh sweet. I came to LA for grad school (it's more livable than expected, but the pollution, wow). I'm going to a little course in Maine next week and tacking on a week in NC after.
Mate in that specific giro he was sprinting against literallywhos, all the good sprinters that year were doing the TdF and ditching the giro. And then Quickstep and the media talked him up anyway as if he's some top tier sprinter (which is why /cyc/ dislikes him). He's not, he's an overhyped FRAUD and it's good that he's getting exposed.
Viviani won't win a single GT stage again in 2019.
Zachary Edwards
Yellow is a much nicer colour on a woman than black.
Jeremiah Allen
Do you think Sagan is looking for a new partner in life?
*CRASHES GC FRAUDS* >Würtz saying to danish TV, that the tempo hike when Martin and Quintana got dropped, was a planned attack. >He, van Avermaet and Naesen were bored and agreed on trying an attack together, just after the intermediate sprint, to shake things up.
lanklets seething because they have no camaraderie
Blake Ramirez
Based big baby
Henry Long
yeah, like that time the ratman rode into sagan in a space he shouldn't have been in in the first place, and sagan got sent out of the tour because of that
Levi Reed
but do you have asthma
Angel Ward
No, but if I find a British doctor, I might get the diagnosis. I have bad hay fever, which must account for something. Give me the sprays!
Gavin Gonzalez
found the dwarf you're right about the comradeship though
It was a veeeeery long borefest, even the commentators complained.
Nicholas Cook
>Marcel Kittel >win some stage who?
Connor Hughes
actual literal autism on display, not just meme autism
Ethan Jones
>59 lmao i used heavier sand bags than you how cute
Charles Reed
how're the balls and taint?
Ryan Sullivan
>Stage was so boring we didn't even reach bump limit Jeez, see you tomorow.
Ryder Hall
Pretty good considering I did 90 km on a brand new saddle. I just fucking hate my body proportions. Need to get a setback seatpost that can be flipped backwards to get forward enough. Used to have a ISM and that was perfect but any normal saddle just pushes me way back. The ISM is amazing for hard efforts but doesn't really work for slow long days in the saddle. Couldn't even get my knee above pedal spindle with a zero setback post and the saddle as far forward as possible. I also have weird mongol feet that make finding well fitting cycling shoes, ski boots or any sports shoes, almost impossible. Why can't I just have an average body.
