Pro cycling

Any pro cycling fans on here?

 

Yeah .Great win yesterday for Italy.big day today. Going to be mental

 

Pogačar being a freak today....

Big crash, cut to bits and still putting Pidcock to the sword.

 

Is Pogacer even human? after winning Giro, Tour AND Worlds in same season although he did lose the other day.
I watched a race from Belgium on Tuesday? I think it was a classic but it ended in mayhem, never seen so many crashes in a race, sore to watch so many people in pain on the road.

 

Although you've got to love the excitement of a sprint finish for me it's the likes of Pogacer going up a mountain with other cycling professionals and then being able to accelerate away from them, UP A MOUNTAIN, just amazing athletes with stunning endurance, there's no sports even close to a Grand Tour, 3 weeks of riding nearly every day for 100-200 Kms, breathtaking.

 

Aye, it was Brugge - De Panne that had all the crashes. I seen Jonathan Milan headbutted a guy towards the end of the race as well

Did you watch Milan - San Remo? Pogi, van der Poel and Ganna absolute beasts. Pogi attacked over and over again on the Cipressa and Poggio but no luck. Pogi is going to Roubaix now as well but I think its too flat for him to win.

 

Didn't know about the headbutting so I'll have to have a look for it. Aye I seen the Milan-San Remo from when they broke away, I was surprised Pogacer couldn't drop Van Der Poel but it's still early in his season and don't expect Pogacer to peak until the actual Tour, Vingegaard seems back although he injured his wrist recently, he was rushed back too soon for last years Tour, also have you seen the 19 year old Visma brought in for Vingegaards absence M. Brennan? he not only won the first stage of Volta Catalunya but won todays stage going away from the field as well, at 19, old enough = good enough.

 

Just WOW ...

Pogačar arrived in Belgium on Tuesday ahead of the Tour of Flanders, but rather than warm up by racing Dwars door Vlaanderen, as did Wout van Aert and Mads Pedersen, he travelled to Troisville, France, to do a reconnaissance on the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix.

During his 213-kilometre ride, Pogačar powered across almost all 30 sectors of the 2025 Paris-Roubaix route. While he cruised through the Arenberg sector well behind the record from last year's race, he set Strava records on the Auchy les Orchies and Mons en Pévèle sectors in quick succession.
On the Orchies sector, he went six seconds faster than the time set by Dylan van Baarle in the 2022 edition. Over Mons en Pévèle, he knocked two seconds off the previous top time set by Guillaume Van Keirsbulck in the 2019 race, while riding the Carrefour de l'Arbre and Gruson sectors, he was within one second of the time of Wout van Aert from the 2023 Paris-Roubaix.
His work wasn't done quite yet, however, as the Tour of Flanders is four days away. Rather than ride into Roubaix, Pogačar skipped across the border to nearby West Flanders and rode over the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg without going too deep before settling back in Waregem to rest up for Sunday.

Pogačar was originally not scheduled to compete in Paris-Roubaix, as his team felt it was risky with the Tour de France a major goal, but after finishing third in Milan-San Remo, he decided to confirm rampant speculation and race the * of the North.

On Pogačar's Strava post, he revealed some new merchandise in collaboration with cycling artist Jorge Larco, known as Fette on social media, with a drawing of him standing in his rainbow jersey with one of the goats the organisation used to clean up the cobbles of the Arenberg forest. T-shirts of the drawing are available for sale on Pogačar's website