***Official 2025 Pro Cycling Thread*** - Come Dope with Us - This week Polish Drugs! (6 Viewers)

[BobbyLayne]

Will post results in a moment but big news confirmed this morning

Remco Evenepoel to ride for Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe starting 2026

Lipowitz needs a better bottle fetcher to keep up with Pogi and Jonas.

Last November Red Bull offered him $10M per season plus his choice of three support riders.

SQS shut it down but did bump his 2025 salary to €5.5M, second only to Pogi at €6.5M. IIRC the 3-5 are €5M (Roglic) €4.5M (Jonas) and €4 (MvdP).

When UAE extended Tadej for a second time, until 2030, they did put in buyout terms. Anyone is free to sign Pogačar providing they pony up the transfer fee of €200M.

Will be interesting to eventually learn how much RB-Bh paid SQS for the transfer buyout & if he’s now the highest earner in the sport.

 

[BobbyLayne]

@BobbyLayne and I have 6 riders in common.

dang bro you have a keystroke tracker on my laptop

I somehow missed that thought I looked at everyone to see who had riders in common but def missed yours

I see you took one of the Poland National Team guys - is he the best one of the lot or just a dart throw?

Complete dart throw. Name was nice and Polish. I got excited when I saw the break today. But I picked the wrong Pole for today!

dude are you in the r/peloton league?

Official r/peloton league (Reddit pro cycling group)

league code is 512211125

ETA

I’m now 8th, you would be T14, Cheesey is 15th ish

How do I join. Not that I know what it is

Reddit is a social, news & discussion forum. Pro cycling discussion is found at the subreddit r/peloton. They have their own league, 328 joined for the TdF. They have 101 for the TdP. Me, Cheesey, Jaysus & Sand are in it.

Go to your Visit Team. Scroll down and click Join League. Enter League Code.

 

[BassNBrew]

Will post results in a moment but big news confirmed this morning

Remco Evenepoel to ride for Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe starting 2026

Lipowitz needs a better bottle fetcher to keep up with Pogi and Jonas.

Last November Red Bull offered him $10M per season plus his choice of three support riders.

SQS shut it down but did bump his 2025 salary to €5.5M, second only to Pogi at €6.5M. IIRC the 3-5 are €5M (Roglic) €4.5M (Jonas) and €4 (MvdP).

When UAE extended Tadej for a second time, until 2030, they did put in buyout terms. Anyone is free to sign Pogačar providing they pony up the transfer fee of €200M.

Will be interesting to eventually learn how much RB-Bh paid SQS for the transfer buyout & if he’s now the highest earner in the sport.

SQS not getting a great return on the $ this year.

 

[cheeseypoof]

My 4pt throw in rider Thibaud Gruel finished top 20! Lol

I think they only give points for the Top 15 but similarly I was thrilled Verre (selected 0.7%) finished 17th

2-5-8 seems like a good day

ETA

actually cheesey Gruel is a 6 pointer - you and I have no 4 point riders

Oops. Not sure why I picked him then. Must have liked his name. Reminded me of Thibaut Pinot! Haha

 

[BobbyLayne]

Will post results in a moment but big news confirmed this morning

Remco Evenepoel to ride for Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe starting 2026

Lipowitz needs a better bottle fetcher to keep up with Pogi and Jonas.

Last November Red Bull offered him $10M per season plus his choice of three support riders.

SQS shut it down but did bump his 2025 salary to €5.5M, second only to Pogi at €6.5M. IIRC the 3-5 are €5M (Roglic) €4.5M (Jonas) and €4 (MvdP).

When UAE extended Tadej for a second time, until 2030, they did put in buyout terms. Anyone is free to sign Pogačar providing they pony up the transfer fee of €200M.

Will be interesting to eventually learn how much RB-Bh paid SQS for the transfer buyout & if he’s now the highest earner in the sport.

SQS not getting a great return on the $ this year.

not like it was IPT paying Froome €4-5 every year to finish outside the Top 1000

3rd-2nd-2nd in 2022-24, and at YE he'll be in the Top 18 for the sixth straight year

elite time trial rider who ranks with Tony Martin or Bradley Wiggins as the best ever

7 GT stage wins, won the Vuelta, road race World Champ, 2x ITT World Champ, Olympic gold - SQS got plenty back from it's investment

imagine a world where the Grand Tours return to ITT stages of 45, 55, 70 kms - which was not that long ago actually - and his gap to the mountain guys shrinks considerably

just happens to ride in an era where the big dog eats HCs like he's snaking on bacon, & race organizers always tailor the parcours to suit the top dog's stength

doesn't climb well enough to ever beat Pogi or Jonas but he is still an amazing talent and will compete for another 8-10 years

 

[DA RAIDERS]

@BobbyLayne and I have 6 riders in common.

dang bro you have a keystroke tracker on my laptop

I somehow missed that thought I looked at everyone to see who had riders in common but def missed yours

I see you took one of the Poland National Team guys - is he the best one of the lot or just a dart throw?

Complete dart throw. Name was nice and Polish. I got excited when I saw the break today. But I picked the wrong Pole for today!

dude are you in the r/peloton league?

Official r/peloton league (Reddit pro cycling group)

league code is 512211125

ETA

I’m now 8th, you would be T14, Cheesey is 15th ish

How do I join. Not that I know what it is

Reddit is a social, news & discussion forum. Pro cycling discussion is found at the subreddit r/peloton. They have their own league, 328 joined for the TdF. They have 101 for the TdP. Me, Cheesey, Jaysus & Sand are in it.

Go to your Visit Team. Scroll down and click Join League. Enter League Code.

Joined. Thanks for the Reddit explanation.

 

[Jaysus]

@BobbyLayne and I have 6 riders in common.

dang bro you have a keystroke tracker on my laptop

I somehow missed that thought I looked at everyone to see who had riders in common but def missed yours

I see you took one of the Poland National Team guys - is he the best one of the lot or just a dart throw?

Complete dart throw. Name was nice and Polish. I got excited when I saw the break today. But I picked the wrong Pole for today!

dude are you in the r/peloton league?

Official r/peloton league (Reddit pro cycling group)

league code is 512211125

ETA

I’m now 8th, you would be T14, Cheesey is 15th ish

How do I join. Not that I know what it is

Reddit is a social, news & discussion forum. Pro cycling discussion is found at the subreddit r/peloton. They have their own league, 328 joined for the TdF. They have 101 for the TdP. Me, Cheesey, Jaysus & Sand are in it.

Go to your Visit Team. Scroll down and click Join League. Enter League Code.

Joined. Thanks for the Reddit explanation.

Don't go to Reddit. Just don't do it.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

@BobbyLayne and I have 6 riders in common.

dang bro you have a keystroke tracker on my laptop

I somehow missed that thought I looked at everyone to see who had riders in common but def missed yours

I see you took one of the Poland National Team guys - is he the best one of the lot or just a dart throw?

Complete dart throw. Name was nice and Polish. I got excited when I saw the break today. But I picked the wrong Pole for today!

dude are you in the r/peloton league?

Official r/peloton league (Reddit pro cycling group)

league code is 512211125

ETA

I’m now 8th, you would be T14, Cheesey is 15th ish

How do I join. Not that I know what it is

Reddit is a social, news & discussion forum. Pro cycling discussion is found at the subreddit r/peloton. They have their own league, 328 joined for the TdF. They have 101 for the TdP. Me, Cheesey, Jaysus & Sand are in it.

Go to your Visit Team. Scroll down and click Join League. Enter League Code.

Joined. Thanks for the Reddit explanation.

Don't go to Reddit. Just don't do it.

I’m both aware of what it is and avoid it

 

[Sand]

Don't go to Reddit. Just don't do it.

I’m both aware of what it is and avoid it

/gravelcycling, /bikepacking, and /bicycletouring are pretty good.

 

[BobbyLayne]

@BobbyLayne and I have 6 riders in common.

dang bro you have a keystroke tracker on my laptop

I somehow missed that thought I looked at everyone to see who had riders in common but def missed yours

I see you took one of the Poland National Team guys - is he the best one of the lot or just a dart throw?

Complete dart throw. Name was nice and Polish. I got excited when I saw the break today. But I picked the wrong Pole for today!

dude are you in the r/peloton league?

Official r/peloton league (Reddit pro cycling group)

league code is 512211125

ETA

I’m now 8th, you would be T14, Cheesey is 15th ish

How do I join. Not that I know what it is

Reddit is a social, news & discussion forum. Pro cycling discussion is found at the subreddit r/peloton. They have their own league, 328 joined for the TdF. They have 101 for the TdP. Me, Cheesey, Jaysus & Sand are in it.

Go to your Visit Team. Scroll down and click Join League. Enter League Code.

Joined. Thanks for the Reddit explanation.

Don't go to Reddit. Just don't do it.

I’m both aware of what it is and avoid it

As you should

I go there for r/DetroitLions & r/Peloton

That place is a cesspool

 

[BassNBrew]

Will post results in a moment but big news confirmed this morning

Remco Evenepoel to ride for Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe starting 2026

Lipowitz needs a better bottle fetcher to keep up with Pogi and Jonas.

Last November Red Bull offered him $10M per season plus his choice of three support riders.

SQS shut it down but did bump his 2025 salary to €5.5M, second only to Pogi at €6.5M. IIRC the 3-5 are €5M (Roglic) €4.5M (Jonas) and €4 (MvdP).

When UAE extended Tadej for a second time, until 2030, they did put in buyout terms. Anyone is free to sign Pogačar providing they pony up the transfer fee of €200M.

Will be interesting to eventually learn how much RB-Bh paid SQS for the transfer buyout & if he’s now the highest earner in the sport.

SQS not getting a great return on the $ this year.

not like it was IPT paying Froome €4-5 every year to finish outside the Top 1000

3rd-2nd-2nd in 2022-24, and at YE he'll be in the Top 18 for the sixth straight year

elite time trial rider who ranks with Tony Martin or Bradley Wiggins as the best ever

7 GT stage wins, won the Vuelta, road race World Champ, 2x ITT World Champ, Olympic gold - SQS got plenty back from it's investment

imagine a world where the Grand Tours return to ITT stages of 45, 55, 70 kms - which was not that long ago actually - and his gap to the mountain guys shrinks considerably

just happens to ride in an era where the big dog eats HCs like he's snaking on bacon, & race organizers always tailor the parcours to suit the top dog's stength

doesn't climb well enough to ever beat Pogi or Jonas but he is still an amazing talent and will compete for another 8-10 years

I do agree that every tour should have a TT that's flat and about an hour in length. Unfortunately that would turn in an aero arms race.