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***Official 2025 Pro Cycling Thread*** - This year a Grand Prize!!! (2 Viewers)

BassNBrew said:
cheeseypoof said:
Sand said:
Don't say anything to him, but I took the battery out of BnB's bike. He's coming back to us, folks.
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Nice work!!! Fill his tires with cement too!
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Gonna need to more than that, I spent a good 20 minutes training Chatgpt. We progressed to 126 </= 100 so were making progress.

While it's not helping me make better Velegames lineups, it's boosting me self-confidence that I won't be replace in the near future.
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Better try the Chinese version.
 

Sand's Saddle Sores​


BassNBrew​

Ganna
Pedersen
Pluimers
Tulett
Van Der Poel
Veistroffer

FMTT

had Veistroffer in so many builds - took him out at 3am

respectfully - you suck, brother man
 
Head to head results in monuments between van der Poel Mathieu (Alpecin - Deceuninck) and Pogačar Tadej (UAE Team Emirates - XRG).

Year | Race | Mathieu van der Poel | Tadej Pogačar

2024 Liège-Bastogne-Liège | 3 | 1 |
2024 Milan-Sanremo | 10 | 3 |
2023 Ronde van Vlaanderen - Tour des Flandres ME | 2 | 1 |
2023 Milan-Sanremo | 1 | 4 |
2022 Ronde van Vlaanderen - Tour des Flandres ME | 1 | 4 |
2022 Milan-Sanremo | 3 | 5 |
2020 Liège-Bastogne-Liège | 6 | 3 |
2020 Milan-Sanremo | 13 | 12 |
 
Van der Poel had 4 top tens in the 5 monuments last year

first tider to accomplish that since 2011

number of riders to accomplish that feat by decade:
  • 70s - 7
  • 80s - 5
  • 90s - 5
  • 00s - 0
  • 10s - 2 (same rider)
  • 20s - 1
so only two guys in this century


BTW Pogi is riding Paris-Roubaix

doesn't suit him but definitely thinking about legacy at this point in his career
 
Oldest races still organised.

RankRacefirst edition
1Milano-Torino1876
2Liège - Bastogne - Liège1892
3Paris-Bruxelles1893
4Paris - Roubaix1896
5Paris - Tours1896
6Olympic Games Road Race1896
7Tour de France1903
8Giro di Lombardia1905
9Paris-Camembert1906
10Gran Piemonte1906
11Milano-Sanremo1907
17Giro d'Italia1909

ETA

The 5th Monument, Ronde van Vlaanderen, started in 1913.

The 3rd Grant Tour, Vuelta a España, began in 1935.
 
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Highest top-10 finishing rate versus starts in monumental classics for active riders.
  1. Van der Poel 17/18 (94%)
  2. WvA 13/16 (81%)
  3. Pogi 12/15 (80%)
  4. Remco 4/6 (67%)
  5. Woods 8/17 (47)
  6. Pedersen 8/18 (44)
  7. Roglič 4/9 (44)
  8. Ewam 3/7 (43%)
  9. Kristoff 16/39 (41%)
  10. Alaphilippe 10/25 (40%)
 
Breakaway points up for grabs today:

In Lead Group at Breakway Points Zone 1 (50% race distance)
In Lead Group at Breakway Points Zone 2 (50 km to go)
In Lead Group at Breakway Points Zone 3 (20km to go)
In Lead Group at Breakway Points Zone 4 (10km to go)
 
Assist points:


Position | Race Category One

Team Mate 1st | 90 points

Team Mate 2nd | 60 points

Team Mate 3rd. | 30 points
 

Finishing Positions​

Points for Finishing Positions make up the major amount of points available, and are awarded to the top 30 classified finishers in each race, using the following scoring table.


1st - 600
2nd - 540
3rd - 480
4th - 420
5th - 360
6th - 330
7th - 300
8th - 285
9th - 270
10th - 255
11th - 240
12th - 228
13th - 216
14th - 204
15th - 192
16th - 180
17th - 168
18th - 156
19th - 144
20th - 132
21st - 120
22nd - 108
23rd - 96
24th - 84
25th - 72
26th - 60
27th - 48
28th - 36
29th - 24
30th - 12
 
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Good to know we have something in common with our EU brothers. Yesterday I read two race preview articles saying it would be cold but dry. We could probably hand the meteorology keys to Chatgpt right now and be just fine.
 
this is super interesting....

The number of injuries sustained per 10 days of racing in classics versus grand tours over the past 5 seasons.

  • Classics - 2.95

  • Grand tour stages - 1.11



    In other words, for each 10 days of racing in classics there were 2.95 riders that sustained an injury.




 
In 1910, the Primavera gained eternal fame and a place in cycling legend because of the extreme weather conditions. Riders needed to take refuge in the houses along the roads because a severe snowstorm scourged the peloton. Just four out of 63 riders finished the race.

The 2013 edition of Milano-Sanremo was affected by abysmal weather conditions from start to finish. Heavy snowfall and below-zero temperatures forced organizers to shorten the race by 52 kilometres, eliminating the climbs of the Passo del Turchino and Le Manie, and arranging a bus transfer for the race to begin a second time in Cogoleto.
 
BobbyLayne said:
this is super interesting....

The number of injuries sustained per 10 days of racing in classics versus grand tours over the past 5 seasons.

  • Classics - 2.95

  • Grand tour stages - 1.11



    In other words, for each 10 days of racing in classics there were 2.95 riders that sustained an injury.



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BobbyLayne said:
In 1910, the Primavera gained eternal fame and a place in cycling legend because of the extreme weather conditions. Riders needed to take refuge in the houses along the roads because a severe snowstorm scourged the peloton. Just four out of 63 riders finished the race.

The 2013 edition of Milano-Sanremo was affected by abysmal weather conditions from start to finish. Heavy snowfall and below-zero temperatures forced organizers to shorten the race by 52 kilometres, eliminating the climbs of the Passo del Turchino and Le Manie, and arranging a bus transfer for the race to begin a second time in Cogoleto.
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Thanks Bobby for the interesting facts. Much more interesting than Goff factoids. :p Hopefully you don't abandon us during the draft and OTAs.
 
Cycling news may have hired Bob...

130KM TO GO​

Alpecin lead the peloton, which is strung out in a long line. Their defecit to the leaders now stands at 2-48, having gone up a little.


120KM TO GO​

Still it's Alpecin who lead the peloton. They've got the gap down to 3-20.
 
BassNBrew said:
Cycling news may have hired Bob...

130KM TO GO​

Alpecin lead the peloton, which is strung out in a long line. Their defecit to the leaders now stands at 2-48, having gone up a little.

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120KM TO GO​

Still it's Alpecin who lead the peloton. They've got the gap down to 3-20.
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110KM TO GO

The gap's growing again, up to 3-15
 
BassNBrew said:
BobbyLayne said:
this is super interesting....

The number of injuries sustained per 10 days of racing in classics versus grand tours over the past 5 seasons.

  • Classics - 2.95

  • Grand tour stages - 1.11



    In other words, for each 10 days of racing in classics there were 2.95 riders that sustained an injury.

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BobbyLayne said:
In 1910, the Primavera gained eternal fame and a place in cycling legend because of the extreme weather conditions. Riders needed to take refuge in the houses along the roads because a severe snowstorm scourged the peloton. Just four out of 63 riders finished the race.

The 2013 edition of Milano-Sanremo was affected by abysmal weather conditions from start to finish. Heavy snowfall and below-zero temperatures forced organizers to shorten the race by 52 kilometres, eliminating the climbs of the Passo del Turchino and Le Manie, and arranging a bus transfer for the race to begin a second time in Cogoleto.
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Thanks Bobby for the interesting facts. Much more interesting than Goff factoids. :p Hopefully you don't abandon us during the draft and OTAs.
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Never say never, eh.

If I disappear it'll be because I've finally had enough of Joe deleting threads for having oblique references to politics.

I work at the VA. 80K jobs are about to be eliminated. The nationwide payroll system has been inaccessible since Wednesday night. It's weighing heavily on my mind. Would be an interesting factoid to drop somewhere. Especially since, so far, it is absolutely unreported by the media - probably bc everyone is scared to tell anyone.

Alas, the economy thread went the way of It's great to be a federal worker thread.

I shall not mention it again since that might get the Pro Cycling thread locked.
 
gap is 3:53

they'll get reeled in on Capressa

then Pogi will attack on Poggio di San Remo

massive descent for anyone left (Tadej is not the best descender) and then we see who has anything left for the sprint

love this Monument, the length and parcour make it possible for so many different types of riders to podium
 
2:37 - guess they'll be getting swallowed up before Capressa

makes sense

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also means the last 180 breakaway points will go to contenders and rouliers
 
Most top-10s this season of all competitors

RankRiderTop Tens
1Pidcock14
2Milan10
3Rajović9
4Mads7
5Cort7
6Van Gils6
7Pogačar6
8Kooij6
9Wellens5
10Strong5
11APP5
12Narváez5
13Ganna5
14Grégoire5
15Pluimers5

excluding TTTs
 
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