***Official 2025 Pro Cycling Thread*** - This year a Grand Prize!!! (8 Viewers)

[Tick]

We might show you the names of all the riders on a team at the starting line... or might not. And we definitely won't show you their names any time after that. Also, if a rider drops from their team, we'll pretend they're dead and never tell you how they did.

 

[Sand]

Also, if a rider drops from their team, we'll pretend they're dead and never tell you how they did.

They're dead, Jim.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Dang, I'm always rooting for the breakaway guy. He got to about 2.5 km from the finish before they got him.

It's uncanny how often they are caught with between 1-3 km left. I'm like you, always rooting for the breakaway, but its just inevitable most of the time.

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Question for the group: how the heck do you figure out who will do well in a TTT?

Well I thought I had it all figured out. But then the rules of this ttt were whack. It was basically an itt with domestiques. The whole team gets the 1st riders time and then the gc is calculated individually. I would have had Jonas on my team for sure if I’d known this was how it would be scored. Terrible day for Armstrong’s needle.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 2 Results

• 1
  325
  

  Sand’s Saddle Sores​

  Bassnbrew
• 2
  279
  

  Boerum Hill Big Ringing​

  BobbyLayne
• 3
  273
  

  The Italian Mistake​

  Sand
• 4
  243
  

  Squeaky Wheels​

  Cheeseypoof
• 5
  77
  

  Spokes ‘N Tokes​

  Nick Vermeil

Tirreno-Adriatico Overall Standings

• 1
  1095
  

  Sand’s Saddle Sores​

  Bassnbrew
• 2
  700
  

  Boerum Hill Big Ringing​

  BobbyLayne
• 3
  571
  

  The Italian Mistake​

  Sand
• 4
  489
  

  Squeaky Wheels​

  Cheeseypoof
• 5
  386
  

  Spokes ‘N Tokes​

  Nick Vermeil

@BassNBrew has an Overall Rank: 13 of 3573

WTG dude, rooting for ya

 

[cheeseypoof]

Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 2 Results

• 1
  325
  

  Sand’s Saddle Sores​

  Bassnbrew
• 2
  279
  

  Boerum Hill Big Ringing​

  BobbyLayne
• 3
  273
  

  The Italian Mistake​

  Sand
• 4
  243
  

  Squeaky Wheels​

  Cheeseypoof
• 5
  77
  

  Spokes ‘N Tokes​

  Nick Vermeil

Tirreno-Adriatico Overall Standings

• 1
  1095
  

  Sand’s Saddle Sores​

  Bassnbrew
• 2
  700
  

  Boerum Hill Big Ringing​

  BobbyLayne
• 3
  571
  

  The Italian Mistake​

  Sand
• 4
  489
  

  Squeaky Wheels​

  Cheeseypoof
• 5
  386
  

  Spokes ‘N Tokes​

  Nick Vermeil

@BassNBrew has an Overall Rank: 13 of 3573

WTG dude, rooting for ya

Woohoo. Climbed out of the basement, for now. Haha

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 2 Results

• 1
  325
  

  Sand’s Saddle Sores​

  Bassnbrew
• 2
  279
  

  Boerum Hill Big Ringing​

  BobbyLayne
• 3
  273
  

  The Italian Mistake​

  Sand
• 4
  243
  

  Squeaky Wheels​

  Cheeseypoof
• 5
  77
  

  Spokes ‘N Tokes​

  Nick Vermeil

Tirreno-Adriatico Overall Standings

• 1
  1095
  

  Sand’s Saddle Sores​

  Bassnbrew
• 2
  700
  

  Boerum Hill Big Ringing​

  BobbyLayne
• 3
  571
  

  The Italian Mistake​

  Sand
• 4
  489
  

  Squeaky Wheels​

  Cheeseypoof
• 5
  386
  

  Spokes ‘N Tokes​

  Nick Vermeil

@BassNBrew has an Overall Rank: 13 of 3573

WTG dude, rooting for ya

Do Paris nice

 

[cheeseypoof]

Dang, I'm always rooting for the breakaway guy. He got to about 2.5 km from the finish before they got him.

It's uncanny how often they are caught with between 1-3 km left. I'm like you, always rooting for the breakaway, but its just inevitable most of the time.

---

Question for the group: how the heck do you figure out who will do well in a TTT?

Well I thought I had it all figured out. But then the rules of this ttt were whack. It was basically an itt with domestiques. The whole team gets the 1st riders time and then the gc is calculated individually. I would have had Jonas on my team for sure if I’d known this was how it would be scored. Terrible day for Armstrong’s needle.

I think giving to team the time of the first rider is dumb. Give the average time of the top 3 or the third rider to cross. I’m fine with giving the individual times for the GC. But what do I know. Guess they way they do it makes sense to somebody.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Dang, I'm always rooting for the breakaway guy. He got to about 2.5 km from the finish before they got him.

It's uncanny how often they are caught with between 1-3 km left. I'm like you, always rooting for the breakaway, but its just inevitable most of the time.

---

Question for the group: how the heck do you figure out who will do well in a TTT?

Well I thought I had it all figured out. But then the rules of this ttt were whack. It was basically an itt with domestiques. The whole team gets the 1st riders time and then the gc is calculated individually. I would have had Jonas on my team for sure if I’d known this was how it would be scored. Terrible day for Armstrong’s needle.

I think giving to team the time of the first rider is dumb. Give the average time of the top 3 or the third rider to cross. I’m fine with giving the individual times for the GC. But what do I know. Guess they way they do it makes sense to somebody.

I’m with you. It’s dumb. It’s a TEAM time trial.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Paris-Nice Stage 3 (TTT) Results

• 1
  185
  

  Boerum Hill Big Ringing​

  BobbyLayne
• 2
  184
  

  Spokes & tokes​

  Nick Verme
• 3
  165
  

  Sand`s Saddle Sores​

  BassNBrew
• 4
  126
  

  Armstrong’s Needle​

  Da Raiders
• 5
  119
  

  Squeaky Wheels​

  Cheeseypoof
• 6
  103
  

  RB Brownwings WGUAFC​

  Jaysus
• 7
  100
  

  One Excuse​

  Sand

Paris-Nice Overall Standings

• 1
  773
  

  Spokes & tokes​

  Nick Verme
• 2
  693
  

  Armstrong’s Needle​

  Da Raiders
• 3
  683
  

  Sand`s Saddle Sores​

  BassNBrew
• 4
  648
  

  One Excuse​

  Sand
• 5
  640
  

  RB Brownwings WGUAFC​

  Jaysus
• 6
  629
  

  Boerum Hill Big Ringing​

  BobbyLayne
• 7
  291
  

  Squeaky Wheels​

  Cheeseypoof

 

[BobbyLayne]

Stage Race Championship

• 1
  1778
  

  Sand`s Saddle Sores​

  BassNBrew
• 2
  1329
  

  Boerum Hill Big Ringing​

  BobbyLayne
• 3
  1219
  

  One Excuse​

  Sand
• 4
  1159
  

  Spokes & tokes​

  Nick Verme
• 5
  780
  

  Squeaky Wheels​

  Cheeseypoof
• 6
  693
  

  Armstrong’s Needle​

  Da Raiders
• 7
  640
  

  RB Brownwings WGUAFC​

  Jaysus

 

[Jaysus]

Paris-Nice Stage 3 (TTT) Results

• 1
  185
  

  Boerum Hill Big Ringing​

  BobbyLayne
• 2
  184
  

  Spokes & tokes​

  Nick Verme
• 3
  165
  

  Sand`s Saddle Sores​

  BassNBrew
• 4
  126
  

  Armstrong’s Needle​

  Da Raiders
• 5
  119
  

  Squeaky Wheels​

  Cheeseypoof
• 6
  103
  

  RB Brownwings WGUAFC​

  Jaysus
• 7
  100
  

  One Excuse​

  Sand

Paris-Nice Overall Standings

• 1
  773
  

  Spokes & tokes​

  Nick Verme
• 2
  693
  

  Armstrong’s Needle​

  Da Raiders
• 3
  683
  

  Sand`s Saddle Sores​

  BassNBrew
• 4
  648
  

  One Excuse​

  Sand
• 5
  640
  

  RB Brownwings WGUAFC​

  Jaysus
• 6
  629
  

  Boerum Hill Big Ringing​

  BobbyLayne
• 7
  291
  

  Squeaky Wheels​

  Cheeseypoof

I took Durbridge specifically for this stage... of course he took a DNF yesterday

 

[BobbyLayne]

Paris-Nice Stage 3 (TTT) Results

• 1
  185
  

  Boerum Hill Big Ringing​

  BobbyLayne
• 2
  184
  

  Spokes & tokes​

  Nick Verme
• 3
  165
  

  Sand`s Saddle Sores​

  BassNBrew
• 4
  126
  

  Armstrong’s Needle​

  Da Raiders
• 5
  119
  

  Squeaky Wheels​

  Cheeseypoof
• 6
  103
  

  RB Brownwings WGUAFC​

  Jaysus
• 7
  100
  

  One Excuse​

  Sand

Paris-Nice Overall Standings

• 1
  773
  

  Spokes & tokes​

  Nick Verme
• 2
  693
  

  Armstrong’s Needle​

  Da Raiders
• 3
  683
  

  Sand`s Saddle Sores​

  BassNBrew
• 4
  648
  

  One Excuse​

  Sand
• 5
  640
  

  RB Brownwings WGUAFC​

  Jaysus
• 6
  629
  

  Boerum Hill Big Ringing​

  BobbyLayne
• 7
  291
  

  Squeaky Wheels​

  Cheeseypoof

I took Durbridge specifically for this stage... of course he took a DNF yesterday

same same - was really proud of myself finding a useful 4 point rider lol

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Both of my cheap guys did well today. It was all my GC guys that bombed

 

[BassNBrew]

Dang, I'm always rooting for the breakaway guy. He got to about 2.5 km from the finish before they got him.

It's uncanny how often they are caught with between 1-3 km left. I'm like you, always rooting for the breakaway, but its just inevitable most of the time.

---

Question for the group: how the heck do you figure out who will do well in a TTT?

Well I thought I had it all figured out. But then the rules of this ttt were whack. It was basically an itt with domestiques. The whole team gets the 1st riders time and then the gc is calculated individually. I would have had Jonas on my team for sure if I’d known this was how it would be scored. Terrible day for Armstrong’s needle.

I think giving to team the time of the first rider is dumb. Give the average time of the top 3 or the third rider to cross. I’m fine with giving the individual times for the GC. But what do I know. Guess they way they do it makes sense to somebody.

And then each rider gets their own time for GC instead of the team time.

 

[BassNBrew]

Crash for Santiago Buitrago. He's down and looks like he might struggle to continue.

 

[BassNBrew]

"Today we start [with] six. Alberto Bettiol felt ill recently and after yesterday’s stage had a fever," said the Italian rider's team on X. "It was decided to let him recover fully for the upcoming classics."

Should he recover in time, Bettiol will lead XDS Astana at the Classics, starting with Milan-San Remo on Saturday before heading to the cobbled races in Belgium as a former winner of the Tour of Flanders.

Of the 168 starters at the Race of the Two Seas, there are only 158 remaining mid-way through the third stage, with David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) abandoning after crashing and injuring his elbow yesterday, and Robbe Ghys (Alpecin-Deceuninck) not starting stage 3 due to "personal reasons related to his wife's pregnancy".

 

[BassNBrew]

I lose Ghys. It would be good to have intel on which riders have pregnant wives.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 3 (239 km - longest stage)

DNF	ACKERMANN PascalIsrael - Premier Tech
DNF	HOULE HugoIsrael - Premier Tech
DNS	AZPARREN Xabier MikelQ36.5 Pro Cycling Team
DNS	GHYS RobbeAlpecin - Deceuninck
DNS	BETTIOL AlbertoXDS Astana Team

9 riders out of the race so far

 

[BassNBrew]

Paris-Nice neutralized.

 

[BassNBrew]

Holy ****....they are making them stop in the sleet.

 

[BassNBrew]

Well maybe not...slow rolling.

 

[BassNBrew]

I can't figure out what's going on.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Paris-Nice Stage 4

DNF	MAISONOBE SamCofidis
DNF	BUITRAGO SantiagoBahrain - Victorious
DNS	BERNARD JulienLidl - Trek
DNS	JANSEN Amund GrøndahlUno-X Mobility

 

[Jaysus]

Well maybe not...slow rolling.

that is just as bad for the wet and cold riders

 

[BassNBrew]

LOL, good to be the boss...Jonas in the car with the heater running while the rest of the team shivers.

 

[BassNBrew]

Moto in the ditch.

 

[BassNBrew]

Two ienos riders have snuck into the break.

 

[Jaysus]

Two ienos riders have snuck into the break.

the chase was close last I saw

 

[BassNBrew]

Snowing at the finish.

 

[BobbyLayne]

crash in Italy, several Lidl Trek riders

Jonathan Milan laid there for awhile & might be out of the race

 

[BobbyLayne]

Milan is back on his bike but going very slow, won’t make it back to the peloton but looks like he might finish

 

[Sammy3469]

I hate that it takes weather like this to find out, but It's good to know pro brakes can squeal like this

 

[Tick]

I can't figure out what's going on.

Cycling coverage blows

 

[Sammy3469]

I can't figure out what's going on.

Cycling coverage blows

To be fair, there's riders over about 5 miles of road at this point, its sleeting, raining, and there are 2 car/moto crashes.

 

[Tick]

Someone mentioned Calvinball - seems to apply to this race as well.

 

[Jaysus]

Milan is back on his bike but going very slow, won’t make it back to the peloton but looks like he might finish

Damn, they finish with a big climb today too... that sucks

 

[Tick]

I can't figure out what's going on.

Cycling coverage blows

To be fair, there's riders over about 5 miles of road at this point, its sleeting, raining, and there are 2 car/moto crashes.

Seems like there’s no open line between race organizers and Peacock’s coverage team to find out wtf is going on.

 

[Jaysus]

I can't figure out what's going on.

Cycling coverage blows

To be fair, there's riders over about 5 miles of road at this point, its sleeting, raining, and there are 2 car/moto crashes.

Seems like there’s no open line between race organizers and Peacock’s coverage team to find out wtf is going on.

I am watching an international feed, and they have the same concerns

 

[Sammy3469]

We're going to race...maybe

 

[Tick]

Okay, credit for having people on the broadcast who can translate French on the fly.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Vendrame wins, Pidcock 2nd

 

[Sammy3469]

I hate riding when its cloudy, I cannot imagine riding in these conditions

 

[Sand]

Someone mentioned Calvinball - seems to apply to this race as well.

 

[Sammy3469]

Jonas clearly thought Matteo should have been coming there. Tough day.

 

[BassNBrew]

Stage GC Youth

Pos	Rider Team
1	Almeida Joao UAE Team Emirates-XRG
2	Vingegaard Jonas Team Visma | Lease a Bike
3	Skjelmose Mattias Lidl-Trek
4	Martinez Lenny Bahrain Victorious
5	Lipowitz Florian Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
6	Jorgenson Matteo Team Visma | Lease a Bike
7	McNulty Brandon UAE Team Emirates-XRG
8	Tejada Harold XDS Astana Team
9	Arensman Thymen INEOS Grenadiers
10	Champoussin Clément XDS Astana Team

​

 

[DA RAIDERS]

I can't figure out what's going on.

Cycling coverage blows

To be fair, there's riders over about 5 miles of road at this point, its sleeting, raining, and there are 2 car/moto crashes.

Seems like there’s no open line between race organizers and Peacock’s coverage team to find out wtf is going on.

Don’t they just get the euro feed nd have zero control? That’s the way it used to be. Phil and Paul used to listen in on the race announcers in French and piece together what was happening. Cvdv and Bob seemed to do the same thing at one point. The feed was in French for minute or so when they were trying to figure out what was going on.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Losing buitrago will hurt

 

[BassNBrew]

Losing buitrago will hurt

Unfortunately most of these contests come down to a battle of attrition. You should be able to sub in a rider for the same price and just not get end of contest points.

 

[Sand]

Astana wearing the florescent multi pack gloves and socks. It worked so well they came in 13th.

'It's a small advantage' - Why different coloured socks and gloves could be the new marginal gain in team time trials

XDS Astana wore fluorescent shades for a reason at Paris-Nice, explains Alex Dowsett

www.cyclingweekly.com

 

[BassNBrew]

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2303 points

El Tren de las Xuxes​

RAUL
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PPO!!!​

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Sand`s Saddle Sores​

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Onwards & upwards & southbound​

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