Thread 151623283

El Gran Toro de Ensenada edition

>CX races
01.11 X2O Trofee Oudenaarde - Koppenbergcross C1
02.11 X2O Trofee Lokeren - Rapencross C2
11.11 Superprestige Niel - Jaarmarktcross C1
15.11 Superprestige Merksplas C1
16.11 X2O Trofee Hamme - Flandriencross C1
23.11 UCI World Cup Tabor CDM
30.11 UCI World Cup Flamanville CDM
07.12 UCI World Cup Terralba CDM
13.12 Exact Cross Kortrijk - Leiecross C2
14.12 UCI World Cup Namur CDM

>Upcoming road races
17.01 - 19.01 Santos Tour Down Under 2.WWT
18.01 Women Cycling Pro Costa De Almería 1.1 WE
20.01 - 25.01 Santos Tour Down Under 2.UWT
23.01 Classica Camp de Morvedre 1.1
24.01 Gran Premio Castellón - Ruta de la Cerámica 1.1
24.01 - 26.01 Challenge Majorca WE
25.01 Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana - Gran Premi València 1.1
25.01 Schwalbe Women's One Day Classic 1.Pro
27.01 - 31.01 AlUla Tour 2.Pro
28.01 - 1.02 Challenge Majorca ME
28.01 Surf Coast Classic - Women 1.Pro
29.01 Surf Coast Classic - Men 1.Pro
31.01 Mapei Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race - Women 1.WWT

>Mecha-Rusbert's webm folders:
https://pastebin.com/bA0Cb5BK

>Bert van Koers' ciclismo quizzes:
https://www.sporcle.com/user/Bert_van_Koers/quizzes/

>Races info:
https://www.procyclingstats.com/
https://firstcycling.com/

>CX races info
https://cyclocross24.com/
https://cx.procyclingstats.com/

>Free streams:
https://tiz-cycling-live.io/
https://cycling.today/live-streaming/
https://thedaddy.dad/

>Velodrama league code:
51196855

Previous thread:
>>151467405

illegal socks

>>151623371
would it be possible to just wear (super thin) leg warmers with that aerodynamic profile and have the same aero benefit without violating the UCI rule?

Viviani wins the elimination race
SOVL

>>151624785
>21"
kids fatbike rims

It's the first time Lavreysen has won 4 golds at one worlds. Dopage

reminder that /turnleft/ isnt real cycling

>>151625678
you like tri, your opinions are worthless

real ciclismo has never been tried

>>151631219
No it was tried back in 1897. Completely forgotten now sadly.

How does a gravel bike and a cyclocross bike differ?

>>151632460
Gravel bike is a race bike with 90s MTB geometry and room for wide tires. Cyclocross is a race bike with slack geometry and tires wider than road racing. Hope this helped.

Moar Tour 26

>>151633646
MWW this one

>>151633773
>blocks your path

>>151633966
can't wait for the lidl drama next season

/bh/

Tour of Guatemala fever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m7__fhNjJw&list=PLfMS4wS73njaQZXGAI5eQsCWot5Wli-G7

>>151640085
Folks call me mister Cleanhead 'cause my head is bald on top
And every week I save a dollar
When I walk by that barber shop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blPMesY3LJU

>>151640085
Well look at this
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-guatemala/2025/stage-3
Basically all riders on their own, no groups
Pure soul

Any Berts have any experience with striking out with a girl from the office and otherwise embarrassing yourself in front of the entire office at a happy hour? Asking before we all head into work tomorrow at 9am

It's always fucking something with the Burger fucks

/bh/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiRn3Zlw3Rw

>>151644228
Jesus don't you people have training for that? Anyway the only option now is to pretend it never happened

>>151644890
>The French have training for being the office pest

>>151644952
No we actually know how to behave, but I thought it was in common in the US. Evidently our friend needs one

>>151624463
arab girls get to wear full aerosuits no problem due to religious reasons

somebody stop this man from hoarding all the gold

>>151645443
>gets to wear full aero kit
>specialty is TT

>>151646761
something something arab aero bullet, there is a joke somewhere

>>151644228
Yeah, don't go to the office and go get an actual job

thor hushovd is gooning over danish riders again.......


>– I can say this much that Mads Pedersen is my dream rider. I like the way he rides his bike. He rides a bit the same way I did, so I might be a little influenced by that, says Thor Hushovd according to the Norwegian media outlet Dagbladet.

>Jonas Vingegaard is also one of Thor Hushovd's "dream riders", but the really big profiles will probably only be brought in as a prelude to 2027, he explains. And the money is there for that.

>- We have over 50 riders on the payroll, and he doesn't earn that much either. But if something like this could ever happen, it requires the right timing, says Thor Hushov.

>>151647199
does he get asked about this or is it unprompted?

>>151647216
he's Uno-X general manager. it's probably about which riders he wants to get on the team

the OG betrayal

>>151647216
i think it's because of the new world tour license they are talking about the team's future
https://www.dagbladet.no/sport/sa-mye-tjener-han-ikke/83766842

>>151647229
Btw how is Vroomey doing? He'll really wait until the last moment to announce he's retiring

>>151647549
Maybe if he doesn't say anything they'll keep paying him

>>151647199
>and he doesn't earn that much either
how much is the fish (per year)?

>>151644228
Just own it and laugh it off if anyone brings it up. Otherwise don't change anything.

But yeah never shit where you eat unless you're in a disposable field

>>151647626
50-60 mil (norwegian?) kroner
mads around 30 mil

>>151647648
thats about 8m euros, same as pogi. seems unreasonably high for a once-a-year performer no?

>>151647720
A Vuelta is worth 8m EUR.

>>151647720
Injured in March during Paris-Nice had a good TdF and won the Vuelta. To call him a once a year is a bit harsh.

>>151647924
>Generational talents spend prime years of their career on conti shitter teams

>>151647924
>>151647933
how does it work?

>>151647943
no idea some burger needs to explain to us i’m sure it’s retarded and bad system

>>151647943
It's a communist system. Very un-american I must say

>>151648033
It's really the opposite, it's monopolistic cartel capitalism.

>>151648058
Wow based

>>151647959
>>151648033
The league is set up as a single entity that leases out team ownership to franchisees, and as such all players are essentially signed by the league and then spread amongst the teams based on internal politics. This explanation is so simplified that you can't really use it for anything but gets the point across.

Essentially, it would be like every U23 rider applies for a job with the UCI directly, and then the 18 teams would internally politic their way to selecting however many riders their team needs to be full on rookie contracts. "Picks" essentially being a currency they can trade with each other for during the season

>>151648097
I don't think the draft system works. How many times have we not seen some ultra talented top 3 draft picks turn out to be absolute frauds. At best it's copium for fans
>at least we'll get a good draft

Salary caps on the other hand, that's where it at. It's literally like velogames, you get a certain amount of points to build a team, with each athlete having a certain cost. It encourages picking up younger (read: cheaper) talent and developing them.

I guess the problem with cycling is that it's heavily skewed around a single captain, while the rest of team can be good and it is helpful, at the end of the day you are still relying on a single person to perform. You can have the best team in the world pulling, but if that dude can't get up the last mountain in week 3 its pointless. In cycling you kind of want that Tom Brady person sucking up 70% of your team salary, with a bunch of cheap domestiques to back him up. Where as football you just can't have that ronaldo type guy carrying the entire team, he can't defend or tend the goal too.

Every sport seems to have their retard wanting a draft, but cycling probably is the most retarded case

>>151648306
It also simply doesn't work with private teams, it's uniquely possible because of our franchise system

>>151648306
>draft system in track & field

>>151648330
Yes, also because university is in charge of youth.

>>151648330
It's the reason that the MLS draft so fucking complicated, our franchises are competing with private teams around the world. NHL and especially NBA get away with it because they are the best leagues in their respective sports but for all leagues where America is a relative smaller part of the global sport they have to include insane workarounds to keep the league competitive and viable

>>151648352
It's a bonus, but Hockey proves it's not the be-all-end-all

>>151648349
thats what nationalising random browns and blacks is

these guys could run a couple of world tour teams as a hobby if they wanted to

>>151648425
If I were a billionaire, that's what I would do. Live in Annecy, drink wine, and run a cycling empire for my own amusement

>>151648451
>Annecy

>>151648451
i wonder if they even turn a profit, obviously the big sports league are lucrative but it takes a fuckton of money to run

i'd assume cycling is just pure losses and mostly for passion over profit (tinkoff kind of shit)

>>151648468
The whole point of salary cap is that they make a huge profit.

>>151648462
I like Annecy. Close to Lyon for food and high alps for cycling, hiking, and skiing. Burgundy, Beaujolais, and northern Rhone not too far for wine. Plus if I had any home improvement projects, Jonas lives right down the block

>>151648480
i've heard about the local states giving huge donations and tax benefits when they build their stadiums, imagine that, tax money going straight to billionaire pass time projects

>>151648480
This.

As unintuitive as this may be to say, there's a solid argument that somebody like LeBron James is in terms of pure monetary dispensation, the most exploited laborer in the United States

>>151648502
It sounds crazy but you're probably right

>>151648492
It's fine, but your house would get robbed yearly

>>151648529
I'm sure one of those nice places around lake is safe. Where would you run your cycling empire from?

>>151648580
French swtizerland, right next to the UCI headquarters for maximum soft power

>>151648622
Terrible food, terrible wine, all the good mountains are either in France or other side of the country

>>151648642
Bourgogne is 4h by car, just go one weekend and fill up your stock

>>151648425
I woud go full Oleg.
Shiting on my fraudulent riders every chance I get just for the lolz.

The non meme answer is something like Villefranche sur mer/ la turbie. Wine is also not amazing but you can ride all year

>>151648783
I would want somewhere to ski as well, so Alps makes more sense for my personal empire

>>151648836
Buy a personal valley
Build a personal passo that goes higher than any other (lease it to ASO for $$$ once a year)
Hear hitmen to deal with enviromental protestors

>>151648783
>Villefranche sur mer
stayed there 3 times in spring/fall, it was like a ghost town there. very very beautiful but empty

>>151648878
I don't really like people

>>151648783
For me it's Abruzzo. I'd have to buy the local carabinieri to make sure I don't get cagie'd but still worth it.

>>151648955
I really love Abruzzo but you need to be suicidal to bike there.

>>151648783
For me it would be a nice fat villa looking over hendaye

>>151648783
or somewhere in Bearn region it’s nice desolate good beef and lots of training oppertunity

>>151648097
>franchisees
Burgers organizes their sport so fucking retarded. It hilarious that that they think every single sport can be made better by adopting their dumb systems.

Read today that belgium is a narcostate now. Hope it doesn't hinder future races.

>>151624463
I believe the race judge needs to approve wearing leg warmers. Which is going to be ok if it's even a bit chilly. But trying to show up to a race in warm weather with aero leg warmers is not going to fly.

>>151647631
>>151644890
>>151644228
Nothing wrong with asking a girl out even if you work together. If she says no then she says no, just continue as if nothing happened. Just don't be a creep and it's all fine. If someone gives you shit for it just laugh it off and say something along the lines of at least I had the balls to step up to the plate and strike out instead of doing nothing about it.

we're so BACK

>>151649330
Real off season shit

>>151632460
CX is optimized for 33 mm tyres, so you usually get a higher placed BB, and the extra room in the forks isnt as much for thick tyres as it is for accomodating a thick layer of mud on the tyres. That and the fact that CX is slower speed riding on twisty koers means there are typically some differences in the steering geometry and thus the handling characteristics. Other than that gravel bikes often are tailored for taller stack heights and a more relaxed position and also have more accessory mounts for touring type usage, and CX bikes don't have sloping top tubes so you can carry the bike on your shoulder somewhat more comfortably. I'd say you can get either for either purpose and get away with it unless you are like super pro or something.

>>151649110
The races are mostly in the parts that haven't been under any government for the past four centuries anyway.
>>151648986
That's why as a billionaire I'd have armoured cars clear and block the road for me on every ride.

>>151649672
>haven't been under any government for the past four centuries anyway.
hail anarchy

>>151649494
how does my colnago g3-x fit into this? its advertised as a gravel bike (vermeersch won the WC with it) but ryan kamp uses the same bike for CX

>>151649798
pro tip: the categories are mostly a trick to sell more bikes

>The 22-year-old Danish Uno-X rider Simon Dalby was hit by two small blood clots in the brain last week. The team writes this on Instagram.

>It also appears here that Dalby, thanks to his parents' quick reaction and excellent care at the Regional Hospital Gødstrup, is now only experiencing mild symptoms. That is why he is also lucky to have escaped.

>Uno-X further writes that Dalby will now have a series of tests that will hopefully determine the cause of the blood clots. A plan will then be made to ensure that it does not happen again.

>Finally, the team writes that they send Dalby good thoughts and hope to see him back on the bike soon.

>Simon Dalby has been part of Uno-X since 2022 and was promoted from the development team to the Pro Tour team ahead of the current season.

>>151650498
>tests that will hopefully determine the cause of the blood clots

do they still booster or are they fucked forever?

>>151650564
The latter I'm afraid

Corona posting? In this economy!?

>>151650498
v a x x a s t a t u s

>>151650498
thought it was our bald friend
one letter away
and dalby is an anagram of baldy

>>151649798
It looks like a combination of gravel and cx geometry. It seems to have the steering geometry of a gravel bike. But then it doesn't have a low BB like you'd expect from a gravel bike.

More Tour 2026

Ugo Page to Cofidis

the new weapon in eternal fight has dropped, bert bros

>>151670485
>He is the 28th runner in our squad and arrives with great puncher and sprinter qualities. Also at ease in the Flemish classics, he will find many opportunities to shine with us.

>>151670503
Subscribe

>>151670503
Undignified

guessed as much. TdF is probably his contractual obligation, contrary to "rumors"

>>151671393
But Memco Sr. said he's not going, surely he wouldn't lie

>>151671393
So Pog does like this year
Vingo Giro + Tour
And Remco probably just Tour

The Israeli Cycling Federation hopes to lay asphalt for a Tour de France start sometime in the future. This is according to the federation's president, Dafna Lang.

- I can't say yet that we will bid to bring the Tour de France here or organize it, but we never stop dreaming, he says in an interview with French L'Equipe.

Israel has already been visited by the Giro d'Italia, so "anything is possible" if the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues, he continues.

- I can't speak on behalf of Sylvan Adams (owner of Israel-Premier Tech - ed.), but I believe that when we achieve lasting peace, we will realize many major projects at the highest level by welcoming the world. We are an optimistic people, says Dafna Lang.

https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Le-reve-israelien-d-un-grand-depart-du-tour-de-france-nous-avons-deja-amene-le-giro-ici-tout-est-possible/1605244

>>151671758
I would prefer an Iranian grand départ

Lidl takes over Trek as main team manager

>>151671758
that Giro start was rather bad 2bh

>Former Lotto director Stephane Heulot criticizes the commercialism of the modern cycling world. "Cycling is not just about tools or Pogačar. The current business lacks human values," he said.
https://www.cyclismactu.net/news-cyclisme-interview-stephane-heulot-mon-depart-pas-lie-a-fusion-lotto-intermarche-90774.html

>>151671773
Dubai is gonna happpen at some point. Christian can't say no to all that money

>>151671804
I agree

A few records to beat in the TdF
>Col du Pertus
12:01 - TdF 2024 (Jonas Vingegaard)
>Col du Tourmalet from Sainte-Marie-de-Campan
45:35 - TdF 2023 (Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogačar)
>Plateau de Solaison
35:12 - Dauphiné 2022 (Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogačar)
>Orcières-Merlette
13:25 - TdF 2020 (16 riders)
>Alpe d'Huez
36:40 - TdF 1995 (Marco Pantani)
>Col du Galibier from Valloire
48:05 - TdF 2007 (Juan Mauricio Soler)

Half are currently held by Vingegaard

>>151672095
*Roglic and Vingegaard for Solaison

>>151672121
It's not happening but it's a good thing anyway chud

Thinking about visiting Belgium to see some of the classics this spring. Two questions: Flights to London are direct from Boston and maybe a third of the cost of flights to Brussels, is it crazy to fly to London and then take the Eurostar to Brussels instead of a flight with transfers? Also to see races from some sections of cobbles or ploegstreets I'm assuming I'd need to rent a car (would prefer to not if possible)?

>>151649276
Great advice for almost all situations.

>>151672121
Fun team.

>>151671803
You now remember khazar milkers

>>151672213
Maybe it's not too bad to some of the classic races, but having a car certainly gives you the freedom to bring stuff like food and water. Gives you shelter if it rains and you have to wait for 5+ hours on the route. Having to do public transit back and forth sounds like a nightmare honestly. With that said I've only watched race in denmark so I don't know the logistics or infrastructure in Belgium but I'd imagine it'd be a hassle without a car.

>>151672213
You might also find flights with a layover in the US, or flying from another US airport rather than directly from Boston. New York - Europe is a much busier route than Boston - Europe. I don't think I've ever done a non stop Europe - Boston leg ever and I lived in Boston for a while. Chicago and DC also have major airline hubs on the east coast. My last couple of trips to Florida were the cheapest through Dallas.

>>151672213
probably impossible without the car like the danebert said. the Eurostar idea thoughever is not bad imo

>>151672213
I’d stay on the airport to airport for travel comfort, for races it’s whatever you want RVV is more fun in the bars of Oudenaarde then on the side. I’d get a car for PR but even then just get a hotel closeby the sections of the finale

Why did everyone stop making 26" wheels?

>>151672514
to make people consoom more

>>151672514
Everyone has grown up.

>>151672654
Im in an online community with a ton of +50 year old men that all ride, build, and collect 90s mountain bikes. They have definitely not grown up.

Business idea: All grand tours start in the country of the previous winner. no exceptions

>>151672730
Slovenia would default.

>>151672691
> 90s mountain bikes
peak mtb geometry, luv the looks of them.
do you have one?

>>151672753
Yep, a Kona Hei Hei in Ti. Would love some fresh wheels for it

>>151672738
good. we get to establish some famous climbs

>>151672753
Yes, we all have one.

>>151672788
By default I meant that they go bankrupt from having to host the start so often.

>>151672753
>do you have one?
don't we all

>>151672802
hosting the tdf is profitable
major tourism boost

>>151672788
>That feel when you will never see the Vuelta open with a TTT up Pikes Peak

>>151672806
>>151672795
>>151672765
don't give me ideas, I have no space as it is in me flat

>>151672830
You should get one. They are great as hard tails for comfy cruising. They they also do well being build up as a gravelish machine (did they call it Monster Cross back in the day?).

>>151672830
Do it.

>>151672815
Yeah they claim that. Everyone still whined about the deficit here in Copenhagen.

>>151672865
well it's hard to measure it. If I go to copenhagen next year maybe it was because I saw the tdf there a few years ago
albania looked nice in the giro. never would have considered going there before.

>>151672765
I remember there was a period when manufacturers switched their lines to 27.5 and 29 entirely and they were selling remaining stock of their 26 wheels for pennies. I bought a decent easton wheelset very cheaply that time. nowadays it's probably kinda niche product

>>151672880
Pls don't go to Copenhagen. It's like a soulless budget Amsterdam.

>>151672913
I don't think it's budget. Looks expensive as fuck.

>>151672910
I was even crawling deep in the Chinese manufacturers catalogus. But there is no new production anywhere in the world it seem. The old stock I am able to find is no better than what I already has. Rip 26"

>>151672920
It is, but the experience is budget. And you know the city is full of d*nes.

>>151672925
sad!

>>151672925
Most 27.5 will fit into 26" frames.
Just use V-Brake extenders, it's good enough!

>>151672973
I'm already running converters from the modern levers to the breaks. Would look insanewith this on top, I'll look into it. The 26" is part of the charm though.

Oysters for lunch

>>151672913
Don't worry, I only travel to green countries

>>151673451
Why is Greenland red? It's not illegal there.

Flanders splashing the cash

>>151673746
I only recognize one name from this list

>>151673241
Not a real food

>>151673591
I don't know, it would seem Wikipedia is misinformed about Greenlandic law

>>151673825
We used to have legal animal brothels (denmark not greenland). Lots of germans would driver over the border to visit. Got shut down in a wave of animal welfare drama.

>>151673934
What is wrong with Danes seriously

>>151674033
Prussia beat us retarded back in 1864.

>>151672913
>soulless Amsterdam
So Amsterdam?

>>151674033
Nothing wrong with consensual sex

>>151674114
well you can try to imagine how it would be to remove even more soul from zero

>>151674133
It actually got outlawed on the basis that animals cannot legally consent. Didn't have any effect on animal husbandry tho.

>Louis Barré will be riding in the Visma | Lease a Bike kit for the coming seasons. Multiple sources confirmed the news to WielerFlits. The 25-year-old Frenchman joins from Intermarché-Wanty, where he was able to get out of his current contract due to the planned merger with Lotto. The hilly classics specialist was still contracted to the Belgian team until the end of 2026.
https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/visma-lease-a-bike-haalt-louis-barre-binnen-door-vrijgekomen-plek-cian-uijtdebroeks/

>>151674133
Yes there is

>>151674349
>The Rasmussen Classic
(tried to find a picture of him smiling or looking cheeky, but this was the closest I could find)

>>151674349
no one saw this guy in ages. maybe he was just kidnapped in the favelas

>>151673814
I ate them out a can like an old timey prospector

was eating buckwheat pancakes with apple butter which is apparently a thing in belgium (boûkète)

cycling related because belgians fry em in lard and puck is fat as a pig

>>151673451
Irreconcilable differences with the mainland

How can we compete?

(also relegated later for doing the Nibali or something)

>>151678979
>>151679002
S O U L

>>151678979
>hino
More like kino

More Tour 2026 stages

>>151681817
PWW

Endchan bros...

i need a tubby belgian farmgirl
soooo flippin baaaad

yes well, we're stuck in a tunnel again

kaputt

concerning UCI statement:
>The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that the Brazilian rider Vinicius Rangel Costa has been sanctioned with a 20-month period of ineligibility following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (whereabouts failures by a rider) due to three whereabouts failures in a 12-month period.
should have fixed his door bell

Ok

>>151671796
Trek as a company is suffering immensely. They're cutting many product lines, retail project is failing and they don't offer anything special. They were the flagship bike brand 10 years ago. This is unsurprising that they're losing grasp of the pro team. Would not be surprised if they begin to be pushed away over next 10 years and have much smaller impact on the team. They're in a desperate position financially and their bikes are nothing special.

>The eastern european country of Slovakia has legally enacted a maximum walking limit on sideways of 6 km/h
r*nners btfo, now they will have to r*n on the roads
cagies will seethe at cyclists, cyclists will seethe at r*nners

>>151678979
very nice

Van Der Haar retires at the end of the season

what was her biggest win this year?

>>151685560
>213 bpm max heart rate
doubt.jpg

>>151685667
Reminder

>>151685667
thank you fellow eastern european country of Czechia.
should ban electric scooters entirely too.

>>151685788
Cavendish did 270 apparently, vax free.

>>151685683
Damn sad, guess trek is going to pull out of CX

I do NOT like waiting 120 seconds

>>151685878
Their cx bike was over built garbage

>>151685667
>hurry to get your train
>Fined

did we discuss rusbert's /cyc/ gf Alison Jackson changing teams yet?

>>151685861
The common formula for max heart rate is 220 minus your age. The only time I've ever seen 200+ heart rates is with massively obese people trying to do light exercise.
Having an over 200 bpm max heart rate is a sign of being in terrible shape, not good shape.

>>151681846
tibo pino
t'es beau pino

>>151686077
she's going to retirement home

>>151686071
>run away from police
>they can't run faster than 6km/h to comply with law
>profit

>>151686118
Do police really keep to the speed limits in Schweiz. So when I go to Italy next time I can just remove my licence plates and drive 200 km/h?

Tour de Faso hits differently

>>151686132
excessive speeding gets you automatically jail time in Suisse. this isn't Deutschland after all.

>>151686132
Not in here. Just last week police killed a bystander cager during a chase.

>>151686180
Jail in Svizzera is probably better than living free in most other countries

>>151686079
From what I understand some freaks of nature have a higeax hr whilst also having a highly efficient cardiovascular system. They pump fuck load of blood around the body especially during sprints. Pogacar is a freak, he rides at staggering intensity during his attacks. I don't doubt his high max contributes to that ability. For unfit people, it's a different story. But professional athletes who can surpass the theoretical max, it's only a benefit. If he sat at 180bpm at endurance then it's concerning. But he doesn't. For the masses 220-age is obviously very accurate. Higher max as an athlete is generally a good thing.

>>151686178
>orange
God I forgot about that brand. Years since I heard of them. Guess they've gone to the thirdie market.

>>151685878
Where will Tibooke go?
>>151686180
How are your jails not Belgian-tier full yet? Is there slave labour in swiss prison to keep it from being a drain on society like it is here?

>>151686372
handing out income based fines makes money instead of putting people into jails that costs money to run.

>>151686246
>>151686079
220 - age isn't accurate at all. Max HR is very individual and depends on a lot of things.

>HR over 170
yikes

Cofidis bros, we're so fucking back

>>151686782
no way Saudis are out of money

Absolutely lovely weather outside, unfortunately I am STUCK in the /cyc/ office working on the 2025 collage and preparing for Vuelta a Guatemala LIVE coverage with my girl Marisol
This is a disaster

>>151686787
they just bought EA

>>151686787
Ryan alone has enough money, probably to busy gooning to womens basketball

>>151687072
R*pe is on the menu, personally

>>151687072
>>151687228
For me, it's a two week offseason break to get fresher mentally. Did a small r*n this morning followed by some light maintenance gym.

What's wrong with my favourite chan?

>>151687278
All good things must end

>R*nning
It's over. Pogi wins 5 monuments in 2025

>>151686674
I'd say it's quite accurate from what I've seen of average people. Generally is very good prediction in my experience. But athletes are different. Some are very low, some are very high, others are normal. But the general trend is quite spot on from what I've seen.

>>151687436
*2026

>>151687447
I'm 38 and have a max HR of 204, what do you say about that

>>151687436
non runners ngmi

>>151687436
Houden Hreh mentioned

>>151687462
>List of frauds and prebuscent Pogi

>>151687072
oh yes, got a very nice gravel ride in

>>151687511
>CC Anal
>fraud

>>151687579
Looks amazing bert. Here all the leaves have fallen, it's misty, wet and groggy. Can't wait for colder weather

>>151687228
>>151687237
>>151687072
Job's done
>hr 171
I do like to live dangerously

What's the fastest you've hit on a descent?

>>151687636
>R/L Balance: 46/54
interesting - never saw the values diverge that much

>>151687643
86km/h going down Kühtai, felt pretty safe desu. my dad got around 108km/h down that descend, on 23mm tyres no less

>>151687690
25km descent just sounds hellish. My wrists hurt just from thinking about it

>>151687660
It is what it is, took me 3 years of believing I was a wattlet with a left side power meter.
>>151687690
Didn't go up Kuthai fully but did the lusens climb. That downhill is FAST, think I reached 80

>>151687643
hard to believe a pro can be scared by 84km/h when they routinely hit 95 and higher on descends

HUENS to FDJ. Tietema has like NO squeakers left, they must be pretty sure of themselves for that wildcard

>>151687643
>Salvatore Pussy-o

>>151687798
he was probably descending behind the rapist

>>151687798
Why? With the gaps on decents when they are really pushing, its clear that the majority of the pro peloton can't down hill.

>sausage, rice, beans, onions, chili and tomato all in a pot
its sloppa food time

>>151689603
post pic

>>151687459
that youre obese

>>151691458
no, his flag told you that

how far have you rode this year /cyc/? pic related for me
>that elevation gain
I know, I live in a completely flat area, the only "hills" are going up and over bridges and levees there's no hills or anything mountainous anywhere near where I live, I'd have to drive an hour+ just to get to hills

I've now rode over 100 days in a row too, last year I only rode about 7k miles, the year before that only 4k but I decided to make it my primary exercise daily and ride at least 30-50 miles per day.

My speed hasn't changed much though despite riding every day, I am older, now almost 40 but I can only average around 21mph on most rides, 23mph is like my record over 50 miles if there's absolutely no wind which is rare here.

>>151691853
>mi
>ft

>>151691853
2700 on road bike
1740 going places

fairly shit
only 2 rides over 100k

>>151687643
Something in the 80s. I get nervous when I get into the 60s and beyond as the roads are awful, it's often blustery, and I'm a pussy. I don't get paid to race

>>151692169
almost all the riders that die in races / training die during a descent too when losing control at 50+kph, it's the most dangerous part of cycling outside of just riding on roads and getting hit by a car not paying attention

Meat loaf night

should i get a klaxon horn for my car? i want to make everyday Roubaix-pilled

>>151692169
I feel the same way. Unless it's pristine roads with no traffic and clear sight lines, I take it easy on descents. I'm not paid to do this and I have a family

>>151687643
80km/h, on Ventoux Malaucene side, the quiet side, on a long straight stretch of road, I felt safe, but otherwise I usually keep it at 60.
>>151691853
13000km, excluding about 1500km of commuting

>pidkek is over 2 hours behind the leaders after 4/7 stages of Gravel Burn
It's over, isn't it?
https://gravel-burn.link/leaderboard

>>151685788
Used to ride with a guy on zwift who had an avg HR of 195 during races and went as high as 220s when he was sprinting.
Was apparently normal for him, no issues with blood pressure etc.
>>151687643
89 km/hr going down a straight, steep pass with a tailwind, could have easily cleared 100 with a bigger chainring. Once I got past 70 I didn't notice much of a difference in road feel.
There's a less steep climb near where I live where I routinely crack 75 km/hr on the descent and frequently pass vehicles on.

>>151700925
Brutale. I wish there was more professionalized coverage of off-road endurance races, especially of the bikepacking variety, dot watching just isn't particularly interesting

>>151701174
I don't see how interesting would it be to broadcast some dude riding z1 for 40h straight alone in the middle of nowhere. Also impossible to shoot properly

>>151691853
its not much but its honest work

>>151687643
101km/h, could easily been more but I hit the brakes

>>151692747
Steal cobble stones from roubaix and repave your driveway

>>151687643
93kmph in the rain in a uk domestic race. had no clue it was that fast until after

>>151702754
wtf is that sensor data - cadence, HR, speed, power is all over the place, looks like someone just drew a few random lines

>>151702754
Ah yes psychotic descending in local racing, I know that all too well. When I was a junior I'd get dropped every descent because they're all pushing 400w in the big chain ring as I spin out. Dumb retarded gearing rules. Spinning out at 50mph is extremely dangerous on our shitty bumpy roads.

>>151702775
what are you talking about? of course he has no power output if he stops pedaling, and he's going so fast that every time he can pedal it's probably at 110+rpm

>>151702804
He didn't see it was a segment of the ride lol

>>151702775
lots of freewheeling then sprinting

>>151702778
yeah- i almost think it's safer when it gets so fast people can't pedal

>>151702804
I am retarded I didn't notice you zoomed in

this top 5 at the tdf
can't believe that slag buchmann nearly finished on the podium. still freaks me nut to this day

>>151692169
>>151694134
My only DNF from this season was because some car had leaked tons of gasoline to a downhill mid race. The entire, already wet road, was in rainbow colors. The first couple laps were fine and then on one of the laps you could smell gasoline and the road was covered in it on the climb already. I took the downhill a bit easier "if I get dropped I get dropped, I don't get paid enough for this shit". It would've been fine and if there had been a chance to see it before the race in that condition I would've been fine bombing down it. But suddenly changing mid race was not it.

I can also notice I generally take descents easier now compared to how I did them as a 20 something youngling.

>>151694134
the speed is not scary it's the dodgy roads or weather or sheep even
on a nice surface in good conditions 60 feels slow enough. but with shite surface and windy it feels like you might die

Remcobros even Double got a win. This is embarrassing

>>151704011
De Lie the next Belgian GC hope

Media: Skjelmose signs new contract

Mattias Skjelmose will continue to ride for Lidl-Trek when his current contract through 2026 expires. This is reported by Feltet.

According to the cycling media, Skjelmose has signed a new contract that expires at the end of 2028. He has been riding for the team since 2020, when he joined the team in August.

Next season, Skjelmose will ride alongside several Danes. Mads Pedersen, Søren Kragh, Mathias Norsgaard and Albert Withen Philipsen also have contracts with the team until next year.

TV 2 Sport has attempted to get a comment from Lidl-Trek. The team does not wish to comment on the story.


>i-i swear all the danes wants to ride for uno-x

>>151704512
Uno x and Lidl will merge

>>151704011
French bros...

>>151703711
He was dead

>>151704695
-ass stupid

Bennett to Q36.5

>>151704695
holy cope

>>151704993
Stacking the British isle roster, I love it. Old man slippy should manage them instead. Hate that ineos became a s**c team.

Spanish rider leaves Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe after being provisionally suspended over 'unexplained abnormalities' in biological passport

Oier Lazkano sanctioned by UCI over abnormalities 2022-2024

>>151705385
shadow ban was real

>>151705385
I don't understand how the Iberians can dope so much, with so few good results to show for it.

>>151705415
can't put race fuel in honda civic and expect to beat a ferrari
unless Padun is driving the honda
most doping jobbers are still jobbers

>>151705443
Padun was magic

>>151705415
He didn't get many results and riding fast is not evidence of dopage, but he certainly looked pretty strong in all kinds of terrains. 9th in Dauphine while animating the cobbled races, Colbrelli style

>>151704993
THE STRONGEST

>>151705385
Kek. I remember an article about his staggering numbers. I thought he'd go onto great things. He was tipped that year for a very good rvv result and I was disappointed not to see it. All makes sense now. I guess the peloton is cleaner than I though, considering a good shitter doped and never got that far. He's been a nobody for a while now.

>>151705415
>dope so much, with so few good results to show for it.
We know from Stefan Denifl's court case that he got a blood transfusion on the second rest day of the Giro 2016. His results in the mountain stages after that? 59th, 23rd and 32nd.
The biological passport severely restricts how much can be done, the performance impact just isn't that big if you're trying not to get caught. Can't turn someone who is barely WT level into a winner.

FREE MY BOY LAZKANO
IF HE IS DOPED AND YET JUST ABOVE AVERAGE THEN WHAT ARE THE REST OF THE DEMONS ON

>>151706496
He was dropping Roglic on a rampas last year kek

Jarlinson Pantano. He was a laugh. Trek have so many doped riders in their team history. Particularly the modern era. I remember being particularly gutted when he beat majka to a stage victory. I really liked pre UAE majka, and tinkoff in general. Team with soul. Great team owner. Felt like quickstep but for the mountains and GC's. That era was brilliant. Aru was such an irritating rider.

The 2023 and 2024 results of Lazkano are completely fraudulent. Démare deserves that Boucles de la Mayenne victory

>>151623283 (OP)
New nickname just dropped

https://youtube.com/watch?v=VHexTTOdpXE&

>>151706975
Lazkano victories and who came in 2nd:
2020 Volta a Portugal Stage 3, McLay Daniel
2022 Tour de Wallonie Stage 2, Vliegen Loic
2023 Boucles de la Mayenne Stage 1, Guillon Celestin
2023 Boucles de la Mayenne GC, Demare Armaud
2023 Spain NC RR, Ayuso Juan
2023 Vuelta a Burgos Stage 4, Buitrago Santiago
2024 Clásica Jaén, Tronchon Bastien

pan y agua

>>151707879
Y vino

>>151705385
One bad apple in the otherwise completely clean peleton

there was lots of cycling in "bugonia". haven't seen as much cycling scenes in a feature film since breaking away or that premium rush movie with joseph gordon levitt

thoughts on her debut season?

More Tour stages

>>151712960
Bulshit he's doing étoile de bessege

>>151712960
>inb4 arrested like Grug

>>151712960
we did it vismabros. we mentally broke him
no sane man would make this request

>>151712960
>contracts states he has to do the tour
>doesn't mention which one
Remco Sr. bros we were right again

>>151712960
>Pogi somehow kwabbed out of GC win by Sam Welsford

>>151714627
Very nice

>

>>151714664
well, it's not completely terrible by UAE standards, but I wouldn't call it nice

I wonder if reigning champion (Puck Moonen) will defend her title this year

Toro should unironically don this look (but with eagle in the middle)

>>151714676
someone post the webm of the fatman chugging beer as he crosses the finish line

>>151715273
beautiful

>>151715273
your big moment and you fucked it up. got about two drops into his mouth there

>>151716513
It is not about drinking the beer. Its about sending a message.

>>151716883
the message I got is that he's a sloppy oaf

Bought some Veal Ossobuco, going to use it to make Borscht

>>151716883
hmm

Pay raise starts on Monday. My income is officially 6 figures

FUCK *TANI

>>151715273
I feel like if Arno lost the weight he would actually be a good athlete.

Just here to tell winebert that I bought a bottle of cheap red wine today to make sauce with, probably gonna dump the rest in the sink.

>>151718554
Noted.

HE DROPPED PRIME CONTADOR
AND THEN HIS FAGGOT DS FUCKED HIM
I'M STILL ANGRY

>>151718064
>inb4 $1.000001 salary

The next OP better be the newly retired most beloved world champion of the past twenty years is all I'm saying.

GOOD RIDDANCE

Who is the Toronto Blue Jays of ciclismo?

should I justa say fuck it and buy a full campy 12 EPS for my future build? very nice price, and I don't think I'll ever need more than 12 speed

>>151720094
Good question, LA Dodgers is like Pissma or UAE

intentional walks deserve bad karma
I've seen enough, my boy Yamamoto got it from here

>>151720094
Who is the Uno-X of baseball?

/bh/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgIB1OL09H0

Yuros could never comprehend such soul

>>151720394
Are we talking rim brakes?

X2O Trofee Oudenaarde - Koppenbergcross 2025 (C1)

13:45 CET Women Elite
15:00 CET Men Elite

Startlist:
https://koppenbergcross.be/wp-content/uploads/sites/138/2025/10/START-LIST-KOPPENBERGCROSS.pdf

Streams:
https://tiz-cycling-live.io/
Eurosport / Discovery+ / HBO / TNT / Sporza / Flobikes

Townsend to Unibet Rose Rockets for 2 years

>>151727136
no

>>151728194
Then I'm not sure it's worth it stocking up groupsets unless you get an insane deal

>>151727859
why is the gnome not racing until the 23rd?
anyways NYS is back, excited for the race today

the weather is super shit shame it becomes better when cx will start

>>151728345
He’s been cut up repeadtly something to do with nerves I think? no idea

>>151728345
>>151728427
multiple iliac artery surgeries

>>151728548
grim

>>151728548
the puck moonen special

>>151728261
it's 70% off
1300€ (rotors missing tho)

regular reminder to go for a run

>>151729016
nein

Berts I have a BIG HUGE BEAUTIFUL ride tomorrow planned with me mates
already did this course a decade ago, truly special (if the wild fires didn't ruin it in the meantime)
gotta start eating gummy bears immediately

>>151729126
Humiliation ritual

>>151729126
man this doesn't look right, cyclists are too skinny for anatomically correct statues
this is how it should be done

>>151729126
>>151729128
here’s your goat bro

>>151729126
>>151729128
holy ultra cringe
slavs have no spine and just LOVE the oil jew cock

Juan Ayuso, ex Spanish champion

>>151727859
we live

Final 3 stages Tour 2026

>FOUQUENET is still in black suit
kek. why the fuck it takes so long to make her a custom one

>>151729667
Our Great British Hag would win this

Fem DNF? KWAB

Femboys in absolute shambles at her DNF

she'll retire the way it's going

ride of shame

>>151729704
what is going on here?

Good course this. Everyone looks like they're already dead

deja vu

old hag Brand strong

Impressive ride from GERY, as well. VAS is nowhere (again)

NorBERT just can't stay on her bike. probably bad tyres choice

Gravel, home.

squeaker girls are doing great in this race

one mistake and Gery will catch her

It's over. Hag supremacy

Brand wins. great ride from Gery nevertheless

>toothpaste
>squeaker
>grande
unimaginable podium just a couple of seasons ago

>>151729875
nice scenery, you already get -0C?

found this at the back of the wardrobe. RIP to Marcel Kittel. gone but not forgotten

>>151729954
It's been below 0 for a couple of nights already. 1.5°C right now. Gotta keep rides to under 2 hours to not freeze my toes. I really need to get proper winter shoes at some point.

The days are getting quite short. Only able to ride outside without lights during the weekend.

top 10

>>151729711
>>151729712
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQUY8x6AmLN/ she already looked so miserable in her 50th win celebration video I can't believe her team actually put it online

Good race, lots of kwabbening and struggling going on

I was just about to ask how will Toon fuck it up again. incorrigible man

Kek
Ruski, did you get the spectator chuting but saving his beer?

Ronhaar mounting comicale

difficult corners

>>151730237
Based, didnt notice it was a chain chute

another DNF

he's walking. he's walking to the line

Verstrynge dnf

another walker

Beautiful rolling chute by Mason

>>151730428
gears stuck solid

Damb this looks kinda hard with all this mud on the cobbles.

>>151730517
Gentle faceplant 9/10

Lmao, Nys also mounting comicale, something in the air

always nerve wrecking when they show Toon in replays. you expect him to chute brutale any time

they all look dead

Big gaps, don't know why they don't simply pedal harder

>>151730534
>chain locked between big cog and spokes
F

rusbert there was a great scene a few minutes before the mens race of 2 6 year olds beefing and shittalking, I can't capture the webm with the drm bullshit, maybe you see it in the replay

chute banale

>>151730640
I got limited time frame for rewind, unfortunately. maybe they will show it in highlights later

>>151730237
elite

The big Soudal banner upsets me.

>>151730237
great save

NYS wins

top 10

he sounds like a teenage boy. really at odds with these weird mustache

>>151730962
bingo

this lad is done

>>151731027
fuck sake

>>151731027
heh

>>151730962
God, why do I want to beat them up so much
Tramadol, please give me the strength to resist my sinful urge

almost time for these TdF exhibition events

>>151731027
hairline checks out

>>151731027
kek

>>151731027
Winebert spotted.

>>151729994
nice
(bag and legs)

>- To the best of my knowledge, there are only two scenarios, and here I assume that Red Bull-Bora has most obviously asked for Lazkanos' medical file before signing the contract, he begins.
>According to 'the Chicken', it is therefore absolutely crucial how much the big team's doctors knew about Lazkanos' breach of the anti-doping rules, which is supposed to have occurred in the period 2022-2024 - that is, before he joined the team.
>One scenario can therefore be truly problematic, he believes:
>- The same doctors should have seen the red flags, but have relied on the fact that the ITA/UCI has not reacted to it. That will be an even bigger problem, as it opens up a whole new flank, where many riders potentially with the team's knowledge are riding around with abnormal blood values.
>The other possibility, he believes, is that Red Bull's doctors were not skilled enough to see that there were problems with Lazkanos' blood values before they signed him.

So Redbull are either cheats or idiots.

>>151731655
I don't think they can have access to the full blood value history

>>151731811
Ah yes some random french bert's believes are definitely worth more than someone that successfully doped at the highest level.

>>151732053
Just don't ask for blood values and you can pretend you didn't know

>>151731027
literally me

>>151729510
Oh yes, you now remember how the great Oier LAZKANO humiliated world's top class climbers on the slopes of Praduluengo Acebel-Vizcarra at the 45th Vuelta a Burger

>>151730913
We are in a golden era folks

>Moviestar defending Lazcanoe
The eternal Iberian

>>151733813
I remember Bourlart saying they had a multi year plan for Girmay or something

>>151728261
>>151728770
well I pulled the trigger
still have 30 days to change my mind

>>151734313
What frame are you putting it on?

>>151734385
haven't decided yet, i have a few in mind tho
two things are sure, it will be an european brand and the wheels will be chinese
Id really like a sarto but it's pretty expensive, the 795 comes close but it's also expensive
I'm not in a hurry tho, both my bikes are over 10years and they still have lots to give because I take care of them, but I eventually would like to have an all rounder disk road bike
maybe I can get a sweet deal on a frame down the line

just bought the campy because it's what I use and I couldn't pass up that price desu, even if it stays on the shelf for a year kek

>>151735136
Won't be european for long but they're still made in slovakia I think

>>151735788
Bastards take advantage of us poor rimchads. They don't even have the best colour (white)

>>151735788
Wait this is actually tempting

>>151735788
the scylon is on my list, but weren't they bought by s*am

>>151735999
sram only bought the pedals, the frame went to some ohter am*rican company. They're moving production to the US, but now they're still operating the old factory iirc

>>151731655
Well, we still don't know any specifics other than "irregularities".
In any case, it's not necessarily easy to differentiate normal fluctuations from fluctuations due to doping. And you have to have a solid argument that it can only be the later and not the former or the case will blow up in your face, it has happened before. That's also why they have two other experts independently confirm the initial finding and why the process takes forever.
By the way, I'm convinced blood doping is being covered up as "altitude training". As long as they don't overdo it and go from 30% hematocrit to 60% within a week, it's hard to prove that they're not altitude super responders.

>>151732053
He is right though, biological passport is protected by GDPR, teams don't have direct access to it. Most likely teams can still force riders to disclose some of the information therein, but I'm not sure they would ask for data from years ago.

>>151736748
>biological passport is protected by GDPR
No team has access to the bio passport. They do their own blood work.

Ossobuco and shortrib in the stockpot, going to let it simmer during the 'pool game. Then tomorrow I use the meat and stock to make Borscht

>>151737181
>Buys Ossobuco
>Uses it for Borscht

Pathologically incapable of not turning every meal into slop

>>151737940
osso buco is slop meat tho

>>151737181
>Not eating an ice cold bowl of Beet juice
ngmi

/off-season/

>>151738191
Hard to say but she looks cute for a cycling's gf. Expected no less from the bull

>>151738249
well she's not brown for starters, better than other (bald) belgians fare

>>151731027
Does anyone have the webm of the drunk guy dropping his sandwich and falling over?

>>151738059
Beet juice goes in the Borscht, obviously

>>151738059
>>151739111
explains a lot. Slavs must be super responders to the post-race beet juice.

Is it corny if I glue UCI world championship rainbow decals/tape onto my city bike helmet?

>>151739603
turbo giga cringe, rainbow bands are earned

>>151739603
Stolen honor.

>>151739739
>Bugs Bunny directing the UCI police.jpg

Funny comic for the art fans on /cyc/

>>151739651
did doped up Lance earn his too?

>>151740130
heh... like the Sprinter

Where do you get your pro cyc news from? I just skimmed through a couple of cyclingweekly articles and noticed a few incorrect statements, so they are obviosly unserious. Meanwhile cyclingnews has the paywall bullshit.

>>151740402
Well Lance claim he won that clean, got his ass kicked by epo users the year after, in '94, and decided to go all-in on epo himself in '95. If you believe a perpetual lier and cheat.

>>151740611
Just mainstream danish news and feltet. Anglos can't cover cycling properly if their lives depended on it.

>>151740611
from /cyc/

>>151740611
/cyc/ for the most part

>>151740968
Remember when Remco's cheating landed here first?

>>151741041
On the left are Gianetti's legs btw

>>151741055
Also news about most runners doping landed here first

>>151741127
And I also learn about Berts' new gfs here weeks before it makes it to Cyclingnews

>>151741283
true

My gf has gotten much better than me at recognizing riders and remembering their names, when we watch cycling. Be careful Berts.

>>151740611
Instagram and /cyc/

Also by watching the races (a somewhat underappreciated tactic)

>>151741627
>Parents visiting me for weekend
>Watching cyclocross in the am before going out for breakfast
>Bertina explaining cyclocross to my boomer parents and discussing The Big Tree and Thibau Nys and the importance of the Koppenberg

Monthly reminder that Poggers and his oil overlords are ruining cycling

>Sure this will picture of angry talentless Belgian midget will drive views

>>151742156
Ulle war schmutzig

>>151742172
>No you

>>151741691
I will literally kill myself if I can't have this by the end of the season

>>151742282
Have you picked yer plot yet?