a glimpse of many battles to come edition >Current and upcoming road races26.04 - 03.05 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkiye 2.Pro28.04 - 03.05 Tour de Romandie 2.UWT01.05 GP Immo Zone/Vloer-en chapewerken Smetryns 1.1 WE01.05 Eschborn-Frankfurt 1.UWT02.05 Festival Elsy Jacobs à Garnich 1.1 WE03.05 Lotto Famenne Ardenne Classic 1.103.05 Festival Elsy Jacobs à Luxembourg 1.1 WE 03.05 - 09.05 Vuelta España Femenina by Carrefour.es 2.WWT06.05 - 10.05 ΔΕΗ Tour of Hellas 2.108.05 - 31.05 Giro d'Italia 2.UWT08.05 La Classique Morbihan 1.1 WE09.05 Grand Prix du Morbihan Femmes 1.1 WE09.05 Grand Prix du Morbihan 1.Pro10.05 Tro-Bro Léon 1.Pro10.05 Trofee Maarten Wynants 1.1 WE10.05 - 14.05 Baku-Khankendi Azerbaijan Cycling race 2.113.05 Navarra Women's Elite Classic 1.Pro13.05 - 17.05 Flèche du Sud 2.113.05 - 17.05 Tour de Hongrie 2.Pro14.05 Lotto Circuit de Wallonie 1.1 ME15.05 - 17.05 Itzulia Women 2.WWT16.05 Tour du Finistère Pays de Quimper 1.116.05 Simac Omloop der Kempen Ladies 1.1 WE17.05 Rund um Köln 1.117.05 Boucles de l'Aulne - Châteaulin 1.119.05 Classique Dunkerque / Grand prix des Hauts de France 1.Pro19.05 Durango Durango Emakumeen Saria 1.1 WE20.05 - 24.05 4 Jours de Dunkerque / Grand Prix des Hauts de France 2.Pro21.05 - 24.05 Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 2.WWT>Mecha-Rusbert's webm folders:https://pastebin.com/Mx1GyU53 >Bert van Koers' ciclismo quizzes:https://www.sporcle.com/user/Bert_van_Koers/quizzes/>Races info:https://www.procyclingstats.com/https://firstcycling.com/>Free streams:https://cyclingtiz.live/https://dlhd.dad/>Velodrama league code:51196855Previous thread:>>154385693
>Unc's name is sex arse and he wears lycraIt's over for cycling.
>>154401201Quite the opposite my sweet sweet cunt
>>154401225I didn't think about it that way. You're probably right. Sex sells, as they say.
crashing the race with very few survivors
>rusbert is finnbert nowebin :DDD
>>154400103>ALMEIDA DNSgrimthe giro startlist was already depressing before
>>154401319Damn, I forgot that was this weekendI usually go down to Bloomington for it and end up fucking a slut after the race
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkiye (2.Pro)Stage 2Aydın - Marmaris152.8kmStartlist:https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-of-turkey/2026/startlistGC after stage 1:https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-of-turkey/2026/stage-1-gcRoadbook:https://www.tourofturkiye.org.tr/Content/files/race_guide/TUR2026_RACE_GUIDE_2204.pdfLive stats:https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-of-turkey/2026/stage-2/liveStreams:https://www.youtube.com/@tourofturkiye/streamshttps://cyclingtiz.live/https://dlhd.dad/Eurosport / Discovery+ / HBO / TNT13:30 CET
>>154401319Nice save from the guy in orange.
>>154401330He’s improving his dnf game by not starting
>>154401319I thought the guy in black was running back to box the head off pinky
>>154401521They fear Seixas. Almeida being saved for tdf hjaelper role
the more i think about it the more it makes sense for Seixas to do the Giro
>30 minute Horner vidyeah I'm thinking it's peak comfy timehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y54ICZYsKts
>>154401744Vuelta, so fish and pog can already have their gc and he's fighting with geriatric rog and carapaz
>>154401780Vuelta also makes sense but he is just so fucking good now and there is no guarantee that he will be this good when the Vuelta comes around, he is still only 19 years old
>>154401766I like his race coverage video’s but his personal opinions about riders and people are dogshit
>>154401803He's been in fine form all April. He might begin to faulter during May. He's guaranteed to win the vuelta if he starts. Bit the tour would also go very well I suspect. I think you're right. Show off his skills in Suisse or dauphine and then dominate the vuelta. Something poogacar could never at that age, which is yet another W against the antichrist.
>>154401744t. Tadej Pogacar
>>154401854
>>154401330and its official
>>154401898>past monthsdude was battling cancer or something seesh
>>154401898unironically bad news for jonas, almerde is in that high jobber tier trying to break the glass celling but you just know he never will, he is basically kwabbing food for jonas which would help jonas immensenly getting some confidence
>>154401900>battling cancer or somethingjust battling vaxx sideeffects, but tomato tomato
>>154401349https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoGxHh3hqbk
>>154401330Disinfect your open wounds guys
Whats a good bike brand to look for that offers good value for mountainbikes? My main bike is a city commuter that does everything I need it for regarding errands and travel. But it doesn't do well for rocky trails and forrest paths in my very mountainous area (Southern tip of Germany). Seeing as this would be only a second bike, it shouldn't need to be more than 1k. I basically need the bike to do two things very well to complement my main bike, for the city>have a good gearing for steep vertical stuff>have thick and grippy tires for smooth riding on mixed surfacesShould I look at entry level, consumer type, alloy hardtail mountain bikes (600-800 euros)? Which components should I look for? Looking at the market, this segment is increadably packed however, hence the question about brands.
>>154402212Another one said 9.2
LANDISMO DNS GIROnot that it would have a difference but still the GC startlist getting thinner and thinner
>>154402309>top riders against Jonas are Pellizzari and Adam YatesIt's over
>>154402327Paul can do the funniest thing everJonas is surely being smug as fuck on the Volcano right now thinking the Giro is already in the bag
Giro will be for Jonas like it was for Tadej in 2024one big training camp
Remember the Remco hype in 2018-2020? Turns out he was a nothingburger compared to Pogacar or Seixas
>>154402332Pog's startlist was even weaker
>>154402174What fork travel do you need? Is 100mm travel enough? That's standard hard tail travel. Shimano deore is a solid reasonably priced group set that comes on a lot of decent hard tails. Usually 1x, all you'd realistically need. Honestly I'd invest into new deore or XT brakes if it doesn't already come with them, you really need 2 pot brakes if you're doing anything on trails that needs 100mm suspension. They're way nicer and much easier to use because it's a softer brake on the hands, and more powerful. Decent discs and pads would be good too. Like swiss stop pads or something. Look into something like a Trek Roscoe 7 or 8 second hand. They have a wider tyre so more grip and that almost acts in travel in it's own regard because the tyre has more ability to move around and compress. The roscoe 7 and 8 have good forks and they're often spec'd with at least deore groupsets. 1x 12 speed. Dropper post too which is a really nice touch. 2nd hand on ebay in UK, they all seem to be from 600-1000 depending on how used they are. I googled just now, apparently the 24' model is 140mm fork, so it handles everything, I'm surprised really.https://ebay.us/m/FtPWckThis for example would be a great bike but the first thing I'd do before I take it to trails is get new grips and install some deore or XT brakes. New brakes and pads are probably about 150 euro. New discs maybe 60 euro, possibly a bit more. But better brakes will improve the bikes performance a lot. Tyres are 2.6" iirc so that's a wide tyre that'll definitely offer more grip, comfort and absorb the terrain similar to how a full suspension might feel. It's more slack geometry too so it's more comfortable and gives more control on trails.I'm sure other brands make a very similar bike but I don't know any models other than the roscoe. Only negative is that it's not as fast on the flats because the wider tyres and slack geometry, but it's a superior off road experience to a standard hard tail.
>>154402348calling Remco a nothingburger is harshWC, WC TT x3, OL RR, OL TT, San Sebastien x3, Liege 2x, Vuelta GC, 5x Vuelta stages, 2x TDF stages, 2x Giro stages, Amstel and ALOT of other stuff
What a time to be alive. There's a guy from Korea who's obsessed with Jonas. He keeps posting rare pictures of himhttps://x.com/fishcanride/status/2048651883737473112
>>154402382Kek
>>154402382not even the weirdest thing we discovered this year, after that fanfics debacle
>>154402382PPATTT this picture has been posted like a thousand times already on this very /cyc/
>>154402369He's had a very good career, but I think that until 2023, it was expected that it would be even better.For example, back in 2023 after San Sebastian, I wouldn't have believed if you told me he'd need almost 3 years until his next classic win.I'm actually glad that he started doing Ronde because I think that (and eventually MSR) are where he has better chances of winning more monuments if Pogacar is out if the picture.He still has time though. I really hope he manages to get a few more monuments, more classics, and maybe a 2nd Worlds RR title before the end of his career. I think the window to win more GTs has unfortunately passed.
>>154402398the fanfic stuff is mental insanityits beyond any schizo posting ever seen on /cyc/
>>154402369Considering he was doing the goat gesture during one of his WC wins as a youth, he's actually kind of right. Everyone expected way more. He's had too many DNF's too which is a bad sign. In the scheme of things he was a nothingburger for his GT career which he was hyped for. One day race and stage poacher he probably lived up to his hype. Still young so though. Got a few monuments left in him still.
Remco's legacy will be his double OL winsno one will be able to do the same for a LONG time
>>154401349we live in Turkiye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sxdgLAqJvg
>>154402512Remco lapped the whole pelotonRemco caught Pogacar in a hilly TTboth worth a least one monument
>>154402174The hardtail is a solved bike, so every brands will basically offer the same thing of 12 speed, 100mm travel and good breaks. Very good value to be found
Do you ever adjust your saddle height? I feel like that should be the one thing you never change because it's the one thing that's totally, objectively tied to your body, but I'm having that "low saddle knee pain" feeling in my knees lately like where you feel like you're having to overpush even though my saddle height has never changed
>>154402857Yeah all the time
>>154402868can you elaborate? do you get different things out of different saddle heights?
>>154402885>Saddle too high : but pain>Saddle too low: back pain
>>154402368>new deore or XT brakesThanks bong. Ill look into it. I dont care about speed on the flat too much as that's what the commuter already deoes well.
Seixas’ calendar will be:Dauphine TourWorldsLombardiaI still think doing the tour would be a mistake, but given his level, anything else would be a waste of his time
big chute
Crabbe wins
CHUTE
top 10
they can't be serious. is fortnite even a thing nowadays?
I just fell over in my new spd cleats :( Im okay but I was so confident with clicking in and out but then I had to surprise break suddenly and forgot I need to click out and I bet everyone laughed at me :((
>>154402895fix ALL your back/knee/butt problems TODAY, with this top of the line saddle from SQlab™
any rumours about where crabbe is going next year?
>>154403182Tried, didn't work
>>154402174If you're fine buying direct and not from a store, Radon usually has some pretty good value offerings. >Which components should I look for?Frame is obviously the most important. It should fit you (!!!) and geometry should fit your use case, think about whether you want more of a XC or hardcore geometry. And it should be compatible with wide tires and whatever the current standards are for axle, bottom bracket, brake mount, derailleur mount, steerer tube, and whatever else I might be forgetting to mention.Suspension fork is probably the next most important, many brands like to cheap out here and use cheap models that kinda suck. Do your research and look out for the best model you can find, with adequate travel for your use case.I remember some cheap hydraulic disc brakes being pretty trashy, do your research and avoid those. You don't need anything fancy, but you don't want shit that fails easily or is a bitch to maintain.You probably want wide rims that are tubeless compatible.Think about whether you want a dropper post.For gearing, mid-tier Shimano (used to be Deore) or Sram should be fine. Make sure they're not cheaping out on shift levers and combine a mid-tier derailleur with trash-tier shift levers. Think about what gearing ratios and gear steps you want, and whether you want 1x or 2x.Tires are always a compromise, so it's hard to give a specific recommendation. "Mixed surfaces" probably implies some type of "jack of all trades, master of none". Anyway, they're easy and not that expensive to replace, so that's always an option and I wouldn't attach overly much import to them.Saddle, grips, stem, handlebars, pedals are quite individual, so general recommendations aren't really possible. You might want to replace them according to your personal preferences.It's been a while since I've looked at MTB parts, so sadly I can't give you specific recommendations. And there's probably something I forgot to mention.
Business ideaEach of the "five nations" in cycling (France, Denmark, Belgium, Spain and Italy) should each have a monument.Change my mind.
>>154403290gr8 b8 m8
Already in Switzerland.
>>154403290>Wallonia, Flanders, France, Savoie and Duchy of MilanSeems like all the five nations are already represented
>>154403290And the great cycling nation of Royaume-Uni?
>>154402857>knee painyour kidneys are fucked; it's over
Top 10 countries with the most wins in GTs + monuments + WC RR1. Belgium: 2832. Italy: 2613. France: 1234. Spain: 655. Netherlands: 496. Switzerland: 347. Slovenia: 278. Germany: 199. United Kingdom: 1810. Ireland: 15Slovenia is bigger cycling country than Britain or Germany already. Switzerland soon
Denmark is less of a cycling nation than Ireland or Luxembourg
>>154404111*48 for the Netherlands
>>154404231Monuments are kinda overrated anyway in my opinion
Romandie organiser about appearance fees: "I’ve never been asked that, and in any case we don’t have the capacity for it. A long time ago, I did receive a request to make a donation to Lance Armstrong, but we turned it down. With Pogačar, it was different: we were told that he wants to win and that they even want to help us with our communication."
>>154402382Its like Chris Anker's japanese super fan.
>>154404231Pre-2020 ciclismo doesn't count
>>154402857>knee painTake the oval pill Bert
>>154404534>donation to Lance ArmstrongThey mean the foundation that helped millions of people? Funny way to say that. Almost sounds as if the donation is into his pocket and not his charity, deceptive wording. Couldn't afford a donation to charity to have the biggest name in the sport at the time boost the race?>With Pogačar, it was different: we were told that he wants to win and that they even want to help us with our communicationWow, what an admirable guy! He's boosting your little race (for his palmares of being le greatest ever) so now you lick his arse with nice words in a press release? Bunch of absolute faggots, we see through them. Swiss are very dishonest self interested people.
Easily my favorite twitter profile now.
>>154404501Oh I was rudely mocked for pointing that out the other day.
>>154404566>donationThe original French is "verser une somme à Lance Armstrong" which doesn't really seem like it means giving money to a charity like using "donation", but rather giving money to Armstrong himself or his team
>>154404534Maybe they should start giving out starting money. Would help their race a lot.
>>154404545Asian fans are just built different
Nothing is stopping the Sexas hype train in France
>>154404658They are going to destroy him :(
>>154404658He's right though
>>154404658
>>154402382>no homosuuure
>>154403290we have a monument you donkey, Fyen Rundt but real ciclismo attention payers know this ofcfirst raced in 1894 so it the second oldest monument, Strade could never lol
>>154404658power in a oneday race or week stage race means dick when it comes to grand toursyour diesel engine is what matters and if you have power left in the tank to perform on a stage 20 with mountains and 5500m of elevation
but then again the "mountain" stages in this years TDF are fucking nothingburgerssacrificing actual good stage designs for muh hecking Alpe d'Huezorino
>>154403192may I interest you in one of these badboys?
>Dutch central bank chooses Lidl for European Cloudbig
>>154402853comfy
what is the fanfic story, i wasnt into /cyc/ yet
>>154405203are you sure you wanna knowthere is no going back after it
>>154405218ok now i have doubts
>>154405203https://archive.transformativeworks.org/works/80363231/chapters/211011871
There is 325 Vingegaard fan fics on transformativeworks alone.
>>154405235
>>154405235Please be aware this link remains unclicked
>>154405250:3
>>154405276100% its that fucking gook >>154404715fucking weirdo riding about ciclismo gay sex
>>154405304yes I believe it is written in mandarin
>>154404658just simple facts.
Pog holds with UAE on wheelie https://youtu.be/ndBRQy3XRU8?si=qp9bm4MJ7j-IXpVo
Did we talk about the Giro d'Italia x Fortine collab?
the gay gook also has some tadej posts lol
>>154405514>Digging up blunder year photos to embarrass someone I mean we all hate pog but come on, we all went through that . The amount of dax wax I went through in those years I mean shitI low key think I had that phone too, it looks like a samsung galaxy 5
>>154405514These are gay men. My gaydar is activated. A pack of raging homosexuals.
>>154405624May I ask, did you also allow men to use your rectum as a fuck toy? Do do you also suck men dry? No man would ever consider taking such submissive faggot selfies. It is not normal behaviour.
Imagine if Jarno wasn't perma ded.
>>154406057And where is this "gaydar" of yours located? In your pants? Is your gaydar erect right now looking at Pog from 10 years ago?
>>154406425
So I was thinking about this when watching LBL the other day. We have a few burgers in here so maybe they can confirm. But imagine living in some fucking hellish zero bike lanes, zero nature urban shithole where you drive from store to store in giant parking lots and then watching the rolling hills of spring europe, the brick houses, the small villages, the greenery, the history and the absolute soul. If you're american or some johnny foreigner third worlder watching cycling, it must be some kind of surreal SOVL overload I can't even begin to imagine.
you know what would help Remco become a better cyclist? becoming a fatherbecoming a parent would temper his rage and seething
>>154406416It's in the designated disgust part of my brain, right next to the poogacar hate department. Why would you take faggy submissive images of yourself? Genuine question. Seems so strange to me.
>>154406551as i remember our resident berts are from the Rocky mountains, California and upstate Jew Yorkso the best cycling places in the states
>>154406551I was in Wales last weekend. Packed full of indian thirdies. They were clearly in awe. Gathering around a field with a few sheep, nothing special. I would imagine it's like "wow look how clean and natural it is, it's a natural wonder!" Of course, it's a pasture so it's an open air factory. Should be ancient forest, not a pasture. I wouldn't imagine they think far into things because they're stupid, same with mutts. The general order and cleanliness must be shocking to them. As long as mutts and thirdies stay away from these areas they are safe. Stick mutts into a cozy area and suddenly mcdonalds and car dealerships grow out the ground in 2 months. Import poos and you get stench of curry, litter and a constant drone of urdu ringing around the area. God I love being a western european. Rest of the world, other than japan maybe, seems like a he'll scape.
>>154406701i would rather live among amerimutts than jeetsyou brits shoulds have done the world a favour and wiped them from the face of the planet when you had the chance
>>154406767But muh christian values!!! Thirdies should have been put into reserves like animals and never allowed to leave whilst western civilisation built societies in those regions. Look at south africa now. Could have been easily avoided. Apartheid was good for the colonies and America. High productivity, low crime. Give africans autonomy and they kill, rape and rib everything they can. One thing I don't understand is that indians are proven ideological enemies of the west and cozy with our enemy, so why are the being flooded to the west so quickly? I spoke with many indians. They think they're smart and original but they're all identical. Except the lighter ones are racist to the darker ones. Grim people in every respect. A d honestly I don't see Americans as any better. Arrogant, rude, obsessed with social ranking, highly unreasonable, stupid. Exactly the same issues with indians.
>>154403290>Denmark
>>154404658Unironically this
>>154406583I live in actual Jew York but we actually have good cycling infrastructure and relatively easy access to beautiful roads in the Hudson Valley
>>154407501You think Holland would fit better?
tfw you realized that Remco and KUSS have the same amount of GT wins
>>154407664as do Carapaz and Hindley
>>154406551I mean, it looks nice yes. But plenty of races have long motorway segments. Fuck, LBL even passed an old style Pizza Hut and strip mall type things leading into Liege, so it’s hardly like it’s the best of Europe all the time. I live in Washington DC, which has great bike infrastructure and good access to road riding and gravel. The northern Virginia suburbs can get about as generic as you think, and even out there you get some decent bike infrastructure. But yes, lots of eight lane roads full of dipshits too. But, I’d say I’m just as envious of the riding that they get in LA as I am of Girona. So not exclusive to Europe.
>>154406551They have the best gravel roads though
>>154406425>double 5 starsdid he ever use this before?
>>154405448Best evidence I've seen yet of motor use, just wtf is that?OTOH, why would they allow that to be shown if they were using a motor? Just weird stuff.
>>154406425>Gaudu
>>154408911And Gamergate Shart.
so Ineos becomes a part danish owned team todaydopage is BACK
>A company who has been preying on goverment IT contracts for decades is now sponsoring in*osThis is practically state funded now
Is your wallet ready for 2x13s Sram Red bert?
>try out clipless pedals>pain in foot archhow do I fix this?
>>154414070your shoes don't come with arch support? you can buy an insert sole with arch support.
>>154414002Pretty sure Sir RATcliffe moved operations to fr*nce because running costs in the UK are forcing deindustrialization. Ineos is a french-anglo mongrel team now.
>>154414203loved him in those wizard movies
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkiye (2.Pro)Stage 3Marmaris - Kıran132.7kmStartlist:https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-of-turkey/2026/startlistGC after stage 2:https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-of-turkey/2026/stage-2-gcRoadbook:https://www.tourofturkiye.org.tr/Content/files/race_guide/TUR2026_RACE_GUIDE_2204.pdfLive stats:https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-of-turkey/2026/stage-3/liveStreams:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJTy0mbc-1shttps://www.youtube.com/@tourofturkiye/streamshttps://cyclingtiz.live/https://dlhd.dad/Eurosport / Discovery+ / HBO / TNT13:30 CET
Tour de Romandie (2.UWT)PrologueVillars-sur-Glâne - Villars-sur-Glâne3.2kmStartlist:https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2026/startlistRoadbook:https://www.tourderomandie.ch/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Programme_TDR2026_web.pdfStart order:https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2026/prologue/live/startorderLive stats:https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-romandie/2026/prologue/liveStreams:https://cyclingtiz.live/https://dlhd.dad/Eurosport / Discovery+ / HBO / TNT / RTS / L'Equipe15:30 CET
another youngster got cagied. F
new kit is ugly 2bh. but you won't mistake it for Uno-X or Euskaltel anymore
>>154414362what happens to these cagies? do they get jailtime for shit like that?
>>154414368
I don't know why people swoon over this, it comes across as snarky to me
>>154414371I wonder
Genuinely looks like professionals against amateurshttps://x.com/i/status/2048886611023200706
>>154414463why other riders simply not pedal harder
TdS is about to repeat the unfortunate fate of Tour of California
>>154414484just dont hold the womens races problem solvedno one watches that shit anyway
>>154414375So cringe, so transparent. I hate him. I find time throughout my day to allocate hate toward him. Cannot wait until Saint Paul blows his legs off. We will see him retire real quick, I guarantee it.
>>154414484Both shocking people can be so stupid and unsurprising at the same time. Suisse is a big race. To see it dimished for the woman meme is fucking pathetic. Literally communist behaviour.
>>154414371depends on the situation of course. the truck driver who killed davide rebellin got 4 years.
>>154414484This shit is easily solvable though. The problem is them having the races at the same day / place. Split men and women's competitions completely. Who in their right minds would watch 5 hours of men's cycling on a sunday and then another 2 hours of women's cycling ontop immediately after. Have men focus on hard tough terrain and women focus more on tourist-y and scenic places. Have the men ride up a mountain, and the women ride on the beach promenade of Southern France to show case it. Tourist associations, city councils, hotels, restaurants, who wouldn't want a live televised sporting event in their area. Don't ride through bumfuck villages, literally ride in the down town tourist attraction places. Also allow the women's races to be jewed out a little more. The Hilton Race - ride around the block where a Hilton Hotel is located 12 times. Hotels.com Gold Race, Visit Spain Road Race, just be creative. Nobody I repeat nobody wants to see women do watered down version of men's sports. Make routes specifically designed for women, and make them scenic as fuck. Men and women's sports are undeniably two different products, it's time to start treating them as such. And boo-hoo muh women that want's to do le same epic climbs as the men, you wanna race or what? You want a salary? You want your sport to exist? We're hitting the beach, ladies. You can paypal me a million euros for this consultation ASO.
>>154414562He already said he is going to quit the moment Sexass becomes too good, he is ahead of you on that.
we live in Turkiye
>>154414652The elephant in the room is barely anyone watches the woman sport in the first place so it does not matter where they ride or what they do. And even less will watch if the racing is boring tourist group rides because the only people watching, the hardcore cycling fans, want to see fun racing period. Truth is that you cannot push a product that people will largely never want. It will never be a successful product no matter what you do. Women need to accept lesser contract, the races should be self sustainable and not subsidised by cutting mens racing, which is THE product. Football also subsidise women teams but their cash flow is astronomical and it's a drop in the water for them. It's more of a family event because it's cheap and the fans are all families or weirdos. It's really simple; it will never work the way they want it to and no genius plan will ever make it work. Cut the bullshit and bin the races that don't fund themselves. Sick of the commie mindset.
>>154414666Well that seals it. That'll be in the next year or two. The saint is about to slay the vampire. I cannot wait.
>>154414702You're wrong. I'd totally watch a women's race that was unique and maybe at a different time. Plan those races around the mens races (on off sundays during spring season or on saturdays even). I will NOT watch the last 50 km on Roubaix when I JUST WATCHED THE MEN DO IT. Have them ride in Monaco, start that shit at 7 or 8 so we get some nice sunset shots. Ride past a bunch of Yatchs I'll never be able to afford. Have them do a couple of laps on the F1 course that'd be fucking hillarious. It needs to be a different product.
>>154414484Women ruin everything including men's cycling
>REMKHI alone in TurkeyThe Kazakh Remco
>>154414736They have to put ads on Roubaix womens where there were no ads on the mens race. Probably the most novel womens race of the year and they have to pump ad revenue in. I tried to watch it but they ride so slow over the cobbles. Women sports are just lame. Gymnastics is cool because they are better than men and have more elegance. Nothing will make women's sport successful other than cutting the ambition and keeping it as a little side event. Good luck getting areas like Monaco shut down for a womens event given the Suisse sponsors are refusing to pay any extra for women coverage. End of the day it comes down to money and if very few will watch the sport in the first place the sponsors have no motivation to front the cash. Now consider the cost of hotels and the infrastructure in monaco, it would all have to be subsidised and the cost would be extremely high to host the event. There is no return on that given there are too few viewers. Maybe they could get away with riding around the blackpool promenade or having a crit around the Marseille ghetto though.Another factor is the demographics of viewers who are apparently younger on average and almost 50% of them are women. They mens sponsors cannot appeal the same to these demographics for various reasons. It's just a completely different animal. Sponsors actions are probably the best way to judge the disparity between the two events. And consistently they withhold their sponsor shekels when it comes to women cycling.
>>154414755correct spelling is probably Reimche
>>154410146To be fair in my (somewhat limited) experience DC is quite similar to big Evro cities. People there sucked ass though (not you, youre probably cool). I will admit I did appreciate black women hitting on me however
>>154414078Got hand-me-down shoes and pedals. It's an old shimano velcro strap shoe. Would investing in carbon insole/outsole shoes be good? IDK if I will be able to enjoy them and just want to buy a budget option.
Pog's new TT whip
>>154414484They ruin the internet, they ruin gaming and now they're coming for or cyclismo.Do woman just want to watch everything burn?
chute
The silky smooth voice of Jose Been, very nice.
nice climb
Sosa goes solo
SOSA wins
BERWICK paranormal
>>154415154no spoilers
>SosaHaven't heard that bame for a long time
>>154415171GC
>Jonas Vingegaard’s growing property story has taken another step, this time with a sharper edge. According to a report by Ekstra Bladet, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider and his wife Trine Marie Hansen have continued their run of investments in 2026, taking their total to seven properties across Denmark after two further purchases this year alone.Is this the plan to defeat Pogacar?
we live in Romandie
>>154414652It's not easily solvable. You can't get me to watch races like this and I watch more cycling than 90% of people who will watch the tdf. People no watchy, companies no sponsory, then you're fooked. These races are destined to fail. And cycling is expensive to host compared to other sports.
>>154415184Imagine how many IKEA things he will have to put together
ROGLIC goes solo
>>154414652As a loyal cycling fan since the armstrong era; "public road" sports such as cycling and rally are having a tough time and it's not gonna get better. - It gets increasingly more expensive and hard to organize anything in public space. - Young people don't wanna volunteer anymore to help on intersections- while at the same time the level of expectations for more strict signalization and security is higher.- Also the speed bumps, roundabouts and road furniture is a hassle, and you cant really just avoid them because you want to ride through villages and cities for exposure, fans & sometimes $ income (start-finish ususally).- And lastly, people are way too spoiled with an abundance of entertainment these days. Every damn village in flanders had their own yearly race, and sometimes big names even rode them. But it pulled the whole village outside, to the burger trucks, the cafés etc, because it was the highlight of the year for many people. All these small village traditions, not just cycling, die because too little people still care.There's no way cycling as a whole will die, but I expect many of these smaller races to die or re-invent themselves.
>>154414368Kit reflect the sponsor at least. With both being below exceptable.>>154414375He's been like this for years. Normies gunna norm.
>>154414368>netcompanyAlmost as soulless as UAE or Bahrain. Almost.
you picked godon, right?
>>154415471Who wouldn't? There was barely anyone reliable to pick outside of UAE and Godon.
>>154405514the number one ciclismo icon that follows the teachings of jesus
>>154406416It's not unlikely.
>>154415707Obsessed
Tratnik rapido
Did that kid just lunge at the Tudor rider? Christ modern kids are absolute shitbags.
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>jeroen saying pogi is riding dauphiné surely this is wrong?
>>154415798n/m, he corrected himself.
Godon wins
"it's over"
Uh, poogacar washed? 5th and there was a hill. I thought he was le anaerobic king?
What's the point of a 3min prologue. Make it at least 8km
>7thTadej should retire already
>>154415823So much this!!!
I saw Pogacar win Strade, MSR, RVV, LBL but this huge loss at Romandie prologue is making me doubt him
LOL!
BREAKING:>UAE no longer in OPECOil bros, what does it mean to our oily merckx? Is the petro-dominance over?
>>154415911It means UAE will sell as much oil as physically possible for them, and not follow OPEC production numbers. Guess they want to make more money, or its been coming for a long time. There been disagreements in OPEC for a while.
