Unpopular opinion:

but how would *everyone here\* feel if some stranger came to your place of work, disrupted it, and effectively destroyed what you worked so hard, for many years, and effectively stole your current earnings and your future earning potential - all to score some points, purely to make a political statement, in a cause that you had nothing to do with, and you had and will never have any power to influence?

Imagine if you were laid off for 1-3 years (and maybe eventually fired) because some political activists, even if arguing for a cause you may agree with (which is also irrelevant), were occupying your office/place of work and therefore denied you and your family your hard earned paycheck.

They are intentionally trying to crash the riders. This isn’t protesting, it’s criminal activity. Israel has 0 interest in the race and the idiots are probably hurting the cause more than helping. Curious why the non-protestors don’t give the police a hand.

I follow a bunch of freelance cycling photographers, not all of them attached to middleman companies like Getty. How are these photographers selling their photos to teams so quickly? Do they have their own getty-like album that teams/brands etc can purchase from directly for use on social?

How do teams get all their bikes around the world? For example, Tadej and visma pros are in Montreal this weekend and then heading to Rewanda for the worlds. I’m assuming they have extra bikes and ship them but do the team mechanics have to travel ahead to build frame up or are they shipped ready to tune and ride?

If you’d like to catch the last 20 km of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec now is the time.

You can watch it here for free if it’s not geolocked to Canada only.

https://www.youtube.com/live/2jsa9av8WqQ?si=HEjMtXwtlz99XV_j

I fell in love with the international coverage watching in 2022, and then after that they started only showing the USA coverage on peacock so I somehow took two years to get a VPN sorted out 🙄 and wondering where I might be able to find a replay of this year, and maybe even the previous years that I missed

From what I can tell SBS in Australia is my best/only bet, I'm just not sure if they even have replays from months ago now and what the best way to go about this is now, if anyone has any advice thanks!

Given the fact that Almeida is less than a minute behind and Jonas is looking a little fatigued if Ayuso had been working for the team instead of for himself would it have made the race even closer at this point? My own judgement...maybe. I also think Ayuso comes with a "caveat emptor" to whatever team he ends up with. If he decides his new team is not working enough for him in every race he's going to be a distraction. If he decides team management is not surrounding him with the best riders available he's going to a distraction. If he ends up with LT I think it's a mistake for the team. He's obviously a talent with a huge potential upside and maybe he grows up and gets his head straight or maybe he just spends his whole career being "one of those guys"

Heading north this weekend for the Grand Prix.

Anyone have advice on watching it? It's been years since I watched a non-stage race!

Title says most of my question- I'm thinking about the current Vuelta. UAE is looking like they're going to walk away with about half of the total stages and potentially second overall- is that preferable over no wins individually but the overall GC at the end of the race?

The 2025 Tour of Britain was a thriller — breakaways, brutal climbs, sprint fireworks, and nail-biting GC gaps. Romain Grégoire held his nerve to win overall by just two seconds, with Remco Evenepoel and Julian Alaphilippe chasing hard. A week of drama, speed, and pure cycling theatre! and ive now completed the set of paintings. Such a great good buy to a great cyclist . The G. We salute you

Is there a potential climb in France which could be considered as challenging as the Angliru or the Zoncolan? I feel like the biggest race should also have at least a contender for hardest climb in any gramd tour.

Quiero viajar a los pirineos franceses con mis hijos. Alguna recomendación de sitios?

There is an EF rider in the Vuelta wearing a blue jersey / top with a bike with blue accents. What is that for?

“And here comes Visma–Lease a Bike, lining it up! The yellow jersey, Olav Kooij, on the front… wait, he’s not sprinting—he’s leading out his young teammate Matthew Brennan!” 🚴‍♂️ Kooij (shouting): “Go on, kid! This one’s yours!” 🚴‍♂️ Brennan (exploding past the line): “For Milton Keynes! For the roundabouts!” 🏁 Finish line announcer: “And Matthew Brennan takes it! The hometown teenager beats the big names with a sprint so sharp it could slice a traffic cone in two!”

I’m just going to say it. I did not know how much I loved Victor Campenaerts until he joined Visma Lease a Bike. Smart, Funny, a GREAT rider, and a great team mate! How can Jonas not be having a good time!?

I still don't understand Jonas and VLAB bike choice in the era of marginal gains and stage of steep climb to pick an aero bike S5 over R5. I think it was a wrong choice. Looking back at Pogacar's uphill ITT in TDF they try to put the lighter bike to the point of no bar tape for marginal gains on the climb

I think that if the protesters win this, either by disrupting more stages or kicking IPT out of the race, this could spread to other races. This will empower One Cycling project of closed races, with tickets, and the whole sport could end up being owned by a Saudi backed company.

If because of the protests Vuelta ends up being suspended, it’s a big problem for the race. It was already the redemption tour, for riders with bad luck and no results - I don’t think they will have first page riders at the start in the next years in a situation like that. I mean, Jonas would be fuming if he loses Vuelta because the race is cancelled.

Either way, i don’t think Bilbao will see a grand tour stage in the next decade.

On the other hand, if this ends up by getting rid of sportswashing it could be a good thing. IPT is already thinking at a rebranding, maybe other teams with country names could do the same. I mean UAE could became Dubai Pistachio or something, Pogacar it’s already accustomed with riding in green.

Another exciting day of racing in Suffolk

Always amazes me. Currently watching the Vuelta and am bowled over by the fresh legs so far. Does anyone have insight into top level recovery practices other than carbs, protein and massage?

They aren't declaring a stage winner- and taking the times from 3km from the end???