/cyc/ - Vuelta a España stage 1

Love biking, but can't imagine getting hype for watching it.

Sorry to ruin the comfy.

>>77696601
Vuelta is always better than the tour for entertainment. With this years starters and course it will be great. The GC contenders are probably better than at this years tdf which is very unusual.

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rip knees

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Post your shoes

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>>77696755
exploding knees

Where can I stream this

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First for idols.

>>77696974
tiz-cycling.racing probably has a stream lad, but itll be another 4 bongs until it starts.

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>>77696601
Vuelta 2014 was the best race ever tho.

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who /angrilu/ here?

>>77697063
2012* actually, damn time sure flies

So disappointed we have to wait all the way to day 3 for a mountain stage

>>77696999
she's well sanded

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>>77697143
cant wait

Hey guys!!!

>tfw no Vuelta a Bolivia with mountain stages in altitudes higher than 3000 metres above sea level

>>77698457
What time does it start in US Eastern?

How many bongs/bings until coverage starts?

Anyone else having issues with the UK Eurosport player?

>>77698916
nm it works now.

>>77698486
11:15 est for the stage preview, 11:30 the stage begins.

Any stream for EUs?

>>77699081
Cheers m8

Timsstages are always boring

>>77700585
no, theyre comfy.

>>77700852
Only in later stages when that extra second really matters.

>>77701073
I really like watching them, I dont really know why I guess. But I do really prefer ITTs over TTTs for some reason.

>>77700852
There's a fine line between boring and comfy!

>>77700585

Then don't watch?

>>77701264
sprint stages are boring, TTs are comfy

>>77701303

All comfy in my book.

THANK YOU JUAN AND ONLY

Anyone else dislike the new Eurosport player?

Vuelta is always the best GT, always unpredictable.

>>77701449

And it keeps the casuals out of /cyc/

It begins lads

Gib steam.

Sean Kelly sounds a bit morose lads

>that narrow road for a TTT

who thought this was a good idea

>>77701865

Yes, well.

Whoa. Nice amphitheater.

>>77701867
They hope for the skeleton king to crash out while he looks at his stem

I learned about the Etruscan temple they're starting from in my art history class in uni :o

>>77701867
The ones who planned that coastal one two (?) years ago
That was way worse

kino TTT

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Getting hype with some /quintanacore/ t.bh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NecoBo0BhEk

GERMAN HAIR ENERGISER

>getting dropped in the first 10 km of the Vuelta

aqua blue kit a cute

Aqua Blue not in their awesome deep blue kit :(

nimes is very nice. and people say spanish cities are ugly

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>>77696553
>using pedals

>>77701880
Errr yes well

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>that arena

>>77702248
Good post.

here come the /bora boys/

Sonic Mania is goof

>>77702163
>>77702170
>tfw I ordered both the normal and vuelta extra Aqua Blue jerseys
Can't wait for them to arrive desu senpai

>>77701631
I'm a casual tho

>>77702378
youhavetogoback.gif

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tfw no gorilla

When did we annex nimes?

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>>77702378
how does this happen?

Where's danish lauraposter?

Lasse Norman stronk

>>77702428
greipel will never win another race

>atapuma

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Worth the cost fellas or should I wait for the ultegra version?

whoops

>>77702506
Definitely worth the cost.

>>77702506
all bikes are worth the cost it just depends how much you're willing to spend

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>>77701865
how would you feel if you were about to sit next to carlton 'brain damage' kirby for three weeks

>>77702406
>>77702473
I'm bored and don't like soccer

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M'Bora

>>77702551
>all bikes are worth the cost it just depends how much you're willing to spend

This is some next-level logic I can't deal with.

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The TT at the world champs this year should be interesting desu.

>>77702563
I must warn you though, starting out with the Vuelta is too hard for most casuals. It's effects have been likened to meth laced with crack laced with that shit from the limitless movie.

>>77702603
I watched the last tdf as my first grand tour, first race I watched was the Rio olympics

>>77702631
tdf is unironically the most boring gt.

>getting dropped straight off the start ramp

Why is Cofidis always the worst?

>>77702582
the cost of road bikes are always the sum of its parts; you can basically buy the same bike for 1000 euro (with alu frame and low grade parts) or 6000 euro (carbon frame and high grade parts)

so you pick how much you want to spend yourself, but they're all worth their price

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>>77702560
>disliking based kirby

>>77702645
Yeah it was pretty boring after aru choked and uran didn't really go for it, nice scenery though it's a comfy way to start the morning. After it was over I torrented this year's giro and thought it was better. First time seeing vuelta though

/aru/ is going to win the la vuelta

>>77702684
Glad you're with us, Amerifriend.

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rev up that second place

>>77702684
Le Tour is more like a spectacle.

>>77702691
You mean Zakarin

>>77702684
Vuelta is super comfy my burger friend

All right, fellas. Think I'm gonna go watch the Arsenal. See you later

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>>77702691
based aruposter

Who /Jungels/ here?

>Caja Rural don't even have aero shoe covers

are they even trying

Also are Katusha riding some sekrit Canyon TT bike or is it just an Aeroad?

S U N W E B
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IT IS SOFTWARE DUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHH

I have not missed the CA Technologies ad.

Ugh. Smug asshole needs a punch up the bracket

5500 METERS OF ALTITUDE GAIN

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>>77702717
>zakarin

kek. he has never even been a threat to a grand tour GC

>>77702850
when

>>77702856
hes always close but then fucks up in the final week

>>77702684
>Tour: biggest names, largest prizes
>Giro: most spectacular scenery
>Vuelta: best excitement usually, but not always
They are all worth following.

>>77702691
Nibali

>>77702803
Speedmax

>>77702856
>>77702862
Thats why i like him, he is like the modern day Kashechkin, underdogs are fun

>>77702597
>WC in Bergen
Surely rainy conditions and more crashes than in Rio Olympics

>lotto jumbo

Holy summersault batman!

wtf was that?

agh holy crap that's a terrible crash

Shiet.

>jumbo

wew

Wew that didn't look good.

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bahrains kit is so fucking ugly

Sky start when?

Jungels dropped?

>>77703001
Arabs have less class than ghetto black people, no surprises there

Whatever happened to that lad Andy Shlexk

>>77703030
retired for bad knees

>>77703030
he fell off a mountain

Barguieeellllll

>>77703002
Right near the end

Who are my fellow burgers seeing the eclipse on monday?

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>>77703001
>hating on based bahrain-merida

Where is Laura danebro

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Screencap this.

Contador will either win it all of finish outside the top 10.

If Froome wins it will be because of the ITT. The only GC contender who I could imagine dropping him in the mountains while also doing well in the ITT is Contador.

Barguil to win atop the Angliru and take the mountains jersey.

The Vuelta is always the best. So glad its finally here.

Farewell to the Grand Tour GOAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOwmx-7hwCU

>>77703172
On vacation

>>77703134
fuck those helmets are hideous, they look like $50 department store helmets

>>77703187
Shame. Hope he makes it back.

>Movistar

>Arcas

>bit o' bangle-dangle

>not showing the start of the favourite

Can my boy Bardet win it?

>>77703368
no

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>>77703368
If he cries enough

>>77703378
>>77703388
Why and why all the hate?

is pozzovivo a literal midget?

>>77703404
Nah m8, I like him and was rooting for him in the tour. It was just too funny though.

>>77703404
because hes already 40 seconds down and will lose another two+ minutes in the ITT.

>very technical, ah, .....

>....

>....

>lap?

Which song would like to ride into?

For me, it's "it ain't me" with my team usa colors.

>>77703422
Yeah but /sp/ seems to hate him

>>77703438
Can't he win time in the mountains tho?

>>77703460
maybe but I expect froome to be equally strong in the mountains so he wont gain enough.

>>77703368
>Bardet

>>77703460
vroome hasn't even begun to peak
when the true power of the skeleton king is revealed bardets legs will be turned to ash

team sky BTFO

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>Sky

Sky only works in TdF. They ride in other events because obligatory by UCI.

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>>77703517
>vroome hasnt even begun to peak.

Not sure youre meme-ing or not but I believe that is very accurate. We are used to seeing Froome's warmup cycle lead into the Tour. He has some decent races, close but not dominant victories and then is unbeatable at the Tour.

This season I believe he has shifted his normal cycle forward a couple months. In the past Froome has ridden the Vuelta but never vocally targeted it. Yet we have seen him speak recently about looking forward to the race, wanting to do well, he wants to win the red jersey and the double is enticing to him. Froome, whether people like it or not, loves to ride, loves to race. He will bury himself to take this race.

I suspect that Froome's goal for the season has always been the Vuelta, in fact using the Tour as a simple warmup race! When the competition at the Tour was shown to be nothing impressive, Froome knew that this was the year for the double. Porte crashing out worked out extremely well for Froome.

Who will beat him? Nibali? Couldn't even face Horner.

Chavez? Lopez? Kruisjwijk? Maybe if there wasn't a pancake flat ITT.

Historically speaking the only one who would have a chance here is Contador but he is far from a sure bet.

looks like rohan dennis will be the first leader

See you bitches tomorrow

>9 seconds ahead of Froome
Is this Tejay's year?

Not the greatest ride from Trek.

One of the last two episodes of the CyclingNews Podcast has an interview with Koen de Kort speaking about how inspiring a leader Contador is. One that riders truly want to give their all for.

Contrast this with say, Astana's and Aru at the Tour.

>>77703759
No more excuses

Does this count as an individual win for each of those BMC riders? Or is this win classified distinctly as a TTT win?

>>77696755
>>77696964
Why knees? Mate just put it in a low gear and get spinning

>>77704016
>just spin up a 26% ramp

k sure mate

>>77703460
A Frenchie AFTER the Tour is never good. French GC contenders can only peak one time.

What is happening in Nimes?