Two big races

tenacious1 · May 10, 2015, 08:25:16 AM

The Giro started yesterday and the Tour of California (TOC) starts today. Whose your favorite for each?

I'm watching Hesjedal for the Giro. The TTT was yesterday and he's already .53 down.

Talansky for the TOC. Of course, I'm still unhappy Horner's team didn't get an invite.

Cav and Sagan are facing off in the TOC which should be fun to watch.

wherestheportojohn · May 12, 2015, 06:45:03 PM

Jensy is doing color commentating on the Tour of CA. 💕

tenacious1 · May 13, 2015, 11:17:00 AM

Cool! I'll have to poke around and see if I can find coverage.

This is from yesterday. One of the Hincapie kids took the stage win, the overall lead, and the mountain jersey. Of course, I don't know him from adam but since he's on the Hincapie team I'll claim him as local.

Toms Skujiņš of ~~Latvia~~ Greenville:

wherestheportojohn · May 13, 2015, 03:17:55 PM

That stage win was fun to watch.
I enjoy those as much as watching sprint finishes.

tenacious1 · May 13, 2015, 05:26:16 PM

Lone break aways can be amazing. I'll never forget when Ben King did it her in Greenville at Nationals. I never thought he'd stay away and I was very wrong.

https://www.usacycling.org/ben-king-wins-pro-road-race-national-championship.htm

tenacious1 · May 16, 2015, 02:17:55 PM

Contador separated his shoulder but has managed to stay in the race and hold on to the pink jersey. If he'd just ditch the pistol I'd consider rooting for him.

wherestheportojohn · May 17, 2015, 10:40:17 AM

Kudos to the stage winner, but that was an amazing effort by Sagan.

ihop · May 18, 2015, 01:07:11 PM

I am so far behind. So much else going on right now and I just can't keep up!

tenacious1 · May 19, 2015, 08:53:58 AM

Great win -- but I can't get used to him not wearing lime green.

tenacious1 · May 19, 2015, 03:02:50 PM

I thought that was real at first.

ihop · May 21, 2015, 12:00:20 PM

Quote from: RandMart on May 19, 2015, 03:24:02 PM
The real stuff is just as good

TInkoff: http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/oleg-tinkov/oleg-tinkov-blog-i-think-im-a-good-substitution-for-bjarne-riis

Sagan's reply: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sagan-i-want-to-speak-with-tinkov-eye-to-eye

Tinkoff's counter-reply: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/video-tinkov-to-sagan-you-have-my-number

Sagan tells CyclingNews to eff-off: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sagan-shakes-off-team-pressure-with-win-in-california

Lordy.

tenacious1 · May 21, 2015, 04:19:08 PM

It seems the guy who pinched a podium girl inappropriately has learned a thing or two about PR and could teach his new boss.

Any chance this is a cultural difference and Tinkoff isn't really an ass?

ihop · May 26, 2015, 12:00:10 PM

Quote from: RandMart on May 21, 2015, 08:50:15 PM
Peter has grown up a lot since then, and I like it

He's no Cancellara or Jens yet, but he has potential to be a solid fan favorite; the wheelies help

I agree.

And Tinkoff is an ass who is used to getting his way.

tenacious1 · May 28, 2015, 01:40:49 PM

tenacious1 · June 02, 2015, 02:48:47 PM

ihop · June 02, 2015, 03:33:12 PM

Mrtambourineman · June 18, 2015, 12:06:48 PM

I wish I could afford my own top cycling team. I'd give way better interviews.