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Wiggins has a competition giving away some tickets if you guess his average watts in a specific TdF TT. I guess Vayer has finally gone over the edge.

Katusha! Trek!

Am I alone in hoping Lael Wilcox beats Petervary?

How do people know to give if someone doesn't ask?

Surely he's either leaving Dimension Data or retiring this year by the looks of that. I'd assume leaving given if he was retiring you'd think DD would try to get some PR out of it at the Vuelta (or even the Tour if they knew then).

On the subject of Ineos, I heard on the Cycling Podcast that Tao Geoghegan Hart is the leader for the Vuelta. Not seen it announced officially though.

Also, Bardet apparently told AG2R that he was considering quitting racing for good at the end of 2020 (when his contract expires) because of his TdF form. Explains why they've told him to head to the pub and get the pints in early this year then; try to avoid the burnout.

But Ineos have proved that if your riders are playing nicely that you can have multiple team leaders at a GT. I think that works when it's a slightly overcooked Froome and top-form Thomas or a top-form Bernal and a slightly less top-form Thomas but if Froome is fit next year we'll see how friendly Ineos will be.

As in the Guy Martin version of this, the engineering is interesting and the reactions/balls to do it at all (which I certainly would not have) is fair enough but I'd be interested to know how much of a cycling feat it is. I guess all land speed records have a huge engineering element, a good quality of guts/reactions and a small quantity of driving skill.

Mind you, the extra 1.5M a year in the bank can't have hurt

Supposedly there has been some discontent at the idea that Dumoulin will have his pick of the grand tours and the others will fit around him but that could just be supposition. Wonder what went on in private to sour the relationship though; just not enough help in the mountains?

Not a route, but any recommendations for accommodation for 2-3 people in Ghent/Oudenaarde? I'm planning a weekend riding up there

Edit - minimum two bedrooms plus a couch for whoever draws the short straw

What? That’s just wrong. There are few things better mid ride than a mug of tea and some cheese straws from the shop.

How much for mechs, battery and wires? Don't need charger or shifters

His dad announced Arkea-Samsic who May yet merge with Katusha

There's no denying MvdP's strength and skills but I think he's also slightly flattered by picking a limited set of races that work for his strengths. That's not a bad thing but it'd be interesting to see how he goes with a full road season rather than jumping in for stuff that suits him. I'm sure his competitors hope that a full season would slow him down a bit as the prospect of a full season of competing against that sort of strength would be depressing for a lot of other pro riders.

Excellent, thanks

Just started using some Cosine wheels I got from Wiggle a couple of years back. Checked the rim and saw the join in the rim. Safe to ride? I've done a couple of hundred km on rough roads with no change in it but thought I'd ask.

I suspect that as they know that this year isn't going to be a title run they can afford to take a flyer on Albon whereas they know exactly what they will get with Kvyat. The test for Albon is if he gets the 2020 seat.

True but the brutality of RB in the junior ranks is the same too. Look at Dan Ticktum; pretty good for them in 2018, 3 races into 2019 and he was gone. It's the same across the junior categories. They're a business so I'm not surprised when all is said and done.

If you're a Red Bull driver, there's really no job security is there? You can't even believe them when they publicly say that you've got the whole season to succeed as invariably that means you've got a couple of races left. Having Toro Rosso means swaps are easy though, and a demoted driver is less likely to kick up a fuss if it keeps them in F1.

The only time I thought the E-W was a factor was the final run into Brest. It was hella stormy. I'm used to fighting headwinds and shit coming from a flat desert but I've not often been blown around with such force for so long. It was kind of a freak weather day though

I spared a thought for the TCR racers on Friday. I'd planned to go for a ride on the way back from a work trip but the 38 degrees plus the high winds anywhere outside the valleys just made it seem like a really bad idea. So I had a couple of beers instead.

Kudos for riding through it.

Was really surprised to see her back as I don't watch much XC these days and half expected she was going to find a new "thing" after her personal issues and the drama around the Swedish national team stuff. Her new Team 31 initiative seems like part of the recovery though which is really good for her.

Maybe. For me expat says you started somewhere else, immigrant sounds close to being “other”.

Since when did liberal become some sort of insult? The dictionary definition makes liberal seem like a good thing:

willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas

Or bought shoes here?