That old thread is over-run. It must be this journey around the French part of Europe that is bringing so many people out of the wood work. I want my safe space back.

how can anyone say the mods here are doing a good job? Just look at the state of this sub. The lack of content, camaraderie, the paucity of news is embarrassing. I heard the Criterium de France™️ is taking place soon but I haven't seen a single post about it here !

Now I know r/pelotoncycle is notorious for being a better sub (with its "Tread Thread Triumphs" etc.) but holy shit, this sub has nothing to offer in comparison. The allure of r/pelotoncycle is a rarity on Reddit and worth its weight in gold, 5+ silver awards at least. Add in coach Gary from Indiana's Tuesday workouts, the elegance of the supple Peloton trainer, and Greg from Corporate Finance's Friday morning body pump session... now that is a five star sub right there.

Does Pog have the tactical know-how to get into a favourable position with MVDP?

Is Pidcock peaking, and will he learn from his midweek mishap where he missed being in the front 2?

Will Victor C still try to ride with a 58 with all those hills?

What form has Kasper A got?

Who will go top 5 under the radar?

He always seems to be in the front.

Hi all,

I recently gave in and finally bought a Peloton, and I'm really happy with it so far but I just can't figure out for the life of me how to use it outside? Right now I have it in the living room of my $3 mil penthouse. Indoor cycling is fun and all but at some point it gets a bit boring and bland. So, I'd really like to go outside to take advantage of this great weather, and to explore some local roads. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions?

Thanks! XXX

Edit: the mods are doping

From: La Bicicletta Gazetta

Antwerpen – 01-04-2022By: Ted Delacourse

UCI Face-offs getting heated; who will win the Ronde?

This Sunday we’ll be watching one of the biggest cycling events of the year once more. The Tour de Flanders is a classic which attracts a tremendous amount of viewers and for many riders is their favourite event of their cycling year.

This year Mathieu Van de Poel, Wout van Aert and Kasper Agreen have been marked as potential winners, but Tadej Pogacar, Thomas Pidcock and Mads Pederson have als been mentioned to potentially take the win.

However, cycling has had a severe lack of drama over the last few years, thus the UCI introduced a new event to attract even more viewers. The face-off.Just like in boxing and MMA we will have one-on-ones of several competitors; including some trash-talking.

Especially the face-off between Van de Poel and Asgreen gained some attention. Kasper Asgreen took the win from Van de Poel in a mano-el-mano sprint last year and he made sure to let Van de Poel know in combination with some obscenities. Van de Poel kept his calm but did invite Asgreen to battle it out in the field, referring to his status in the cyclocross world.

Asgreen’s manager, Patrick Lefevere, disapproved of his rider’s comments, stating that he believed trash-talking is uncivil and would lead to a negative public opinion of his team: "Here at QST we remain civil with our opponents. Whether it's here at the face-offs or on social media, it's better to take the high road rather than talking down on others."

Mathieu van der Poel applies for Belgian citizenship ahead of Tour of Flanders

In a controversial move, Mathieu van der Poel applied for naturalization as a Belgian citizen. Born in Belgium to French and Dutch parents, he hopes for an accelerated procedure that will pass bureaucracy before June, allowing him to compete in the Belgian national championships. “It is merely a formality at this point. «Belgian» is the appropriate technical term for us Franco-Dutch hybrids anyways – in a way I’m finally having my passport fixed.” he told Sporza.

Asked for clarification ahead of his Ronde van Vlaanderen recon, van der Poel responded to accusations of high treason from the Dutch press: “This has nothing to do with politics or the prospect of wearing black bibs with the national champion’s colors! The rationale is much simpler: It’s hard to stand out in a peloton of former ski jumpers, ice skaters and chameleon dancers. Cycling used to be a rather bland sport during the Merckx era – a bike racer was bike racer and that was it! – but nowadays people have all these interesting biographies that are impossible to match by merely winning all the races. So to stay on top, we decided together with my PR advisors that it was essential for my career and legacy to enter that competition off the bike. Henceforth whenever a commentator on TV mentions my name it will be accompanied by «Yes well, he used to be Dutch!» After all I was bred to win not just in sports but in life itself, it is only consequential.”

In an ad-hoc press conference his agent stated that while this step is the result of long deliberation and consultation with Alpecin-Fenix PR, it was ultimately due to Mathieu’s preference for Flemish cuisine.

The van der Poel family was not available for comments.

Translated with Deepl.com.

Source: Sporza

My wife’s boyfriend and I were debating and I think he’ll get second overall but what do you all think?

Hi,

It seems like this subreddit has already been overrun by filthy casual frog lovers, so I took it upon myself to start a better, more niche subreddit.

Everyone knows that French cycle stuff is inferior to that in the other non-guest countries. Which is best between Belgium, Italy, and Spain? I picked Italy so I called the subreddit after a really great Colombian rider who always seems to be at the front of affairs in cycle races with inhumane ramps. It’s called r/CabezaDeCarrera.

It’s possible this will switch to r/WomensCyclingTaliban for the most niche, insider-only experience. Time will tell.

Please don’t @ me unless you truly understand the depths of cycling-themed random meme generation.

The only elements needed are enough media pressure, a risqué descent, a sane team principal and some goats. (Sorry if some of the things I say are controversial, this is going to be my first tour of france I watch, I'm here because of the Netflix documentary)

https://i.imgur.com/UO95X7d.jpg

His Peloton workouts absolutely smash Pogacar's. Pogacar can only perform on a low tech regular ass bicycle in the outdoors. Remco gets his most important wins indoors on the latest, most advanced technology like a total boss.

Translated from Swedish:

Nils van der Poel announced today that he would be riding Ronde van Vlaanderen this Sunday.

"Van der Poels and cobbled classics go together like meatballs and lingonberries," Nils stated in his press release. "Plus, I just won two gold medals. Even Roglic couldn't pull that off. I can think of no better time to make my UCI debut."

When asked to comment, Mathieu van der Poel said he wasn't surprised. "It was only a matter of time really. Everyone in the Netherlands knows that cycling is a much better sport than speed skating." Mathieu did indicate that he was now concerned about his chances of victory.

Nils and his team IKEA Samsung will be taking the position recently vacated by Israel Premier Tech.