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Recent content by dusty red roads

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    Teams & Riders Official Wout Van Aert thread

    Why does one of MVDP/WVA have to be "better" than the other? Let's just celebrate and enjoy that they're both racing at the same time in this day and age!
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    Teams & Riders Everybody needs a little bit of Roglstomp in their lives

    Yeh but - no WVA here - so they can't smash it like they did there.
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    Teams & Riders Everybody needs a little bit of Roglstomp in their lives

    A bit worrying in my books, even if the vertebrae cracks are healed and it's the surrounding muscles that are sore still not sure if a 3 week GT is the way to go. If it makes him worse in the long run the team will be to blame for letting him race. If it's not as bad as they make out then...
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    Teams & Riders Tom Dumoulin discussion thread

    Re the 'heavy legs' etc - it's also possible his Covid bout affected him long-term than realized.
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    Teams & Riders Everybody needs a little bit of Roglstomp in their lives

    Or, just good prep for the Worlds and Lomabardia.
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    Vuelta a España 2022: Pre-race discussion/hype tread

    I ran this article thru a translator, I hope a native speaker can verify this, but this article seems to say Roglic "is not yet completely pain free" - yikes, that doesn't bode so well, I can only hope it's minor and will improve, but - back pain in a GT? Hmmm.... maybe it's prep for the...
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    2022 Tour of Scandinavia - Battle of the North, WWT, August 9th to 14th

    Interview with the winner! :hearteyecat: View: https://twitter.com/GcnRacing/status/1558831018815152133
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    Vuelta a España 2022: Pre-race discussion/hype tread

    With that classic Thinker pose, he's probably thinking: "To ride or not to ride, that is the question"
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    Teams & Riders Everybody needs a little bit of Roglstomp in their lives

    Strange. Still, the team aren't denying it.
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    Teams & Riders Everybody needs a little bit of Roglstomp in their lives

    I haven't seen if anyone's confirmed or denied whether he did break a few vertebrae? All I'm seeing is talk about his "back pain". Strange we can't get better info.
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    Teams & Riders Official Wout Van Aert thread

    Oh man, how does one get that world feed live instead of Euro/GCN? I'm stuck in Asia with no choice but to get internet feeds for English.
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    Michael Matthews Appreciation Thread

    Aha, so it was Hayman in the car! New DS, new racing style perhaps.... View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGCBiS8g_kc
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    Teams & Riders The Great Big Cycling Transfers, Extensions, and Rumours Thread

    He'd be a great stage hunter that's for sure!
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    Teams & Riders The Great Big Cycling Transfers, Extensions, and Rumours Thread

    Gazetta seems to think Simon will extend: View: https://twitter.com/cirogazzetta/status/1548670093114195974?cxt=HHwWjIC-5dLP_f0qAAAA
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    Teams & Riders Everybody needs a little bit of Roglstomp in their lives

    True. I just hope it doesn't cause long term damage to his body by not stopping to heal up.