Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2024, 21st to 28th April

[Ilmaestro99]

Jefferson Cepeda vs Paul Double

By God! It's Victor Langelotti! Langelotti with a steel chair!!!

 

[Tim Cahill]

By God! It's Victor Langelotti! Langelotti with a steel chair!!!

Whole race is looking down the barrel of an asterisk due to the absence of this man

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Whole race is looking down the barrel of an asterisk due to the absence of this man

The greatest MTF + commentary combination of all time

 

[Valv.Piti]

Never seen that clip. Love the commentators on this one, completely disbelief and not even trying to hide it.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FtbB-WB1b2g&pp=ygUbdG91ciBvZiB0dXJrZXkgMjAxMiBzdGFnZSAz

This one‘s even better, though

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Eritrean and Ethiopian riders together in the break, and commentator talking about Mengs' history of difficulty in communicating with family.

Reminds me that there was a rider based in Tigre who went missing a couple of years ago while visiting home, and I can't remember the upshot of the event. Anyone with a better memory than mine?

 

[yaco]

Paul Double definitely has the qualities to step ut the WT level as a climbing domestic. I've seen seen enough of him going with classy riders up to three quarters of a climb to suggest that he could provide support to a top class climber.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Buffalo Conca is flying.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

What a pitiful climbing field.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

MTFs in Tour of Turkey are often as good as cycling gets. If only we had Carlton Kirby doing a full interval session in commentary box, it would be perfect

 

[Squire]

Attack by Lopez of Astana. If only it was the real Lopez! Harold does look a bit like him though.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Kudus looks better on some random Malaysian Conti team than he did on EF

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Merhawi Kudus seems to have watched those CT riders winning back then.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Double probably the strongest but really impressed with VDB, I assume he's the favourite at the finish

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Frank van den broek?? Wtf is going on???

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Frank Van den Broek has talked about identifying with Vandenbroucke a lot, yet wheelsucks the entire climb

 

[Samamba]

Is Double doing a leadout for Van den Broek?

 

[Tim Cahill]

VDB has been watching old Roglic footage pre-race

 

[Samamba]

Great win for Van den Broek but wtf was that Paul Double?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Great win for Van den Broek but wtf was that Paul Double?

Not the sharpest tool in the shed.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

At least the #FreeLander movement is getting going.

 

[Didinho]

VDB with the double! Double with nothing.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

At least the #FreeLander movement is getting going.

He Loockx good.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

He Loockx good.

And he‘s been Loockxing for freedom

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ2Sgd9sc0M&pp=ygUTbG9va2luZyBmb3IgZnJlZWRvbQ%3D%3D

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

the wattage bazooka strikes! Nice rise from FVDB from conti renner at A Bloc to stage winner and leader in the Tour of Turkey in ~1.5 year!