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Buckle up, Paris-Roubaix is going to be sloppy (and windy for the women on Saturday):https://www.velonews.com/events/classics/paris-roubaix-peloton-braces-for-chaos-as-wet-and-wild-weather-remains-on-forecast/Sat 02 61°/55° PM Rain/Wind 96% S 22 mphSun 03 58°/49° Rain/Wind 100% W 13 mph
And yet more Italian success...https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/58778758
Any particular reason why a “sport” as irrelevant as cycling is discussed as much?
if there were any doubt, then now we know the world's top male road cyclist.
Ohtani?
The Italian national team have been hit by a bike theft at the UCI World Track Championships after 20 bikes were taken from their hotel in Lille.Italy has been the most successful squad at the Worlds in Roubaix this week, picking up seven medals including golds in the men's Team Pursuit and women's Scratch and Elimination races, but thieves have put a major dampener on the week after getting away with 15 track bikes plus 15 other bikes on Friday night.The Pinarello track bikes, which incorporate titanium 3D-printed handlebars and include the gold-painted bikes that Filippo Ganna, Liam Bertazzo, Jonathan Milan, and Simone Consonni rode to Team Pursuit gold on Thursday, have an estimated value running into the hundreds of thousands of Euros....The bikes of Ganna, Bertazzo, Milan and Consonni are valued at around €30,000 each, with the handlebars alone thought to be worth over €10,000. La Gazzetta reported that local police are assuming that the theft is the work of professionals who knew exactly which van to target despite the safety measures in place.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/italy-suffer-bike-theft-at-track-world-championships/
One more time - but will he be selected for The Tour?..https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling
playing around with the idea of getting an indoor trainer. Probably something I just hook up in place of my rear wheel. Is there something simple? Saris or Wahoo are at Spokes. Is there something else that I should look at? Peleton looks like their basic model is on sale, without the on-line stuff that makes it fun. I'm probably going to be off the roads and trails most of January and February, so I think I need to commit to this. Do I need the on-line connections to get something out of it (Zwift or whatever)?