The Miscellaneous Sports Thread

[Liep]

Is she getting tips from Bjarne Riis on how to dope?

If there's one cyclist in the history of the sport I'd believe wouldn't take doping it's her.

[PDH]

Is she getting tips from Bjarne Riis on how to dope?

If there's one cyclist in the history of the sport I'd believe wouldn't take doping it's her.

I just watched her final uphill sprint at Burgos - that was some great punching.

[Josquius]

So the Olympics are turning into a beautiful cluster fuck.
Tokyo wants to cancel.
Japan wants to cancel.
The IOC want to cancel.
Neither wants to be the one to cancel or else they'll be liable for the bill.
So it's on....

[The Larch]

Does somebody know what has happened exactly to Naomi Osaka at the French Open?

[Grey Fox]

Does somebody know what has happened exactly to Naomi Osaka at the French Open?

She's sick with depression. She thought she could continue to work while avoiding the more unpleasant side of working.

The Organisation disagreed. Now, she's on actual leave.

[Maladict]

Mathieu van der Poel wins today's Tour de Fance stage, dedicating it to his grandfather, the great Raymond Poulidor. Goosebumps.

He is also the first son of a yellow jersey cyclist to wear one himself.

[Threviel]

I thought van der Poel was the bestest ice skater around.

[PDH]

Van der Poel can be a bit polarizing (especially to the Phlegms...er Flemish people), but he has a huge talent and undeniable will to win.  He and van Aert may need to focus on more than just "all forms of cycling" in the future, but it is special to see this win and how much he wanted it.

Raymond Poulidor would be very happy for his grandson.

[Admiral Yi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi7rJfSrW58

Cycling has got to do something about this shit.  No other sport gives fans this much opportunity to seriously injure participants.

[clandestino]

Saw the extended highlights of yesterday's stage and I start to wonder if the organization is going the F1 route, with spectators eager to see all the crashes and mayhem. 

Sad for Roglic though, kind of rooting for the guy since last year heartbreaking defeat.

[PDH]

Roglic seemed to indicate he was body checked off his bike - from the front video it did seem like Cobrelli swerved into Roglic.  Without the overhead view we can't really know.

[mongers]

Fascinating two days of racing; yesterday was a real all out fight from the get go, today's was similarly gruelling for most involved. 

[PDH]

I am loathe to say it, but I am getting a late 90's early 00's vibe from Pogacar.  Especially in his recovery - more "normal" riders like Carapaz don't have the ability to do this day after day...

If he has a day where he cracks, even if not fully but just shows he is not back to near 100% overnight after a big effort, then perhaps he really is just a phenom.  Having a team DS who has been implicated in many doping cases over the years doesn't help my view, I think.

[Liep]

I am loathe to say it, but I am getting a late 90's early 00's vibe from Pogacar.  Especially in his recovery - more "normal" riders like Carapaz don't have the ability to do this day after day...

If he has a day where he cracks, even if not fully but just shows he is not back to near 100% overnight after a big effort, then perhaps he really is just a phenom.  Having a team DS who has been implicated in many doping cases over the years doesn't help my view, I think.

He's been so much better than the competition in the alps so it would be kind of naive not to be suspicious.

[PDH]

I am still wondering how a Mauro Giannetti can be in the sport running a team.