Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026

Beautiful little film about the visit of the legendary Fausto Coppi to London at the height of his fame in the 1950s. Fascinating glimpse into cycling & racing back then. Very well put together.

 
Rás Cnoic said:
Beautiful little film about the visit of the legendary Fausto Coppi to London at the height of his fame in the 1950s. Fascinating glimpse into cycling & racing back then. Very well put together.

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Thanks! Really enjoyed that.

First heard the name Coppi in connection with Pogi's successful 2025 attempt on his standing record of 5 non-consecutive Giro di Lombardia wins. Also enjoyed the short bio below:

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Fausto Coppi - Wikipedia

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Not exactly about the racing, but the bikes. David Arthur reviews road and gravel bikes on YT here in UK. Here he is last Friday at a big bike show in France, focusing on all the top end new road and gravel bikes for 2026. Some mad bikes (The first Decathlon/Van Rysal ebike is actually a prototype which he doesn't seem to realise. Yako of this parish did a YT video on it the other day.)

Anyway some of Pog's Colnagos, astonishing paint jobs from an Italian legendary brand I haven't heard for years De Roso! Beautiful bikes from many brands on the pro tour and some very weird!


Also Tour Down Under starts tomorrow I think! First race of the season and we're off...

 
Rás Cnoic said:
Not exactly about the racing, but the bikes. David Arthur reviews road and gravel bikes on YT here in UK. Here he is last Friday at a big bike show in France, focusing on all the top end new road and gravel bikes for 2026. Some mad bikes (The first Decathlon/Van Rysal ebike is actually a prototype which he doesn't seem to realise. Yako of this parish did a YT video on it the other day.)

Anyway some of Pog's Colnagos, astonishing paint jobs from an Italian legendary brand I haven't heard for years De Roso! Beautiful bikes from many brands on the pro tour and some very weird!


Also Tour Down Under starts tomorrow I think! First race of the season and we're off...

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Derosa? They're still around.
 
Watching the Tour Down Under prologue TT replay on Peacock right now. Sam Watson's been in the hot seat for a long time now. Ben O'Connor just started.

Glad to have World Tour cycling to watch again. Nothing inspires the fitness parts of my rides like watching pros making their superhuman feats look easy.
 
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