I never thought I'd say this but........he needs to move.

I'm afraid that apart from a few of the classics he can target there will never really be a team built around him at Sky. Is he going to be happy with 2 or 3 wins at the Tour/Giro/Vuelta? I can't see it.

It's a shame he decided to join Sky as I'm sure if he had stayed at HTC then Bob Stapleton might have had a bit more of a chance of finding a sponsor.

The question now is......is OPQ the right team for him?

well OPQ are a stable outfit without too many frills plus some ageing cyclists- Boonen is now getting on a bit so Cav would be the no.1 I would imagine - for me it's a backward step but he must have had a lucrative offer from Lefevere

good luck to him anyway

revolution series in manchester starts october 27th. tickets are available now. we've got ours - always a good night at the velodrome

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i'll give it a shot this time

On it like a car bonnet!

Looking forward to the froome v contador v j rod

I'm in.

Wish I could get up to the Revolution series - maybe when it's down in London at some point in the series.

Been watching my local track league (Sussex Cycle Racing League) for the past few months and a really decent standard in the Seniors IMO.

Also if you're at Revolution look out for a youngster called Emily Kay, she normally rides the Future Stars events but she's a serious rider - potential Rio 2012 Gold Medallist IMHO.

Martin

Heck of a finish up that wall yesterday. Shame that J-Rod switched it off and let Valverde nick it. Also amused by the commentators lamenting Contador's inability to sustain those attacks. Yeah, probably because his bronchial capacity isn't as great without clen.

I've recently started doing some serious mileage on my bike so much so that I've decided to get rid of my bike, it's a great bike but i want to spoil myself and i need a workhorse as I'm using it to go to work too, I'm looking at a tourer, anyone on here have one and know what i should be looking for, I've got a 1k budget?

by recently 3 months, rediscovered the bug i had a few years ago.

Thoroughly enjoyed watching the highlights of the stage last night. If this is what the Vuelta has in store for us over the next few weeks my earlier excitement will indeed be justified.

I wondered whether yesterday was Contador working out who were his contenders were. Working everyone over to understand who could be allowed time in breaks and who he needed to stick close to.

By the very nature of the small time gaps between the top 20 or so it also showed just how different a clean peleton performs.

I've not got a tourer but I recently invested in a winter road bike. Its a Scott Speedster S55 with room for mudguards and panniers and came in at just under £700. Seems like a good bike so far.

Might be better to go on the road cc forums for some more specific tourer advice.

Very much so and it looks like a four-way scrap - Valverde, C*ntador, J-Rod and Froome.

if you want a classic touring bike you can spend long hours on banging out the miles, then the dawes galaxy should be on your list - retails about £1100, though you should be able to get one for a grand. this bikes been around for ages, steel frame and very strong. obviously its not a speed maching but for lugging stuff around and being a comfy ride i would have a look at it.

the other major maker of tourers is ridgeback