Velo Cafe

Saturday route! Start time has moved to 7am, all groups rolling at 7am

A route
https://www.strava.com/routes/3459687523337311520

B route
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53440951

C route
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50989381

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SMR routes for this weekend all groups rolling at 7:30

A group
https://www.strava.com/routes/3459687523337311520

B group
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53440951

C group
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52516768

Weather is looking questionable but as long as things are clear tomorrow here are the routes. Groups rolling at 7:30 unless updated in the comments

A group
https://www.strava.com/routes/3459687523337311520

B group
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53440951

C group
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53440951

The Orbea OIZ M10 in raw carbon! 120mm of Flight Attendant assisted fun and efficiency.

SMR routes for this weekend! All groups rolling at 7:30, hang out with some beers and coffee at the end to watch Unbound Gravel!

A route
https://www.strava.com/routes/3459687523337311520

B route
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/54215117

C route
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/54215117

One of the best to ever do it?

🇸🇰 Peter Sagan 🚴‍♂️🔥
The brilliant showman of modern cycling.

“If I lose yellow, I still have green.
If I lose green, I still have the rainbow jersey.”
— Peter Sagan, Tour de France 2016 😎

Three consecutive World Championship titles 🌈🌈🌈
A unique achievement in modern cycling history.

Before even focusing on road racing, Sagan was already shining in cyclo-cross and mountain biking, becoming Junior Cross-Country World Champion in 2008.

Then everything accelerated.

At just 20 years old, he exploded onto the world stage by winning two stages of Paris–Nice 2010.

The phenomenon had arrived.

⚡ Explosive sprinter
⚡ Fearsome puncher
⚡ King of the classics
⚡ Incredible on the cobbles
⚡ Able to win anywhere

Peter Sagan was the TOTAL rider.

👑 His incredible palmarès:

🏆 3x World Champion (2015, 2016, 2017)
➡️ the only rider in history to achieve it consecutively

🏆 European Champion 2016
🏆 Tour of Flanders 2016
🏆 Paris-Roubaix 2018
🏆 Gent-Wevelgem ×3
🏆 7 Tour de France green jerseys
➡️ all-time record ahead of Erik Zabel

🏆 121 professional victories
🏆 18 Grand Tour stage wins

But Sagan was never just about results.

He was also:
😅 wheelies during races
😅 completely crazy celebrations
😅 hilarious interviews
😅 long-range attacks just to “blow up the race”
😬 pinching podium hostesses’ buttocks at the 2013 Tour of Flanders ceremony

A unique mix of legendary champion… and totally unpredictable entertainer.

👉 Eddy Merckx said he reminded him of Roger De Vlaeminck.
👉 Many nicknamed him “Hulk,” “Terminator,” or even “Chuck Norris.”

And Sagan simply replied:

💬 “I don’t want to be the second Eddy Merckx… I want to be the first Peter Sagan.”

A spectacular rider.
A warrior.
A character.
And probably one of the most charismatic and popular cyclists of his generation 🔥

Peace & ride.

SMR routes for Saturday, rolling at 7:30, hang out and watch the Giro afterwards!
A group
https://www.strava.com/routes/3459687523337311520

B group
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53440951

C group
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52516768

No D group leader this week