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On ambient sound you can hear their conversation:
Wout: "I'll never forget that."
Sepp: "That was beautiful."
Wout: "Your next pull on the flat is only in Madrid [the TT]. I promise."
I can't help but love them 💛
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From broken ribs, a broken collar bone and a broken sternum to an Olympic medal 4 months later to the day.
Congrats
@WoutvanAert
. What a ride.
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Wout van Aert had the most cursed year he could have imagined.
Yet he still won 3 WT races and scored over 2900 UCI points, putting him into the top 10 in the current season.
Most pro bike riders can only dream of having this success. In a season Wout will want to forget.
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Absolutely loved this segment that Eurosport just aired, which had Jonas and Tadej praising each other and talking about how they respect one another and love to race against each other.
Nice to see the reporting not leaning into all the fake drama and going the wholesome way.
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I have seen Sepp Kuss do a lot of impressive things. Including winning a Grand Tour.
But I think with the combination of strength and selflessness he showed today, this was the most impressive of them all.
It's not always your own wins, that make you shine the brightest 💛
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Again on ambient sound:
Edo: "In the group, you were only with Sepp?"
Wout: "He controlled the whole thing. It was crazy. On the flat. He caught back Soler on the flat."
On ambient sound you can hear their conversation:
Wout: "I'll never forget that."
Sepp: "That was beautiful."
Wout: "Your next pull on the flat is only in Madrid [the TT]. I promise."
I can't help but love them 💛
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Love the Visma boys catching up 🥰
Congrats to Christophe Laporte on the medal!!!!!! 🥳
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I think this moment in the bus says a lot about Jonas' character. Just before stage 1 he asks his teammates to get him to focus again if he gets scared in the bunch.
Not being ashamed of that potential issue and openly asking for help is something not many people would do.
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Reflection on Visma’s Tour:
3 riders couldn’t start due to sickness or injury. The two big stars that did start came from horrific crashes.
Given that, 2nd in GC, a stage win, several stage 2nds by different riders and everyone finishing the Tour safely is an amazing result 🐝
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"The legs are good and we are here to try it over and over again."
Now that's what I like to hear 😊
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I mentioned this already during the Dauphiné and I'll mention it again: I really really appreciate the riders who give us updates on their condition after a crash 🙏🙏🙏
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Holy shit, front-on Jonas is so much smaller than Tadej. It's like he has no shoulders at all 😂
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Gotta respect Edoardo Affini's commitment to default Strava titles. This is the biggest success in his entire career and it's just an "afternoon ride" 😂
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Wout giving Jonas the seal of approval as a sprinter in the end 🥲
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Gaps over the top of Galibier were:
Pogacar -
Vingegaard 9s
Evenepoel 18s
Rodriguez 39s
Almeida 39s
Ayuso 39s
Landa 40s
Roglic 40s
This is not according to motorbike times but rewatching with stopwatch
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This moment to me was the strongest Jonas has looked the entire race so far. He came from two positions behind Pogacar and had to bridge 10 meters. On gravel against a double winner of Strade Bianche, weighing 5-10kgs less. And he didn't look like he struggled at all.
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If that Strava title is any indication, I can't wait for the Tour 😍🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
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Visma appreciation post time!
I don't think I need to say much.
Christophe saved Jonas likely 40+ seconds to Pogacar today. Wout and Tiesj saved him from losing a 40+ seconds to Remco.
And the strength and depth we saw in break formation was sublime.
Go bees 💛🐝💛
🇫🇷
#TDF2024
Fighting in the breakaway ✅
Supporting Jonas in the final ✅
What a performance!
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That's interesting coming from a guy who got clinically dismantled on Granon by intelligent racing 😅
"Racing intelligently or not, it's a nonsense"
Tadej Pogačar says having the best legs matters more than racing intelligently 💛🇸🇮
#TDF2024
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Wout says he hasn't received a personal apology from Jasper and Jasper has refused to talk to him since he boxed him in. Wout says that on saturday he tried to chat with Jasper in the bunch but Jasper clearly didn't want to talk. No loss there I'd say 🤷♀️
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Wout says he doesn't care if he's the last man on a mountain pulling for Jonas or the first one pulling in the wind.
"I'm also ready to be the first one pulling, it's no problem".
Impossible not to like him really 💛
(geoblocked, need danish VPN)
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Dylan van Baarle abandons the race.
A big blow for Visma, especially for Wout and their ability to controll sprint stages.
But an even bigger blow for Dylan. His spring was ruined by crashes, his TdF was ruined by a crash, and now his Vuelta is ruined by a crash. Heartbreaking.
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This Renewi Tour field has to be the best sprint field of the entire season, right?
Besides the guys below it also has Bauhaus, Démare, Bennett, Welsford and Groenewegen.
I cannot imagine a sprint field getting any better than this.
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You know, after all the bad luck Visma had in this season and this Vuelta, I am SO FREAKING HAPPY that Robert Gesink got to complete his last ever race and roll over the finish happy.
What a career. We'll miss you 🫶💛🫶
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I like that out of all the pictures Visma posted on instagram today, Wout chose to repost the one of Cian pulling.
It might just have been by accident, but I like the idea that he's happy for his countryman recovering from the issues he had in the first week.
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Both Carapaz and Yates said yesterday in interviews that they were very craving for water in yesterday's final.
As far as I could see, there were no bottles given out on the climb, right? It feels like at close to 40 degrees, there should be water available even in the last 4km
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Wout coming back after a crash but still making sure he picks Cian up on his way to the peloton tells you all you need to know about the kind of person he is 😊
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Wout has crashed a ton this year, in almost every race since E3, except for the Belgian Nationals:
1x in E3
1x in Dwaars Door
1x in Norway
2x in the TdF
1x in the Olympic Road Race
1x (so far) in the Vuelta
7 crashes in his last 46 race days seems like a lot.
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Somehow Wout van Aert grows wings when he's working for others.
He closed the gap to Evenepoel down to almost nothing, starting from Jonas and Tadej trackstanding each other. How he was able to do that in his current form and after attacking all day is just miraculous.
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Quickest PR team in the business, as usual 😂 Already got the inspirational movie ready
A story of never giving up. You’re an inspiration to so many, Wout! ❤️
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You know, Tadej, he didn't look scared of you today. Not even a little bit.
🇸🇮 Tadej Pogacar
🗣 "If Team Visma | Lease a Bike tries to play the mental game, it won't work. They're racing against me, but I'm used to that by now. I'll do my own thing. I don't fear anyone, but I saw the team was scared of me during the gravel stage."
(Sporza)
#TDF2024
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Forget altitude camps. This is how you prep for the Vuelta 😅
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Ok, Bart Lemmen appreciation post time.
He did the majority of work on the flat, yet on Montecalvo, after Wellens/Politt already dropped, he was still fresh enough to move up Matteo along the entire peloton. And after that, he was STILL fighting for position before San Luca 🤯
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Also Wout van Aert being the perfect team mate and graciously sacrificing himself to take the last bonus seconds away from Pogacar 😂😂😂
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I love the guy, but I wish he was more careful what he says. My grandma was on a ventilator for 2 weeks from covid this december. There are riders out for a month or more from it. Long term effects still aren't clear. It's not "not that serious anymore" even if it was in his case
🇸🇮 Tadej Pogacar
🗣️ "About 10 days ago I had a Covid infection. It caused some doubts, but I'm recovered well. Covid isn't as serious anymore these days, especially not when you already had the virus in the past. It was over soon."
(Sporza)
#TDF2024
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Look at this. A TdF kit that's actually going to be visible in the peloton. What a revolutionary idea. I wish management for the men's team could have come up with that...
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Philipsen starting to yell about Intermarché shadowing him is the most Philipsen thing ever
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Since it's coming up on the Vuelta broadcast right now: It really bugs me, when people say Sivakov isn't really French. Or is really a Russian rider.
He grew up in France, he has French citizenship. He considers himself French. He's French.
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Wout is getting a new helmet that looks different from the Bora ones and more in line with the all white helmets of the rest of the team. It's gonna take a little getting used to, but I like it.
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Classy reaction by Alpecin and Groves 👍
No top results for our riders in the 16th stage in
@lavuelta
, although
@kaden_groves
was expected on the podium afterwards. After the unfortunate abandonment of
@WoutvanAert
due to a crash, Kaden takes over the green jersey as leader in the points classification.
To be clear
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I'm so proud of Jonas today (also of the team, but that's for another post). He was clearly struggling in some corners behind Pogacar, but fought back to him every time. He also looked physically super strong. How he came back to Pogi when he went after Remco was so impressive
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In the podcast Nils Politt did after the Tour, he talked about how the team handled Covid there: They did nothing.
According to Politt it seems they had no precautins and 4 riders found out after the race they had Covid.
So while it's not Almeida's fault, it's probably UAE's
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I think he's wrong on this one. From the sound of the Visma interviews, they'll go all in for first, however unlikely it is.
I really hope they do, let's see some more fireworks please!
🇧🇪 Remco Evenepoel on the restday
🗣 "I don't think Team Visma | Lease a Bike will go all-in and risk to explode. Vingegaard prefers second place over 6th or 7th."
(Sporza)
#TDF2024
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Lol, Visma's media team should have come up with that 😂
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There is a rider who crashed into the ditch in Pologne with as far as I can tell no one taking care of him for at least a minute. If this is due to no radios, I'm going to lose my mind
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We got tears from Jonas at the start and from Wout at the finish and both were of happiness. God this day couldn't have gone any better.
I'm not even disappointed they didn't get the stage. So fucking happy right now.
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Jonas inspecting all his teammates' bikes now to find out which is best? 😄
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The no radio thing is so dumb. Listening to interviews and riders talking on the ambient sound, the riders in the group behind Madouas had no clue what medal they were sprinting for if any. Some didn't know about Remco, others weren't sure if there was another group inbetween
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Robert Gesink must have spent 100km in the wind today. Absolutely insane ride by him. He will be dearly missed when he retires. 💛
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We're so on for the Vuelta 🥳 The eagle of Durango is back!!!
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I feel bad for Felix Gall here.
Strategically he has to work for O'Connor but it's probably not going to be enough for O'Connor to hold on til Madrid.
Meanwhile Gall is clearly stronger and massively hurting his own GC by riding for the off chance O'Connor can hold the lead.
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Wout just confirmed this in the press conference.
It's a little heartbreaking to hear but also completely understandable. Even more of a show of resilience then that he's still deciding to join in the sprints.
I'm starting to wonder if the reason Wout keeps hovering in the back of the peloton instead of with his team is because he's slightly scared in the bunch. He seems to struggle a lot more at holding his team's wheels in the peloton too.
I wouldn't blame him if that was the case.
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Haha, this is brilliant.
And a really exciting signing. I have no doubt he'll thrive in the team
🤝 Welcome, Axel. We’ll prepare a soft landing spot for you.
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Edoardo Affini is one of the few bees to have had a very nice season all around.
Great form all year, impecable domestique work for Olav and Wout as well as the GC guys in his care and several great ITT results.
And now a jersey to top it off and wear for an entire year 🐝🇪🇺🐝
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you know, I'm not upset at all to see Philipsen super disappointed. You deserved to lose that, screw you
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Fuck, I didn't think just seeing Jonas Vingegaard on the stage would make me so emotional. I don't care how the race goes, he is right, this is a victory in and of itself.
I'm hoping for him and the team to have an amazing race, but I'll be supporting them no matter what 💛🖤
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Jonas Vingegaard with the understatement of the century: "I think in general I am a better cyclist than I was three years ago" 😂
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Good thing he isn't German, over here that picture would probably spark a full blown scandal 😂
I know it's completely innocent of course, it's just that as Germans we get it drilled into us so much that this is a bad gesture, that I can't unsee it 🙈
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So it seems he's actually going for it now? Or did he just want to annoy Vine, who seems to be targetting KOM?
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So... He says he's not interested in the KOM jersey, but he just so *happened* to go over the climb in first position to bring himself into the provisional lead? 😂
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Now I really need Matteo to be Visma's savior again and win Il Lombardia.
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I'm obsessed with these shots. Whoever was the photographer on those sure knows how to make athletes look like fashion models 🤩
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Wout seems to have gotten too used to the 40 degree temperatures 😂
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I absolutely don't get the immediate surrender in the group when Pogacar goes. Group 2 syndrome is supposed to happen when there's no domestiques.
Visma have 4 in the group. Pick 1 to be leader and the other 3 RIDE for fuck sake. Give yourselves a chance.
This is infuriating.
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I really appreciate riders giving updates on their condition. Helps soothe my worries at least a little bit
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He looks stronger by the day. It's wonderful to see him in shape again.
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@LucGrefte
I'm of the firm opinion that it's either none of them or all of them.
And as long as no one gets flagged for anything, I'm going to operate under the assumption that it's none, because otherwise why would I even be watching this.
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According to this, Wout van Aert has signed an indefinite contract extension with Visma| Lease a Bike. Wielerflits says several sources confirmed this to them.
If this is true I'm not surprised at all. He seems to be incredibly happy at the team.
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Everyone has seen the great photos of Jonas and Wout now, but this one of Christophe is by far my favourite. Looks so effortless and relaxed.
📷:
@BramBerkien
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Bart Lemmen appreciation post:
He‘s really really good.
I‘m so glad everyone got to see that today, and on his favourite terrain as well, not the flat. I‘m so happy Visma extended him 🤩
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MVP today, besides Wout himself ofc, goes to Steven Kruijswijk.
Not as flashy as Kuss last time, but he was absolutely instrumental in making sure that break went. He closed down almost literally every attack from the peloton, easily a dozen, and protected that tiny gap👏
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If anyone had told you at the start of this season that Visma and UAE would be seriously battling each other for the polka dot jersey in a Grand Tour, rather than for GC, would you have believed it? 😂
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Philipsen feels 'targeted' after declassification: 'Fear sprinting on instinct will become more difficult'
He's really missing the point isn't he? He just doesn't get it. If your sprinting instinct is to endanger other people's lives, then you should not be sprinting on instinct
Philipsen voelt zich 'geviseerd' na declassering: 'Vrees dat sprinten op instinct moeilijker wordt'
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The Vuelta being the most unorganised GT again:
Wout van Aert was on the podium for the green jersey despite being 7 points behind Groves according to the points laid out in the official rules.
He said himself in a dutch interview that he doesn't know why he was on the podium
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Wout van Aert told HLN this morning that he is not worried about Covid and that he finds it unnecessary to wear masks and keep distance to press, like Primoz is doing. He also barely wore a mask in the TdF.
If he catches Covid and DNFs, I'm gonna be mad.
Rob Hatch says that the whole peloton will be traveling in communal buses to the airport after the stage, with the team buses already traveling ahead.
That sounds like a terrible idea with Covid in the peloton. I hope teams are making their riders wear masks at least.
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In 2025, Visma are going to have 11 riders that are 23 or younger.
That‘s more than they‘ve ever had, by far. And more than almost every WT team had this season, except for EF (12) and FDJ (11).
If those youngsters develop well and stay with the team, the future is very bright
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Polka dots and Green would have matched so well with these two 😔
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You know how they could let Carrefour take full advantage of that sponsorship?
BY SHOWING THE FUCKING STAGE IN FULL!!!
Today’s stage starts in a Carrefour supermarket 😂
I’m wondering if the Lidl-Trek team will start in neutral kits and change in front of the store
#LaVuelta24
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Unpopular opinion: Teams don't get to complain about the break not getting a chance in stages that are supposed to be "break-away stages", if they don't even try in any stage that doesn't have at least a 30% chance of break victory 🤷♀️
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Wout "I'm in my my worst shape in all my career" van Aert 😂
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Ok, I've been sad about Sepp not going for long enough now. Time to hype up Bart. He had one hell of a season so far and I'm so happy for him to get this shot. I have no doubt he'll work his heart out and be a great asset. Also big kudos to whoever scouted him. What a great find.
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GC Kuss is back 🥳🥳🥳🥳
But the real story of the day in Pablo Castrillo. Holy shit.
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Wout better buy Sepp Kuss a million drinks after this. MVP Kuss 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
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I'd like to see Visma take Olav to the TdF next year and Wout do Giro+Vuelta.
Wout can have team support, like in this Vuelta. And Olav can have Christophe, he shouldn't need more.
I think that maximizes chances for both of them, while not being too big a burden on Jonas' GC.
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@OutOfCycling
great job, we need more guys like him. Ideally official marshalls, but I'm not holding my breath for that
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Hm. Not sure what to make of that.
In terms of climbing, I think Vingegaard still looks good. Pogacar taking a few seconds out of him on a climb like that happened about 5 times in TdF 2023. The technical descending part also looked ok.
But I'm super worried about the TTs now.
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Best news I could possibly have imagined. Nothing more to say.
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The "blacklist" in Politt's podcast is overblown. The really disgusting thing is bragging about laughing their ass off about Vingegaard looking scared.
"Dann wird er so nervös und wir lachen uns da drüber schon ein bisschen kaputt halt weil er guckt dann nach links nach rechts"
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Ha, so happy that Bini won but even more happy that Jasper didn't. I'm getting really petty about this but I want him to lose every sprint.
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Cian ending his season and "working on some physical issues". Likely on what has plagued him in the first two Vuelta weeks. Hopefully whatever that is can get sorted out for good over the winter break.
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Tour de Pologne showing the stages in full length, while the Vuelta a Espagna still can't afford the relay plane for more than three hours 🤡
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I've been following Visma's reported 2025 signings in this Tour closely and Zingle and Campenaerts are really impressive. Very happy with those signings.
S. Yates is struggling but I'm sure Visma can get more out of him with their dialed in GT prep than Jayco could this year.
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Here's Tijmen's reaction 😂 Poor kid did a fantastic job 👌😄
Nils Politt playing with Visma's youngsters and making poor Tijmen Graat chase him on the descent 😂
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If anyone needed any confirmation that Visma did indeed sign Simon Yates, Marijn Zeemann said in the rest day podcast: "Our main rivals are Remco, Primoz, Pogacar, also guys like Simon Yates, even though he's struggling a bit, Ayuso, Almeida..."
Simon Yates is 15 minutes down 😂
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