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    Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

    Yeah, but it took a home country’s investigation after Armstrong burned Floyd and staged a pointless comeback for that to happen. There was enough internal history, multiple witnesses combined with accounts of abusive behavior to substantiate the claims and trail. Without that sequence maybe...
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    Driving into cyclists the Emma way

    Without wanting to put the mods to work, that’s how it works with the dominant, unregulated “isms” in the US. People first isn’t a live concept.
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    Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

    Yes, social media presence doesn’t always translate to serious interest. But sponsors can gauge that for their needs.
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    Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

    I’m not sure the “other teams” approach holds in the sense that there isn’t much tendency toward dissent in most stabilized contexts right now. ( Sorry that’s so sanitized, but we are where we are.) And there’s the fishbowl effect: if you’re investing for PR or riding/working pro in the sport...
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    Driving into cyclists the Emma way

    https://gothamist.com/news/brooklyn-woman-killed-in-hit-and-run-by-tesla-driver-nypd-says
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    World Championship 2025: Men’s RR, September 28

    Only getting worse.
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    Music! What are you listening to now?

    And yes, the synch is off.
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    Music! What are you listening to now?

    View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2EdLasOrG6c
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    World Championship 2025: Men’s RR, September 28

    After a week or so you just accept it and acclimate.
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    Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread

    I think you could do one with them Remco (Van Aert as an alternate somewhere) and Pogacar.
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    Teams & Riders Israel Premier Tech

    But fair game to point at UCI’s notorious “flexibility”.
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    Teams & Riders Israel Premier Tech

    Yeah, I’m looking for the original statement (or something proximate). I was thinking general “recognition by the UN and international community” as moving a little faster as relevant to his distiction...
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    Teams & Riders Israel Premier Tech

    Lappartient: “The UCI president drew a distinction between the handling of Israel - Premier Tech and the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee. “For Russia it was different. The attack from the Russian government against the Ukrainian territory happened during the Olympic truce. The...