Recent content by Rob5091

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    The much needed UCI loller thread

    I meant national politics.
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    A coffee and a small Danish.

    I wonder if the Louvre heist turns out like the Millennium Dome robbery with the guys stealing bits of glass?, https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/millennium-dome-heist
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    The much needed UCI loller thread

    It seems a week is not only a long time in politics ... https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-22-october-2025-316485 Maybe Lappi's looking at a run in French politics?
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    New sports streaming - Venu (Fox/Disney/WarnerBros)

    Two can play at Paramount's game - Comcast "donate" to an ongoing building in Washington DC https://nypost.com/2025/10/24/media/comcast-delivers-fat-gift-for-white-house-ballroom-as-it-faces-us-roadblocks-in-possible-merger-bid-sources/ and Amazon also "donate" ...
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    NBA / NCAA Basketball

    The mob rigs poker games and bets on insider info on NBA games. What with guys doing a break in at the Louvre it all seems a bit "Old worldy" in today's world of online scams and hacks. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz6nd9wnzn6o...
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    New sports streaming - Venu (Fox/Disney/WarnerBros)

    Might be more then money for who gets WBD - https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/media/trump-admin-favors-paramount-skydance-in-race-to-buy-warner-bros-discovery-sources/ Apple interested too ... https://www.macobserver.com/news/apple-interested-in-warner-bros-discovery-library-for-apple-tv/...
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    Tour de France Tour de France 2026 route rumours

    Same ol' thing every year ....
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    Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2026 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

    If we're lucky we'll know before Christmas ...
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    NBA / NCAA Basketball

    NBA betting scandal - https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cz9j4dg2j0qt (this was of course current UCI motor doping Tzar Nicholas Raudenski's old job of finding betting scandals)
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    Tour de France Tour de France 2026 route rumours

    So is the TTT 4th man, or Paris-Nice rules? Edit- apparently PN rules- hybrid ITT rules ... oooh!
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    New sports streaming - Venu (Fox/Disney/WarnerBros)

    WBD playing hard to get ... good news for WBD shareholders ... Paramount eager to get a deal done, it seems. https://www.screendaily.com/news/third-paramount-bid-for-warner-bros-discovery-rebuffed-say-reports/5210178.article
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    Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2026 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

    Maybe a nice "apperance fee" will entice him.
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    Tour de France Tour de France 2026 route rumours

    First 15 stages to be sprint stages. That'll keep up the GC excitment! :)
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    Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

    Nowadays WADA & the UCi go out with a testing year so everyone knows what to stop taking e.g. Tramadol. It seems that the teams with big bucks have the same testing equipment (or access to) as WADA labs so it's easy-peasy to be within the limits. What UAE found for Pogi though is still a mystery...
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    New sports streaming - Venu (Fox/Disney/WarnerBros)

    Sounds like WBD are open for offers for all or part of the company which could mean the streaming sports part ends up seperate from all the movies part. Wil this mean cheaper, better coverage? Stay tuned, but consolidation does not mean normally better choice or lower prices. Paramount, Comcast...