Me personally, or who I think Koronin's friends should support or why I correctly guessed they support Real?
You personally.
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Me personally, or who I think Koronin's friends should support or why I correctly guessed they support Real?
Libertines question had deeper meaning also their guess about koronins friend not from Madrid but supporting real..if I can answer for him. Libertine can very well talk about it themselves.
So the group they are showing is group 1? 40 riders max?looks like Ewan and Demare were both dropped for good?! Didn't see them return to the peloton after the climb
yeah, there were like 15 guys in front when coverage started, now maybe 40-50So the group they are showing is group 1? 40 riders max?
This race is really boring!!!
Yes, the mindset of "either you're good enough to win everything or you're not good enough" fits perfectly with the archetype fan who is not a fan of the sport or even really of the particular team or athlete they've chosen, but a fan of winning. Find me a Manchester City fan over the age of 15 who doesn't have a Manchester accent, and I'll show you one such person. Similarly, most people who support Real Madrid don't fall in love with the iconic history and tradition of the club, they fall in love with the idea of the Galácticos, so watching the same style of football but played by lesser talents elsewhere doesn't suffice for them. They're only interested in seeing the best, and the resulting consistent victory lends to a very dismissive approach towards anything below the very best. Like, I know some fans would rather watch a bad race between the best than a good race between a lesser field, because they can't get as invested in the better race because they don't feel it as valuable in the lesser field, but especially in an endurance sport like cycling, where you aren't groomed as a talent through a pro team's academy from single digit age groups, how does one expect that those people who are the best became the best in the first place?