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some reactions:

  1. it took trek a LONG time to suspend him
  2. quinn simmons be like WHEW
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1350

Just generally or did he do something recently?

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i just assume heā€™s happy that trek has another asshole to occupy the spotlight for a moment

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1352

Checks out

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Puck et. al. are so great.

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1354

Was she doing a one-handed wheelie while holding the camera? Pretty sure I recognize some of that course from the Eroica. Lovely riding.

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Pretty sure Strade Bianche is built around the Le Eroica course.

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Jumbo just cleaning up on the menā€™s side for the Belgian classics.
Kinda found Merx and otherā€™s shitting on Wout gifting his teammate the win a bit precious. Just this side of okay, boomer. Like, no he wonā€™t regret it years down the line. He literally wont give a shit. Then laporte cleans up at dwars was cool.

But def excited to see how sundayā€™s big tour de Flanders turns out.

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Looked it up before I corrected to tell yo Merckx was older than boomers but turns out he was born a month and a week after VE Day so I guess heā€™s the oldest boomer

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Like lol was it wout or vdp that said he didnā€™t need to win another world champ and that it wouldnā€™t mean much for his palmars

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Wout talking about CX. Heā€™s also come out against woke culture. He has some interesting perspectives for certain.

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Whoopsie

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Was a pretty good race. Watched most of it last night then caught the rest this morning.

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1362

Per usual, mostly the last 50km worth watching.
though some other gnarly crashes along the way.

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Itā€™s always fun to watch races where normally invincible looking people are clearly suffering. Thatā€™s why the one day races are so much more fun. They donā€™t seem to (canā€™t?) make that kind of effort in a grand tour.

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Did you watch Le Tour Last year? Revisit stages 11, 12, and 18. GC racing hasnā€™t been a USPS/Sky procession in a while.

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1365

Nah, didnā€™t.
Maybe Iā€™ll revisit.
Maybe I just donā€™t like the idea that the race isnā€™t over just because someone crosses the line. That thereā€™s people in the field capable of going harder, but they arenā€™t because they are looking towards the future.

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I definitly donā€™t think thatā€™s nearly as much of the case now. After a couple decades of really conservative racing things have been a total slugfest at times. Certainly not EVERY day of a given race, but between the current racers and current approach to course design (they are literally tailoring the experience to better align with your expectations), things are the best I can remember in a long time.

That being said, I have a hunch that the Giro GC might be a total snooze fest if Evenepoel lives up to expectations. TDF should be really good this year and I be La Veulta will deliver as it usually does.

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Just watched the last 25 kms of Flanders. Would recommend. Very cool.

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Damn that was a banger of a race

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