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Smirr posted:https://twitter.com/MatMitchell30/status/1477800286152503296?t=cqBYMj0ekW3CgP_OhKOboQ&s=19 Wow! It looks like rear end
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Wow! It looks like rear end And the scrubs are running old dura ace 
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wooger posted:You’d have thought there’s maybe a helpful marketing opportunity in going green, given their team name. That is the choice. They could at least have gone for a nice aquamarine.
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Heliosicle posted:And the scrubs are running old dura ace Though they’re one of the five Shimano full-ride partners, and this was probably filmed a while ago. INEOS, FDJ, Jumbo-Visma and DSM are the other four.
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serious gaylord posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7HjsNadUig I was kind of passively aware that UCI points are hosed somehow, because PCS has their own points system which always seems way more sensible to me, but I didn't realize just how massively hosed they are, jesus
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I can't decide if: they want smaller squads (only count the top 10 riders from a team) and also want those riders to go to every race possible (1.1 one day races being worth more than a TdF stage) or they want teams to be even larger and more specialised (absolutely stack your GC train and gently caress everything else in the tours, final position is the only thing of value, points for the doms are irrelevant as they won't be in your 10 top-scorers) with the breakaway riders being sent elsewhere (more efficient to send your potential stage winners off to ride 10 smaller races instead).
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Heliosicle posted:And the scrubs are running old dura ace Though they’re one of the five Shimano full-ride partners, and this was probably filmed a while ago. INEOS, FDJ, Jumbo-Visma and DSM are the other four.
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TobinHatesYou posted:Though they’re one of the five Shimano full-ride partners, and this was probably filmed a while ago. INEOS, FDJ, Jumbo-Visma and DSM are the other four. Ddouble post? Yeah you're probably right with the timing, but I also don't expect to see many teams with the new groupsets anyway given all the shortages and lack of availability so far
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Heliosicle posted:Ddouble post? What on earth.
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Heliosicle posted:Ddouble post? What on earth.
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peanut- posted:There’s got to be a joke about cyclists and the willingness to inject themselves with uncertain substances here somewhere No needle policy means no needle policy!
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peanut- posted:There’s got to be a joke about cyclists and the willingness to inject themselves with uncertain substances here somewhere Goddamn, that's pathetic
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Smirr posted:https://twitter.com/andrewtalansky/status/1483505984035123203?t=WfEeVtKJQVAOhyQjlX417w&s=19 This funny thread was in the quote tweets https://twitter.com/DeGendtThomas/status/1484459648249909249 https://twitter.com/tamaupogi/status/1484539963643465740
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Feels Villeneuve posted:in the greatest cycling news in years there is apparently going to be a third season of the Netflix Movistar show after all featuring the stage where Lopez missed a GC split and quit This description does not do the immense clusterfuck of Movistar's Vuelta 2021 justice
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Feels Villeneuve posted:in the greatest cycling news in years there is apparently going to be a third season of the Netflix Movistar show after all featuring the stage where Lopez missed a GC split and quit Yes!!!!!!!!! 
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Sab0921 posted:https://twitter.com/mundociclistico/status/1485636365337440260 Big dent in the bus. Hope this turns out to be false. https://twitter.com/BenjiNaesen/status/1485659873815765003?t=Dtek5hhQSHpaXPRyZvfZ4w&s=19
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Who puts a timetable on a femur recovery, jfc.
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kimbo305 posted:Who puts a timetable on a femur recovery, jfc. Without complications, and with expensive medical care, bones are quicker and more predictable to fix & rehab vs any joint or ligament issue. The patella is worse. It does seem ridiculous to think he’ll race this year though. Ronan the everesting record holder from cyclingtips broke his lower legs bones and has them pinned with an external cage, but will be walking again shortly. https://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/everesting-world-record-holder-mclaughlin-suffers-broken-leg-in-weird-crash/
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