“After his second stage win this Tour, I had declared that we were all back on Record Watch. Even more so today, the Cannibal Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 Tour stages is no longer at all safe. So let us have a conversation that was probably taking place a decade ago in 2011, finally now is the appropriate time to rehash it.”
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2021 TDF Stage 9: A New Tour Hero Emerges at the 2021 Rain Jacket World Championships
“After two years of waiting, finally the Tour was going to make it to Tignes this day. O! But this long descent before the equally long Tignes climb could not be underestimated. If the riders did not take proper care of themselves on the way down, surely the freezing conditions would sap their strength and health for the long final ascent. Thus it was time for the second annual Unofficial Rain Jacket World Championships.”
2021 TDF Stage 8: Young Beowulf Restabilizes His Rule
Oyonnax—La Grand-Bornand, 150km In absolute shambles and disarray, the Tour crawled on its hands-and-knees into the first Alpine Stage, the first real mountain stage of this Tour de France. The list of casualties, the body count, and the number of only semi-recovering wounded warriors were are all tremendously high after a week of racing atContinue reading “2021 TDF Stage 8: Young Beowulf Restabilizes His Rule”
2021 Fleche: The Strongest Puncheur vs the Man Who Knows the “Trick” (Written)
“Some say it is of some intrigue to have such a race end with such a pure test of strength and power. To this I say: for a Wednesday Classic, perhaps this is reasonable. Should one work all day and not have time to watch at leisure for an hour or two, surely all can find 3 minutes in their day to squeeze in watching the Final Kilometer of this La Fleche Wallonne. But is this climb a pure test of who is the best puncheur in the world?”
Team Preview 2021: Israel Start-Up Nation WRITTEN
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