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**not lining up for a bunch sprint. oops.

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Roglic should not get the 3KM rule. That’s fucking BS. They were going down a mountain. Bottling up for a bunch sprint.

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Sure and of course she’s crazy strong, but I’m choosing to believe in 2023 TdF Lotte. If she can beat anyone but Demi, then she can win the pink jersey.

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I'm a fan of Niamh Fisher-Black. I'm glad she won a Giro stage. Less of a Chiara Consonni fan, but I certainly don't hate it. And with double top-2 for Lotte (the queen) Kopecky, I'd be insane not to pick her for GC.

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So I was gonna use yesterday's rest day in the TdF to watch the women's Giro and catch up on anime. I underestimated how much energy the TdF would consume. However, a fucking hurricane blew out power and like a million tree branches. I'm alright, and power is now restored, but damn. That sucked.

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The Giro d'Italia Women (formerly the Giro Donne) started today, and without Demi Vollering, this race is wide open. Women's grand tours are not 3 weeks. I like 1-week races, but they're really not the same. Competition level just isn't as strong. Is it good that we don't get more of them?

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lol

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The gravel stage™️...looks just like a spring classic. If the peleton just wants a transition stage, they should be fine as long as no one punctures on the last segment.

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BINI WINS ANOTHER STAGE! FUCK YEAH!

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Nooo, Mads Pederson abandoned 😭 Good luck in the Olympics Mads. On that note, this tour has the least dropouts in the first week since 2016, another olympic year. Olympic years create wacky tour moments because riders with nothing to play for (and even riders who do) will just pack up and leave.

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🫂

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ITTs are not great tv. Even the best ITTs of all time (1989 and 2020 Tours de France) still only deliver about 20 minutes of drama. But they're too important to do away with. So why do I watch? I think for the ratings. It's not the worst background noise either.

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HE WASSSSSSS! Bini 2nd place with a 38 point lead in the green jersey competition.

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Also Philipsen should be relegated. Do it UCI!

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3 different winners from 3 different sprints means that teams with a sprinter will work together on flat stages. In 2021 and 2023 one guy was winning all the sprints and no one wanted to help that guy's team so we got a bunch of breakaway wins. Congrats to Groenewegen. Can't wait for Saturday.

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the whole ‘actually, killing the villain makes us just as bad as him’ trope had done incomprehensible damage to society and i’m not kidding

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Oh my goodness, Cavendish SPANKED everybody else to take win #35. This tour is too fucking good.

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Holy shit, the yellow jersey almost died!

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This literally just happened. Another flat day. Not as long as July 1st.

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Omg! They're cool with calling you (Alaskan) Weeb!?

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The first 8(!) riders beat the previous climbing record on the Galibier. The climb was electric, the descent was awesome, this stage was incredible. Back to the sprints (probably) tomorrow. Also likely watching Rinkai! Ep. 2 today.

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I'm wearing my Intermarché jersey rn. Not cycling. Just wanted to have it on.

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So I've been an Intermarché fan for about 3 years. I love Meintjes, I love Zimmerman, I love Mihkels, and most notably... BENIAM GIRMAY! FIRST BLACK WINNER IN THE TOUR DE FRANCE! LET'S FUCKING GOOOOO!

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a lot of nerds on twitter will say on a day like this, that only the last ~10KM of racing is worth watching. Not me. I'm watching every kilometer of this slow-ass procession. Who knows, maybe some rouleur will have a bike change.

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or a pure breakaway stage. That's cool too. Congrats Kévin Vauquelin.

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anyway, the nerds on birdapp think there'll be a GC duel at the end of today, but the profile is screaming climby-sprinty stage. I'm expecting a sprint between Biniam, Mads, and Magnus. Just to name a few.

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Fun fact: the European broadcast of the entire Giro d'Italia was available in America through MAX. It gave me my first real watch of the Giro ever. So why don't they have the Tour? Not only is the American broadcast mid, but over the last decade it's switched platforms ~7 times.

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Yowa-Peda and Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club, both at least established that their bike races were not the only ways people used bikes competitively. So far the concept of road races might not even exist in this world. Which wouldn't be a sin but... actually it might be.

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Oh it's a TRACK anime. Well there goes most of my pre-existing knowledge. The first episode is doesn't help with its vague bike racing dialogue. I knew about the single gear and no brakes, but do track cyclists really not use clipless pedals? Also These lines are totally wrong.

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True. I'm watching from Texas, so it's not like *any* race will ever go by my home. I only vaguely understand the hype and emotions of a home crowd.

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Kinda funny that the first French leader of The Tour de France in a decade (not named Julian Alaphilippe) occurs in Italy. Also all the sprinters finished within the time limit so there's hope for a record breaking sprint tomorrow. Anyway, I'm gonna eat lunch and then check out Rinkai!

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The heat did more damage to the non-climbers than the gradients.

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LEGENDARY Stage 1 of The Tour de France. Florence to Rimini (yes it's starting in Italy). 201 KM (~125 miles) with 3821 vertical meters. Because it's Stage 1, the overall favorites won't allow a breakaway specialist to win. BUT THE BREAK WON ANYWAY! Love a gutsy attack that makes it all the way.

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podcasts? That feels like a standard thing to do when in that state.

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I've intentionally avoided any noise about it so I'd get the fresh experience.

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Tour de France Femmes also included in my coverage.

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Bikes and anime! The Tour de France starts tomorrow. Every Episode of Rinkai! is also out. I'm going to watch both and post about them. not sure yet. how I'm gonna pace the anime as it's much shorter than the Tour, but I'm sure it'll be fine.

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If I’m willing later does that still count?

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