Everyone is always like, “remember the team time trial, we should put it back in the Olympics.” I agree, but I think everyone on the team should have to ride the same bike (just maybe not on gravel)
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Hopefully they're going to keep doing this and not actually gift it to Kuss, it was already awful enough that Van Aert gifted Gent - Wevelgem - a monument of all things and at least as prestigious as the Vuelta - to Laporte
I want one of them to take the jersey by a few seconds, and then Kuss to take it back by making an unannounced sprint at the bonus. Maximum inter-team drama
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Belgian Jumbo rider Nathan van Hooydonck was involved in a car accident in Belgium this morning, reportedly after becoming unwell. He was in the car with his pregnant wife, who got off without injuries, but Van Hooydonck was - according to a police spokesman - treated with CPR and taken to hospital in critical condition...not the first time they face hardship, one and a half year ago the couple lost their baby.
Three others were injured, although lightly.
Jumbo Visma statement:
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Giro coverage in the US has been on FloSports or GCN the few years. Vuelta and Le Tour are covered by NBC. I feel like the Giro has the worst host broadcast coverage.
LV/LT also seem to attract more prominent GC riders in my opinion.
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Anyhow, cycling in the Olympics is an infuriation matter altogether. Like the total lack of events in track cycling and the program being kept tiny all the time (I mean come on, the individual pursuit, the king of track events next to the individual sprint, isn't even Olympic....), whereas something like swimming has a gazillion semi-similar events and they can just keep adding stuff whenever
But still I'll watch everything, because obviously
The low field sizes across the board are driving me crazy this cycle. Every discipline/event has less entries than it really needs in my opinion. I do hope it’s something that can be fixed in the near future, but it seems unlikely for now.
That said, individual pursuit can stay off the program. We already have one time trial. I’d rather see the omnium gone, and a separate points race and elimination race included.
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Weather catching a couple riders out in the Tour De France Femmes. The rain stayed away at the TdF for the most part, but it definitely found the women’s race yesterday. Kopecky looked good for the double with that lead out, but Lippert had a far better sprint.
Similar stage on offer today, so I assume it will be much of the same. Stage 4 might create some excitement in the GC battle, but it really looks like everyone will be chasing a few second here to there before the last two stages blow the race apart.
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with a storming October to leap into 19th place overall
are currently in a position which would allow them to send a second rider for the time trial but to only have 1 rider in the road race.
passed away after crashing on a decent during a race in Austria.
is having a great tour. Phenomenal solo breakaway win for her today 
centimeters from pulling the double. It felt like a mini-classic today. A lot of fun stages and battles this year.
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Visma-Lease a Bike debuted their new TT helmets today.
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