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Got back on after the climb, so not completely hopeless.

already struggling. I’m guessing a prehistoric theme park for the otherwise mystifying elephant & rhino. have some decent riders, surely. Off the back here.

Annemiek van Vleuten makes it to the startline in Imola after breaking her wrist in the Giro & having an Iron Man-style exoskeleton attached to her arm in an operation last week. Will now be favourite providing there are no magnets on the course.

Catching up with this from a couple of weeks back - would you believe they are having problems with timing? Typical Swiss incompetence!

Disappointing again - second race in a row Red Number 3 got stuck mid-pack and failed to put in his trademark audacious passing moves. Difficult late season sand conditions to blame.

So to sum up: Yesterday Pres Trump did four Campaign events in three States in 12 hours, speaking to tens of thousands of eager voters & business people, with special events for Latino & Black voters. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8774589/Trump-attends-four-rallies-three-different-states-works-crucial-swing-states.html Joe Biden flew (private jet) from his home to Washington DC for Justice Ginsberg’s commemoration. He answered one single question from the Press. He did not meet a single member of the public. He then went back home for the rest of the day.

Like all the best British shows, zero budget & great scripts.

Has been in limbo since lockdown, looks like. A new DC Series Stargirl appeared on Amazon recently, will probably get roped in at some point. Notice that the S10 Ep 16 of The Walking Dead has appeared on my About To Record list.

First Cyclo-Cross event of the season tomorrow - the Ethias Rapencross from Lokeren, BE. Live on GCN Racepass outside Belgium. Behind closed doors.

2020 Sand Rally 2 up on the Channel now. Will watch tomorrow.

Live Badminton this weekend, folks! And it’s a biggie - the New Zealand Universities! Live on the FISU YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/c/FISUTV/videos

Hah, during lockdown I watched the whole of the Arrowverse up to this last season. In broadcast order. 494 Episodes. https://flash-arrow-order.herokuapp.com/

These last two meets have been produced according to Coe’s new 90 minute DL package guidelines.

Yeah, that’s France for you. Now that they’ve got the great National Symbol of National Unity done, everyone back into their rabbit hutches.

Really not worth bothering with no-one watching. Thanks Seb, great job!

PB or SB for literally every single person who finished that women’s 3000m Good night for with two NRs. Dunno if Duplantis will be going for a WR with an empty stadium & no TV!

3 men down already in the 110h....1 warm up injury, 2 false starts. Well done Aaron Mallet 13:15 PB

Woaah, Classic Old-Skool 1500m win there. McSweyn is the only athlete to go with the pacemakers, gets huge lead, others panic, can’t catch him!

Yes, show-jumping always an excuse to give more work to the kind of people who design costumes for Eurovision.

Oh, sorry, those are my Regal Commands. The IOC have yet to confirm that they have accepted them. Certainly they never did all the other times I told them what to do.

Schedule is Road Races Wednesday Week 1 - Track Late Week 2, so can do both.

Thoroughly agree. Most of all - vastly simplified opening & closing ceremonies. National anthem Athlete’s Parade Oath & Speeches Light the flame Goodnight & Good luck.

Stop lollygagging, Wout! Yer time’s up!

COVID masks opening up a whole new world of advertising possibilities. Campenaerts not really in full form so far this year.

Oi, helicopter pilot getting rather near the overhead cables there! Geraint Thomas is new leader at the half....former track rider, so very solid aero position. Race Commissars obviously being stricter than the ones at the Euro Champs 5-6 weeks back. Very good time for Thomas....top 5? Medal? Huge padding added at Dygert corner. Oi, van Aert down on Thomas! Ganna is smashing it though!