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Just a bump to remind everyone we are back in action this weekend, in Sigulda, always both an exciting and a frustrating weekend for the dogs of .

Getting going with the Indoor Season. (Have already missed a PV meet in )
 
Key dates to look for
 
10 January - First Indoor Tour meet in Sabadell, Catalunya 
25 January - First Indoor Tour Gold meet in Astana 
6-9 March - European Championships from Apeldoorn .
21-23 March - World Championships from Nanjing  (Postponed from 2020 )

Torino course was excellent as well.  Lots of difficult climbs. Hopefully time to.add some elements.

Just a bump to remind everyone we are back in action this weekend, in Sigulda, always both an exciting and a frustrating weekend for the dogs of .

Getting going with the Indoor Season. (Have already missed a PV meet in )
 
Key dates to look for
 
10 January - First Indoor Tour meet in Sabadell, Catalunya 
25 January - First Indoor Tour Gold meet in Astana 
6-9 March - European Championships from Apeldoorn .
21-23 March - World Championships from Nanjing  (Postponed from 2020 )

And another centenarian - oldest living Tour de France stage winner Emile Idée, who got one in 1949.  Back in the day when you either opened a bike shop or a bar after retirement.
 
Emile Idée, oldest surviving Tour de France stage winner, dies at 104

Just a free registration, nothing too demanding.

Some good news - Sarrazin is out of intensive care - no talk of a return though.
 
Cyprien Sarrazin: Skier leaves intensive care after horror crash - BBC Sport

Some good news - Sarrazin is out of intensive care - no talk of a return though.
 
Cyprien Sarrazin: Skier leaves intensive care after horror crash - BBC Sport

Not here.     55 minutes of showboating, 5 minutes actual sport, 2 hours of staff meetings.

Some good news - Sarrazin is out of intensive care - no talk of a return though.
 
Cyprien Sarrazin: Skier leaves intensive care after horror crash - BBC Sport

Some good news - Sarrazin is out of intensive care - no talk of a return though.
 
Cyprien Sarrazin: Skier leaves intensive care after horror crash - BBC Sport

Not such a difference on calculated times here.
 
Johaug  Slind  Niskanen 

Alternative ranking based on calculated start to finish times on that single race is 
 
Anger  Valnes  Schumacher 

Not such a difference on calculated times here.
 
Johaug  Slind  Niskanen 

Alternative ranking based on calculated start to finish times on that single race is 
 
Anger  Valnes  Schumacher 

One of those disputed ones - Musgrave once was the joint fastest man in a pursuit which used to be given as a win, but the interpretation has changed a few times with the FIS trying to rationalise records between alpine & CC.
 
Also, I think the first time in at least 10 years that any flat stage has been run as a Ski Classics-style open country race, rather than as typical stadium loops.

Handy guide for Christmas morning.
 

Handy guide for the perplexed.
 

Uh oh Caviezel down & helicopter taking off.  

While I as a TV watcher would love this, it would be a disaster. Part of the appeal is all the athletes and fans being in one place all celebrating and cheering together.

Men alpine skiers are getting almost on the crybaby level of F1 drivers, footballers and cyclists.. I fully agree with Marcus Waldner who said, that skiers are complaining about everything and anything every weekend.
 
In Levi they didn't like the fog, in Gurgl it was the snow consistence and light, in Val D'Isere it was the snowfall on the track, now in Bormio there are 10x excuses. It's a weather infected outdoor sport for Pete's sake and all of them KNOW this from a young age. There are no optimal conditions in a vacuum for your run...
 
If you can't cope with the conditions, then adjust, if you can't adjust, then reduce the speed to mitigate the mistakes, but don't bitch and want to change stuff for everyone, because YOU can't cope. 
 
Allegre took the cake yesterday, when he said, that Italy should be stripped of the Olympics, because of the Bormio course  What a clown. No, better yet, what a moron.

Have mercy, I can't last 18 days without sleep.  

Just a bump reminder that we have the annual Stadium Race from Schalke FC's ground in Gelsenkirchen on Saturday evening.
 
 

Just a bump reminder that we have the annual Stadium Race from Schalke FC's ground in Gelsenkirchen on Saturday evening.