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The millions of fans would be my first guess.

Yeah and Zandvoort is very much not urban, but there you go

Interesting final though, climber Carapaz vs sprinter Ewan for the win within a few centimeters

Thank you, Salvatore Puccio (the guy who started the crash that led to - among others - Dumoulin and half of Katusha having no chance whatsoever to avoid it).

Pretty sure they still have contracts with them

Nope, most likely this is going to replace Barcelona, where visitor numbers have dropped significantly without Alonso (or Alonso in a good car). Nowadays the Barcelona grandstands seem to be half filled with Dutch fans anyway

I though you never had any sort of interest in F1 One can discuss whether it's a good track in terms of racing, but I definitely love the entire 'atmosphere' around the track. The dunes, the pictures so close to the sea (you leave the parking lot and are on the beach @hckosice ), it's just beautiful. I just hope the dunes won't be thrown down and replaced with grandstands, the dunes are part of what makes Zandvoort unique

This is one of the more surprising things I've read this year

Trouble in the Dutch men's league Sunday, 5th and deciding match of the final between reigning champion Lycurgus of Groningen and challengers Orion of Doetinchem. Lycurgus won the first two sets and at 25-24 an ace gave them the title.....until the referee decided the ball was out Not sure if the video works outside the Netherlands: https://www.dvhn.nl/sport/Volleybalbond-erkent-foute-beslissing-arbitrage-in-kampioensduel-Lycurgus-tegen-Orion-24451346.html Orion got the point, 25-25, and went on to hold on against 4 more match points in the same set, before turning it around and taking the win and the title in 14-16 final set. The Dutch federation has now said the referee's decision on match point was indeed wrong, but there is 0 chance of any replay.

Pretty good idea. Much better than starting with World Cups out of the blue there...Pyeongchang's world championships still frighten me in terms of how few people were there. An Asia IBU Cup starting in Mount Hotham and then going to Japan/China/Korea/Kazakhstan, excellent Possibly even something in Mongolia, since they have a significant presence in the IBU Cup.

Not the name I had in mind, but cool and thanks

Who's the second girl behind Taynara? I have two names in mind but I thought they were significantly behind for now.

Aaaaaand it's official Trains to tiny Zandvoort station are gonna be packed Everyone aboard, choochoo!!

What about Brazil and cross-country? FIS is rather shitty on a phone and can't use my laptop now. Surely only a men's quota, or did Taynara Silva get enough points yet for a women's one as well?

Five years ago this seemed as unlikely as Williams winning the team world title this year or Mercedes not getting a single point anymore in 2019. Just...wow, no way I ever thought this would be possible throughout the years I've visited Zandvoort from a young age

Yeah this ain't going wrong anymore Live press conference in 40 minutes:

heywoodu 1. Jos van Emden (35) - 35 2. Elia Viviani (2) - 37 3. Pascal Ackermann (3) - 40 4. Enrico Battaglin

Nope I'm massively in favour of old classics coming back and very, very strongly opposed to DRS-tracks like Vietnam which is unique in absolutely no aspect at all.

Sky being as shady as possible doesn't help and apart from that I just very much dislike his entire aura. And that of Sky in general, I can't find the right words to describe how shady that clan comes across. I very much prefer Roglic, among others.

Long straights don't necessarily make a track interesting. Baku has a huge straight and all that happens there is super duper easy DRS overtakes

Ugh, didn't notice I've been watching yesterday's stage for half an hour Stayed up for that...right, I'll see today's stage at breakfast

Sunweb, Bahrain and INEOS forming the three leading teams before a sprint is so annoying, way too much red

It's pretty much 100% certain (fine, let's go with 99,99%) that tomorrow Heineken, Chase Carey and others will officially annouce next year's return of the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort It's been off the calendar since 1985 and since Max Verstappen's insane popularity talks have been getting stronger and stronger about it getting back. In recent weeks it has been 'confirmed' over and over again, with the words used for example by Jan Lammers (boss of the Zandvoort part of the talks) getting stronger all the time. More or less everything is now reporting (of course copying each other) tomorrow will be the day it's officially announced

It's so....American, yes (with those never-ending standings scrolling through the picture....I like having an overview, but it sometimes is a bit distracting ) And the miles/kms switching every time

My main reason to be interested in California is that it's fun to watch some cycling at night for a change + often one sees some interesting riders from the North American ProContinental teams. For example even though McNulty is most likely their main guy (the main American guy anyway), it's just unavoidable to see Rob Britton half-dying in some attacks on the mountains