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Me too, I meant it's the first time he showed something good since a half millenium Side note which has nothing to do with cycling at all: I live close to the Dutch town of Garderen

Exactly, it's quite weird from IBU that they give Russia a World Cup and two IBU Cups and they even didn't take away the Summer World Championships yet.. And Khanty as IBU Cup is just sad, that should be a World Cup venue

Landa throwing away the stage win like an amateur again What a fantastic stage final

Van Garderen shows something good for the first time since his country was 'discovered' And a great Giro for Jan Hirt

Probably longer than Quintana can attack, since pacing is always faster than attacking

No stress, Dumoulin is already back

Quintana is finally gonna try something

Bye Jungels

Apart from maybe Rosskopf there are exactly 0 surprising names in the lead group

Nothing stupid about it, much more fun than a 200km stage with one climb at the end, like they love in the Vuelta Like this: _______/ A short stage with one major climb where everyone starts off fresh? That's one hell of a guarantee for attacks and spectacular racing. I'm not sure about the grade by the way.

Provisional World Cup calendar: And the provisional IBU Cup calendar: I can already see another nice biathlon trip in my crystal globe Option 1: A double with the new biathlon complex of Lenzerheide and the beautiful town and scenery of Obertilliach (or only Obertilliach if travelling between the two is a bit hard). Option 2: A longer, triple trip starting in Arber and going on to the Süd-Tiroler double of Ridnaun and Martell I guess it all depends a little on the plans of a certain Brazilian biathlete

Meanwhile in Japan, Canola is on fire It's not like there are any serious top riders there, but still, it's slightly remarkable.. Stage 6 is fun by the way, the traditional 11km stage from the bottom to the top of Mt Fuji (and no, not a time trial)

The 'Museumplein' in Amsterdam is already sort of full

Long time ago since I've been sort of nervous for a football match, but that's what I'm feeling now (even though I'm no fan of any specific club)

Attack after attack after attack for Conti

Oh well, those 8 points aren't gonna make a difference

Ugh, LottoNL riding for Kruijswijk's top-10 finish in the GC because Polanc and Monfort are passing him as it stands now. Come on, he's shown to be much better now than in the beginning, why not just drop back 15 minutes and try and attack and go for a stage win?

Oh and Polanc is well and clear in the virtual white jersey now so Quick-Step is gonna work

It's making me remember Voeckler in the Tour years ago, when all of a sudden he took the yellow jersey by being in the right breakaway and then kept it forever and ever until eventually the real GC riders managed to beat him

Both Polanc and Conti, actually (and Costa, so UAE is having a busy day with Mohoric in the lead as well)

Dumoulin descended faster than Nibali and Quintana yesterday in the final descent

Well, that's the end of Brutt for today. Couldn't follow Mohoric anymore, gasping for breath, apparently even vomiting....see you 30 minutes behind the rest at the finish.

The huge group is now 5 minutes behind Brutt and Mohoric, unbelievable

No world champs for Kyle Chalmers, the Olympic 100m freestyle champion, because of a heart surgery. http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/05/23/kyle-chalmers-heart-surgery/

Sadulaev is apparently moving up to 97kg, interesting