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Campenaerts coming down the mountain (after an uphill start) with an average of 60.7 km/h, let's see how his flat will go and if Rik Verbrugghe's record of almost 59 average (in a prologue!) will be broken 61,4 for Chris Hamilton

I hope my Giro predictions are done right, messing in these tables on a phone screen is a bitch but since I'm already in the train to work, it was my only option

Freak time trial to open it up today, I'm incredibly curious

[hide] Week 1 - Stages 1-9 Stage Top 3 Riders Monreale - Palermo Stage 1 October, 3rd 1st: Ganna 2nd: G Thomas 3rd: R Dennis Rohan Dennis Cameron Meyer Victor Campenaerts Remi Cavagna Tony Martin Alex Dowsett Geraint Thomas Edoardo Affini Filippo Ganna Jos Van Emden Patrick Bevin Maciej Bodnar Chad Haga Alcamo - Agrigento Stage 2 October, 4th 1st: Ulissi 2nd: Matthews 3rd: S Yates Michael Matthews Fernando Gaviria Arnaud Demare Ben Swift Davide Ballerini Gianluca Brambilla Enrico Battaglin Valerio Conti Fabio Felline Andrea Vendrame Elia Viviani Diego Ulissi Peter Sagan Enna - Enna Stage 3 October, 5th 1st: Vlasov 2nd: Lopez 3rd: Masnada Patrick Konrad Miguel Angel Lopez Ivan Sosa Jakob Fuglsang Geraint Thomas Simon Yates Giulio Ciccone Fausto Masnada Vincenzo Nibali Domenico Pozzovivo Steven Kruijswijk Wilco Kelderman Rafal Majka Joao Almeida Alexander Vlasov Marc Soler Catania - Villafranca Tirrena Stage 4 October, 6th 1st: Demare 2nd: Gaviria 3rd: Viviani Michael Matthews Fernando Gaviria Alvaro Hodeg Sebastian Molano Arnaud Demare Ben Swift Davide Ballerini Davide Cimolai Andrea Vendrame Elia Viviani Diego Ulissi Peter Sagan Miletus - Camigliatello Silano Stage 5 October, 7th 1st: Ciccone 2nd: Bilbao 3rd: Konrad Jack Haig Michael Matthews Tony Gallopin Enrico Battaglin Valerio Conti Fabio Felline Giovanni Visconti Diego Ulissi Sam Oomen Patrick Bevin Joao Almeida Ilnur Zakarin Lawson Craddock Castrovillari - Matera Stage 6 October, 8th 1st: Ballerini 2nd: Matthews 3rd: Demare Michael Matthews Fernando Gaviria Sebastian Molano Arnaud Demare Ben Swift Davide Ballerini Enrico Battaglin Gianluca Brambilla Fabio Felline Elia Viviani Diego Ulissi Peter Sagan Matera - Brindisi Stage 7 October, 9th 1st: Viviani 2nd: Demare 3rd: Hodeg Michael Matthews Fernando Gaviria Alvaro Hodeg Arnaud Demare Ben Swift Davide Ballerini Davide Cimolai Andrea Vendrame Elia Viviani Diego Ulissi Peter Sagan Giovinazzo - Vieste Stage 8 October, 10th 1st: Brambilla 2nd: Felline 3rd: Matthews Michael Matthews Fernando Gaviria Arnaud Demare Davide Ballerini Gianluca Brambilla Fabio Felline Andrea Vendrame Elia Viviani Diego Ulissi Peter Sagan San Salvo - Roccaraso Stage 9 October, 11th 1st: S Yates 2nd: Ciccone 3rd: V Nibali Patrick Konrad Miguel Angel Lopez Ivan Sosa Jakob Fuglsang Geraint Thomas Simon Yates Giulio Ciccone Fausto Masnada Vincenzo Nibali Domenico Pozzovivo Steven Kruijswijk Wilco Kelderman Rafal Majka Joao Almeida Alexander Vlasov Marc Soler General 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Week 1 (Stages 1-9) Steven Kruijswijk Simon Yates Jakob Fuglsang Points 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Week 1 (Stages 1-9) Michael Matthews Arnaud Demare Peter Sagan Mountains 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Week 1 (Stages 1-9) Pello Bilbao Fausto Masnada Giulio Ciccone Young Rider 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Week 1 (Stages 1-9) Aleksandr Vlasov João Almeida James Knox [/hide]

Meh, everybody saw that coming for months, it's only surprising it took this long for him to manage to test positive I'll get more interested in his situation if his situation develops to more than what's basically a mild cold

First time in almost a century only one French player made it to the third round....and it's a 20-year old low-ranked player who then kicks out a former winner and goes to the last 16 as well, week of his life

I'll try and catch up tonight, work is eating up quite some time and of course right now I'm asked to work on Saturday as well...and actually at the office instead of home

According to himself, so, yeah Hehe

I've asked for help in coming up with a decent-looking table

I'd had hoped it would be dinner, but fine

So Evie Richards winning her top-level debut, Ulloa winning the men's race...curious what today will bring, the first big races of the very short season, the women are coming up now.

Yeah, good to see Cosnefroy get attention for something way better than scraping points for the 'mountain' jersey

That would be so 2020.

January and February 2021 are most likely not going to be part of 2020 I mean, you never know in these times, but I still consider that somewhat of a certainty

All speed skating World Cups for 2020.

Errani then went on to say Bertens' nearly dying of cramp after the match was just show Wow, some people are born sore losers...and then there's Sara "My mom's cancer medicine made me test positive for doping" Errani

Anyhow, as expected after the new measures were announced here Monday: no Amstel Gold Race that was supposed to be held on 10 October, the organizer announced it's cancelled.

Yes, but wearing masks is like a little bandage against the bleed, in the end the only really efficient thing is keeping physical distance. I do get the reasoning we're hearing quite often here: "We won't make masks mandatory everywhere yet, because people think with masks, they don't need to keep their distance anymore and so the whole thing only spreads easier." Anyway, glad their protest worked and they can play again, now stay away from other teams please

Hirschi, one of the riders of the year, takes the win Perfect opportunity for him this year.

Alex Aranburu has been pulled out of the Giro d'Italia because of a positive test. Again, not that test, the COVID-19 one. Jonas Gregaard was standing at the start of the Fleche Wallone today, but was pulled out and so didn't start, the reason is probably obvious

Those people haven't heard of the whole "keep your distance" thing that's the main thing in trying to stop this situation?

Aaaaand that's it for the BinckBank Tour. Or it could be. The three stages in the Netherlands have been cancelled tonight, organizers are scrambling to see what to do now. An option is to have a time trial at the Zolder race track. Bit of a weird decision specifically to cancel tomorrow's stage. Like a lot of people would show up on a rainy weekday for a time trial in Zeeland of all places. Anyhow, tomorrow is going to be a rest day after today's opening stage, whether or not the Tour will continue will be decided later.

So basically Angelina Jolie is Slovak-Dutch. Yeah, I think I'm gonna go with American, you know, being born there and all Else I might have to refer to myself as French-German-Belgian-whoknows if I go back far enough

APELDOORN - Fans have been eagerly waiting to get a clue on one important topic: when will the event be held? It really could be at any moment and so the people of Apeldoorn have already spotted some weirdly dressed people from all over the globe - apparently fans are keeping a close eye on Omnisport, just in case the event is suddenly about to start. Kids have reportedly seen a few weird birds walking in the vicinity, which they described as 'wobbling, white and black upright chickens', but it's safe to say that's most likely just magpies being the smart little creatures they are. Back to the actual news: a date has been dropped! Our reporter is just back from a visit to Het Loo Palace, which used to be a royal palace for a few centuries. It's a national museum nowadays - although not everything is open to the public - and it's being renovated until somewhere next year. Rumour has it the Dutch king is using this time to go back to his roots for a little while and our reporter might just have gotten word from Willem-Alexander himself: 7 November 2020 is going to be the day of the Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2020! Het Loo Palace, if one looks at the right place, one can see the window behind which talks about the TOISC 2020 date have been held

-nevermind-