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BORA-Hansgrohe really was 10 levels too high for this race Basically it's as if France or Brazil plays in the FIFA World Cup against only Lesotho, Bhutan and Tuvalu. Today it was a 1-2 in the sprint for Ackermann and Schwarzmann, in the final classification BORA takes a 1-2 as well with Mühlberger (who annihilated the field in the time trial) and Konrad.

All sports events in Belgium/Flanders have to be held without audience again starting tomorrow. Tomorrow evening the Flemish cycling federation and some others will get together and, as they say, 'decisions will be made about the Flemish races on the calendar'.

Impressive show by Quartararo, interesting race behind him to say the least

This morning there's a climbing time trial in Sibiu, later today there's a flat (and so sprint) stage. Rudy Barbier didn't have the best strategy to be fit for the sprint... It's a while later now and he has indeed been kicked out of the time limit

Pretty good first race of the day, on to Moto3 now where in the first lap only one position changed in the top-8 That's unique

So there's thousands of people working to make 'the bubble' work, right, that's good. You get permission to leave it so you can attend your grandfather's funeral, alright. Then....you go to a strip club Oh Lou Williams, you total dumbo. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jul/25/lou-williams-gentlemans-club-magic-city

After it was obvious (and of course expected) he just didn't have the pace at all yesterday, he stopped in qualifying and won't race. Finally a smart decision, hopefully he will actually give it some time to heal.

Yep, like most things the actual truth is probably somewhere in between the two obviously biased 'stories'. Glad I don't live there and hopefully it dies down quickly.

And here's the Portland read-out from yesterday/last night. https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/07/24/portland-riots-read-out-july-24

This is awesome on the Wii

Both countries have a severe case of wanting to see who's got the biggest and should start behaving like adults instead of annoying teenagers. I know that's an impossible thing to ask from both though, but one can hope.

Marquez is in so much trouble if he does indeed start this week and crashes again. Still doubtful, but it's already unbelievable (not necessarily in the good way) that he has been declared fit.

I like the anonymous part, but I do find it a bit of a shame to not really be able to say anything about which songs you do or don't like

That's too bad, it'd have been a nice chance for a tiny bit of extra attention for Jill Colebourn and Jeremy Flanagan. Assuming the latter is still active.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs about people already there: "Think carefully if your trip really is necessary. If it's not, it is strongly recommended not to stay there." Plus some people getting a bit mad on social media for the government declaring all of Croatia orange instead of specific regions (like they did for Spain and Portugal). "There's nothing going on here in Istria!", said one guy. https://nos.nl/artikel/2341435-negatief-reisadvies-voor-kroatie-waar-vermoedelijk-duizenden-nederlanders-zijn.html

Not in the sense that the team makes everything available, but already for years it has a general feel of just allowing everyone to do whatever they want It's fun to follow the lower-tier teams, there are some like this in Asia too I believe, homes for fallen cheaters The Dutch former Vacansoleil team was a wonderful example as well.

So the Sibiu Tour starts today, including the Meridiana Kamen Team, a home for every shady figure in cycling whenever they want It also again includes Davide Rebellin, which is a bit worrying, since he's nearly in the old-age risk group for COVID-19

Not taking care of the athletes does sound pretty South Korean given recent scandals

I had never in my life heard of Childish Gambino (thought it was some obscure rapper) and I only know Dua Lipa is famous because on Totallympics people say she's famous (and after that because I saw she's got literally billions of views, but I don't remember hearing her name on the main radio stations, at least not while realizing it's her). Which is part of why I either decided to go with her or why someone else did.

I'll let you know when my country gets involved in a draw by spontaneously withdrawing from the event.

Draws should only be swiftly eliminated when it's about medals, if it's in a league format they're acceptable. They suck, but are acceptable.

Cool, I am either happy or unhappy with these results or have no specific opinion about it!

Thanks for that heads-up, excellent team to cheer against then. Did Berlusconi buy the team because they have a junior women's team or something?