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First in an occasional series of Tweet’s I’m calling Cycling for Metalheads.
Milan-San Remo: Metallica playing a festival-headlining greatest hits set, but with a five hour-long support slot from your mate’s band who are “heavily influenced by Sunn O)))”.
#cycling4metalheads
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On balance, given the serial failings in safety, I think all races should be cancelled immediately and a fully independent investigation undertaken if a rider is killed during the event. This would be a radical move but if it saves lives, it’s worth it.
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We did the maths, modelled it out, and concluded that when normalised for equipment, Pantani was faster than Pogačar up Alpe d'Huez 🤓
We made an interactive infographic and explained our methodology below. If you think the numbers tell a different story, let us know...
veloracycling.com/features/p…
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I don’t post here much. But I’ll roll this grenade down the aisle: 2am testing is one of the very effective ways to prevent peptide(EPO,hGH) and testosterone micro dosing. If UCI had tested us in 2001 at 2am? We’d all have been suspended and saved the sport 25 years of drama.
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A scoop from us - Le Col has filed notice to appoint an administrator
Le Col files court notice to appoint an administrator, months after HEAD Group acquisition
veloracycling.com/news/le-co…
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Il faut que les automobilistes prennent conscience de la fragilité d'un cycliste.
Sur la photo, nous sommes 5 jeunes en Sport-Etude.
Aujourd'hui c'est choquant mais nous ne sommes plus que 3 en vie.
Thomas en 2019...
Adrien dimanche...
Tout deux fauchés par des chauffars.
This is something of a big deal.
Saddleback goes into administration.
Saddleback has historically been a true giant of the UK cycling industry. As well as holding major brands, it’s historically played a big part in advertising across the industry, substantially supporting many media businesses.
It seems we’re a long long way off from a cycling sector recovery.
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Want to know when to tune into the Giro d’Italia Women to catch the key moments live?
We made an interactive tool which will show you when the key tactical route points will fall in your specific timezone 👀
Check it out here: veloracycling.com/features/g…
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TNT Sports UK just had 6 minutes 40 seconds of ad breaks in the span of 14 minutes... on their PAID streaming service.
15:04:00-15:07:20
15:14:40-15:18:00
That is 47% of the last 14 minutes being ad breaks.
£30.99 per month by the way. 🤷 #GirodItalia
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Just noticed that much like Chris Froome, Hugh Carthy has in fact retired without an announcement or anything in fact
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End of a remarkable story as Archibald stops racing 👇👇👇theguardian.com/sport/2026/m…
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Looking to speak to a cyclist who has had Lyme disease (for a Cycling Weekly piece)
If that's you, please get in touch
#pressrequest
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⚠️ IMPORTANT - ETAPE 7 ⚠️
Départ en convoi à 12h pour aller à un nouveau lieu de départ à 47km de l'arrivée. Le nouveau départ sera donné à 13h45 à cet endroit pour les 47 derniers km de la course.
⚠️ IMPORTANT - STAGE 7 ⚠️
We will depart in a convoy at 12:00 PM to head to a new starting point 47 km from the finish line. We will start the race again at 1:45 PM from this location for the final 47 km of the race. Finish line at Isola.
#ParisNice
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Ineos Grenadiers’ new title sponsor is being framed as a budget boost to match the €60m superteams.
But the team’s public filings show it already had €50m sponsorship revenue in 2020.
So is Netcompany expanding the budget, or filling a gap Jim Ratcliffe no longer wants to cover?
My deep dive:
veloracycling.com/features/i…
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"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano
sportingintelligence832.subs…
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An amateur athlete – who is also the father of a current WorldTour pro – was just sanctioned for working with banned former US Postal Service trainer Jose Martí.
Read @cmbreports exclusive story on our website:
escapecollective.com/a-notor…
Pog may have won on his own kinda terrain but I gotta say the Fish Monger of Jutland looked ominously good today.
MVDP was gassed while the Dane still had legs.
'Probably my best ever one-minute performance' – Jonas Vingegaard able to match Tadej Pogačar at Tour de France thanks to newfound explosivity cyclingnews.com/news/probabl…
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Extremely worrying news: Óscar Freire’s family have reported him missing, according to El Diario Montañés, his local newspaper. He left his home without phone, wallet or keys & has been gone ‘at least since Tuesday’. xitter.cf/relevo/status/18871666…
#ÚltimaHora ‼️La familia de Óscar Freire denuncia la desaparición del ciclista.
▪️ Según publica 'El Diario Montañés', la familia del tricampeón del mundo ha denunciado los hechos ante la Guardia Civil.
▪️ La investigación ya está en marcha.
relevo.com/ciclismo/familia-…
