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And we, alumni and fans, didn’t directly have anything to with it. He chose to part ways with Aggy and come to Texas. Them directing their venom at us is delicious. How long will this incredible Schlossenfreude last?

Tearful Tuesday, The Tuesday of Tears, Aggy Tears Tuesday, etc. It’s the tears we’ll remember.

Yeah, that’s not a serious thing I ever want to see in the Tour. More expressed out the frustration of expecting the Big 6 to all be lining up for this race and giving us a real show with some compelling competition. But who knows, maybe Roglic shows up with incredible form for one last run at the GC. Maybe a dark horse or two emerge to make it interesting. Maybe Jonas has recovered more than they’re letting on. Like y’all said, maybe someone stuns the status quo by unseating the yellow jersey on the final stage TT. And yeah, there’s also the chateaus, castles, and alpine scenery to watch.

I wouldn’t bet against that. I’m curious to see Jonas is within 10 minutes of Pogi when the last TT in Nice is finished. I also wouldn’t bet against 2 UAE rides on the podium, and it’s not out of realistic possibility that they sweep the podium. Even though it looks like a Pogacar blowout, there will still be a number of interesting things to watch. I always want a close, competitive race for the yellow jersey, but there’s also a sick part of me that wants to see Pogacar just go savage on Stage 1 and blow the race apart.

So Schloss engineered the missed tag at home plate? Impressive dedication to treachery!

Definitely a bummer, but not a shock. He didn’t look good at all I’m the Dauphiné. Let’s see how Lemmen goes for the Dutch. Another little bit of momentum for UAE, as if they weren’t already likely to crush the field.

Bordering on comically hysterical at times.

Yep, forgot about our own champion. That’s impressive for any world tour team. I wonder how many milliseconds it took for the cleaner than thou, smug Vaughters to shitcan Piccolo when they got word of his shenanigans.

Bravo, Alberto Thought Ciccone may have made it closer. That’s three national champions for the EF Easypost team. Not bad. And one dismissed rider for transporting banned substances.

You nailed almost exactly what I was coming here to say about Chamberlin. The only thing I would add about his ability and artistry is the precision of his sticking, unreal hand-feet combinations, and god tier mastery & display of all the rudiments. I had already been playing drums for 15 years when I first saw him perform on the Siamese Dream tour. That led me to do a deep dive and follow his evolution, as well as to seek out a new teacher and resume formal instruction. Hugely influential. And like you mentioned, it’s so great to see him clean and healthy. After Kurt, Layne, and others, I was always dreading the Chamberlin shoe to drop. Thankfully he got himself right, and now playing better than ever. What a gem of a human and monster musician.

UAE Team Emirates Tour squad announced. No surprises: Tadej Pogacar, Adam Yates, Juan Ayuso, Joao Almeida, Marc Soler, Pavel Sivakov, Nils Politt, and Tim Wellens. Barring injury, illness, or other unforeseen calamity to Pogi, the yellow jersey will have been decided well before the final TT in Nice. As the team selections are announced, it will still be interesting to analyze for potential horses in the GC.

Yes, the man who plasters his own name in huge, gilded letters on his buildings is quite the humble servant of God. Doesn’t matter, his followers live the same charade. Theater of political tribalism.

#respectmydecision

The recovery and fitness of Jonas is certainly the biggest question mark coming into the race. Hard to tell if the team was serious or bluffing about only bringing him to the Tour if he’s in winning form. I’ll surprised if he arrives in top form, but not as surprised if he rides into great form after losing time to Pogi and finishes on the podium. I have mixed feelings about these types of Netflix shows like Drive to Survive and Unchained. I love the sports, but hate the manufactured or enhanced drama like you see in lowest common denominator trash television. Agree Adam Yates deserved more coverage and about Jasper and Ben not coming off great. Not sure if it was on the mark or just a matter of the edit. Loved the Pinot bit. Dude left it all out there and appears to be winning at life.

Visma Lease-a-bike has released their jersey and roster for the Tour. Not sure about that look, but we’ll see how it looks on the riders. They’re bringing Jonas Vingegaard, Wout Van Aert, Matteo Jorgenson, Sepp Kuss, Jan Tratnik, Tiesj Benoot, Christophe Laporte, and Wilco Kelderman. UAE is obviously coming into the Tour with the strongest team, but if Jonas and Wout are both able to come in at good level while continuing to improve, they might have the battle tested horses to keep things interesting.

Saw that in the link and made the mistake of perusing the comments. Don’t do that. Same old FAFO, spandex, impeding the flow nonsense.

That shit looked pretty deliberate to me. Glad no one was killed and glad video cameras are everywhere to capture this crap. Hopefully it will be taken seriously and the driver prosecuted. I, along with two friends, were on a training ride on some barely traveled backroads in rural Tarrant County when we were in high school (86 or 87), and got hit and forced off the road into a steep ditch by some jackass in a pickup. County sheriff’s department refused to take a formal statement, much less actually investigate the incident. They told us and our parents something like, “we don’t patrol these backroads, and there’s bound to be some good ‘ol boys driving around liquored up and not expecting you kids screwing around on fancy bikes out there. Y’all should be more careful.” It’s infuriating that there are still a lot of people who think bicycles have no business on roads and that the cyclists are responsible for inciting road rage from drivers.

I read this the other day and found it saddening and a bit of a shock. I’ve followed Wiggo enough over the years to be aware of his childhood abuse and subsequent demons. Having devoted much of my adult life to advocating for abused and neglected children, and being part of the foster and adoptive communities, I’ve always had a soft spot for these people and became a fan, even though I wasn’t really a fan of Team Sky. From my young adult years playing (badly) in North Texas punk and rock bands, I’m also fond of fellow weirdos, seekers, and all kinds of cool and original fringe people, so when you find these types in the cycling world, it’s easy to be a fan. I’ve seen this outcome for too many people over the years that I care about. I hate it for Wiggo and hope he hasn’t burned too many bridges so as to be left without a solid social support network. What a top bloke and true original.

I don’t think Terry’s actually insane. He just has some celebrity and thus more access to regurgitate the nonsense he’s read. There are unknown and unsung versions of this dude everywhere. It’s good old fashioned egocentric sophistry. Or as we like to say in Texas, “If you can’t dazzle ‘em with brilliance, baffle ‘em with bullshit.”

How can we ever NOT think of this when we see Roglic trying to hang onto a race lead? Just brutal.

(North) America, fuck yeah!

Roglic avoids another jersey losing heartbreak by 8 seconds.

Wow. Great effort, Matty!

Stayed well placed and anticipated that last jump from Roglic. What great progression over the last couple of years.

Them ags love to tell their sip stories. Just wait til November 30th at Kyle Field. By god, I’m really gonna give ‘em something to remember and post about on TexAgs. I’ve been working with a personal trainer to be prepared to strut into Aggieland with a formidable pair of forearms trained to push sweet, old grandmas outta my way and down steps. My level of arrogance and despicable conduct will be told and retold for years. When I’m not pushing sweet Aggy grannies, I’ll be cussin’ aggy children. The most vile, uncivilized, and inappropriate tee yew filth spat out just to land upon the ears of those precious little future cosplay soldiers, farmers, and middle managers. I’ll soldier through the pearl clutching and gasping, the hisses, the “how dare yous” and “well, I nevers,” and probably have to stare down some aggy manlet with a hero complex who will retreat when he gets close enough to see the forearms. I’m gonna show ‘em a level of arrogance that they’ll think only existed in their minds and on their message boards. A loud, swaggering mix of bragging, boasting, cussing, and spitting while mocking BCS and those poooor aggies, and singing the praises of Austin and THE University. I’ll confirm their suspicions of me being the worst kind of sip by stating that I didn’t even graduate from Texas, I’m a tee shirt fan living off the generational wealth of my straight ticket Democrat voting family. Then again, if I did all of that and some aggy made a TexAgs post to bear witness and vent their disgust, the replies would be along the lines of, “Yeah, that’s what they all do. It’s who they are.”