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idigTexas

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  1. Magic what versus what kind of bird?
  2. The most suspect thing to me is recovery. How they can look so much better than everyone else day after day after day is the "hmmm" factor for me. When it comes to things like that, I just ignore it and enjoy the sport for what it is. I don't want to know the truth. And don't spoil Santa Claus for me either.
  3. I have zero experience with this, but could you take RedCoach on the AUS-DFW leg, and AA on the DFW-AUS leg?
  4. This is why we are well on our way to idiocracy happening. I should be dead by then, thankfully.
  5. He needs to quit trying to sneak up along the barrier. He got pinched off again today trying to do that, and probably wins if he takes a better line...easier said than done, of course.
  6. At first, second, and third glance, I assumed that was some sort of photoshop fade effect before realizing it was just the dust. It also captures the slightly bad fit of Jan Tratnik's bike for Jonas. Awesome photo.
  7. Criticizing Jonas for behaving like Jonas is one way to go. I hope Pog and Remco keep poking that bear. Jonas has always been very aware of his strengths and weaknesses, and ridden accordingly. Expecting him to go toe-to-toe with Pog and Remco on stages that don't suit him is wish casting. This is the second biggest hurdle to a Jonas 3-peat (the biggest being the crash in April). I think Jonas is more reliant on his team than Pog. Pog has rarely demonstrated that he has the patience to utilize his team to its fullest potential, though to be fair, this is the first year where he has the strongest team. Not maximizing that advantage is good news for Jonas, but I don't think it will matter. I'm not as optimistic as Thomas, but I would love to be wrong.
  8. Ouch. Not a common cycling injury.
  9. Imagine if it had been raining.
  10. Nice seeing a young rider from a country with no TdF history on a team that hasn't had much success doing well. Two down, 33 to go...34 if he wants the record outright.
  11. I just watched The Hotel New Hampshire. I knew nothing about it, but came away feeling that Wes Anderson liberally borrowed from it. It may have been the book more so than the film, but Google suggests I was correct. Who knew?
  12. Hey, now. Let's leave South Austin's mom out of it.
  13. Yep, it's the opposite of what we have seen the past two Tours. This isn't a team that Visma would normally have, but they didn't have much choice. It has been a brutal year for them. No Sepp is a killer for stages like today's, but they are down multiple guys that would normally be there, and the ones there aren't in top form. I'm doubtful that Vingo will pull back any time the rest of the way, but maybe he'll surprise.
  14. I agree, but I don't think there were dependable water sources between the big lake and the extraction point. They were lucky to find one for that last night. Had they known it was there, they might have gone sooner. I don't understand why they don't all make big floppy hats like Kaiela's.
  15. I really expected there to me a caiman on the line on day 37. I've always suspected some production shenanigans when it comes to that sort of thing, but I didn't see anything questionable at the end. Perhaps with eight people left, they were content to let it play out, assuming at least one would make it to extraction. I loved seeing Kaiela's summary where they reshowed pussy Cole predicting that her tap would soon follow his.
  16. I thought I was reading the wrong team's thread. I'm not accustomed to this level of competence.
  17. Fuck you. Get your own.
  18. I have the commercial free tier of Peacock, and have to wait for the replay to enjoy it that way. Even then, Christian keeps sneaking in The Feed ads, the shit.
  19. It's way too early for me to feel optimistic about Vingo, but at least he hasn't given immediate reason to be pessimistic. I'll happily take it.
  20. Jeeze, shut up already.
  21. No. No he's not. But it is close.
  22. Great stage. I love seeing the break away survive.
  23. I do not think Vingo is sandbagging at all, and I will be surprised if he makes it to Nice. His comments during team introductions and in interviews are very telling. He's sincerely trying to temper expectations.
  24. Oooh, spelling smack. Sick burn.
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