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Today marks 40 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. April 28 is when the world found out & on May 6 the Peace Race began in Kiev. Part one of my deep dive into the catastrophe, the race & the aftermath of both will be released on Tues, before part two on May 6.
Found the Puy-de-Dôme really underwhelming with no fans in last 4km in 2023. Hope they've come up with a way to open it to public for last stage of Tour de France Femmes.
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📊📏Number of riders with 14,000 kilometers in races per season:
🔴2026: 0
🟠2025: 2
🟠2024: 1
🟠2023: 1
🟠2022: 5
🟠2021: 1
🔴2020*:0
🟡2019: 15
🟡2018: 7
🟢2017: 32
🟢2016: 26
🟢2015: 36
🟢2014: 57
🟢2013: 30
🟢2012: 40
🟢2011: 45
🟢2010: 52
Netcompany-INEOS have lost Ganna but one important arrival that hasn't been announced yet is Vasilis Anastopoulos, who's leaving his position as Head of Performance at Astana. The Greek was very influential for Mark Cavendish and for Astana's WorldTour survival last year.
Today on Civiglio we got replica of what Seixas did on Saint-Romain-de-Lerps in Ardèche & San Miguel de Aralar in Basque. This has been the era of arsonists & nuclear attacks, but his preferred method violence seems like a particularly slow, cruel form of medieval torture.
🚴 Tour de Lombardie 2026 : pourquoi Paul Seixas peut vraiment croire à une victoire sur un premier Monument.
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Dunno but Coppi’s definitely passing borraccia to Bartali. xitter.cf/90sfootball/status/210…
Give them joint custody. Remco can wear jersey Mon-Fri, Ciccone on weekends/school holidays. xitter.cf/laflammerouge16/status…
Jacob has been writing brilliant stories on cycling over last few months & this on the Man City saga is equally good. xitter.cf/jwhitey98/status/21059…
Exclusive: Inside #MCFC vs the Premier League
🔷 How Manchester City were hacked
🔷 The story behind the club's defence
🔷 Bitter battle to prevent disclosure
🔷 Breaches of almost £100m in a single season
🔷 True significance of Aguero's famous goal
nytimes.com/athletic/7651933…
Berlin's bid to host 2029 Tour de France start - celebrating 40th anniversary of Wall falling - could be in jeopardy, per @rbb24. Party who won recent city elections say they're reluctant to splurge on major sporting events/have other priorities. rbb24.de/sport/beitrag/2026/…
The real heroes of the Worlds were the Italians who tried to watch it on TV. xitter.cf/Nicola89144151/status/…
McNulty would be unfashionable but deserving, even heart-warming winner. His old mate Jorgenson taking his leader’s jersey on last day of Paris-Nice in 2024 was agonising to watch. Now Jorgenson doing best to make sure he wins…Also dealt with grief/loss in recent weeks.