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Lukas Knöfler
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@cyclingnews.com #UCIWWT correspondent. @saiklist.help.
Kreistagsabgeordneter NF.
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globalpeloton.bsky.social
🇲🇽 News on the latest plans for staging a new major race in Mexico, but it won't be run by the organisers of the Canadian WorldTour races anytime soon

globalpeloton.substack.com/p/no-plans-y...
🇲🇽 No plans yet for major race in Mexico by Canadian organisers, but the Vuelta a Mexico could return
Mexican cycling is flying and the new national federation hope to capitalise
globalpeloton.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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garius.bsky.social
One of the nice things about being able to revisit, and expand on this series has been the time to explore a bit more about how the California's crew FELT. Not just what they did.

We don't have a lot of sources on that. But we do have some. I think it's important to remember they were normal men.
theupfront.media The Up Front @theupfront.media · 5h
Tomorrow we continue our series on the true story of Pan Am California Clipper's remarkable, forced circumnavigation of the globe in WW2.

In India, with Christmas looming, it's hard for the crew's thoughts not to turn to the families waiting for them at home. theupfront.media/the-long-way...
Luckily, they were spared the formal dinner. Shortly after arriving, the governor’s wife, Lady Caldicott breezed into the room with an apology. The demands of war had called her husband back to the office. The dinner was cancelled. Both men breathed a sigh of relief. Before they could depart, however, she did ask them sheepishly if they would do one thing first. There was one person in the house who had heard their story and was desperate to meet them. Her young son John. This was how, in the middle of a worldwide war and their own fragile flight into the unknown, Ford and Brown found themselves sat in front of a fire, telling their tale to a wide-eyed young boy. Lady Caldicott had hoped they would spare him a few minutes. It was well past his bedtime, after all. As the night drew on, however, the Pan Am men showed no sign of being bored by the boy’s barrage of questions about the California Clipper, her crew and their adventures so far. Cocoa was quietly provided. Bedtime discretely ignored. Eventually, when John was barely able to stay awake, time was called. As the two men made to leave, the governor’s wife thanked them again. All she had hoped was that they’d let John shake their hand. By being so generous with their time and attention they had done him – and her – an incredible kindness. What she perhaps never realised was the kindness that she had in turn done to them, perhaps at the time they needed it most. Ford, Brown and the rest of the California’s crew had never asked to undertake this journey. They were simply normal men, in extraordinary times. What she had granted them, in the middle of those times, was a small measure of peace. A reminder of why they were doing this at all. Not just to get the California herself back to America, but to see their own families again. To get back home.
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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writebikerepeat.bsky.social
Tell me you're a cycling fan by the weirdest predictive text suggestion... just began typing 'aren't' and my phone was adamant I should be typing 'Arensman' 😆
November 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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cycologies.com
Premier-Tech, out

Factor, out.

Has the Canadian millionaire the thinnest skin in cycling and can't cope with people criticising him or is Sylvan Adams just unlucky in the sponsors he crawls into bed with?
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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inrng.com
After over 25 years as a manager of a pro cycling team Jean-René Bernaudeau is retiring, will hand over the TotalEnergies team to Stéphane Heulot who had been running the Lotto team until recently www.ouest-france.fr/sport/cyclis... (🇫🇷)
INFO OUEST-FRANCE. Jean-René Bernaudeau passe le relais à Stéphane Heulot à la tête de TotalEnergies
Le manager vendéen va quitter ses fonctions cet hiver. Jean-René Bernaudeau aura 70 ans en 2026 et souhaite que son successeur soit le Breton Stéphane Heulot, dont la mission, à la tête de l’équipe Lo...
www.ouest-france.fr
November 20, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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alexdecampi.bsky.social
Look at this 4th cen BC Greek antefix, proof that our ancestors also appreciated A Very Good Boy. 13/10 would pet
A terracotta sculpture of a the head and neck of a herding/shepherd type dog, seen from the front, with his head tilted and one ear up as of he has just been asked, “who’s a good boy then?!” and he’s thinking, “is it me?! could it be me?!!” The same sculpture as described in previous, but seen from the side. The dog is very good and I would like to pet him, 13/10 ancient fella
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
lukascph.bsky.social
❄️🌨❄️
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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csmfht.bsky.social
Thought it said Nero at first!
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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agirlcalledlina.bsky.social
Boils my piss when companies say this
Inhumansoflatecapitalism @Inhumansoflate1 "It's rude to discuss your salary." No, it isn't. That's something companies made up so they could pay some of you less than others with no one getting mad. Discuss your salaries. Find the discrepancies. Demand more. The workers are on the same team.
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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globalpeloton.bsky.social
Team Amani launches women's UCI team with the aim of racing Tour de France Femmes by 2028

Team will be the first ever African women's UCI team, featuring riders from Ethiopia and Rwanda

globalpeloton.substack.com/p/team-amani...
Team Amani launches women's UCI team with the aim of racing Tour de France Femmes by 2028
Team will be the first ever African women's UCI team, featuring riders from Ethiopia and Rwanda
globalpeloton.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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johanj.bsky.social
Nästa gång ni hör någonting om Malmö som ett ekonomiskt sänke, tänk på den här bilden – hur rika kommuner som Vellinge, Lomma och Staffanstorp är helt beroende av Malmö, som genererar inkomster som sedan hamnar någon annanstans.

Malmö är Skånes stora ekonomiska motor.
karta med andel av arbetsinkomst som tjänades in in Malmö, med nästan hälften av de omkringliggande kommunernas kring Malmö
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
lukascph.bsky.social
Bernhard Eisel (DS) -> @lidltrek.bsky.social
#SillySeason
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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mikecookson.bsky.social
Incredibly naive.

Basically kills off any career path for Over Head Line teams.

The industry will down skill to repair and maintenance alone.

Kills off any investment or innovation in OLE too.

Bet they announce a new road or airport expansion within a month.
brynleyheaven.bsky.social Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 12d
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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ee1.nl
As seen on The Tim Traveller's latest youtube video, the 59th annual Sevilla-Betis Boat Race will start today at 11:30 CET on the Guadalquivir, well-known winter training water for Dutch and UK rowers. The good kind of #rowing between two local football clubs! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX6j...
2025 59th Sevilla–Betis Regatta
YouTube video by World Rowing
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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nycaju.bsky.social
Wenn ich mir von meinen Nachbarn Rückmeldungen erhoffe, sollte ich deren Sprache vielleicht mit ein bisschen mehr Respekt behandeln...
#Polnisch #Bundeswehr
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
lukascph.bsky.social
Marine Lenehan -> @lidltrek.bsky.social
#SillySeason
lidltrek.bsky.social Lidl-Trek @lidltrek.bsky.social · 16d
🚨 New signing alert! 🚨

After impressing during her time as a stagiaire, we’re excited to announce that Marine Lenehan has signed a two-year contract with Lidl-Trek 🥳

📰 racing.trekbikes.com/stories/lidl...
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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bsrg1.bsky.social
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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clofsnitville.bsky.social
Well-meaning (or not) Americans in anyone's mentions: I have used public transit for 33 years and never once carried or needed or wanted pepper spray. Get a grip. Attacks on public transportation in the UK and in the US are extremely rare.
alexvont.bsky.social Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 17d
Well-meaning Americans in my mentions: kindly do not recommend extremely illegal actions that could land people in the UK with a ten year prison sentence
Reply to a post about the incident in Huntingdon from a US account: “ I cannot stress this enough to people. Carry a small canister of pepper spray and keep it accessible when you’re out in public especially trapped in a train. It’s an easy protective measure we can all take.” Reply from me: “I cannot stress enough to you that pepper spray is illegal to possess, buy, or carry in the UK under the Firearms Act 1968. I strongly recommend anyone reading does not do this under any circumstances.”
November 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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stinemomo.bsky.social
Yet another talent added to the cast for my beloved imaginary cycling cabaret... 🤩🙏🏻
vegarkulset.bsky.social Vegar Kulset @vegarkulset.bsky.social · 17d
Andreas Leknessund. 💛
November 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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nottaylorx.bsky.social
The difference in the time it takes a streetcar in Amsterdam vs. Toronto to clear an intersection after servicing a nearside stop.
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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cyclingreno.bsky.social
😲
warm up, Finn Fisher-Black style
November 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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50plusdoner.bsky.social
A massive amount of Bundesliga teams stopped posting on Bluesky, so some of their last messages seem like they got raptured midgame and no account did that better than Hoffenheim
Hoffenheims Bluesky account. Last post was 6 months ago and the message is "Fußball. Oh man."
November 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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aljwhite.bsky.social
Thought the Times had been hoaxed. Turns out to be so much better than that
they emailed a guy called Bill DeBlasio. He gave his opinion. It wasn't the mayor
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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bencoates1.bsky.social
This is also a good point which gets underreported, which I should have mentioned. Senate majorities are also tricky to piece together
bsky.app/profile/roba...
roballemachtig.bsky.social Rob Hageman @roballemachtig.bsky.social · 21d
It will be about the seats in the Senate as well. What coalition can count on cooperation with the Senate.
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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bencoates1.bsky.social
A few election outcomes which are somewhat obvious but got lost in the Jettenmania:

-FvD, who *literally* think the world is run by lizards disguised as humans,more than doubled their seats (3 -> 7)

-BBB’s angry farmer schtick is sooo 2023. They lost nearly half their seats. (7->4) Good riddance.
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM