Vélo de gauche
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Du cyclisme pour le peuple!
I think we may have found the due successor to Richie Porte in terms of bland interviews
🇫🇷 Lenny Martinez on potential Tour de France debut for Paul Seixas in 2026
"If he wants to do the Tour, he should do it. If he doesn't want to and prefers to do a Vuelta, then he should do a Vuelta first."
📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/i-di...
📸 Cor Vos
"If he wants to do the Tour, he should do it. If he doesn't want to and prefers to do a Vuelta, then he should do a Vuelta first."
📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/i-di...
📸 Cor Vos
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I think we may have found the due successor to Richie Porte in terms of bland interviews
Lick Bush Dick '04 was an all-time meme
November 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Lick Bush Dick '04 was an all-time meme
L'hôpital se fout de la charité
🇬🇧 Luke Rowe claims he 'made life hell' for dopers in peloton
"That’s probably the only category of rider where I was like: 'I don’t give a f*ck about them. You’ve cheated me. You’ve cheated the sport. F*ck you'"
📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/luke...
📸 Cor Vos
"That’s probably the only category of rider where I was like: 'I don’t give a f*ck about them. You’ve cheated me. You’ve cheated the sport. F*ck you'"
📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/luke...
📸 Cor Vos
October 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
L'hôpital se fout de la charité
I know a go-slow protest when I see one.
Make 'em pay for what you're worth comrade!
Make 'em pay for what you're worth comrade!
Evenepoel will now shoulder the majority of the pressure, Primož Roglič believes: "I'm mainly hoping for peace from the perspective of just being a cyclist. Simple. That I only do what my coach prescribes and don't worry about extras (...)That's enough." 👇
siol.net/sportal/kole...
siol.net/sportal/kole...
Ob Remcu bo na Rogliču manj pritiska: Lahko bom samo kolesar. To je dovolj.
"Moja raven je bila solidna. Dosegel sem to, kar sem lahko, ali pa še malo več, ampak so bili ostali še hitrejši," je tekmovalno sezono 2025 ocenil izkušeni slovenski kolesarski as Primož Roglič. Prof...
siol.net
October 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I know a go-slow protest when I see one.
Make 'em pay for what you're worth comrade!
Make 'em pay for what you're worth comrade!
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Given recent events in cycling, this is worth a read on how the UAE is using Colombian mercenaries to fight a proxy war in Sudan having done the same in Yemen.
‘War is a business’: the Colombian mercenaries at Sudan’s battlefront
A soldier of fortune tells of lucrative contracts, the siege of El Fasher and training child fighters to ‘go and get killed’
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Given recent events in cycling, this is worth a read on how the UAE is using Colombian mercenaries to fight a proxy war in Sudan having done the same in Yemen.
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O Gran Camiño 🇪🇸 are the first race to ban Israel-Premier Tech from taking part in their race.
The entertaining and challenging Galician week long race may pave the way for other races to take the step to ban the team in 2026.
The entertaining and challenging Galician week long race may pave the way for other races to take the step to ban the team in 2026.
September 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
O Gran Camiño 🇪🇸 are the first race to ban Israel-Premier Tech from taking part in their race.
The entertaining and challenging Galician week long race may pave the way for other races to take the step to ban the team in 2026.
The entertaining and challenging Galician week long race may pave the way for other races to take the step to ban the team in 2026.
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Spanish Government replies to the UCI's statement, pointing out that the UN has just declared Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide. Brutal final words: "Peace without justice is peace in the graveyard."
Lappartient is out of his depth. He is not protecting cycling with his actions and words.
Lappartient is out of his depth. He is not protecting cycling with his actions and words.
September 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Spanish Government replies to the UCI's statement, pointing out that the UN has just declared Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide. Brutal final words: "Peace without justice is peace in the graveyard."
Lappartient is out of his depth. He is not protecting cycling with his actions and words.
Lappartient is out of his depth. He is not protecting cycling with his actions and words.
You can't stay neutral on a moving train dude
🇳🇱 Richard Plugge, CEO of Visma - Lease a Bike:
🗣️"I would like to once again call on the public not to interfere with our riders and the race. At the same time, I urge the organisers to do everything possible to secure the event."
Full story below
📸 Cor Vos
🗣️"I would like to once again call on the public not to interfere with our riders and the race. At the same time, I urge the organisers to do everything possible to secure the event."
Full story below
📸 Cor Vos
September 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
You can't stay neutral on a moving train dude
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Selective journalism be like:
September 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Selective journalism be like:
HEROES!
Footage of 🇮🇱 Israel-Premier Tech held up by protestors in Vuelta team time trial
📽️ Tom Machefer
📽️ Tom Machefer
August 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
HEROES!
Any insights into their performances explaining that everything is planned and calculated to the smallest margin will forever be discarded
Reading Vélo magazine and Pavel Sivakov says Pogačar's attack early on Hautacam wasn't planned. On the team bus that morning Pogačar was joking about doing the same as they did on the Domancy climb in the Dauphiné... Narvaez took this literally and led out him like a sprint at the foot of the climb
August 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Any insights into their performances explaining that everything is planned and calculated to the smallest margin will forever be discarded
Lol no man Kennedy's a tool, and sorry you got kicked out. Great if it's helpful. What these doctors and researchers are saying is that now in most cases such a diagnosis doesn't help at all. Having a name for such differences isn't a thing in many countries. Hence my first response, because irony.
I was being polite. As someone who was written off at school and literally kicked out at age 16 for being stupid, lazy and a trouble maker, this smacks of Kennedy’s bullshit. After my DX I was able to go from construction laborer to a masters degree. My OCD, ADHD and sensory issues still fuck me up.
July 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Lol no man Kennedy's a tool, and sorry you got kicked out. Great if it's helpful. What these doctors and researchers are saying is that now in most cases such a diagnosis doesn't help at all. Having a name for such differences isn't a thing in many countries. Hence my first response, because irony.
"The first active pro..." I mean it's not a coincidence he comes from a country plagued with overdiagnosis and overmedicalisation
July 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"The first active pro..." I mean it's not a coincidence he comes from a country plagued with overdiagnosis and overmedicalisation
Yesterday marked a significant step in the decline of Visma. You've got the PN winner, Giro winner, a Vuelta winner working for you, you managed to isolate Pog and lack the tactical flair that made you successful 2021-2023 to pull it off and get punished again in the end. This is a huge howler.
July 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Yesterday marked a significant step in the decline of Visma. You've got the PN winner, Giro winner, a Vuelta winner working for you, you managed to isolate Pog and lack the tactical flair that made you successful 2021-2023 to pull it off and get punished again in the end. This is a huge howler.
Shout out to the journalists who investigated and kept on following up, thank you for your labour. Justice is coming
Confirmed: David Rozman has left the Tour and will be interviewed by ITA again.
My story👇👇
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
My story👇👇
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
Ineos carer David Rozman leaves Tour de France after investigation launched by anti-doping authorities
ITA to interview Ineos carer David Rozman over alleged historical messages in 2012
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Shout out to the journalists who investigated and kept on following up, thank you for your labour. Justice is coming
It's time for the insurrection 🏴
WOW! NEW RECORD MONT VENTOUX
🇸🇮 Tadej Pogacar 54.41 -> 🇪🇸 Iban Mayo 55.51
(with headwind 😅)
🇸🇮 Tadej Pogacar 54.41 -> 🇪🇸 Iban Mayo 55.51
(with headwind 😅)
July 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It's time for the insurrection 🏴
The people aren't laughing
🗣️"We were joking"
🇸🇮 Pogacar’s stage winning rampage was not the plan
📷 Cor Vos
Full story at Domestique 👇
🇸🇮 Pogacar’s stage winning rampage was not the plan
📷 Cor Vos
Full story at Domestique 👇
July 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The people aren't laughing
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Free Palestine
Death to Israel
The first world must fall
Revolution is inevitable
Depose of the bourgeoisie
Build class solidarity
Get organising
Death to Israel
The first world must fall
Revolution is inevitable
Depose of the bourgeoisie
Build class solidarity
Get organising
This is a full-time politics account now.
July 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Free Palestine
Death to Israel
The first world must fall
Revolution is inevitable
Depose of the bourgeoisie
Build class solidarity
Get organising
Death to Israel
The first world must fall
Revolution is inevitable
Depose of the bourgeoisie
Build class solidarity
Get organising
Judging from Grégoire's recent descending prowess, I wonder if he'd be suited for Lombardia, and a good shout for a podium place (route dependant). Sormano would be too long for him, but last year's route could suit him. He hasn't had the best results there so far, but he has stepped up this year
July 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Judging from Grégoire's recent descending prowess, I wonder if he'd be suited for Lombardia, and a good shout for a podium place (route dependant). Sormano would be too long for him, but last year's route could suit him. He hasn't had the best results there so far, but he has stepped up this year
Loving the LRCP/L'Équipe du Tour combo combined with @poetina.bsky.social 's previews this year. A lovely mix of tactical insights, deep knowledge from within the sport, technical breakdowns, and pedagogical visuals
For a French-speaking audience but the L’Equipe daily podcast from the Tour is recommended podcast.ausha.co/l-equipe-du-... (🇫🇷)
L'Équipe du Tour | Ausha
L'émission quotidienne d'analyse et de débrief du Tour de France, avec les reporters de L'Équipe. Un podcast présenté par Arnaud Souque, avec Alexandre Roos, Anthony Clément et Nicolas Perthuis.
Héber...
podcast.ausha.co
July 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Loving the LRCP/L'Équipe du Tour combo combined with @poetina.bsky.social 's previews this year. A lovely mix of tactical insights, deep knowledge from within the sport, technical breakdowns, and pedagogical visuals
L'insurrection qui vient (Comité Invisible, 2007)
One of the climbs in tomorrow's finish with appropriate graffiti, "Rouen, rise up"
July 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
L'insurrection qui vient (Comité Invisible, 2007)
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Article about Israel-PremierTech's police protection at the Tour, the politics of the team owner Sylvan Adams, and some riders apparently turning down offers to ride for the team (🇫🇷, paywall) www.letemps.ch/sport/cyclis...
L’équipe Israel, de plus en plus encombrante dans le peloton du Tour de France - Le Temps
Financé par un proche de Benyamin Netanyahou, le Team Israel-Premier Tech dispute la Grande Boucle sous haute protection policière, tandis que des collectifs pro-palestiniens appellent à son boycott
www.letemps.ch
July 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Article about Israel-PremierTech's police protection at the Tour, the politics of the team owner Sylvan Adams, and some riders apparently turning down offers to ride for the team (🇫🇷, paywall) www.letemps.ch/sport/cyclis...
Shithousery already. We've got our sport back! Jorgensen is a scab
Kévin Vauquelin 8e après ses attaques : "Je ne comprends pas. On sort avec Jorgenson, pourquoi il ne veut pas rouler avec moi ? Je ne sais pas. C'est à chaud, faut pas que je dise des bêtises. C'est dommage, j'étais très fort. Si on sort à 2 ou 3, ça peut aller au bout. Je suis frustré." #TDF2025
July 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Shithousery already. We've got our sport back! Jorgensen is a scab
GFDJ leading team GC! The collective before the individual. Lenin would be proud.
July 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
GFDJ leading team GC! The collective before the individual. Lenin would be proud.
For real though if you're wondering why so many youth and adults are being diagnosed (or self diagnosed) with ADHD/autism, and why it's dangerous more than empowering, I cannot recommend the work of Suzanne O'Sullivan enough
July 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
For real though if you're wondering why so many youth and adults are being diagnosed (or self diagnosed) with ADHD/autism, and why it's dangerous more than empowering, I cannot recommend the work of Suzanne O'Sullivan enough