Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.

Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.

That’s why Trump is attacking the Dept. of Education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.

It's fascism.

From todays gravel ride

Come on Lucinda!

📊 Longest podium streak in cyclocross (total career) in elite women's category (active riders):

5️⃣1️⃣ - Marianne Vos

33 - Puck Pieterse
32 - Lucinda Brand (including #CXWorldCup Dendermonde)

👉 Men's elite category: record for Mathieu van der Poel
6️⃣6️⃣ podium places in a row

⏱️ Biggest winning lead in a UCI cyclocross World Cup
race (men's elite category)

2'49'' - 2020 - Dendermonde - Wout van Aert
1'45'' - 1993 - Eindhoven - Paul Herijgers
1'37'' - 2007 - Hoogerheide - Sven Nys
1'31'' - 2021 - Hulst - Mathieu van der Poel

👉 1'30'' - 2024 - Zonhoven - MvdP

I miss Valentina & her kiosk. I miss her positivity & warm-heartedness. Valentina has been undergoing cancer treatment. To cheer her up I turned the Valentina’s Kiosk theme into a song & the legendary BBC Singers
have recorded it for her. Here is Valentina’s Song. Conducted by David Hill.

I asked Vladimir Putin: “25 years ago Yeltsin handed you power & told you 'Take care of Russia.’ Do you think you have? In light of significant losses in Ukraine, Ukrainian troops in Kursk region, sanctions, inflation…” Here’s his reply. Producer
@lizashuvalova.bsky.social @bentavener.bsky.social

16 hot Pro-Bikes from the Cyclo-Cross World Cup Namur 2024: tires, air pressure, gears and more youtu.be/mBLwmFwO1s0?...

Calendario CX de Puck Pieterse y Fem van Empel

A nice snow ride yesterday on the mountainbike.

Post you from a different era

#gravelride in September in Alta Badia

Stephen Hyde at #Superprestige Spa- Franchorchamps 2016 #cyclocross