Tom Pidcock Is Through!

Tom Pidcock is through!

Round One, Match Four: Tom Pidcock v. Julius Johansen

Tom Pidcock Propaganda

Just look at the instagram profile for his dogs. That's all. Yes I suppose he races sometimes too, but more importantly, dogs.

Julius Johansen Propaganda

my Vuelta 2023 randomly assigned little guy to cheer for when we did that in the discord. It was memorable when he got to GC position 113 with a time of 13 hours and the start number 134: the number 13 is fitting because he is not a lucky guy. He got covid. He got to be in the Weird Vuelta we had this year. He's on Intermaché so he had to ride for Rui Costa. He crashes in weird ways such as in the latest Post Danmark Rundt, which he began by breaking his bike in half, forcing him to use his spare training bike for the rest. He then crashed into a family's lunch table and a haybale, drove into a curb, stuff like that. Maybe some of it is less bad luck and more a skill issue, but nevertheless he keeps being optimistic about his chances. He's currently without a contract for next year, but personally I think anybody should be glad to have him solely because he consistently has THE best hair in the peloton.

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Semi-Finals, Match One: Wout van Aert v. Tadej Pogačar

Wout van Aert Propaganda

muddy wout. you agree

Tadej Pogačar Propaganda

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Round One, Match Nine: Eli Iserbyt v. Mads Pedersen

Eli Iserbyt Propaganda

small but fierce, he is my cyclocross boy and deserves more love.

First of all he's very small, so jot that down, secondly, he is currently winning everything in cyclocross even if he's unlikely to beat WvA and MvdP when they show up. Had offers to start doing road racing, but kept to what he likes and is good at, and I like that mentality. And he does so many races in cx, like he is everywhere all the time.

Mads Pedersen Propaganda

Simply go read an interview, he is immensely entertaining, and also the sprint he did in the Bemer Cyclassics gave me an adrenaline high that changed my brain chemistry. He betrayed his danish nation by moving away to Switzerland for tax reasons, but he's very open about it at least. Is described by teammates as a good guy and wears many silly Lidl outfits.

Funniest guy in the peloton, like listen to any interview with him. Has a grand tour grand slam (a victory in each grand tour). Look at those thighs. Number six on UCI ranking. Speedy guy. Keeps it real. Doesn’t die in hills as much as other sprinters imo. Just vote the guy, he’s great

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Mattias Skjelmose is through!

Round One, Match Twelve: Mattias Skjelmose v. João Almeida

Mattias Skjelmose Propaganda

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João Almeida Propaganda

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Quarter-Finals, Match Two: Primož Roglič v. Tadej Pogačar

Primož Roglič Propaganda

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Tadej Pogačar Propaganda

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Round Two, Match Seven: Jonas Vingegaard v. Marc Soler

Jonas Vingegaard Propaganda

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Marc Soler Propaganda

He may be ranked #130 in the UCI rankings but he is #1 in my heart ❤️

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As you may know, Marc Soler moved to UAE Team Emirates in 2022 and has since been one of Tadej Pogačar's most valuable mountain domestiques – pulling the peloton for kilometres on end, being there in the final group before Tadej and Jonas start attacking each other. Then there's stage 17 this year; his infamous ‘scary eyes’ and comforting hand, pulling his leader up the Col de la Loze and helping maintain his podium place.

However! There is much more to Marc Soler than that! Before 2022, his entire professional career was spent with Movistar – that blue-clad stalwart of Spanish cycling hopes. With them, he was again an invaluable domestique to the likes of Enric Mas, Alejandro Valverde, Nairo Quintana, and Richard Carapaz. In the intra-team ~drama~ that plagued Movistar’s 2019/2020 seasons, he remained if not neutral, but relatively uninvolved. This is well-documented in their documentary ‘Movistar: The Least Expected Day’, the series that first endeared him to me.

In 2018, he had his day as a GC challenger – a week, really, swooping to victory at Paris-Nice to take the overall win with a fantastic attack on the final stage to make up more than a minute on Simon Yates

Now let me discuss stage 5 of the Vuelta 2022: Marc’s second stage win at this race – the first being in 2020. There was a battle for the breakaway, and Marc missed out! Never fear – the intrepid Spaniard did what he does best; launch a seemingly futile attempt to bridge, riding solo or in a small group for 50km+ that never really gets anywhere. Not today, though! He joined them, when Stewart attacked he countered brilliantly and rode solo for the final 15km. Brilliant stuff. This won him the stage, the combativity award, and later actions brought him the overall super-combative award, all while supporting Juan Ayuso to the podium.

Oh yeah, did I mention the mullet?? And the earring??

Outside of racing, he comes across as a genuinely nice guy – though I have yet to come across an interview in English, translations of Spanish-language seem cheerful and respectful, having fun in UAE’s social media videos!

He recovered brilliantly from having to abandon in both the Giro and the Tour in 2021 – breaking both of his arms in a crash in the latter, yet soldiering on and completing the stage.

Soler in his natural habitats; pulling the peloton up some steep, steep slopes, or breaking away for a hail-Mary attack that’s seemingly done only for the sheer joy of doing so. He’s a valuable domestique, brilliant rider, and most certainly embodies the spirit of ciclismo!

Thus concludes my Soler propaganda.

Vamos, Marc!

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Wout van Aert is through!

Round Two, Match Two: Wout van Aert v. Tom Pidcock

Wout van Aert Propaganda

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Tom Pidcock Propaganda

Just look at the instagram profile for his dogs. That's all. Yes I suppose he races sometimes too, but more importantly, dogs.

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Round One, Match Seven: Cameron Mason v. Magnus Cort

Cameron Mason Propaganda

Does multiple disciplines, good accent, and has a nice youtube channel with a nice homemade feel to it and POV videos of courses, which I find interesting! Also wore some terrible looking kit while he was with trinity racing.

Magnus Cort Propaganda

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