Round Two, Match Six: Simon Geschke V. Mattias Skjelmose
Round Two, Match Six: Simon Geschke v. Mattias Skjelmose
Simon Geschke Propaganda
Personal: Simon Geschke is an old man with a magnificent beard, born in East-Berlin (a soft pisces with a fiery aries moon, we stan a king) and despite living in the south of Germany for a while now he never lost his perfect accent and his dry pragmatic way of looking at the world. He is vegan and has a french bulldog (which...okay...), and his favorite hobby is fiddling with his Schwalbe, a vintage GDR scooter.
Professional: The son of a track cycling world champion probably learned to bike before he learned to walk. Now he rides for Cofidis as a mountain specialist and helper for Guillaume Martin. Biggest moment was gaining the polka dot jersey in the 2022 Tour de France. He held it for nine days and did a special and adorable video for KIKA, the kid's channel, where he counted all the dots on the jersey for the kids. There are 75 dots. Here is the video:
Mattias Skjelmose Propaganda (provided by poll-runner)
Personal: He’s a super lovely guy with an adorable smile, looks like an elf, likes a cheeky bit of gossip and has no filter, great friends with Mads Pedersen.
One time he crashed and fell 15m down a ravine, climbed back up himself and yelled “I’m fine, just give me a new bike” which is just. Insane to me
Professional: He’s had a really interesting journey as a rider. He was on top of the world as a junior, rivalling Remco Evenepoel, but was a total dick. Then he got banned for doping because he took some contaminated dietary supplements. Came back a year later and then signed to Trek-Segafredo (much to the irritation of Mads Pedersen, who knocked on Mattias’ hotel room door and asked him why he should believe he had changed, but found himself pleasantly surprised by the type of guy Mattias now was) and now he’s thirteenth on the individual UCI ranking. Rouleur did a great article on him:
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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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Thibaut Pinot is through!
Round One, Match Sixteen: Thibaut Pinot v. Victor Campenaerts
Thibaut Pinot Propaganda
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Victor Campenaerts Propaganda
he’s a cheeky boy and his bromance with Jasper De Buyst is so cute! https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cul3prPL5Cv/?igshid=ZDE1MWVjZGVmZQ==
Round One, Match Three: Mark Cavendish v. Wout van Aert
Wout van Aert Propaganda
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Mark Cavendish Propaganda
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The Bracket
Here is the official bracket for the Tumblr’s favourite cyclist poll. Round one will take place on Sunday. Apologies for the low quality, it’s more legible when you click on the image.
Matej Mohorič is through!
Round Two, Match Five: Mads Pedersen v. Matej Mohorič
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
Matej Mohorič Propaganda
Round One, Match Fourteen: Lennard Kämna v. Marc Soler
Lennard Kämna Propaganda
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Marc Soler Propaganda
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Quarter-Finals, Match Four: Jonas Vingegaard v. Thibaut Pinot
Jonas Vingegaard Propaganda
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Thibaut Pinot Propaganda
how can you not vote for absolute cycling legend Tibo. The small documentary they made at the end of the season? Fucking broke me man.
Chala-la-lala-lala TIIIBOOO PINOOOOO
Please accept Thibaut age 7 in his cycling gear as additional propaganda (x)
He was full of dreams, and already he wanted to be “Champion of the Tour de France”.
Round One, Match Eleven: Michael Mørkøv v. Simon Geschke
Michael Mørkøv Propaganda
Incredible leadout man whom I saw forced to try and explain the mechanics of a leadout + sprint on TV using toy cars this last tdf. Was the lanterne rouge after his sprinter abandoned which earns him my sympathies especially as he remained grounded in his expectations yet slightly optimistic in the face of adversity. Danish nickname "Svanen fra banen" - "The swan from the track", which doesn't rhyme as well because we mustn't let road racing results distract from how he's been world champion on track. He is on the older side and a capital-D Dad, but we may see him sprint with Cavendish next year and I for one am excited about the possibility.
Simon Geschke Propaganda
Personal: Simon Geschke is an old man with a magnificent beard, born in East-Berlin (a soft pisces with a fiery aries moon, we stan a king) and despite living in the south of Germany for a while now he never lost his perfect accent and his dry pragmatic way of looking at the world. He is vegan and has a french bulldog (which...okay...), and his favorite hobby is fiddling with his Schwalbe, a vintage GDR scooter.
Professional: The son of a track cycling world champion probably learned to bike before he learned to walk. Now he rides for Cofidis as a mountain specialist and helper for Guillaume Martin. Biggest moment was gaining the polka dot jersey in the 2022 Tour de France. He held it for nine days and did a special and adorable video for KIKA, the kid's channel, where he counted all the dots on the jersey for the kids. There are 75 dots. Here is the video:
Mathieu van der Poel is through to round two!
Round One, Match Two: Mathieu van der Poel v. Michael Vanthourenhout
Mathieu van der Poel Propaganda
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Michael Vanthourenhout Propaganda
Tall and super blonde, he is Eli Iserbyt's knight in a shiny armor and won the cyclocross European Championship twice so his jersey can match his role.
I just love Eli and Michael, and watch them race together in cross. They bring team tactics in cyclocross races and it works.
Third-Place Playoff: Matej Mohorič v. Wout van Aert
Matej Mohorič Propaganda
Wout van Aert Propaganda
muddy wout. you agree
Look how pretty he is. Look how dad-shaped he is. Don’t make him sad.
I’m gonna be honest with you, I don’t think he’s pretty. But he’s human. He’s fierce. He never gives up. He comes back from having a rag stuck in his chain to freaking winning races. He comes back from giving it his all in pulling to… pull again and leave all of his leader’s adversaries behind. He may not have won much this year, but he still gave 125% and it was a joy to see.
And
Most importantly
He’s kind!
He has kind eyes. He is friend-shaped. He is generous with his teammates. You can tell that, while he’s focused on himself (as every and all athletes), he never forgets that he is not alone in this, and he honors the other cyclists both from his team and the peloton as a whole. He doesn’t leave people behind. He passes on victories to reward the efforts they put in for him in past races.
He has honor and courage and class and panache. So so much panache.
He is, truly, my favourite cyclist.
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