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

Tadej Pogačar is through!

Round Two, Match Four: Magnus Cort v. Tadej Pogačar

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Tadej Pogačar Propaganda

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Tadej Pogačar is through!

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 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.

After a very closely-fought battle, Tadej Pogačar is through to the final!

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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Thibaut Pinot is through!

Round Two, Match Eight: Remco Evenepoel v. Thibaut Pinot

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Wout van Aert is through!

Round One, Match Three: Mark Cavendish v. Wout van Aert

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Mark Cavendish Propaganda

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Sepp Kuss is through to Round Two!

Round One, Match One: Jasper Philipsen v. Sepp Kuss

Jasper Philipsen Propaganda:

I have a soft spot for a somewhat cocky, pretty sprinter

Sepp Kuss Propaganda:

Vuelta 2023, need I say more. And he even brought his dog there with its little special pass.

you absolutely cannot forget world's greatest domestique and 2023 Vuelta winner (GC Kuss!!!!)

The little domestique that could! He has been steadily working for tjv, been integral in their victories, just participated in all 3 grand tours, helped lead the team to victory, and won one himself. He's also cute af, married a spanish woman and speaks the language well. Oh, and he has an adorable puppy. He is an adorable puppy

Round Two, Match Eight: Remco Evenepoel v. Thibaut Pinot

Remco Evenepoel Propaganda

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Thibaut Pinot Propaganda

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Thibaut Pinot is through!

Round One, Match Sixteen: Thibaut Pinot v. Victor Campenaerts

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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==

Mattias Skjelmose is through!

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:

Rouleur

Mattias Skjelmose never gives up

This article was originally published in Issue 117 of Rouleur magazine.  I first met Mattias Skjelmose in the spring of 2018. He was 17 year