2 FUCKING SECONDS BETWEEN THEM

out of curiosity why tf do we give lance armstrong a platform to talk about cycling?? like this guy cheated his way to becoming successful and now we're all just gonna sit back and let him pretend that he didnt?? why arent we instead giving people like Jonathan vaughters a platform when he has actually worked to make sure that cycling is improving??

Urska's story today

Just some Sepp pics for the world to revel in in light of the fact that there are only 8 days until the Vuelta 2024!!!!

heres my virtual attempt 🥇🥇🥇

i think tom pidcock lies about his age to get additional credit and is actually the same age as geraint thomas

The comm just reminding us that Tom Pidcock is only 24 🤯

I tend to forget too

take all the blue in the peloton and put it on the electoral map instead

as an american road cycling fan there is nothing more amazing than finally having a cycling race I can easily watch replays of!!! I can't even explain how exciting it is to hear the team and rider names again, and just being able to enjoy it again is 10/10

⚠️⚠️CONTENT WARNING: MENTIONS OF WEIGHT AND HEIGHT IN RELATION TO CYCLING/SPORTS AND HEALTH ETC. The USA national support hotline for eating d*sorders is (800) 931-2237.⚠️⚠️

so for those of you who didn't see wout's post stage interview, he made an interesting comment about Sepp's weight, essentially about the idea of Sepp being 60 kgs and doing such an incredible pull to close the gap on stage 7.

this is actually insane. for those of you who don't know, Sepp currently weighs 61 kgs (134 lbs) and is 1.82 meters tall (essentially 6 feet). For context, Remco Evenepoel is the same weight and is 1.71 meters tall (5 feet 7 inches). For more context, super domestique Wout is 0.08 meters taller than Sepp (about 1 or 2 inches), but weighs 78 kgs (171 lbs). For more context, as a fairly in shape person but non professional cyclist, I am 1.57 meters (5 feet, 2 inches) tall and weigh about 57 kgs (126 lbs).

Reminder that last year, Sepp was also a super domestique, and was likely a similar weight to Wout. His job was blocking the wind for Jonas and Primoz. However, now he's expected to be at the weight of a GC contender, despite being the height of a super domestique.

Overall, this just makes me really really worried about his health. Especially looking at the fact that he has been suffering really badly from the effects of getting covid in May/June, and I wonder if there's some correlation with this drastic weight loss.

TO BE CLEAR: I know Sepp is a professional athlete, and I know that VLaB has the best nutritionists keeping an eye on his health and recovery. However, it is nearly impossible for me to imagine a healthy way to drop that much weight, particularly considering the difference between his previous race weight and now.

the addition of simon yates to VLAB makes the 2025 tour even wilder between them and UAE

Like, before we had crazy matchups with

Jonas 💛vs Tadej🤍

Sepp 💛vs Marc Soler🤍

Matteo💛 vs Juan🤍

Wilco Kelderman 💛vs Nils Politt🤍

BUT NOW

we get Yates💛 vs Yates🤍 too?!?!?!!!

shoutout to VLAB for figuring out that the jerseys for the mens tdf were awful and no one could find them in the peloton and FIXING IT because these new jerseys are 🔥🔥🔥🔥