I think Kuss should have also kissed a picture of Vingegaard's wife.

Ah, Actovegin. Spain. Livestock medicine. That takes me back. escapecollective.com/dailynews/#t...

The finish line Italo-disco seeping into the RAI commentary booth really jazzes up the coverage.

Bettiol's timing over that last GPM was 👨‍🍳💋🤌.

Cycling as promotional travel brochure, example 5,230,017. #giro

Can’t wait for the new Campenaerts vlog.

Sincerely love that the Rás is just out there rolling with the most 1999 website I have seen in quite some time. www.rastailteann.com/event/

Anyone who has worn pink in the Giro should keep using whatever pink accessories their team gave them through the rest of the race. Keep a running tally in pink frames, helmets, gloves, head units.

UAE has like two guys in the Giro and is still hoovering up stages.

My theory is that there are two voiceover artists—one man, one woman—who do every TV commercial in Italy.

Door-to-door solicitor refusing to leave my porch even as I restrain a visibly disturbed and unusually large springer spaniel is a bold choice.

I am highly partial to in-country grand tour departs.

It’s that magical time of year when cycling manufacturers make a pink edition of almost everything. I’m not against it.

Cycling team long derided for being soulless and robotic doubles down on being soulless and robotic. escapecollective.com/a-curious-da...

Last weekend I learned that Burlington, VT is where early 1990s Cannondale MTBs went to live long, prosperous, and largely bone-stock lives. Touching to witness, really.

There are far more egregious issues with the NYT, but not explaining *why* this chair is called the Bibendum in an article on the 10 Most Important Chairs is a crime nevertheless.

Bauke Mollema was in the race today. When he first rode Fléche Wallonne, Paul Seixas was 1

Becoming a shareholder so I have value

The Groupama-FDJ kit gives Motorola vibes on-screen.

Every year we try to put racing into words. Every year the road makes fools of us. This year more than most. escapecollective.com/reporters-no...

Love how at one end, modern cycling nutrition is about math and amino acid chains and balance and whatnot, and at the other end, everyone's just scarfing down rice krispie treats and candy on rides.

I lived in Ithaca, NY, when this came out, and "Really. Well, I'm from Utica and I never heard anyone use the phrase, 'steamed hams.'" became an instant classic.

So which team comes back to Roubaix with custom, high thread-count 32c tubulars next year? You know this is going to go full-circle at some point.

You guys didn't win one big race. It'll be OK.

Trying and failing to think of a more universally popular victory than Wout‘s today.

The Paris-Roubaix cobbled trophies aren't actual road cobbles dug out from the route or elsewhere, they're carved from local stone by Slosse Marbrerie, a firm in Orchies along the route whose usual business is making tombstones

Now that’s a bike race. So, so happy for Wout.

my stomach hurts

The favorites have now had one flat for every article written about flat prevention tech at Roubaix.

Neutral bikes should still have clips and straps, TBH.

Maybe there are downsides to having your team cook off the first half of the race at 52 kph.

Love that there are on-screen graphics for litter zones. I guess so uninitiated audiences aren‘t horrified.

If not for Pogacar, I’d say Philipsen stood a chance of Devoldering Roubaix. But Pogacar.

is paul seixas ruining cycling yet

Apparently the Rio velodrome is on fire. apnews.com/video/dozens...

Driving around Belgium last week—without giant personal vehicles and with a driving culture that felt cooperative rather than competitive—was incredible and they should keep doing whatever they’re doing.

My profound takeaway from a week at the Flemish classics is that it's pretty funny that the only people in the whole scene who risk any consequence for public urination are the racers.

My family suffering through an absolutely brutal round of “I was just there. I rode that.” #RVV

Thanks, Belgium. You were great.

Reading about Vermeersch being abused for chasing down Wout at DDV and thinking back to covering the 2004 RVV.

Have no doubt Evenepoel has done all the right efforts at the right power and duration for the RVV bergs. But I suspect he should have also spent like 120 hours on the bike getting yelled at by Niko Eeckhout and/or Nico Mattan.

Does anyone know if Remco is riding the Ronde?

I know it was disappointing, but there’s huge potential here for the Wout plot arc.

Unibet Rose Rockets are really paying off their invites this week. Chapeau.

The Wout faithful on the Nokereberg are not pleased.

Kind of wild that Strava has been able to brand every major climb in Flanders.

Kind of wild that Strava has been able to brand every major climb in Flanders.

Would not object to a Wout-Mads battle today.

Even the cashier at the Centrum Ronde van Vlaanderen was making fun of the Gent-Wevelgem rebrand.

Just like old times.