#GirodItaliaWomen 2026 stage 7 #raceinverse: There was a young lady named Celia Who likes nobody on her wheel, yeah? She quietly crept away And bridged to the break, hooray And won, hopefully a Wolfie Lupo as memorabilia

The only requirement to be a Londoner is that you currently live in London.

#GirodItaliaWomen 2026 stage 6 #raceinverse: Fourth stage Elisa wins Again because she is The preeminent remaining Sprinter

#GirodItaliaWomen 2026 stage 5 #raceinverse: There was a young woman called Demi Who with some racing alchemy Bounced back to take Her Trilogy, for goodness sake With great panache, many a shimmy

Hojicha latte and matcha sake tart 🇯🇵 at Karuto Cafe, Hampstead High Street NW3. Lovely little cafe, made me feel as if I was back in Tokyo browsing the shops. #redharesrestaurants

#GirodItaliaWomen 2026 stage 4 #raceinverse: Anna wins uphill Victory seemed at will The slope seemed an anthill Just feed to her gristmill

#GirodItaliaWomen 2026 stage 3 #raceinverse: Elisa Balsamo Takes yet another stage win Peerless sprinter here

Well now.

Support all of this. Also, let’s vary length of matches randomly - 3 minutes to 4 days. Bring the supporters into it - whoever cheers the loudest is awarded one goal, whoever spends the most on beer another goal, and whoever hangs around the longest (measured by fewest loo breaks) a third goal.

Rosary Ash Goat’s Cheese 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🐐 from Rosary Goat’s Cheese. Smells grassy, herbal, and with a note of elderflower. Soft and creamy, with a slightly gamey flavour, but I also get cornflakes and more grassy notes. Paired with a slice of toast and biltong from Battersea Biltong. 5/10 #redharescheese

#GirodItaliaWomen 2026 stage 2 #raceinverse: Balsamo wins, hanging on tight Takes the jersey by right and might Other decisions not withstanding You have to be the strongest standing

#GirodItalia 2026 stage 21 #raceinverse: Milan finally Wins a stage in the Giro Saving face and race

Gosh, been too busy to write any cycling poetry. Congratulations to Anna van der Breggen! Maglia e tappa, bravissima!

I’m the king of making fried rice. Would trade that for actually being able to cook.

Billionaires aren’t the only participants in bond markets. Not repaying bonds means welching on your nan’s pension, your own savings, your council’s liquid assets and trashing your - our - own good name.

#GirodItaliaWomen 2026 stage 1 #raceinverse: Wiebes won the sprint but surprise! Was thrown out for an underweight bike Elisa Balsamo didn’t like Taking the stage like this, sports-wise But dissenters can take a hike

#GirodItalia 2026 stage 20 #raceinverse: ‘Twas so very predictable That Jonas wins a mountain stage As calm and serene as a sage And mighty and redoubtable He did it, we can turn the page

#GirodItalia 2026 stage 19 #raceinverse: There was a young man called Sepp Who rode uphill with plenty of pep The Durango Kid His Trilogy, he did The thing that can’t go higher is his rep

Restore have clearly never read the Book of Acts.

The Grand Tour triple for Sepp Kuss 🇺🇸🤩🩷💛❤️ Only the second American to do so after Tyler Farrar 👏

Yep, I was wrong

Ho! Polémica! Guess maybe Giulio will win this one after all. Doesn’t look like Sepp will chase.

Go Seppy! Complete your trilogy! Alternatively, forza Derek! Begin your trilogy! #GirosItalia

“Children should learn how to measure inflation and judge risk, how to detect a scam and a fiddle. But algebra, calculus and quadratic equations are for the birds – and boffins.” 🤦 they’re actually basic mathematical tools that I use, to, for example, forecast my cash flows. Stuff you learn by 16.

So Sepp is going for the tappone today yes? Yes? #GirodItalia

#GirodItalia 2026 stage 18 #raceinverse: Stuyven was cunning Steered Paul to win, stunning The break who were gunning For second stage running

Kimchi fried rice, shredded carrots, seared beef brisket, fried eggplant and gyozas 🇰🇷 a very decent #workscran, even if it doesn’t discriminate so well between East Asian cuisines.

#GirodItalia 2026 stage 17 #raceinverse: Valgren finally Wins the Grand Tour stage that is His due, rightfully

Eggs Avotine (eggs Benedict but with avocado) (🇦🇺?) at Have an Avo, Fortune Green Road NW1. Slightly bougie place but the poachies are sound and the combination with avocado not bad. Quite a decent brunch. #redharesrestaurants

I think driving disqualification should be used more liberally. Say 2 year disqualification upon reaching 6 points and permanent disqualification for a second offence. Immediate permanent disqualification for touching a phone while driving. Report away. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#GirodItalia 2026 stage 16 #raceinverse: Cometh the hour Jonas lays power A legend will flower Though the race was dour

Heartbreaking. I’m glad we treated Dennis Walker better. #MUFC www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

#GirodItalia 2026 stage 15 #raceinverse: Four men tried hard to beat the bunch Gambled to beat them to the punch The sprinters got in a bother About working with each other So Fred Dversnes ate their lunch

Also, just listened to Ned Boulting and Lizzie Deignan interview Elisa Longo Borghini on this year’s #GirodItaliaWomen. It’s gonna be an almighty showdown - Elisa on her home terrain, Demi the premier stage racer this year, and a whole host of young guns ready to pounce.

I do sympathise with Ciccone, but he’s never going to be given a long leash on a mountain stage. Maybe Visma are pulling for a Sepp Kuss win today? #GirodItalia

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Time for another restaurant thread. This was a simple meal of seafood 🇬🇧 at Parsons, Endell St WC2, which deserves to be an institution, if it isn’t already. So much to appreciate about cooking fish just right - it’s actually very hard to do. #redharesrestaurants

This never worked for me - working for 25 minutes and taking a 5 minute break quickly escalated into working for 5 minutes and taking a 3 hour break. However I then became a father, and when there’s a child depending on you to keep it alive, by God you get things done in very small windows.

Opposition divided: battle among Iranian regime’s opponents plays out on London streets

I’m having a “British Bank Holiday Monday”, by which I mean I’m lazing around while waiting to go to watch a movie later. Dinner will be home made wontons if I can be arsed to go get the wrappers. Otherwise it will be wonton filling.

If Jonas is the padrone, nothing anybody on Processo alla Tappa says will make a blind bit of difference.

Derek Gee-West chasing in a sprint train is not something you see every day.

#GirodItalia 2026 stage 14 #raceinverse: As was foretold, so it came to be Jonas took the maglia rosa It’s what the masses came to see As Rome looms ever and ever closer

I don’t know anything about wine, but it’s good to see there’s some people who still want to get good at what they do and produce something.

#GirodItalia 2026 stage 13 #raceinverse: Bettiol, rouleur, struck hard and struck fast Getting into a break once and again Surging past Leknessund, power on blast Certainly no one else could then contain His attack on slope, on flat, to the line And thence take his first win in this campaign

Tactically, they’re perfect. 🤔 #GirodItalia

#GirodItalia 2026 stage 12 #raceinverse: There was a young man called Alec Who might possibly have been Salic A finisseur par excellence As good as Jan Bakelants He’ll probably celebrate with a glass of Malbec

#ItzuliaWomen 2026 #raceinverse summary: Mischa struck early and held on tightly To the lead and the bunch, and won, rightly GC: Mischa Bredewold 🇳🇱 SDW Points: Mischa Bredewold 🇳🇱 SDW Climber: Yara Kastelijn 🇳🇱 FPC Youth: Ema Comte 🇫🇷 COF

#GirodItalia 2026 stage 11 #raceinverse: Narváez grabs his third this year With panache and strength and grit Imagine how shining his career If he’d ridden for himself a bit

#GirodItalia 2026 stage 10 #raceinverse: The top Ganna faced No serious challenge as he Won so easily Jonas was less imperious And Eulálio kept pink