Cillian Kelly
@cilliankelly.bsky.social
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Professional cycling nerd. Not doing fuck all anymore
https://www.thecyclingwebsite.com
Vingegaard in Yellow, Bernal in Green, Pog in Polka-Dots It's the first time ever that three former Tour winners have worn each of the three main jerseys at the Tour
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Really disappointed by the lack of Tour de France preview podcasts this year
about 18 hours ago
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I think today is the first time ever, since performance enhancing drugs were banned, that there will be no rider in the Tour de France who has experienced a doping scandal at the Tour.
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Come and subscribe to my Substack. The ridiculousest corner of the cycling internet A mix of stats and history and shouting at fucking everything Recent posts: - The 2,000th Tour de France stage - Preposterous Hollywood wank - Fausto Coppi was a fraud
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Simpsons: Homer and Bart Say 'Join Us'
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The 2,000th Tour de France stage. Who won it? When was it? Maybe it hasn’t happened yet? Maybe Pog will win it? Where am I? Who am I? All the answers are here.
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I never knew this
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Katy M
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Cillian doesn't need me to do his clickbait titles for him but honestly I said 'WHAT' out loud when I read this so it definitely deserves one... You'll never BELIEVE who won the 2000th stage of the Tour de France!
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Come and subscribe to my Substack. The ridiculousest corner of the cycling internet A mix of stats and history and shouting at fucking everything Recent posts: - The 2,000th Tour de France stage - Preposterous Hollywood wank - Fausto Coppi was a fraud
cilliankelly.substack.com
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The 2,000th Tour de France stage. Who won it? When was it? Maybe it hasn’t happened yet? Maybe Pog will win it? Where am I? Who am I? All the answers are here.
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3 days ago
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Cyclists > Footballers Well, not exactly. Come on in and have a read.
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6 days ago
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This from my podcasting brethren really got me excited for the Tour de France. Much more so than a bog standard Tour preview would. And if you think I’m just being biased. I’m not. I think Harry and Stu are cunts. But the podcast is really enjoyable
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Something’s Cooking In France: Life In The Peloton’s Race Radio presented by SHOKZ
Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5xokL4887Gb4ViwkLQrrxW?si=7OZjG0mjQsSD9XZAuYh_FQ
6 days ago
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Cyclists > Footballers Well, not exactly. Come on in and have a read.
open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...
6 days ago
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This from my podcasting brethren really got me excited for the Tour de France. Much more so than a bog standard Tour preview would. And if you think I’m just being biased. I’m not. I think Harry and Stu are cunts. But the podcast is really enjoyable
open.spotify.com/episode/5xok...
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Something’s Cooking In France: Life In The Peloton’s Race Radio presented by SHOKZ
Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5xokL4887Gb4ViwkLQrrxW?si=7OZjG0mjQsSD9XZAuYh_FQ
6 days ago
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Oh hey, I wonder how many times Remco Evenepoel has been tested out of competition since his last race two months ago. Remember when we had to think about these things? Good times.
10 days ago
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Disappointing that Visma have decided not to select Wout van Aert. I think all the best riders should be in all the best races and the Tour de France is right up there.
12 days ago
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Pog's winning margin at the Tour de Suisse: 6'32" Winning margins of the previous 10 editions added together (2015-2025): 6'33"
12 days ago
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Maybe some people don’t want to avoid that
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12 days ago
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Greg LeMond and the inherited victories. This is where my head wandered to this week.
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12 days ago
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Hello. Since it's Pog-time again, I did a podcast with
@andy-mcgrath.bsky.social
about his book on Tadej PogaÄŤar. Listen now in all the usual podcasty places (I think Apple usually takes a bit longer than the rest).
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5: Tadej Pogacar: Unstoppable by Andy McGrath
Cycling Books · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2EzsvbJjYiYFvIV04x7dIK?si=09981d6475084662
17 days ago
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Maybe there’s hope after all
18 days ago
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Back when not racing between the Giro and the Tour was considered unorthodox
24 days ago
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I am even more grumpy than usual in this one I think. Apologies.
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27 days ago
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I am even more grumpy than usual in this one I think. Apologies.
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27 days ago
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Today I won the Giro d'Italia Many people saw a 49-second deficit. I saw a 49-second opportunity. Too often in life we focus on the gap between where we are and where we want to be. But champions understand that every setback is simply a future LinkedIn post waiting to happen
27 days ago
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That triple treble hat-trick stage winning thing. When did that start? Might be longer ago than you think…
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That triple treble hat-trick thing
When did that start?
https://open.substack.com/pub/cilliankelly/p/that-triple-treble-hat-trick-thing?r=byypj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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That triple treble hat-trick stage winning thing. When did that start? Might be longer ago than you think…
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That triple treble hat-trick thing
When did that start?
https://open.substack.com/pub/cilliankelly/p/that-triple-treble-hat-trick-thing?r=byypj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
about 1 month ago
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The GC might be playing out in exactly the processional way we all expected… but there have been really exceptional non-GC stages in this Giro. Utterly enjoyable.
about 1 month ago
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Fausto Coppi was a fraud. A big fraudulent fraudster. Rewrite the history books.
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about 1 month ago
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Fausto Coppi was a fraud. A big fraudulent fraudster. Rewrite the history books.
open.substack.com/pub/cilliank...
about 1 month ago
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Is this the greatest breakaway monger performance at a Grand Tour since Erik Dekker at the Tour in the year 2000?
about 2 months ago
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What is truth anyway? The battle of the stat nerds.
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about 2 months ago
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What is truth anyway? The battle of the stat nerds.
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about 2 months ago
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I cannot recall a more entertaining non-GC day at a Grand Tour
about 2 months ago
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Why are cyclists so lazy these days? Tadej Pogacar is barely even a professional bike racer anymore.
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about 2 months ago
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Silva moving up 166 places on GC might be the single greatest GC leap in Grand Tour history.
about 2 months ago
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Dylan Groenewegen didn’t end up winning the stage for Unibet Rose Rockets…. For a piece of pie, which was the last team to have won the very first stage of their very first Grand Tour?
about 2 months ago
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The marketing works. I ❤️ Decathlon and now I’m almost exactly like Paul Seixas.
about 2 months ago
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Fabio Battesini in 1931. That’s the answer you’re looking for this morning.
2 months ago
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Backpedalling, backpedalling, chim chim churooo
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2 months ago
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Backpedalling, backpedalling, chim chim churooo
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WELCOME to the GCN show
2 months ago
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Today is the first day since last year's Tour de France that Pog has raced two days in a row. Lazy bollocks.
2 months ago
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The youngest younger who ever younged. Setting the record straight.
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2 months ago
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The youngest younger who ever younged. Setting the record straight.
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2 months ago
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PAUL SEIXAS IS THE NEW RAYMOND POULIDOR
2 months ago
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Maiden voyage on the new bike. Really impressed by its lateral stiffness but also its compliance while remaining responsive and being comfortable and also maintaining an acceptable CdA.
2 months ago
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Nottingham Forest could get relegated and end up in the Champions League Football is way way way more complicated than any of these guys ever consider when they make comments like this.
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2 months ago
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Paul Seixas can win the white jersey at the Tour de France seven times
2 months ago
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I'm psyched to see Pidcock score some UCI points this weekend
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2 months ago
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