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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 21h

Cycling is a totally normal sport where you can win a piglet and take it home.

Katy M @writebikerepeat.bsky.social · 21h

For anyone following the life of Little Léon the Tro Bro piglet, here he is at 5 months 😍

Really hope Valentin can win him a little brother next year 🥺

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 21h

If you feel like Lombardia is going to be too predictable, I can recommend joining @jezcox.bsky.social and me for the Tour of the Vendee at 15.30 CET. French Cup chaos ahoy!

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 2d

The Nobel Peace Prize seems to be the new Sports Personality of the Year Award.

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 3d

hope no one confuses it with mine, "Cross-eyed and big thighed."

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 3d

Can't apologise enough.

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 3d

Wide-eyed and legless, eh?

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 3d

So is a jumbo-sized Toblerone.

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think they're evasive about it -- the justification for the new regs is to preserve a distinction (i may be paraphrasing v. slightly) and that's clearly about the aesthetics of it. I don't know that I especially disagree with that either.

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 3d

Months of consideration, and still a piece of legislation that fails to clarify whether a helmet that only partially covers the ears is permitted.

Also, I don't see what is added by banning both "covering" and "enclosing" the ear.

www.cyclingweekly.com/news/uci-rel...

UCI releases full details of helmet clampdown – here's what's going to be banned

Helmets in mass start events will need to have at least three air vents, among other regulations

www.cyclingweekly.com

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah. If I keep them in the bike store I'll have to feed them.

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 4d

Seriously -- who'd be a mid-level pro in the current climate?

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 4d

And the market is already so flooded with riders I'm tempted to pick up a few bargains and stash them in the bike store till the prices pick up again.

the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 4d

Concerns for the Wagner Bazin team via @charlesmarsault.bsky.social after Philippe Wagner ousted from the Bazin company. Wagner's long been a benefactor of the sport via his charcuterie business so if he's been removed the team's big backer is gone, new management may cut back on sports sponsorship

Charles Marsault @charlesmarsault.bsky.social · 4d

ça pue pour l'équipe l'an prochain.

www.estrepublicain.fr/economie/202...

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 4d

Most important thing -- Churchill has a nicer bar than Imperial. (Or at least, it used to. Haven't been to either for a while.)

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 5d

But without our carefree youth.

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 5d

Mine was the same -- for vast majority (even of TT specialists) it's lower.

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 5d

I can understand fan boredom with the dominance of Tadej Pogacar. Indeed, some people used to feel the same about my capacity for winning time trial championships in the UK. So, if you struggle with Pogacar, can you imagine how much more boring a boring time triallist is?

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 5d

Re: European Mens' RR champs yesterday. It's amazing that it's taken till now for it to occur to 'fans' to stick things to riders as they pass on climbs. I predict an awful lot more of this in the coming seasons. Flags, logos, marriage proposals, AirTags...

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, I don't know. It was better than them playing a blinder and having that to hold over me the rest of our lives.

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 5d

I've had a few friends on UC over the years. Every single one of them has been a multiple lose-five-points-for-an-incorrect-interruption disaster.

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 5d

I think that if TNT were determining the results of the races, that would be a whole other issue.

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 6d

At Lombardia next Saturday:
“Same as last week Tadej?”
“Same as every week Remco.”

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 6d

Do the Peace of Westphalia again.

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 6d

At the European Men's Road Race Champs:
"Same again this week, Remco?"
"Same again this week, Tadej."

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 8d

Just wait til someone comes back from a stag do in Belfast with news of how to paint kerbstones red white and blue.

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Michael Hutchinson @doctorhutch.bsky.social · 8d

I really should have worked in publishing. It just comes so naturally.

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