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lissie @lissmjm.bsky.social · Nov 13

my wishlist for the 2025 cycling season:
🐝 olav kooij TDF début (+ stage win)
🚴‍♀️vollering thrives away from SDWorx
🟡 roglič/vingegaard/an underdog wins the TDF
🤳TDT unibet have a great season
💪 cian back on form
🇫🇷 alaphilippe/girmay/o’connor upwards trajectory continues
❌ no more pogačar dominance

reardupeloton - Tom @reardupeloton.bsky.social · Nov 13

I know it’s early but what are your wishes for the 2025 season

I’ll start:

WVA redemption arc: Roubaix or Flanders win (or both!)
Vollering redemption arc: Changes teams and wins the TdFF for a French team
Pfeiffer Georgi recovers from her injury and reclaims British Title

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Peter @pbcyclewrites.bsky.social · 3d

Reminder that you should subscribe to InTheWheels on YouTube if you’re not already… there’s content going up daily and there’s fortnightly features all planned to January, with more to come

Screenshot of the channel page of InTheWheels YouTube channel which is found at: https://youtube.com/@inthewheels?si=5zLZp1m530jVIBBw

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lissie @lissmjm.bsky.social · 2d

that women’s elimination race had me HOOKED

lissie @lissmjm.bsky.social · 2d

Gillespie ABSOLUTELY deserved that win, my goodness🤩

lissie @lissmjm.bsky.social · 3d

why are the Netherlands so good at track cycling? is it a super common sport there, or are they investing loads of money into it, etc?

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lissie @lissmjm.bsky.social · 3d

gonna start a petition for her to take a much deserved holiday (for at least the next 365 days😌just to make sure she gets enough rest)

lissie @lissmjm.bsky.social · 3d

was having a great time watching the track world champs, so excited to have all my favourite riders back on my screen and actually see some exciting and varied racing again

…and then lorena wiebes shows up😔

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trick van treat @derek.bike · Sep 16

Spain made a very good statement about the UCI's ongoing endorsement of using pro cycling to launder Israel's reputation

"There is no peace without justice and
'whitewashing' through sport a genocide such as the one being carried out in Gaza, with thousands of deaths, innocent boys and girls, and a famine already declared by the United Nations, this is indeed a political position that contravenes the Olympic Charter and the most basic values of sport."

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lissie @lissmjm.bsky.social · Sep 13

very true, and he’s been proving himself for a while now tbf, I might be ready to consider his cv🤔

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Jens Dekker @jensdekker.bsky.social · Aug 27

Genuinely baffled about riders who decide that now is the perfect time to sign for a team bearing the name of a government that has been committing genocide for a while. It was already weird, but now that public opinion is finally starting to turn it's even more perplexing.

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lissie @lissmjm.bsky.social · Sep 6

go remco!!!

Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team @soudalquickstep.bsky.social · Sep 6

Back with a bang 💥

In his first race since the Tour de France, Remco Evenepoel wins the queen stage of the Tour of Britain!

#No35in2025 #WayToRide

Remco Evenepoel wins stage 5 of the Tour of Britain.

lissie @lissmjm.bsky.social · Sep 6

I was very concerned about my ability to stay composed, but thankfully I managed to focus and get it done haha😅 it also helped that he was the last rider I spoke to, so I’d had time to warm up and calm the nerves

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lissie @lissmjm.bsky.social · Sep 5

sadly I forgot to tell him about his fan club😔I was too busy trying to remain professional

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lissie @lissmjm.bsky.social · Sep 5

guys… I can now officially say… I have spoken to olav kooij😌

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lissie @lissmjm.bsky.social · Sep 4

they have all the time in the world to learn about it though… they are making an ACTIVE choice not to. Which is their right, but says a lot about them as people🤷‍♀️

Most people don’t have the luxury of not being interested in politics

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Tim Bonville-Ginn @timbonvilleginn.bsky.social · Sep 3

The UCI and IPT are so blind to the potential dangers ahead. They just condemn the protests and say they aren't affective. They are very affective.

IPT should really be taken out of La Vuelta now as it is becoming dangerous for their riders and staff as well as everyone else at the race.

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ednl🇪🇺 @ee1.nl · Sep 4

"It’s really upsetting for us as a team, upsetting for the riders, a lot of guys are shaken up by the incident," IPT director Daryl Impey said after Stage 5, on the same day the country on his team's jersey killed 61 people.

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lissie @lissmjm.bsky.social · Sep 4

agreed, but now it’s quite literally staring them in the face, and is absolutely affecting them directly… there’s no excuse not to know what’s going on now

lissie @lissmjm.bsky.social · Sep 4

his son will have another birthday he can win on, I’m sure

meanwhile, there are likely plenty of people being killed and subjected to extreme cruelty on their birthdays, maybe we should extend a thought to them

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lissie @lissmjm.bsky.social · Sep 4

oh absolutely - his quotes here are incredibly gross and ignorant

I can’t stand when people can’t hold the people they support accountable, so hopefully there won’t be any excuses made for him here

lissie @lissmjm.bsky.social · Sep 4

I don’t buy the excuses that these "apolitical" riders are only coming out with these ignorant quotes because they’re "banned" from saying what they truly feel, when Pello Bilbao has been openly posting and speaking on this for ages

if he can do it, everyone can🤷‍♀️ it’s a choice.

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rogljiček @tadeypogachar.bsky.social · Sep 3

People making excuses for cyclists balking at making any statement. Guys it's okay you don't have to justify it. They're cowards concerned with their job, which doesn't make them especially evil, it makes them average, and it does make them cowardly

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Kjell @ferrex.bsky.social · Sep 3

if the UCI really believes that hard in "no politics" in cycling and the sport is "an expression of sportmanship" or w/e their cope is, why did they so swiftly ban russian teams & force russian riders under a neutral flag back in 2022?

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Billy Lezard @billylezard.bsky.social · Sep 3

The commentators for Eurosport were disgraceful. Full shilling, blaming the protesters and saying they support the right to protest as long as it doesn't "ruin things for other" aka as long as we can ignore it

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Billy Lezard @billylezard.bsky.social · Sep 3

Far too many people right now:

Community meme "I can excuse genocide, but I draw the line at disrupting a bike race"

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Samuel @samuelgamester.bsky.social · Sep 3

The UCI should give the team a choice, either remove any reference to Israel from all team branding & communications and race as Team Premier Tech, or stop racing, for the safety of the entire race convoy and roadside spectators, and to preserve the integrity of the sporting competition #LaVuelta25

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