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Stories about cycling and the media, business, culture, and politics. Click to read RIDING WITH, by Jonathan E. Kaplan, a Substack publication.
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HUGE INTERVIEWS:
✅Orla Chennaoui @sportsorla.bsky.social @adamblythe89.bsky.social
✅@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social @theathletic.bsky.social
✅ Reed Albergotti @semaforben.bsky.social @semafor.com ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/orla-chenn...
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✅Orla Chennaoui @sportsorla.bsky.social @adamblythe89.bsky.social
✅@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social @theathletic.bsky.social
✅ Reed Albergotti @semaforben.bsky.social @semafor.com ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/orla-chenn...
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From Jerusalem to Geneva. How the war in Gaza forced a moral reckoning on, of all things, an Israeli-owned professional cycling team (with just three Israeli riders). #professionalcycling #gaza #war #israel ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/from-jerus...
FROM JERUSALEM TO GENEVA
A recap of how the war in Gaza destroyed Israel-Premier Tech
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November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
From Jerusalem to Geneva. How the war in Gaza forced a moral reckoning on, of all things, an Israeli-owned professional cycling team (with just three Israeli riders). #professionalcycling #gaza #war #israel ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/from-jerus...
@rahmemanuel.bsky.social @colinallredtx.bsky.social @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social have all appeared on our new podcast, United States of Sweat. Check it out under the Choose the Hard Way channel. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Choose the Hard Way
Health & Fitness Podcast · Updated Weekly · Stories about how hard things build stronger humans who have more fun. Guests from pro cycling, sports, politics, business, tech, journalism, the military a...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
@rahmemanuel.bsky.social @colinallredtx.bsky.social @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social have all appeared on our new podcast, United States of Sweat. Check it out under the Choose the Hard Way channel. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social @oilysailor.bsky.social @alexspiers.bsky.social I agree w/ all of your ratings about this years @letourfr.bsky.social So if we divide 30 by 4 = 7.5. I'd like to go a bit higher -- can we do 8? I think Stage 21 bumps gives it another half point. 🚴♂️
August 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social @oilysailor.bsky.social @alexspiers.bsky.social I agree w/ all of your ratings about this years @letourfr.bsky.social So if we divide 30 by 4 = 7.5. I'd like to go a bit higher -- can we do 8? I think Stage 21 bumps gives it another half point. 🚴♂️
Trump’s attack on George Soros is ludicrous. It also endangers Jews (and everyone else) forward.com/opinion/7652...
Trump’s attack on George Soros is ludicrous. It also endangers Jews (and everyone else)
Trump’s post presents a fever dream in which one Jewish person is powerful and hateful enough to tear the nation apart.
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August 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Trump’s attack on George Soros is ludicrous. It also endangers Jews (and everyone else) forward.com/opinion/7652...
The @lavuelta.bsky.social started Saturday (in Italy) and, on Friday, I joined the Beyond the Peloton podcast to offer predictions about the race. Please listen and share (if only to spite the algorithms). open.substack.com/pub/ridingwi...
RIDING WITH | Jonathan E. Kaplan | Substack
Stories about cycling and the media, business, culture, and politics. Click to read RIDING WITH, by Jonathan E. Kaplan, a Substack publication.
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August 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The @lavuelta.bsky.social started Saturday (in Italy) and, on Friday, I joined the Beyond the Peloton podcast to offer predictions about the race. Please listen and share (if only to spite the algorithms). open.substack.com/pub/ridingwi...
@washingtonpost.com sends a reporter to @letourfr.bsky.social to do ONE story and it's about cheating. It's not informative or intellectually honest. Story doesn't mention that there's been ONLY one instance of cheating, in 2016, and none at the Tour. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Tiny motors? Tour de France hums with rumors.
After a doping scandal upended the sport, professional cycling is pursuing dual challenges of keeping cycling honest and convincing a skeptical audience it is.
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August 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
@washingtonpost.com sends a reporter to @letourfr.bsky.social to do ONE story and it's about cheating. It's not informative or intellectually honest. Story doesn't mention that there's been ONLY one instance of cheating, in 2016, and none at the Tour. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social @oilysailor.bsky.social @alexspiers.bsky.social I agree w/ all of your ratings about this years @letourfr.bsky.social So if we divide 30 by 4 = 7.5. I'd like to go a bit higher -- can we do 8? I think Stage 21 bumps gives it another half point. 🚴♂️
August 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social @oilysailor.bsky.social @alexspiers.bsky.social I agree w/ all of your ratings about this years @letourfr.bsky.social So if we divide 30 by 4 = 7.5. I'd like to go a bit higher -- can we do 8? I think Stage 21 bumps gives it another half point. 🚴♂️
#strava let's throw some hardware to @tadejpogacaruae.bsky.social Too much data to fit on the end-of-year water bottle! @semafor.com & agree with @roadcc.bsky.social Let's hope his notifications were turned off. www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
🟡 Semafor Flagship: Absorbing, appropriating, and transforming | Semafor
Trump ramps up tariffs once more, Kremlin-backed hackers target Moscow’s foreign embassies, and the world’s happiness is increasing.
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August 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
#strava let's throw some hardware to @tadejpogacaruae.bsky.social Too much data to fit on the end-of-year water bottle! @semafor.com & agree with @roadcc.bsky.social Let's hope his notifications were turned off. www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
That time when Andrew Vontz interviewed Ozzy Osbourne and learned that the Prince of Darkness was actually the Prince of Kindness. www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
Not all heroes wear capes, but I wore one to interview Ozzy Osbourne in 2005. | Andrew Vontz
Not all heroes wear capes, but I wore one to interview Ozzy Osbourne in 2005. When I knocked, Ozzy answered the door himself. Then he made me tea. 👇
Everybody wants to be somebody.
Few people were ...
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July 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
That time when Andrew Vontz interviewed Ozzy Osbourne and learned that the Prince of Darkness was actually the Prince of Kindness. www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
This is abhorrent and it needs to stop now.
More than 2 million people in Gaza — including some 1 million children — face desperate and worsening hunger.
Doctors and nutrition experts say the children who survive the lack of nourishment are often face a lifetime of health woes.
Doctors and nutrition experts say the children who survive the lack of nourishment are often face a lifetime of health woes.
Gazans are starving. Here’s what lack of food does to the human body.
Children suffering under severe food shortages can face lifelong consequences.
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July 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This is abhorrent and it needs to stop now.
The @letourfr.bsky.social has ended. Now WTF am I going to do? There's a 1,001 takes. No need for another, right now. But please listen and share podcasts with @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social, @sportsorla.bsky.social, Kevin Vermaerke, and Reed Albergotti.
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RIDING WITH | Jonathan E. Kaplan | Substack
Stories about cycling and the media, business, culture, and politics. Click to read RIDING WITH, by Jonathan E. Kaplan, a Substack publication.
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July 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The @letourfr.bsky.social has ended. Now WTF am I going to do? There's a 1,001 takes. No need for another, right now. But please listen and share podcasts with @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social, @sportsorla.bsky.social, Kevin Vermaerke, and Reed Albergotti.
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The newly redesigned final stage of @letourfr.bsky.social worked. A big final day of racing that looked phenomenal on TV and lit up social media thanks to Tadej Pogačar and Wout van Aert. #tourdefrance #cycling #socialmedia #sportstelevision
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July 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The newly redesigned final stage of @letourfr.bsky.social worked. A big final day of racing that looked phenomenal on TV and lit up social media thanks to Tadej Pogačar and Wout van Aert. #tourdefrance #cycling #socialmedia #sportstelevision
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One hour to train? Check out Andrew Vontz and Spencer Martin. youtu.be/IVDE8MnJixI?...
One Hour to Train - Time-crunched workouts for aging athletes w/ Spencer Martin & Andrew Vontz
YouTube video by Choose the Hard Way
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July 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
One hour to train? Check out Andrew Vontz and Spencer Martin. youtu.be/IVDE8MnJixI?...
GREG LEMOND AWARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL
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RIDING WITH | Jonathan E. Kaplan | Substack
Stories about cycling and the media, business, culture, and politics. Click to read RIDING WITH, by Jonathan E. Kaplan, a Substack publication.
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July 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
GREG LEMOND AWARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL
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RIDING WITH | Jonathan E. Kaplan | Substack
Stories about cycling and the media, business, culture, and politics. Click to read RIDING WITH, by Jonathan E. Kaplan, a Substack publication.
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July 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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HUGE INTERVIEWS:
✅Orla Chennaoui @sportsorla.bsky.social @adamblythe89.bsky.social
✅@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social @theathletic.bsky.social
✅ Reed Albergotti @semaforben.bsky.social @semafor.com ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/orla-chenn...
Please listen and share!
✅Orla Chennaoui @sportsorla.bsky.social @adamblythe89.bsky.social
✅@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social @theathletic.bsky.social
✅ Reed Albergotti @semaforben.bsky.social @semafor.com ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/orla-chenn...
Please listen and share!
RIDING WITH | Jonathan E. Kaplan | Substack
Stories about cycling and the media, business, culture, and politics. Click to read RIDING WITH, by Jonathan E. Kaplan, a Substack publication.
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July 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
HUGE INTERVIEWS:
✅Orla Chennaoui @sportsorla.bsky.social @adamblythe89.bsky.social
✅@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social @theathletic.bsky.social
✅ Reed Albergotti @semaforben.bsky.social @semafor.com ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/orla-chenn...
Please listen and share!
✅Orla Chennaoui @sportsorla.bsky.social @adamblythe89.bsky.social
✅@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social @theathletic.bsky.social
✅ Reed Albergotti @semaforben.bsky.social @semafor.com ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/orla-chenn...
Please listen and share!
terrific piece and astounding that a French cyclist has not won a big race since the 2007 Dauphine.
But given the length of time, the race’s place in the French psyche, and the nation’s huge size, France’s wait for yellow feels worse, writes @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social ⬇️
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How has France’s relationship with the Tour de France changed after 40 years without overall victory?
It is sometimes taken as a given that a lack of success has inhibited the nation's enthusiasm for its home race. Not a bit of it
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July 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
terrific piece and astounding that a French cyclist has not won a big race since the 2007 Dauphine.
HUGE INTERVIEWS:
✅Orla Chennaoui @adamblythe89.bsky.social @robhatch.bsky.social @caleyfretz.bsky.social
✅@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social @theathletic.bsky.social
✅ Reed Albergotti @semaforben.bsky.social @semafor.com ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/orla-chenn...
Please listen and share!
✅Orla Chennaoui @adamblythe89.bsky.social @robhatch.bsky.social @caleyfretz.bsky.social
✅@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social @theathletic.bsky.social
✅ Reed Albergotti @semaforben.bsky.social @semafor.com ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/orla-chenn...
Please listen and share!
RIDING WITH | Jonathan E. Kaplan | Substack
Stories about cycling and the media, business, culture, and politics. Click to read RIDING WITH, by Jonathan E. Kaplan, a Substack publication.
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July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
HUGE INTERVIEWS:
✅Orla Chennaoui @adamblythe89.bsky.social @robhatch.bsky.social @caleyfretz.bsky.social
✅@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social @theathletic.bsky.social
✅ Reed Albergotti @semaforben.bsky.social @semafor.com ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/orla-chenn...
Please listen and share!
✅Orla Chennaoui @adamblythe89.bsky.social @robhatch.bsky.social @caleyfretz.bsky.social
✅@jacobwhitehead.bsky.social @theathletic.bsky.social
✅ Reed Albergotti @semaforben.bsky.social @semafor.com ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/orla-chenn...
Please listen and share!
LOVE, ACTUALLY. AND TRAVEL LOGISTICS, VISA APPLICATIONS, AND CONCUSSION PROTOCOLS.
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LOVE, ACTUALLY. AND TRAVEL LOGISTICS, VISA APPLICATIONS, AND CONCUSSION PROTOCOLS.
Rindi Kessler is engaged to a professional cyclist and already married to the sport.
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May 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
LOVE, ACTUALLY. AND TRAVEL LOGISTICS, VISA APPLICATIONS, AND CONCUSSION PROTOCOLS.
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Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts speaks about biking, forgiveness, and his recent @nytopinion.nytimes.com piece in the @ridingwithkaplan.bsky.social newsletter 🚲 ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/dwayne-bet...
DWAYNE BETTS DISCOVERS A NEW CADENCE
The legal scholar and civil rights activist discusses life on and off the bike, and his recently published op-ed in the New York Times.
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April 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts speaks about biking, forgiveness, and his recent @nytopinion.nytimes.com piece in the @ridingwithkaplan.bsky.social newsletter 🚲 ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/dwayne-bet...
THE GIFT LIST 2024
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THE GIFT LIST 2024
What to buy for your favorite cyclist... or for yourself.
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December 12, 2024 at 2:42 PM
THE GIFT LIST 2024
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Bicycles are expensive and they could get more expensive next year depending on whether new tariffs are imposed on bicycles and bicycle components made not only in China, but everywhere else, too. ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/the-bicycl...
THE BICYCLE INDUSTRY BRACES FOR TRUMP
Bikes could become even more expensive if Trump follows through on his campaign promises to implement new and higher tariffs.
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November 22, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Bicycles are expensive and they could get more expensive next year depending on whether new tariffs are imposed on bicycles and bicycle components made not only in China, but everywhere else, too. ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/the-bicycl...