After first watching the Tour de France, followed by the Tour de France Femmes, and now even the start of the Vuelta, this made me laugh:
Like always, thanks for viewing.
xkcd: Ferris Wheels
Hoping that they’re okay…
Just watched stage 5 of the Tour de France Femmes race, and saw a pretty severe mass crash some 6.7 (or so) kilometers before the finish.
Sadly, neither the French TV nor the German commentators (on sportschau.de) stayed with the affected riders, so I had to look it up elsewhere, in cyclingnews.com, where they wrote:
“Among those worst affected by the crash were Pfeiffer Georgi (Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNl) and Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Liv-AlUla-Jayco), with the Brit unfortunately having to abandon the race due to her injuries. Georgi was one of two riders who had to go to hospital after the race, alongside EF-Oatly Cannondale’s Magdeleine Vallieres.”
The official site lists Pfeiffer Georgi, Magdeleine Vallieres, Spela Kern, and Ruby Roseman-Gannon, the first three of which are listed as “DNF”. So let’s hope that they’re okay, and not hurt too much…
… I find it sad if the results of a race seem to be more important than the wellbeing of those who crashed. But maybe that’s just me who’s missing some empathy here…
Anyway, and as always, thanks for reading.
Congrats, Tadej!
Congratulations go out to Tadej Pogačar for his third win of the “Grand Tour”, as the “Tour de France” is also called. Congrats as well to all other riders. There’s also a nice interview and “Cafe Ride” which Matt Stephens did with him some 7 months ago, and in case you’re interested in his bicycle, have a look at how it’s built for him. The estimated costs of those parts sum up to the equivalent of your used Toyota btw…
As always, thanks for reading.
Just arrived, and fits
Had very good results at VirginiaTech, and also at ADAC – and the maker offered it cheaper, so… 😉
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Two short tips
This is nice. And this looks nice. And now excuse me, shutting off the machine while we’re having a thunderstorm…
GPS tracking
I downloaded an application for the mobile phone called ‘Cyclemeter’, started it, threw the phone into a bag, and went around the village. Slowly, and with several breaks (the first one for instance when meeting a friend on the street). Only the paid version can export all of that, but even with a free one you can make screenshots, right? You don’t need an internet connection (so, no SIM card) for this, only GPS:
As always, thanks for viewing, and for reading.