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4th for Bennett. Sam might have got 2nd if he had Philipsen's wheel but JP was by far the best. What a disappointment for Biniam Girmay. He was 82 points ahead (376) of Philipsen and only 32 now after he won (344). A top five finish today and Girmay would have been nearly certain of green in...

Argentina's Copa America 2024 winner Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea) filmed himself in Argentina dressing room singing opening lines of a racist, transphobic song about French footballers...

The 1984 Tour flashback continues! Amazingly Bastille Day Saturday 14-7-1984 was a Tour rest day!? Staggering. So 15 July 1984 was a mountain TT Fignon pours on the power and Luis 'Lucho' Herrera in his first Tour took 2nd place on another stage...

I never heard of this guy... Bas Maliepaard (1938 - July 2024) Dutch sprinter who was a team mate of Anquetil and Elliot at St. Raphael. He was Dutch road champ twice. Maliepaard's career highlight was helping Jacques win the 1963 Vuelta while en route taking 4th on GC, the points jersey and a...

Up to 20,000 now. Michael Martin says he is looking into Rory's buying guitar for the state. A Fender reproduction of Rory's Strat will set you back 6,000 https://www.thomann.de/ie/fender_rory_gallagher_relic_strat.htm

Dane Cecilie Uttrup-Ludwig is the anti Cipollini. She is pro cycling's best interviewee. A few lads are leaning in this direction but she is the best. The first one is after winning a 2022 Tour de France stage. The second one was after a breakthrough 3rd place in the 2018 Tour of Flanders...

I saw an Italian TV show which looked a day time thing. There was a recorded interview with Sabrina and a discussion about it. Hopefully this was a landmark moment - Cipollini was very famous in Italy and cycling. Sabrina's mother said Mario's parents kicked him out before he even turned pro and...

100% that is my impression of Cornel aka IT. Probably didn't notice that as much 15 years ago.

Cyclist Mario Cipollini (b. 1967) was the worst for this shit. He was an extrovert, alpha male bully, sexist but as successful showman cycling fans, including me, let him away with it. Cipollini did some awful stuff - punching another cyclist in the face before a race, spraying champagne on...

Mostly punk, HC, grindcore etc. A small bit of hip hop. Grindcore is weird in that racism is very rare due to international nature of the scene. BUT... Sexism, homophobia, porn (and of course gore) are bullets you have to dodge - and I have tolerated at times. Not much of a problem avoiding this...

Lots of brainy people on here!

Roy probably got only fleeting enjoyment out of all of his success and took the rare defeats very badly - very hard on himself. There was a lovely funny family story in Roy's books from immediately after he retired. Roy was very stressed. He decided to talk to his kids who were watching TV...

Mick McCarthy is a top gent is hugely liked in English football. There is a huge amount of ex footballers on podcasts etc. Telling hilarious stories about behind the scenes and having a laugh at themselves. e.g. Liverpool team had a huge drunken fight 10 days before 1984 European Cup Final in...

Coolock Says No racist blockade protest has taken a violent turn this morning - I saw an image of arson just now.

Roy on Southgate in mid 90's. Razor Ray Houghton (Palace) is first to retaliate on Roy. At the end of clip Southgate is doing some punditry with Roy and has his say. Edit: The ref David Elleray was a housemaster at Harrow so he was probably biased.

Cheers. If someone can't verbally explain something or I don't see the point in it, my poor mind isn't really able to process that. With any form of privilege we all have to bear in mind that we could be getting things badly wrong and never realise it. Identity politics really kicked in about...

You can't say that on Sky News! You see, lots of England fans are sound - but the media aren't. A decision is pending whether to ban Israel from international football by 20-7-24. Send Gianni Infantino (FIFA president) a message on Instagram demanding Israel is banned.

Yeah - that is very true. I posted 600+ times between Dec. 2004 - autumn 2006. Then I lost interest and for a decade or slightly longer and did no more than 40 posts p.a. Since about 2018 I went really OTT and I went from 1000 posts in March 2020 (1st lockdown) to 6,200+ now. A popular...

Copa America Final - Colombia v Argentina just about to k.o. @ 1:30 am. Too late for me.