36 points by PaulHoule 2 days ago | 25 comments
jdietrich 1 day ago
markmark 1 day ago
earnesti 1 day ago
SilverBirch 1 day ago
MOARDONGZPLZ 1 day ago
benj111 1 day ago
If everyone dopes, the best is still the 'best', its just their time is a little better, 4th place is still 4th place, but everyone has to deal with the fallout from that doping.
Ekaros 1 day ago
Let us see best and worst humanity can do. Despite the consequences.
dagw 1 day ago
Ekaros 1 day ago
Gladiator fights is different thing and modern weapons make them rather boring. And somethings like biological weapons could take too long time to be effective, so you only see one person keeling over...
shiroiushi 1 day ago
dagw 1 day ago
fragmede 1 day ago
jsnell 1 day ago
For context, I'd thought I wouldn't like pro cycling as a spectator sport, since my exposure to it was just from Tour de France and track cycling both of which I find somewhat ridiculous for different reasons. But I was totally riveted by the road races at the Olympics this year.
(Aside: What's up with the "cute dogs" in the title? The article body text has nothing to say about dogs.)
Saig6 1 day ago
piotrkaminski 1 day ago
> Vermeulen produces a popular YouTube series starring his dog, Sir Willie the Wiener, riding on his back.
Not the video you asked for, but that is one cute dog! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqhhadyMntk
prmoustache 1 day ago
In that case you would probably like the one day flanders classics in the spring as well as Paris-Roubaix and Strade Bianche.
wink 1 day ago
But for some reason (and maybe I'm lying to myself), they in general don't have a huge audience, so it feels less than following pro sports and more "following this rando on youtube, but the rando happens to have a couple thousand viewers and also does pro/amateur sports".
propter_hoc 1 day ago
PeterStuer 1 day ago
082349872349872 1 day ago
Frankly, "a collaboration between you and the brand to tell a real story", translated back to the software world, sounds to me like a way to always be living on what you have coming, instead of having the ability to live off of what you have built.
dmurray 1 day ago
> I’m now making a lot more than I was on a factory team and feel more secure than ever. My salary is diversified across many brands, but if you’re on a team and they have a bad year, that has huge consequences.
Presumably this isn't true for everyone, and most low level domestiques are better off getting $60,000 a year from their team (more or less guaranteed - even if the contract is only for a year and there's some risk of bankruptcy) than rolling the dice on an Instagram/YouTube/TikTok career.
wanderingstan 1 day ago
I haven’t heard of team tactics being forbidden in gravel, just that they don’t work as well. Can anyone give more color?