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David Lectka

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Your friendly neighborhood bracketologist

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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 2h
This is a long one: it starts at 5am eastern and will take around 6 hours. But the whole race is live on HBO with the good broadcasting crew! Expect a complicated breakaway situation for the first few hours, and I’d expect the major favorites to start launching attacks with around 45 minutes to go
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 2h
Historically, Tadej Pogačar owns Il Lombardia even more than he owns the Tour de France. He’s raced it 5 times and has 5 dominant victories. He’s still out with injury, so the obvious candidates will try to score a massive monument victory in his absence: Evenepoel, del Toro, and Seixas
Tadej Pogačar holding up a 5 as he crosses the finish line of Il Lombardia
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 2h
Interestingly, the race changes direction every year, alternating start and finish towns between Como and Bergamo. This year is the “harder” direction, as the hills near Como are particularly steep
Profile of Il Lombardia
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 2h
Tomorrow is the last major cycling race of the year: Il Lombardia! 148 miles through the alpine foothills near Lake Como, this is the most climbing of any 1-day race on the calendar, as much as a Tour de France mountain stage
Map of Il Lombardia
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Depending on the day, my #1 is either -Magical Mystery Tour for the constant stream of bangers -Abbey Road for the cohesiveness -White Album for the wild variety
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I have such a hard time ranking Beatles albums because I never know what to do with the White Album. It's top songs are some of the best in the entire Beatles catalogue, but it's also a sprawling mess that can be hard to listen through if you're not in the right mood
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Cello player? Check Skateboarder? Check Short Track Speedskater? Check
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Any Chicago friends going to Switchfoot/Anberlin this weekend?
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This specific trailer gave me nightmares for weeks
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) Original Trailer [HD]
YouTube video by HD Retro Trailers
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When we ask my toddler what sound they make she holds her neck and goes “my neck hurts!”
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Top tier St. Patrick’s Day day-drinking outfit
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Is this the same blogger that was driven insane by the Buick ad with the nosy neighbors like 10 years ago?
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I know, I don’t actually believe he’s the 89th best rider in the world or whatever. It just makes for a funny stat
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Now if you ever need to complain about how UAE Team Emirates is too loaded, “the world champion is the 10th highest ranked rider on their team” is a pretty good one
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Brandon McNulty, one of Tadej’s most loyal domestiques, is world champion. Beautiful
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Almost equally surprising, 36-year old Michael Matthews wins silver for Australia. Mathieu van der Poel gets bronze for the Netherlands
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
USA! USA! Brandon McNulty is a world champion! A complete out of nowhere champion, he attacked from the group of favorites with 33 km to go, nobody reacted, and he solo time trialed to victory before the group could catch up. An incredible ride
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Brandon McNulty: 13 kilometers from glory. Sorry, 8 miles
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Meanwhile 19-year-old American/Canadian/Spanish rider Ashlin Barry wins the U23 world championship for Team USA! The U23 race is a bit of a misnomer considering there are 19 U23 cyclists riding in the men's elite race, all of whom would probably beat Barry, but still a good win for USA
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
At one point I had hoped to travel to Montreal to see this race, but my expanding family had other plans. Instead I’ll be searching for a bootleg stream, since for whatever reason the race is only on FloBikes. Oh well. I hope to finally see my first bike race in LA in 2028
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And then the eternal rivals van der Poel and van Aert will hang on for dear life on climb after climb, trying to survive to the finish line and sprint it out for the win. I think the course is just a bit too steep and hilly for those guys, but I’ll be cheering for them
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
France will try to take advantage of del Toro’s weaker teammates, sending as many attacks as they can on the climbs to try to thin out the race for Paul Seixas
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Speaking of no teammates, Isaac del Toro beat all of these guys on this exact course 2 weeks ago, but that was with the help of his loaded club team. Now riding for Mexico, he will have to pretty much ride by himself, which hurts his chances slightly
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The main storyline revolves around what Team Belgium will do with their 2 heavyweights. I think the team will ride for Wout as long as they can, then if the race totally blows up and turns into a climbing battle, they will switch to supporting Remco, who could win this race without any teammates
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here are my picks. With Pogačar out with injury, this is the most wide open race in several years. That being said, these 5 (plus Tom Pidcock of Great Britain) represent a clear tier above everyone else
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cycling world championships are this weekend in Montreal! Quick thread about the men’s race:
Profile of the cycling world championship Map of the cycling world championshipMap of the finishing circuit of the cycling world championship
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Very strong stack of “gifts from your mother in law in 2005 who only really knows you are a Michigan fan”
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As someone whose retirement dream is to sail the Great Lakes on a sailing yacht, this was a great blog
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I always list the states starting with Washington and going in columns from left to right, so I'd like to think that South Oregon would've been where I'd stopped, but dang this is convincing.
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Meanwhile Paul Seixas gets the bronze medal the week before he turns 20. The hype train continues on schedule. Should be a fun road race next weekend!
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Remco Evenepoel wins his 4th straight time trial world championship, tying him for the most all time. He often lives in the shadow of Pogačar, but he is truly a GOAT in his own right, just at a less popular discipline of cycling
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
You can’t even invent a worse way to lose a football game than what NC State just did
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I’m at a brewery in St. Paul and they’re playing The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. These are my people
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I tend to avoid all online Christian culture war topics but I will ride or die for Narnia
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wait till this guy finds out who makes it to heaven in The Last Battle
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Thank you!
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@shutdownfullcast.bsky.social I typically start listening to After Dark at lunchtime on Tuesday. By the time I finish it, the Wednesday podcast has come out, giving me roughly 3.5 hours of Fullcast that takes me until approximately right now to work through
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
While I agree for the most part, I am always amused by Disney's moral progression from "I disobeyed my parents and learned a valuable lesson" to "I disobeyed my parents, proving my parents are idiots"
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Wout, Buitrago, and Landa on the podium for me
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Post-bike ride huevos con chorizo
A bowl of scrambled eggs with chorizo, orange juice, and an iPad watching cycling
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Tomorrow’s Vuelta stage is, without a doubt, the most extreme profile for a bike race I have ever seen. I can’t wait.
The profile of Stage 20 of the Vuelta a España. Basically it’s just a bunch of huge, steep mountains
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In my opinion today’s race was the one he was least likely to win. He’ll be somewhere between a slight favorite and a huge favorite in all 3 remaining races
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Remco Evenepoel wins the Grand Prix de Quebec as he kicks off his quest to go 4 for 4 in Canada this month: he’s got the Grand Prix de Montreal on Sunday, the time trial world championship next week, and the road race world championship after that, all in Montreal
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
They’re so good! And this year the start list is loaded as everyone is getting ready for the world championships in Montreal
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is sneakily one of the best cycling weekends of the year: Vuelta mountain stage + Grand Prix de Quebec tomorrow, Vuelta Queen stage Saturday, and Vuelta finale + Grand Prix de Montreal Sunday. Some great appetizers before college football/NFL games!
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A Lions-Bills Super Bowl would bring world peace
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
That's all I've got. I'm glad Michigan won, but obviously that was a disaster. Most likely this will lead to 10ths of a second on the clock in the last minute like they have in basketball.
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I had the exact same complaint with the JT Was Short game: When your measuring system for spotting the ball is an old guy running out on to the field and eyeballing it, you can't double check that measurement with an extremely precise chain and say with any confidence that he was 1" past the line
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
When you spend your entire game measuring time with a tolerance of +/- 0.5 seconds, you can't say with confidence that there were actually 0.3 seconds left in the game, or whatever it was. It's like measuring something with a ruler and determining it's 1.99" long
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David Lectka @davidlectka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The clock showed 0:00, so the game was over, right? Not so fast! We have a special second clock that is precise to the tenth of a second that shows there's still time left on the clock. This is how you end up with a call that is technically correct, but extremely unsatisfying.
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