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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 22h

Hearing Will Barta and Magnus Sheffield speaking Norwegian to each other was one of the my more unexpected moments of 2026 😅

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This was stolen form social media - maybe some slight distortion 🤷

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Please explain to me how you can call it from that photo?? If I were Italy I would be appealing...

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I am fine for them being within 1 week of each other in Sept/Oct if they are dramastically difference parcours. Gives multiple atheltes a goal to peak for at the end of the season

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Possibly unpopular opinion… World and European champs should be on courses that are the polar opposite of one another - especially when they are ridden within a week of each other

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just heard an osteopath diagnose someone with a mal-alignment of the knee Sorry but at what point do we just stay stop it

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

These companies will literally piss in your pocket then tell you it’s raining

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

One would have thought that an AI model that could hack a government portal would be capable of finding a specific email address

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger.

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Took my son to the eye doctor this morning (check up) He told me in the waiting room he needed the bathroom and wanted to be picked up I picked him up to carry him there and he proceeded to throw up into my face So yeah - today started well 🤢🤮

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

You say that, but ASO owns the Tour of Germany, which overlaps with both Renewi and Vuelta, so it would likely get squeezed

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It’s an ecosphere… You normally cover a logistical challenge like this with 2 set ups: cars, trucks, buses, staff, bikes etc If you need 1 extra set up to cover a GT that means there is another race you can’t go to, so smaller races will also be impacted

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

For example, this is described as neglect Neglect is the act of 'failing to give proper care' However, in this instance, the act of not providing water is a punishment for poor performance and therefore this should be classified as 'physical abuse'

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The UCI has a new safeguarding program.... While well intentioned it's maybe not the msot accurate...

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Still find it amusing that everyone who ever posts about the Dunning-Kruger effect and Mount Stupid is someone posting from Mount Stupid about Dunning-Kruger's findings which is also quite ironic, as the 'curve' and Mount Stupid are not present in the original research

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La Vuelta @lavuelta.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Stage 1️⃣4️⃣ | Etapa 1️⃣4️⃣ 🏆 Marco Brenner - Tudor Pro Cycling Team 🏆 🔥 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐈𝐍 🔥 #LaVuelta26 👋 Cofidis Likes Ciclismo

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It’s a sad reflection but the reality of high performance sport is that if you have time to post consistently on linked in about what you are doing you are probably not that great at your job! Everyone I know who is very good is way to busy to do so

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I wasn’t actually talking about researchers in this post - research is exactly as you describe But if I open LinkedIn it’s a stream of people not working in high performance environments highlighting how we are all getting it wrong

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

In sports science and applied practice its all too often those that have never experienced the coal face that are telling everyone how to mine

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

If it helps there are much lower mountains that also offer a high likelihood of death if you don’t know what you’re doing

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Earlier this week, I asked which tie knot you think looks better. Of course, you can wear whichever you like. But here's the social history behind both knots and why some people consider one better than the other. 🧵

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Assessed the status of 8 riders? ✅ Analysed yesterday's performance and presented to team? ✅ Planned today's performance interventions? ✅ Planned performance logistics? ✅ Packed my toothbursh? ❌

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Being on a grand tour is just surprising yourself every day at what routine and mundane thing you forgot to do today in a completely new environment

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Sadhbh O'Shea @sadhbhos.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Love that the hotel that housed the peloton yesterday has been flooded with 5* reviews, including from the peloton. Sounds like they really rose to the occasion. I hope they received a tip for helping out.

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 25/08/2026

... hotel manager quickly opened up the bar, serving hot drinks and let riders/staff use rooms to get changed. He said holidaymakers + staff enjoyed the experience and challenge rmcsport.bfmtv.com/cyclisme/vid... (🇫🇷) while Marino got on his moto to go tell team busses at the finish where to go.

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La Vuelta (E3) : "On a juste fait notre métier", G. Villeneuve témoigne après avoir hébergé tout le peloton dans son hôtel

VIDEO - L'étape 3 du Tour d'Espagne a pris une tournure complètement inattendue après un orage de grêle qui a contraint les coureurs à s'arrêter à 16 kilomètres de l'arrivée prévue à Font-Romeu. L'éta...

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the Inner Ring blog @inrng.com · 25/08/2026

Several stories & pictures about the Igesa Mont-Louis hotel taking in the Vuelta riders yesterday. L'Equipe reports it happened in part because once the organisers announced the cancellation moto regulator Jean-Marc Marino (an ex-pro) knew the hotel and got riders to follow him towards the shelter..

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Challenging strongly held opinions with no basis in fact is the challenge of our time

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

You don’t see a lot of these! Nice watch

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Outside of zero, a ridiculous number of watches a man can own will never exist

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Absolutely ridiculous Hansen added: "To close every single road and driveway is difficult and it gets to the point how little risk the organisers want to take and if it's even possible for them to have people at all those points." Sort the safety of the sport out and stop making excuses

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My girlfriend just described a male friend of ours as 'also going grey' not happy

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

To give an example, the consensus amongst teams was that the leader suits in Giro were 40-65s slower than the best custom suits in the long TT

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This has becomes such a performance issue that riders are now deliberately trying to lose jerseys going into TTs

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

If needed print on the relevant race logos rather (in place of printing the team logo)

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Then each team can make 3-4 custom suits and riders can use the the correct team suit at the appropriate race

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Allow races to chose between 3-4 standard colours

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

If the UCI is really interested in fair completion then they should flip the rules on leaders jerseys & TT suits Rather than having a rider wear one provided by the race and the team logo added

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Sounds more like a regulatory issue - if we want to avoid this behaviour by all parties than those regulating the sport on the ground need to take action

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Let’s just say that I am not their biggest fan at all but tbh every DS in the convoy would have done exactly the same in these circumstances so hardly a SD Worx issue

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Perhaps we should spend as much time scrutinising ‘legitimate questions’ as we do placating those who ask them

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The issue with ‘legitimate questions’ is they are never questions, they are actually often uninformed positions and opinions, often with an ulterior motive wrapped up as a question.

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

An informed perspective - this level of reflection, nuance and clarity is why it’s better to listen to experts over those with ‘legitimate questions’

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

What were the estimates at the time on all these factors? How far outside of the models we use the predict pandemic spread were we operating Etc etc etc A moment of reflection on whether these so called ‘legitimate questions’ come from a place of informed legitimacy could be encouraged

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Legitimate things one should know before questioning those that made the decision to close schools… How many lives are the school closures estimated to have saved? What was the quantified impact on the education of school aged kids in that period What was the economic effect of these closures

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

He has taken > 17 mins in breakaways

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

She took it very well….she must have been adequately caffeinated!

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James Spragg @james-spragg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

My 3 year old to my gf this morning… ‘Papa says that if you don’t get enough coffee you get complicated’

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