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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm glad someone has put this to the test and the UCI can now stop worrying about it. Maybe they can focus on how to keep cars off courses. www.cyclingweekly.com/news/can-a-p...

cyclingweekly.com

Can a padded bra make you faster? New CFD modelling delivers a deflating answer for cyclists

AiRO's modelling puts the Tour de France Femmes controversy to the test

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

But seriously, less than a month ago a young rider died because of this kinda thing, and he wasn't the first to have it happen to him, can someone somewhere do something?!?

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I think it's interesting to note that Pog's eye being bloody and beat-up is not an automatic withdrawal under the concussion protocol (I checked). I'm in no way saying that is wrong, it was written by people who know what they're doing, I just assumed that it would be automatic withdrawal but no.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I opened this app to see what the chat was about today's Vurlta stage and I'm pleased the first post I saw was entirely sensible.

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

Overhead view of Gery and Niewiadoma

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The last couple of days of racing at Tour de France Femmes have been so great they've made us all forget we started the week talking about the Aero-Norks Conspiracy. #TdFF #TdFF2026

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I appreciated this clarification.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

On the flip side I thought Dani's "Welcome to a sprint stage of the Tour de France Femmes" was genius.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Annoyingly, the moment Niewiadoma-Phinney said Gery put her in the barriers wasn't shown on TV, though there may be some footage somewhere or fan camera footage it's not possible to corroborate that story right now. #TDFF #TDFF2026

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I like Kasia too but it's good drama.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I generally really like Marty MacDonald's commentary but can someone explain to him what a "sucker punch" is please. What Demi Vollering is doing is closer to throwing haymakers. #TdFF2026 #TdFF

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Tomorrow's Tour de France Femmes stage just became a must watch affair. #tdff2026 #tdff

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

There are few things more dramatic than watching the yellow jersey in the Tour crack and I feel like we've missed that a bit in recent years. #TdFF #TourdeFranceFemmes #watchthefemmes

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Before you comment on today's cycling news you should know that in the early 1990s Eva Herzigová's 25-mile PB was in the short 58-min range. #TdFF

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Your occasional reminder that the tech bros are all basically John Hammond in Jurassic Park. OpenAI says its A̶I̶ velociraptor went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' c̶y̶b̶e̶r̶ raptor-attack - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack

It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.

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Tom Davidson @t-davidson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

It’s not just Pogačar and Vingegaard… “Sources confirmed to Cycling Weekly that at least two other teams have been tested at 5am during the Tour, one in the first week and one in the second week.” Story by @cmbreports.bsky.social: www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/tour-...

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Multiple riders have been subjected to night-time doping controls at Tour de France

Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard are not the only riders to have been woken up in the early hours

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Chrissy Marshall-Bell @cmbreports.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Anti-doping controls update: all eight riders on one team (can't name them unless the team consents to it) were tested at 22:00 last night. ITA is really going in hard during this Tour de France. Press event with ITA this lunchtime. Many questions to be asked; not sure many will be answered.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This is a great piece and includes the line, "One quirk of working with cyclists is that they have particularly sensitive necks that need to be kept limber," which is obviously true but makes them sound like giraffes.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This does rather raise a few ethical questions.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This is a really good read for Bastille Day.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I thought that comment said a lot more about Wiggins than it did about Vingegaard.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I'm with you on this. Sadly, we do not get a say.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I have news! A source on the inside tells me it's been moved this year to a new venue. The buffet has taken a massive downgrade to some sweaty cheese and crusty ham. But the room is apparently more clement.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Oh, is it a tennis court not a sports hall? I recall a few years ago there was a revolt and all the tables were moved outside. Still, no pain, no gain. Plenty of other finishes have a press room sauna without the succulent BBQ meal.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Today I really miss not being at Tour Dr France. That's because today's stage finish is in Foix, which consistently has one of the best press buffets of the Tour. It's usually a delicious BBQ by the river behind the press centre, which, for balance, is a furnace-level hot sports hall. #tdf2026

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

You may well be right. He certainly seems to have a cooler more calculating character than some, but I'm filing it under "warning signs".

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

No, you're right. But it's just the look of a defeated man, already. Maybe he is keeping his powder dry, but I tend to think when riders feel good they're always trying to win.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Oh, it makes sense. It's the psychology of it that I think is interesting.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

By Pog? I guess he's betting on himself/his team.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I didn't love that look behind from Vingegaard. If you're racing for the win, you look ahead. As soon as you're looking back you're defending, which means he knows he can't match Pog in that scenario. Maybe on a longer climb it's different. I doubt it. #TdF2026

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Can someone please make sure Keir Starmer has Gianni Infantino's number? BBC News - World Cup 2026: Uefa claim 'integrity of the game is at stake' over Fifa's Folarin Balogun decision - BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

bbc.co.uk

World Cup 2026: Uefa claim 'integrity of the game is at stake' over Fifa's Folarin Balogun decision

Uefa says Fifa's decision not to uphold Folarin Balogun's immediate ban at the World Cup is "unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable".

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Is this for cooling or is it like when you'd get in the bath with your jeans on so they shrink to fit?

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

All very sensible, although it's probably not the ideal week to be trumpeting the "Warm Homes Plan".

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I absolutely cannot wait to read @iaintreloar.bsky.social's 900-word take on this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5LX...

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Despierto amándote - Miranda! | Spot oficial La Vuelta 26

YouTube video by La Vuelta

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The big news today is obviously whether or not MVDP is gonna do the grand départ in budgie smugglers

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Holding this at the time of that other World Cup is the dumbest thing in the world. These women could get a well deserved moment in the sun but the Scottish men play their first World Cup match tonight so that'll eclipse it.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

As I listen to a US politics podcast where they play the clip of Donald Trump running into the WWE ring to battle Vince McMahon, I realise, oh god, Jelly Roll is gonna be President isn't he? #wwe #thehorror #popcountry

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The leader has to wear a (fake) fox tail clipped to the back of their jersey.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I propose we calculate GC times from this point forwards (wherever it happens, you never know when it's going to start) and call it the Auburn Classification.

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Vern Pitt @vernpitt.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Actually, I stand corrected the first mention I can find is 2017, so not quite a decade. But still a while.

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