Xavier Stassen 🇺🇦

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Xavier Stassen 🇺🇦

Xavier Stassen 🇺🇦

@1093Xavier

Dark Brandon fanboy, Bourgondiër, hardloper, bankzitter

Maastricht Katılım Ağustos 2013
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Jonas Creteur
Jonas Creteur@jonas_creteur·
📊 Victory 🏆 list @AlpecinPT in spring classics ✅ Omloop Nieuwsblad ✅ Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne ✅ Le Samyn ✅ Strade Bianche ✅ Nokere Koerse ✅ GP Denain ✅ Bredene Koksijde Classic ✅ Milaan-Sanremo ✅ GP Monseré ✅ Ronde van Brugge ✅ E3 Classic ✅ Gent-Wevelgem ✅ Dwars door Vlaanderen ✅ Volta Limburg Classic ✅ Ronde van Vlaanderen ✅ Scheldeprijs ✅ Paris-Roubaix ✅ Brabantse Pijl ✅ Ronde van Limburg ✅ Amstel Gold Race ❌ La Flèche Wallonne ❌ LBL All victories with 4 riders: @mathieuvdpoel, @JasperPhilipsen, @MerlierTim & Kaden Groves.
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Benji Naesen
Benji Naesen@BenjiNaesen·
TADEJ POGACAR WINS! #MilanoSanremo What a race. What a winner. After that crash. INSANE. 👑
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PG Kroeger
PG Kroeger@PGKroeger·
Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, reinforced the message in private meetings with US officials in Washington in late January, warning of consequences of inaction. While publicly holding Iran’s hand, Saudi Arabia was privately loading the gun.
Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡@shanaka86

On January 28, 2026, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. He told him Saudi Arabia respects the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran. That the Kingdom would not allow its airspace or territory to be used in any military actions against Iran, by any party, regardless of destination. That Saudi Arabia supports resolving disputes through dialogue. Pezeshkian thanked him. Called him a stabilizing force for the region. According to the Washington Post, during that same month, Mohammed bin Salman was making multiple private phone calls to Donald Trump urging the United States to attack Iran. The same man. The same month. Possibly the same week. The Post reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that the Crown Prince warned officials Iran would grow stronger if Washington did not strike while it had amassed its largest military force in the region since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. His brother, Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, reinforced the message in private meetings with US officials in Washington in late January, warning of consequences of inaction. While publicly holding Iran’s hand, Saudi Arabia was privately loading the gun. One month later, the United States and Israel killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran retaliated against every Gulf state. Missiles struck Riyadh and the Eastern Province. And then came the statement from the Saudi Foreign Ministry that will be studied in diplomatic history courses for generations. Saudi Arabia condemned what it called the blatant and cowardly Iranian attacks. And then the line that collapses the entire architecture into a single sentence: the attacks came, the Ministry said, despite the Iranian authorities knowing that the Kingdom had confirmed it would not allow its airspace or territory to be used to target Iran. They cited their own promise of protection as evidence of Iran’s aggression. The promise they made while privately demanding the strike that provoked the retaliation they then condemned. This is not hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is saying one thing and doing another. This is something more precise. This is strategic deception across parallel diplomatic channels, where the promise of neutrality was designed from inception to serve as the moral basis for condemning the retaliation against the attack you privately requested. The promise was not broken. The promise was the weapon. Israel lobbied openly. Netanyahu spent years publicly advocating for strikes on Iran. What the Washington Post revealed is that Saudi Arabia ran the same operation from behind a shield of peace and brotherhood. When the shield was no longer needed for protection, it was repurposed as evidence for prosecution. Pezeshkian thanked Mohammed bin Salman for his commitment to regional stability. Thirty one days later, the stability was a crater in central Tehran. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

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Chris Aalberts
Chris Aalberts@ChrisAalberts·
Wat is dit voor rare campagnejournalistiek van RTL? Allemaal oude meuk. En alsof Jetten niks terug zou mogen zeggen. rtl.nl/nieuws/politie…
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Xavier Stassen 🇺🇦
Xavier Stassen 🇺🇦@1093Xavier·
@SquidgeRugby Guys, take a breath! Your analysis is top level with For the Love of Rugby and if it benefits your health to do a later, more big trends video or whatever and not to be in the rat race of pushing out weekly content, then do that! We can wait!
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Squidge Rugby
Squidge Rugby@SquidgeRugby·
Hello! Round Two stuff is coming! As per the update pre-6N, in trying to reduce the load on ourselves, we've tried two entirely different attempts to the workflow last week and this week. This week's hasn't worked as we hoped, so videos are late, but they are very much coming!
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Benji Naesen
Benji Naesen@BenjiNaesen·
The internet gods have blessed my little UK village with some brand-new fibernet. LRCP is about to enter its golden era. 🔥
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Benji Naesen
Benji Naesen@BenjiNaesen·
Really happy to see Ethan Vernon take the win, but sad to see Jhonathan Narváez forced to leave the race after the crash. 💔 Matthew Brennan's #TourDownUnder has been quite disappointing, but it's only the first race of the year, plenty of time to get himself back on the rails.
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Bugno1612
Bugno1612@bugno161265·
@thijszonneveld Schrijf eens een column over Visma waarom ze al 5 jaar geen monument of weg WK hebben gewonnen!
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Thijs Zonneveld
Thijs Zonneveld@thijszonneveld·
Als ie maar wel meedoet aan Andere Tijden Sport over die ene dag op de Finestre.
Team Visma | Lease a Bike@vismaleaseabike

A message from Simon: Dear all, I have made the decision to retire from professional cycling.
 This may come as a surprise to many, but it is not a decision I have made lightly. I have been thinking about it for a long time, and it now feels like the right moment to step away from the sport.
 Cycling has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. From racing on the track at the Manchester Velodrome, to competing and winning on the biggest stage and representing my country at the Olympic Games, it has shaped every chapter of my life.
 I am deeply proud of what I have managed to achieve and equally grateful for the lessons that came with it. While the victories will always stand out, the harder days and setbacks were just as important. They taught me resilience and patience, and made the successes mean even more.
 To everyone who has supported me along the way, from the staff to my teammates, your unwavering belief and loyalty made it possible for me to realise my own dreams. Whenever I doubted myself, you never did. Thank you.
 To my team, Team Visma–Lease a Bike, thank you for your understanding and support of my decision to stop now. You gave me the opportunity to rewrite my history, and through trust and belief, we did it together. Thank you.
 To my family, you shared the sacrifices that came with this sport. The absences and missed birthdays were never easy, yet you understood what this journey meant to me and supported it wholeheartedly. I owe you more than I can ever properly express. Thank you.
 I step away from professional cycling with deep pride and a sense of peace. This chapter has given me more than I ever imagined. Memories and moments that will stay with me long after the racing ends and for whatever comes next.
 Thank you for the journey. Simon Yates

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Squidge Rugby
Squidge Rugby@SquidgeRugby·
Team of the Year 2025 begins today, and we're starting with the heartbeat of the team. Who dons the 9 and 10 shirts this year?
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Luc Grefte
Luc Grefte@LucGrefte·
Considering changing nationality after today’s exhibition from the Dutch women’s team at the Gravel Worlds, what a farce
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Benji Naesen
Benji Naesen@BenjiNaesen·
Tonight's podcast can just be a repost of what I said on the #iLombardia Preview Podcast: "There will be 13-15 riders in the breakaway. UAE can control that easily. Pogacar attacks on Passo di Ganda and race is over."
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Xavier Stassen 🇺🇦
Xavier Stassen 🇺🇦@1093Xavier·
@thijszonneveld Een Belgische ezel stoot zich kennelijk wel twee keer aan dezelfde steen? Hoe vaak moet Evenepoel het nog leren, 1 tegen 1 win je nooit tegen Pogacar. Hij heeft niets hoeven rechtzetten, Evenepoel doet alles zelf
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Xavier Stassen 🇺🇦
Xavier Stassen 🇺🇦@1093Xavier·
@ChrisAalberts Genoeg wat er mis kan gaan dus. Aan de ene kant goed dat deze koers wordt afgestraft maar wie moet er straks regeren 😰
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