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The kindest thing you can do for someone is to believe in them. Most people don't need your help. They just need some spirit so they can help themselves. Simply asking more of them, in a way that hints at your confidence, goes a long way.

@Eurosport_NL Karsten & Jeroen; hou alsjeblieft jullie mond over de criminele oorlog van Rusland tegen Oekraïne als je het "Russische veiligheidsoperatie" gaat noemen; dit is blatante Russische propaganda

🚴🇮🇹 | Filippo Ganna haalt acht renners in en zet een monstertijd neer in Massa. Het avontuur van Sjoerd Bax op de hotseat is voorbij. Kan iemand in de buurt komen van Ganna? #GirodItalia Wielrennen 👀 HBO Max

@lame_karma @lucasaganronald if it doesnt matter, why doesn't he take a turn? lol

@lucasaganronald Wheel sucking at 16% gradient?! Tells me most of the haters don't even cycle because there is no drafting at that point. Gall took a chance out of necessity and if he wouldn't have, Joanas would have done a solo attack.

Ok, watched the stage, but why is everyone here hating on Jonas 😭😭 And here is wallpaper for you 💙 #GirodItalia

@freddiejevans_ @faustocoppi60 its not about that he won, its about how had he just taken two turns nobody would have peeped about it, he is criticised for racing like a rat while he is supposed to be a champion

@faustocoppi60 lol why do people always seem to forget that this is professional sport, their job is to win

Alessandro Ballan (world champion in 2008) in today's L'Equipe: "Racing is racing but for me, it wasn't fair. It would have been better if Vingegaard let Gall win the stage after Decathlon worked all day." #GirodItalia

@jonaldoTheKing @faustocoppi60 tactical was Indurain sitting in riders' wheels but then also letting them take the stage win you think its "clever" to make everyone in the peloton hate you because you are attacking clearly worse opponents than you behind their backs like a little rat?

@faustocoppi60 Wtf. First time in sport history someone gets blasted for being clever and tactical

@faustocoppi60 he could have just taken two turns in the last 3km and nobody would have peeped about it

@Tratnikstan Pogacar rode defensively on a sore knee after he won 4 stages it was the best he could; like, do you doubt one second he would not attack if he could? the hate is that Jonas sucks wheel on riders who are worse than him then attacks them behind their backs like a little rat

Find the hate on Jonas funny today for not pulling with Gall when Pogačar literally did the same to Jonas last Tour de France in week3

@Tratnikstan by comparing Vingegaard to Gall you are making the point of the "haters" for them

@BenjiNaesen cycling podcast bro discovers how the sport can exist

The Red Bull KM truly is a marketing gimmick at the Giro d'Italia because 99% of the time, the breakaway takes it, and when the peloton does take it, the race organisers have put it at the foot of the final climb where most GC riders are smart enough to skip it. #GirodItalia

@Tratnikstan @Rastoaaa dude he had a mech at bottom of Oropa and did a Pantani afterwards what are you smoking

@Rastoaaa Couldnt drop Narvaez and Schachmann on stage 1 Unconvincing on Oropa vs worse competition than Jonas has here No wonder he beat Ganna on a TT with a 3-5 km climb

People forgot that Pogačar was also kinda ass in week1 of Giro as well Jonas still has a shot to podium the Tour i think

@thijszonneveld @Chansonesque Seixas kan sowieso nooit zonder enige druk starten, die gaat met de jaren (en overwinningen) enkel toenemen — in die zin kan hij nu de Tour rijden met het "minste" druk die hij ooit zal hebben

@Chansonesque Die startte zonder enige druk.

Wat iedereen al wist: ze gaan Seixas opbranden in de Tour.

@thijszonneveld je jankt altijd dat de renners te lief zijn voor elkaar, dat je meer animosity wil zien maar als er dan eentje wat steekjes onder water geeft is het een maffiabaas en moet je er een hit piece over schrijven? misschien moet Lipowitz zich gewoon niet zo laten doen?

Over The Pogfather. indewaaier.substack.com/p/the-pogfather

@thijszonneveld ik zie geen enkel ander scenario dat beter is; stel hij rijdt de vuelta eerst dit jaar gaan de verwachtingen in zijn eerste tour volgend jaar nog hoger liggen

@MorePerfectUS x.com/DylanoA4/statu…

Billionaire Marc Andreessen says he has "zero" introspection, and that the idea itself is a modern invention.

@LucGrefte literally has always been the most unpredictable monument last 40k is guaranteed suspense

Isn’t it a bit sad that Milano-Sanremo has suddenly become everyone’s favourite Monument just because Pog isn’t the outright favourite

@pmarca this gets wildly disproven even before 0 AD

It is 100% true that great men and women of the past were not sitting around moaning about their feelings. I regret nothing.

@thealepalombo this picture is Polignano though, 120km from Lecce Lecce doesn't even have beach why misrepresent it? it's beautiful enough in itself

3/ LECCE, The Florence of the South If you've followed me for a while, you know I've talked about Lecce extensively. It's one of my absolute favorites. And the data keeps proving me right. The Baroque architecture here isn't just "nice." It's carved from golden Leccia stone that glows at sunset like the city is on fire. Every church, every palazzo, every doorframe. Hand-carved. Population: 93,000. University city. Year-round life. €1,647/sqm (+6% YoY). Centro €1,852/sqm. Peripheral areas under €1,000/sqm. €200-300K buys 120-180 sqm. In the centro storico.

I'm Italian. I just got back from Rome. Over dinner, old friends and I started arguing about the same thing we always argue about: which cities in Italy are genuinely incredible but nobody ever talks about? We went back and forth for hours. By the end of the night, we had a list. 7 hidden cities that most people, including most Italians, will never think to visit, let alone move to. No crowds. No tourist markup. Insane quality of life. Thread 🧵

@jackbutcher played with it fun, but doesn't come close to the real thing no second best

I open-sourced my writing voice. 50,000 tweets distilled into one file. Drop it into any AI and it writes like me. github.com/visualizevalue…

Compounding context feels like magic but is just math

being known well > being well-known

@thomas_spaas WSJ

Veel is nog onduidelijk, maar van 1 ding kunnen we dus al zeker zijn: Iran heeft geen plan B klaarliggen.