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EINER RUBIO 🎥 via giroditalia 📸 by Massimo Paolone & Fabio Ferrari

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Annemiek van Vleuten of The Netherlands and Movistar Team celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 34th Giro d'Italia Donne 2023, Stage 2 a 102.1km stage from Bagno a Ripoli to Marradi on July 01, 2023 in Marradi, Italy. (Photos by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)

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Les vélos du Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024

Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024 est aussi une belle occasion pour débusquer quelques nouveautés… Et découvrir les spécificités des machines des championnes bien sûr ! Les paddocks du Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024 et les vélos qu’on y trouve sont à la fois proches de ceux du Tour masculin et différents. On y retrouve ainsi les mêmes marques, les mêmes équipementiers, mais souvent…

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Jonas Vingegaard has approached the Movistar team bus to talk to Enric Mas. The priority, he says, is that there is consensus among the riders, although it seems that his interest could be that it is canceled or neutralized earlier than indicated by the organization. And it looks like that's the way it's going to be. #LaVuelta23

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Team Movistar have confirmed that Liane Lippert will begin her season at La Vuelta Feminina!

Lippert missed the spring season as she recovered from a foot injury, and will be leading her team after the retirement of Annemiek van Vleuten.

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ooh impressive ride by jorgenson! insane to open such a gap by himself

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Wout van Aert, Oier Lazkano & Tim Wellens Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne 2024

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VINICIUS RANGEL Santos Tour Down Under 2024 - Stage 6 📸 by Brenton Edwards/Getty Images

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Kör igång sommarens cykelville

Cykling är en träningsform som kombinerar aerob och anaerob träning, vilket är fördelaktigt för den systemiska kärlfunktionen, hjärt-lungfunktionen, muskuloskeletala systemet och metabola systemet. Cykelutflykter är älskade av många, särskilt på helgerna, då entusiaster i bekväma Movistar Team cykelkläder reser till olika platser.

Med vårens ankomst har folk börjat delta i utomhussporter Cykling har blivit en annan "ny trend" som dominerar WeChat Moments och Weibo efter frisbee och camping. Att möta morgonsolen, bada i vårbrisen, träffa vänner, rida i skuggan av träd, komma nära naturen och träna samtidigt, varför inte? För dem som gillar utmanande sporter varierar graden av utbrändhet från person till person. Tröskeln för att delta i cykling är mycket låg, men tröskeln för professionalism är mycket hög. För entusiaster som bär Cykelkläder behöver de bara äga en cykel och vara skicklig i att köra den. Du kan också förbättra din fysiska hälsa medan du tränar!

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Final del play-in en Worlds 2023: GAM y Team BDS avanzan con fuerza, R7 y DetonatioN FocusMe dejando dudas en sus fans

El penúltimo día de Play-In se tiñó de pasión y rivalidad El penúltimo día del esperadísimo Play-In de Worlds 2023 no decepcionó a los fanáticos. Con un ambiente cargado de emoción y expectación, las regiones emergentes se enfrentaron con orgullo a Europa y Taiwan, y el escenario estaba listo para el enfrentamiento más anticipado de toda Latinoamérica. Pero antes de sumergirnos en la acción, las…

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Vuelta 2024, les informations pour suivre cette 79ème édition

Du 17 août au 8 septembre 2024, la Vuelta reliera Lisbonne à Madrid en empruntant un parcours qui ne sera jamais plat ! Idéal pour le spectacle. Absent du Tour de France 2024, Sepp Kuss se positionne en favori pour sa succession sur la Vuelta. Tadej Pogačar et Jonas Vingegaard ne sont pas là, mais il y a les Landa, Roglic, Vine, Almeida, Yates, Rodriguez entre autres pour le contrer dans sa…

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I hope you all will allow me this post on Pedrenzo day. It won't be as well sourced as the previous ones, but I think we deserve a chronology.

Pre-World championship. They meet for the first time at the CEV (2000), but they have know about each other before that. They are both close to age (19 months) and both were pretty small. At this point, they use the other rider as a reference more than as a rival as they both are fighting against people older and more experience than them with the handicap of their age and height.

In 125cc (2002 and 2003) During this period of time, their rivalry started, but it was pretty tame. It's also important to note that it was mostly external factors that started it rather than the riders itself. Dani was racing for Telefonica/Movistar and Jorge for Caja Madrid/Fortuna), which made them two very young rider, with lots of talent and pretty promising, in Spanish teams. Their teams weren't friendly against each other, and their manager also used to be rivals. All of it, made the riders feel like they had to beat the other in the track at all cost. it got to the point on wanting to know the other's position to see if they have placed higher.

We also had their characters component, that is something that will follow them their whole life. Dani is quite and calm. He does things behind close doors and the talking on the track. Where Jorge is loud, very loud, and he uses the media and does the talking in the open. They also had 0 contact outside track between them, not even a 'hi' when meeting at the paddock.

In 250cc (2005) In here their 125cc rivalry is intensify. Dani was already 2 times World Champion and Jorge had still to prove himself. Dani was the dominant force to beat and Jorge wanted to be the one to do that. There was also the talking everyone did on the media, that fueled their rivalry. Everyone was accusing everyone of doing things. (mostly Puig, Amatriaín and Jorge).

In this year, the thing between them got much worse as they made contact on track several times. Germany is mentioned as the time that set everything into flames, but Catalunya was the turning point. Due to his excess of aggressiveness (and probably unconsciousness and stupidity), Jorge got a race ban (Malaysia 2005) after he made contact at the Japanese GP with De Angelis and Dani. Jorge used to blame Dani for that because instead of helping him, Dani took out all the receipts of the contact they made on track, which was the nail in Jorge's coffin according to Lorenzo. Older Jorge will admit he deserved it and that it was a turning point for him.

It's during this time when Dani refused to say Jorge's name or mention him (Germany 2005 forward), which pissed Jorge. And I think it still pisses him to some extend.

So by the time Dani moved to MotoGP, they were at each other's throats, specially with the media, and with Dani as a 3 times Word Champion and Jorge still needing to prove himself.

MotoGP When Jorge made it to MotoGP, media expected them pick their rivalry where they left it, and it kind of did with the Qatar incident. In that Grand Prix Dani didn't congratulate Jorge after a good result, and it pissed Jorge. Years later we learn it was due to an injury. However, it put them in the 'not speaking' terms and labelled as bitter rivals. The following Grand Prix, the ex-King of Spain (Juan Carlos I), who is a fan of racing, tried to show they get along and it was just a misunderstanding made them shake hands at the pre-podium.

Instead of cleaning the air in between them or cleaining their image it made it all worse. It looked like they couldn't be in the same room if they weren't forced to share the space.

On track they keep fighting hard against each other, more cleanly this time, and still with the same mentality as in 125cc and 250cc. If I can't win because there are other riders doing/having a better day than me, at least I have to beat Dani/Jorge.

Allegedly, 2008 was the worse point in their rivalry, but when asked them directly, they was the period of time between 2008-2010. Their rivalry got to that point it split the whole country. People were genuinely asking if you were Team Dani or Team Jorge. There are still videos of young Spanish riders having to choose (the Márquez used to be die hard Dani fans and Rins was team Jorge all the way).

Little by little, after fighting so much and for so long against each other, and sharing so many space and podiums together, their relationship moved from bitter rivals, to just rivals, to the rival I respect. Dani said that for him the big change was 2012, when their championship fight was the closes. Dani realized that he had been fighting his whole life with Jorge, therefore, they are as good as the other. Their rivalry had made them grown as riders because they had to outsmart and be better on track than the other, so it was a hats off moment.

In 2012 we also had the first physical approach between them. It was also in Qatar when they hugged for the first time, and it was a symbol of them finally burying the hatchet.

2012 also gave us the iconic marriage proposal (please watch the whole video, it explains Pedrenzo rivalry up to 2012).

From then on, their relationship improved a lot. It could also be that they both had change their managers by 2013, so part of what it set their rivalry wasn't in the equation anymore. They also had grown from kids to adults!

In 2015 Dani invited Jorge to Sete Gibernau's (ex-ride, and Dani's friend and coach) 'ranch'/track for a training weekend among other riders. Jorge ended up getting injured, and Dani went out of his way to check on him because Jorge was fighting for the championship. He got injured in the collarbone and Jorge himself admitted it was dumb because he just wanted to win against Dani when racing with smaller bikes. Apparently Pedrosa was miles faster than any other riders (Rins was there and I think the Espargarós too are mentiones

In 2018, when it was announced that Jorge was moving from Ducati to Honda and was going to replace Dani, Jorge tried to convince Pedrosa to stay in the championship by switching to the Petrona's team. It was pretty public with Jorge saying how a much smoother bike will suit Dani's riding style. Ultimately, Dani decided he didn't want to break anymore bones or suffer, so he retired.

Jorge and Dani exchanging helmets at the end of the 2018 season

After MotoGP Now they have a pretty good relationship. They can be in the same room and laugh and talk for hours about racing, including their 250cc races. Jorge will be the one pulling all the monts and remembering the weirdest stuff and Dani will look bamboozled because he doesn't remember that. In fact, among all DAZN's pundits, Jorge is the one that makes Dani smile and talk the most.

They're pretty quick to mention the other rider when possible (specially Jorge), and they are pretty open when asked about their battles in and out of the track. In fact Jorge will jump at any opportunity to mention and praise Dani. Dani will need a bit more of coaxing, but he will also talk and praise Jorge.

Now that the know parts are about, I want to share some thought I have about them.

I think this imatge basically summarizes their relationship. And creditto Jorge Lorenzo himself for putting it together.

First photo is pretty early in their relationship. You can see that they aren't interested in each other. It's basically a photo for the media. The middle one is Jerez 2008 and you can see how forced their handshake is. The king gets the wrong hand, and all of them are confused and wants to be done with it. And the last one, it's more than a handshake. They are truly happy and comfortable around the other. They want it.

Waru's thoughts I think young Jorge was really mad at Dani and wanted to win Dani no matter what due to the different way they got into the championship. All red tapes were broken for Dani. His ages was overlooked when he entered the Movistar Cup, when Jorge had to wait until he was 15 to make his debut. Dani had Puig who saw him and decided to bring him to the top, despite not meeting the criteria that was set, while Jorge had to fight and crawl all his way up. Yes Jorge got a manager and his dad, but he also had to prove himself over and over while Dani could flop and Puig would have still been at his side. It's also the relationship between Dani and his dad. Antonio was there to guide and support Dani, but at the end of the day it was Dani who took the decision, while Jorge didn't have a great relationship with his dad. Chicho acted more as a coach than a dad.

And then when Dani got the 125cc tittle, he got the ColaCao add, that made him look as the good boy that hasn't broken anything, while Jorge had the bad boy label. Dani had everything he wanted, DORNA's approval as he has come thought a DORNA's approved championship, a good relationship with his dad, a great mentor and a team behind. Basically it could be seen as DORNA had picked Dani to be the next Spanish winner at the big category (see why I translated Elegido para ganar as handpicked to win?) and instead, Jorge was the one who did it.

So yes, I think Jorge saw Dani having everything he had fighter for, and not having had to fight as hard as hi. So apart of all the things mentioned above, I think there was a bit of jealousy involved too. But well this is what I think, I might be wrong, but the way Jorge reacts when the ColaCao add is mentioned is prove that there was more there.

And here is all the chronology. If you think I forgot anything let me know! Also feel free to add things if you want.

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Giro d'Italia Women 2024 - Stage 2

After an ITT for Stage 1, the second stage of the Giro d'iTalia Women was a presumptive sprint stage with a mostly flat course, but a two-woman breakaway kept it interesting! Ana Vitória Magalhães (BePink-Bongioanni) and Alessia Missiaggia (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo) launched early in the stage and stayed away for most of the day.

After Magalhães dropped Missiaggia on the first climb of the final circuit, it was just her against the bunch, which eventually had to really work to bring her back. First SD Worx-Protime rode, eventually with some help from Lidl-Trek, and Magalhães was finally caught inside the last 2km. Even then, the excitement didn't stop, as Anouska Koster (Uno-X Mobility) took a flyer off the front and wasn't caught until the 500m mark. In the end, the stage came down to the expected spring finish, and it came down to a bike throw.

Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime), Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek), and Arlenis Sierra (Movistar) all contested, but Chiara Consonni (UA Team ADQ) out-threw Kopecky at the line and took the stage. And boy, she was pretty excited about it!

No change in the general classification, as Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) finished in the front group and keeps the maglia rossa another day. And Magalhães came away with the mountains classification jersey for her efforts on the day, a nice prize for the young Brazilian who put in a really impressive effort. We'll be keeping an eye on her.

And let's just give some appreciation to these gorgeous stages, the Giro is a visual treat. The riders rode out of Sirmione along the harbor and Lago di Garda, which was just too pretty on a beautiful weather day. Che belleza!