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bikefuckersoftheworldunite · 3 days ago

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anyways, I’m still thinking about how sete&vale’s rivalry was super specific in sooo many aspects but specifically wrt the increasing professionalization of the sport and the riders’ ability to have Fun both on and off the track……

here’s a quick compilation of quotes (most of these have been posted here before):

[^throwaway line from sete’s 2003 interview]

[^vale]

#thematic significance of ibiza vacations #being anonymous (or later having an illusion of anonymity) and being away from the paddock/media and also family…..#altho obv he took uccio and prob his other close friends from tavullia or smth w him #also clubbing is not about like drinking or debauchery and more about having fun and being surrounded by ppl!#and it will never be as fun again…….#what happened on those joint ibiza vacations (which happened for like 4 years or so?) we shan’t know<— look away this is private hehe #I’ve said this in dms before but steve mcqueen is basically a platonic ideal of a male celebrity(?) for valentino #and again it’s very fitting that both vale & sete despite their extraverted personalities were both pretty private #an ideal of masculinity that valentino is aware is unattainable! specifically bc of mqueen could be ‘more free’#vr46 #motogp #and well of course #sg15 #valentino rossi #sete gibernau

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