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Es difícil explicar desde cualquier otro país el peso mediático y emocional de Van Aert para Bélgica. Sirva este vídeo de un estadio de fútbol para ilustrarlo.
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Absolutely SUPERB piece by @_DavidSBates about taking part in an horrific 800km bicycle race... thetimes.com/article/03a6429…
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Exhausted but exhilarated: my 800km Badlands ride to redemption
Flying over the handlebars into a pine forest at 35km/h was not the narrative arc our writer was seeking, but the beauty of the Andalusian adventure lives on in his bones | ✍️ @_DavidSBates
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From a popped-out glass eye to Donal’s Donuts, we trace the history of this Lions since 1950 through the players’ voices and pages of The Times and Sunday Times
✍️ @AlexMLowe @willgkelleher
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Bradley Wiggins’ struggles with addiction make him just the latest elite cyclist to succumb to fall on hard times after the end of his career
So what is it about cycling? @_DavidSBates asks those in the sport why so many riders fall apart in retirement✍️
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From the bad old days ... to the new science of the off-season: a piece on how the best of the best relax (sort of) and recover when they're not racing
Thanks to @JeroenSwart, @m_heijboer and @Tomashuuns for the insight
Read on @TimesSport
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David Bates retweeted
Bombshell revelations in @dannycare’s new book about Eddie Jones, which we are serialising @TimesSport
“It was like living in a dictatorship, under a despot who disappeared people.”
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Not the way I hoped it would go, but one of the great experiences of my life.
Final instalment of the Badlands saga (for now) on @TimesSport
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And if you missed them, the first two installments of my foray into the world of ultra-cycling are here
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Two days until the start of Badlands, here is the second in a series about my prep for the race. A lot of unknowns, answers are imminent
On @TimesSport ⬇️
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David Bates retweeted
Exclusive: Felix Jones quits England.
Steve Borthwick's No2 was "unhappy with an unstable working environment".
Jones follows Aled Walters and Tom Tombleson out of Twickenham in three turbulent weeks.
Big scoop by @petersuntimes @TimesSport
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"Some see God. Or the Devil"
Hallucinations, severe pain and seven minutes of sleep: welcome to the mad world of ultra-cycling.
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Written with equal parts fear and excitement, this is the first of a three-part series on my attempt at the 790km ultra-race Badlands, in the deserts and mountains of Andalusia
Ft Lachlan Morton, Cynthia Carson and Rob Britton
Read @TimesSport 👇
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Vuelta boss Javier Guillén told me earlier he’s confident Roglič will start the race in August…& Pogačar and Vingegaard won’t.
One footnote, with a smile: ‘At the start of the Tour Pogačar was 100% not coming, then he said it was 99% certain, so…’
