Cycling, Lotto CT, UK juniors & U23 & Rayner Fdn & Pedal Potential, caravans, #Breizh (Aodoù an Arvor) & #poetry. Failing to avoid politics. Suffering Kingstonian FC & Dewsbury RL fan: post not all in English #NonLeague pack https://go.bsky.app/5ZmrY8K
Mike
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All change at Lotto-Intermarché
With De Lie off, the team are to lose Lennert van Eetvelt
(Point of pedantry - Birnam Girmay was never part of the team and was not given a contract as the merger had to lose riders to keep within number limits)
Over 46,000 white South Africans fought on the side of the Allies in WW1, many thousands of whom had previously fought against the British Empire in Boer commandos.
Now it is! (In the shade for a few more hours.)
No prizes for guessing the winner of yesterday's #CPHSprint Women ... #UCIWWT
www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
“More than 700 women have been murdered in the UK since 2020, but we didn’t see those claiming that their actions are about ‘protecting women and girls’ riot over those, because the majority of perpetrators were white.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-violence...
So much winning...
Brexit in charts
🔻 British Pound still lower than before the EU Ref
🔻 GDP 6% to 8% lower
🔻 Goods exports
🔻 Business investment
🔻 Support for Brexit
- @rjpartington.bsky.social
Linguistic fun fact
The word 'ventilator' already existed in Latin, but back in the day of the Romans, it wasn't a device for introducing fresh air or maintaining artificial respiration.
Latin 'ventilātor' meant "winnower", "juggler", and "illusionist".
The word was derived from ... 1/
NEW POST 🗞️
Sure, the World Cup’s on, but you can still enjoy league football over the summer…if you head to Ireland! 🇮🇪
Here’s your groundhopping guide to @corkcityfc.ie
#groundhopping #LeagueofIreland #CCFC84
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
Remove his citizenship
Tommy 10 names Robinson was very vocal about Shamima Begum having her citizenship removed - she was groomed, trafficked and now stateless
Robinson was inciting riots in the UK while he was in Moscow singing their praises. He has an Irish passport, he won't be stateless.
People power...
Residents in Legrune-sur-Mer, Normandy signed a letter protesting against Hegseth's planned D-Day visit
Hegseth cancelled
Legrune-sur-Mer 1
Secretary of War 0
Video
'It's always nice to come back this way after some disappointment. It gave me extra motivation for today' says SD Worx-Protime sprinter
Lotto-Intermarché verkeert in zwaar weer. De Belgische fusieploeg raakte door het samengaan van Lotto en Intermarché-Wanty afgelopen winter al renners als Biniam Girmay, Louis Barré, Laurenz Rex en Gerben Thijssen kwijt. Daar komen na dit seizoen Arnaud De Lie, Lennert Van Eetvelt én Georg Zimme
