TALUS

Damn, I got Julian but dropped GvA. Only made up 1 place for the day.

Same here... Feels like cheating to drop the yellow jersey

At least Porte scored some point before his stage 9 curse hit. Now I will have to bring in a whole bench of climbers. Still hanging around 50ish is new to me. Thanks GvA!!

Perfect!! When are they shipping?

Karma is good to me so far. Can't wait to offload Cav. Never liked him anyway....

Definitely my new frontier. GravelGrinding is the way to go in SA. I will be there.

You are referring to THIS Fantasy league..... ??

Most of the top teams have LOTS of sprinters. Little light on GC and not many young riders. To paraphrase Naas Botha "the Fantasy Tour isnt won in the first week".

I should have listened to my head. Cavendish.....dammit

I got my pink slip. Sadly my Lynskey Gravel Grinder got lost in Miami. The Boss wants to do the accommodation. I have 30 days to make a comeback. What tyres?

Karma is tough on this one. Nothing like your saga but … My new Lynskey that I ordered with this in mind got lost (in Miami....). Now a new bike is being built. Tried to book accommodation for 2 days. All failed due to electronic?software crap and now I cannot get my entry in. Man I am looking at a lot of punctures or something if I ever get to the start.

I didn't know abou the early bird thingy.... A little Hub exception?? Please.. I think it is time to swop out the Panorama. IF I can get accommodation I suppose.

Ek het lanklaas hierdie draad raak gelees. Lekker man lekker... Het iemand nog 'n skakel na Maryna se Gynae ondersoek?

Nobody else?

Last year I bought pink Breast Cancer socks for my trip to the Giro. Now I have an excuse to buy new socks for this year's trip!!

After three years I am now legal. And no one got hurt...

I have done quite a few laps there lately. I am convinced there are much less animals than before. Anything to do with the Vets Trucks that were there a lot last year?

Damn. I forgot this overlaps with Panorama. Already committed there. I really want to take my Slate to a race that is actually friendly towards my friend.

I am in. Like the new date.

Agreed. It is his race and he makes the rules. Clearly there is a market for gravelgrinding. This protecting the rider against himself with dropbars reminds me of the no sleeveless rule...

As soon as my Slate is welcome I'm in. Until then it will have to be Panorama. Roadbike for the road, MTB for rough stuff and gravel bike for gravelgrinding. Sounds about right?

I am ashamed to admit that I actually spent many hours explaining to people how stupid this concept is /was. Clearly we should allow stupid people to proudly wear their traditional clothes without harassment.

Yster. This is my likely scenario if ever I had the guts to enter. The best I could hope for is to see how far I could get before I get pulled off. These riders are inspiring.

Dit gee hoop aan (regte) dikgatte reg oor die wêreld. Inspirerend. Yster.

Wow. Just frikking wow...