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Lukas Knöfler

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@cyclingnews.com #UCIWWT correspondent. @saiklist.help. Kreistagsabgeordneter NF. RT ≠ endorsement.

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Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 5d

The Tour of Chongming Island starts tomorrow morning, with 🇦🇪 Safiya Al-Sayegh getting the honour of the no. 1 bib. Back in early 2024, I talked with her about her cycling career - have a read:
www.cyclingnews.com/features/dre...

Dreaming big for the future - Safiya Al-Sayegh's pathway to the Olympic Games

Emirati rider speaks on Paris 2024, her path to pro cycling, and paving the way for others

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Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 2d

Lotto-Intermarché merger:
- riders so far contracted to Intermarché for 2026 are free to sign with the merged team or elsewhere
- riders so far contracted to Lotto for 2026 have valid contracts
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Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 2d

You're right, I was misled by the wording in the announcement.

Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, the one with the loop (Schleife) around a whole neighbourhood is in Rendsburg.

Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 2d

Lotto-Intermarché merger officially official!
The licence application has been submitted by the paying agent of the Lotto team, which has a few consequences:
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Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 2d

I did mean the rail line. So you did ride a train across this bridge - and the one further west, in Hochdonn.

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Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 2d

Have you ever ridden it yourself?

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Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 2d

*shrugs in Chinese*

Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 2d

#Bahnzeit in Rendsburg - Schleife & Hochbrücke sind immer wieder ein Erlebnis! /cc @jaroslavrudis.bsky.social

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Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 2d

Confirmation that Knijnenburg won the GC (via @elsterrato.bsky.social on 🐦). #TOCI2025 #TourOfChongmingIsland #Chongming #UCIWWT

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Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 2d

GC winner should be Anne Knijnenburg. 99.999999999% certain, only waiting for confirmation from China which can take some time. *shrugs in Chinese*

Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 2d

LAJ rider is Quinty Ton!

Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 2d

Van Rooijen's placing may change as the gap to the peloton isn't certain - there was no timing shown on the broadcast because *shrugs in Chinese*. Knijnenburg winning GC should be certain, though - if yet unconfirmed.
#TOCI2025 #TourOfChongmingIsland #Chongming #UCIWWT

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Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 2d

UNOFFICIAL final GC (my calculations):
1 Knijnenburg
2 S vRooijen +1" (stage placing countback 13)
3 Dronova +1" (79)
4 R Markus +1" (114)
5 Docx +7" (48)
6 K Swinkels +7" (53)
#TOCI2025 #TourOfChongmingIsland #Chongming #UCIWWT

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Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 2d

Talbot, R Markus, Knijnenburg, Swinkels, Dronova, Docx, Blanco, LAJ rider, Campos were the nine

Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 2d

Talbot wins the stage!

Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 2d

Waiting for confirmation - but as the peloton is at least 15" behind, Anne Knijnenburg (VolkerWessels) should take the GC by one or two seconds ahead of Sofie van Rooijen! #TOCI2025 #TourOfChongmingIsland #Chongming #UCIWWT

Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 2d

Surprise ending as a group of 9 gets away in the final, Talbot (Liv AlUla Jayco) wins the sprint. #TOCI2025 #TourOfChongmingIsland #Chongming #UCIWWT

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Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 3d

Virtual GC after today's 3 intermediate sprints:
1 S. vRooijen
2 Balsamo +7"
3 Griffin +8"
4 Baker +8"
10", 6", 4" bonifications at the finish; everybody else is 15" or more behind.
#TOCI2025 #TourOfChongmingIsland #Chongming #UCIWWT

Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 3d

Riders signing in, lining up for the start, seven (7!) people sounding horns for the neutral start ... this is not what I want or need in a race broadcast! #TOCI2025 #TourOfChongmingIsland #Chongming #UCIWWT

Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 3d

And I'd argue that it gets more attention for the team than they could have achieved by just racing normally and not getting DSQed...

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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 3d

🇳🇱 Dutch rider Jan-Willem van Schip (Parkhotel Valkenburg) has been disqualified from the NIBC Tour of Holland following stage 1 for riding with a seatpost that allegedly violates UCI regulations.

📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/jan-...

📸 Cor Vos

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Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 3d

🇲🇽 Roberto Morales, you mean?
His career only started very recently (after the WorldDB put Mexico in Worlds). 3rd overall in Tolima, mountain stage win & 2nd overall in Redlands.

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Lukas Knöfler @lukascph.bsky.social · 3d

I'm pretty sure Canel's-Java has a Mexican champion's kit, but what will 'my' Roberto Morales be wearing once he's become a world beater?

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Thala Msutu @thalamsutu.bsky.social · 3d

I get it’s kind of a story but this is also essentially “George Ford chooses to continue being employed instead of investing everything into this Ponzi scheme”

Guardian Sport @sport.theguardian.com · 3d

George Ford turns down R360 riches for last shot at England World Cup glory

* Sale fly-half rebuffs £1m offer to chase dream * ‘There’s no better motivation than winning for England’ George Ford has turned down the riches on offer from R360 for one last shot at a Rugby World Cup with England. The 32-year-old revealed he was approached by the rebel circuit, fronted by the former England centre Mike Tindall, but rejected a deal believed to be worth £1m a season to chase his dream. Ford, who reached a century of caps last summer, has signed a three-year contract extension with Sale which will ensure his availability for the 2027 tournament in Australia. Continue reading...

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 3d

Afgezien van het kwalijke gebruik van het euphemisme “rechts-conservatief” voor uiterst-rechts, zijn veel vragen veel te abstract om iets zinnigs te kunnen zeggen over de resultaten — om nog te zwijgen over het feit dat ze worden gedecontextualiaeerd.

Links-rechtspolarisatie verlamt de Nederlandse politiek - Ipsos I&O Publiek

teeds minder kiezers zijn tevreden over de manier waarop de democratie werkt in Nederland: ze geven de democratie nu een 5,2, waar dat in 2018 nog een 6,4 was. Waarom de democratie niet naar tevredenh...

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