Cosmo Catalano - How The Race Was Won®
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I tweet about bike races and things tangentially related to them. @cyclocosm at the old place, @howtheracewaswon on Threads and Insta, where you'll find most of my work recent work. https://howtheracewaswon.com for the rest.
As a guy who makes stuff in a lot of different formats, I've tended to be mostly OK with using the term "content" to describe it. But more recent developments have been causing me to rethink that evaluation.
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April 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
As a guy who makes stuff in a lot of different formats, I've tended to be mostly OK with using the term "content" to describe it. But more recent developments have been causing me to rethink that evaluation.
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I should also point out that Dane and I do #HTRWW Podcast Live shows after big races on the @escapecollective.bsky.social YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/live/sumK2pd...
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Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico 2025: How the Race was Won®
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March 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I should also point out that Dane and I do #HTRWW Podcast Live shows after big races on the @escapecollective.bsky.social YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/live/sumK2pd...
www.youtube.com/live/sumK2pd...
I do get replies from this app. At one point I had a functional cross-posting script but then accidentally broke it, and haven’t been able to fix it because I’m too busy making memes (& dealing w/other technical issues)
March 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I do get replies from this app. At one point I had a functional cross-posting script but then accidentally broke it, and haven’t been able to fix it because I’m too busy making memes (& dealing w/other technical issues)
a little disappointing they didn't post the source to that—they pull the data from pre-made routes on Google Maps, seems like it'd be trivial to create a new route that covers the GW
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January 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
a little disappointing they didn't post the source to that—they pull the data from pre-made routes on Google Maps, seems like it'd be trivial to create a new route that covers the GW
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honestly expected a least *a little* pushback on the notion that Australians aren't normal, but nope—not a word against it.
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January 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
honestly expected a least *a little* pushback on the notion that Australians aren't normal, but nope—not a word against it.
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January 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I have again created some memes. CyclingThreads
January 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I have again created some memes. CyclingThreads
I have actually wondered about this more often than I’d like to admit. I really want there to be some glib historical joke answer but it seems multifactorial, and well-established (at least since women started reliably having pro races to attend)
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January 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I have actually wondered about this more often than I’d like to admit. I really want there to be some glib historical joke answer but it seems multifactorial, and well-established (at least since women started reliably having pro races to attend)
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Wait, there’s a return deposit? Is this why I see way fewer plastic cups strewn across the course now than back in the aughts/early teens.
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January 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Wait, there’s a return deposit? Is this why I see way fewer plastic cups strewn across the course now than back in the aughts/early teens.
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January 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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January 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I don't care what the producer says, I am 100% wiping my face off ASAP after a race like this.
January 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I don't care what the producer says, I am 100% wiping my face off ASAP after a race like this.
Big cheers for a visible tired Wout who takes the win, then threatens to hug various officials and VIPs as he rolls to the podium—AND some lunatic takes him up on the offer!
I *think* we'll get 25 lead-lap finishers, unless the graphics are out of sync.
I *think* we'll get 25 lead-lap finishers, unless the graphics are out of sync.
January 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Big cheers for a visible tired Wout who takes the win, then threatens to hug various officials and VIPs as he rolls to the podium—AND some lunatic takes him up on the offer!
I *think* we'll get 25 lead-lap finishers, unless the graphics are out of sync.
I *think* we'll get 25 lead-lap finishers, unless the graphics are out of sync.
28 on the lead lap still as Wout gets the bell.
January 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
28 on the lead lap still as Wout gets the bell.
is there some sort of race-determined cut-off for CX beer sales? Like baseball concessions closing up after the 7th inning?
January 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
is there some sort of race-determined cut-off for CX beer sales? Like baseball concessions closing up after the 7th inning?
January 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
January 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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4 laps to go 30+ minutes in. the way Wout is going there's gonna be 20 dudes on the lead lap today.
January 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
4 laps to go 30+ minutes in. the way Wout is going there's gonna be 20 dudes on the lead lap today.
If you do flat today, it is somewhat less bad—slop and lower speeds make it less of a disadvantage, and a flat mud tire is still pretty grippy (until you try to change direction, shift your weight, ride a steep sidehill, hit a bump, etc)
January 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If you do flat today, it is somewhat less bad—slop and lower speeds make it less of a disadvantage, and a flat mud tire is still pretty grippy (until you try to change direction, shift your weight, ride a steep sidehill, hit a bump, etc)
it looked like one of Kamp's guys might have shouted something at Nys when they came back around the other side.
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January 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
it looked like one of Kamp's guys might have shouted something at Nys when they came back around the other side.
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gingerbread man Verstrynge climbing onto the back of fox Wout Van Aert, who has assured him of safe passage across this river.
January 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
gingerbread man Verstrynge climbing onto the back of fox Wout Van Aert, who has assured him of safe passage across this river.
Kamp on the deck in the pit, reflexively looking around for Iserbyt
January 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Kamp on the deck in the pit, reflexively looking around for Iserbyt
Pim Run-Hard
January 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Pim Run-Hard
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