I'm not scared of breaking bones or road rash anymore, but I am scared of brain damage, and I think more cyclists should understand why. In light of a very visible mistake in the European time trial championships, I saw an opportunity to share what I know, some of the risks of riding concussed, and what you should do if you think you might be at risk. Concussion risk and protocol has come a long way in all sports over the last few years. Big thanks to Dr. Sprouse for sharing.

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A lot of folks requested I do the Vuelta after the Tour de France series. I didn't want to do a stage by stage, but I sat down with my friend Ben Foster to do the highlights, hot takes, and tell you which stages you should watch and why.

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They say never read the comments, but I'm making an exception here and going through the comments from angry motorists I've received over the years. I think it might be useful for cyclists to be armed with some of these answers, and for the 99% sane motorists to know what cyclists deal with from that hostile 1%. 

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Remember when the Yates brothers went 1-2? It feels like 9 years ago, but it was actually July 1. For my final episode on #letour 2023, I do a quick summary of each stage, assess the winners and losers of the race team by team, and then get into the finale. 

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Today’s stage was a great one-day race, with incessant breakaways, crashes that led to a GC shakeup in the top 10, and the biggest names putting on a show for the stage win!

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Today’s stage was another chance for the sprinters and supposed to be an easy day, but this race refuses to follow the script. Groups everywhere, GC guys missing splits, Campanearts going again, a groupetto 10 minutes down on a flat stage. Every 10k was a different race scenario, with a photo finish in the finale. I'll break it down for you.

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If know you me, you know that I have a complicated relationship with pro cycling, where I gave it the best years of my life, it stabbed me in the back and shoved me out in my prime, but then launched me to a better life than I ever could have dreamed of. To be honest (other than when someone texted me that a friend was going to win the stage) I haven’t watched a bike race since 2016. I was always turned off by some doper in the pack or the commentary booth, but folks liked the podcast series, and a ton of you asked me to keep it going during the Tour. Maybe this will be healthy for me.

I have done hundreds of pro races, I know these guys and the teams and a lot of what’s going on and I have plenty of inside squawk and gossip. I’ll give you the summary, tell you what I’m seeing that might be a little different from what they’re saying on TV, but mostly I’m looking to enjoy it together.

Today’s stage was finally a chance for the sprinters 185k with a few short hills but mostly flat, which did not go as expected. I was bored all day and mad at myself for wasting my time watching this race, but in retrospect I loved every minute it.

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If know you me, you know that I have a complicated relationship with pro cycling, where I gave it the best years of my life, it stabbed me in the back and shoved me out in my prime, but then launched me to a better life than I ever could have dreamed of. To be honest (other than when someone texted me that a friend was going to win the stage) I haven’t watched a bike race since 2016. I was always turned off by some doper in the pack or the commentary booth, but folks liked the podcast series, and a ton of you asked me to keep it going during the Tour. Maybe this will be healthy for me.

I have done hundreds of pro races, I know these guys and the teams and a lot of what’s going on and I have plenty of inside squawk and gossip. I’ll give you the summary, tell you what I’m seeing that might be a little different from what they’re saying on TV, but mostly I’m looking to enjoy it together.

Yesterday was a time trial that ended with a big margin of victory, and today we saw another big gap in the mountains. All of the comments lately have been asking about doping, so I figure this is a good chance to get into it before we do the regular stage update.
 

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If know you me, you know that I have a complicated relationship with pro cycling, where I gave it the best years of my life, it stabbed me in the back and shoved me out in my prime, but then launched me to a better life than I ever could have dreamed of. To be honest (other than when someone texted me that a friend was going to win the stage) I haven’t watched a bike race since 2016. I was always turned off by some doper in the pack or the commentary booth, but folks liked the podcast series, and a ton of you asked me to keep it going during the Tour. Maybe this will be healthy for me.

I have done hundreds of pro races, I know these guys and the teams and a lot of what’s going on and I have plenty of inside squawk and gossip. I’ll give you the summary, tell you what I’m seeing that might be a little different from what they’re saying on TV, but mostly I’m looking to enjoy it together.
 
Today's stage was a 22 km time trial. This was the GC stage that we were all curious about and waiting for, and it did deliver. That said, it was also a time trial, which means it was very boring. I watched the whole thing so you don't have to.

Sorry I couldn't help it. I'll do a good one tomorrow I promise