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" 39 江 CHIANG 勝山 Sheng Shan TPE 1994 - CHINESE TAIPEI" So the UCI's official standpoint in the China/Taiwan conflict is they agree with China that Taiwan is not free but belongs to China, got it.

These videos are so valuable to the state of #USDH. Thank you everyone involved! My quick notes watching: - Commentator crew and production is dialed, and so hyped to have our dog Griz chopping it up in the booth. - Sweet 'fun facts' during race runs. So polished and pro. - I wish the track was longer, but damn, does it make for intense racing. - The UCI rule about fastest time of day juniors wearing elite sleeve is wack IMO. I'd like to still see national sleeves in each category at World Cups. - Anna is hauling this year...

U.S. National Champs Race Replay video

Made it very clear. Definitely sour grapes. Down with the French. #merica And yes, those 3 fellas wen't full on Brendan Fraser! Hurled a full face helmet into a grandstand full of children from a distance? 🙃

Bad precedent to leave a 2 month gap to draw eyes/interest/fans to other sports. Causes emotional detachment from a heated title chase. A loss of story line. Distracted viewership who will need a constant reminder to tune back in. Like when I forget to watch the 1st week of NFL games. My biggest concern is "why" do we really have the gap? 1. Do venues not WANT or even NEED us during summer? 2. Does this cause concern for Warner Bros/Discovery to break revenue/labor/staffing for 2 full months 3. WIll fans miss the next round's live stream hurting paid viewership/response...

He sure did. KT Taped that damn hand to the bar on a beast of a track in the wet. Commitment!!! Can see it his whole run, but really good at 4:12 https://youtu.be/0yY463qPEYk?si=dmTcqsHNNs8vbl1X&t=250

lawlor slowmo (all dry : ) - we'll sort out fantasy results today too, most likely going with junior qualis as results like the UCI has done, but stay tuned.

good lord... the ed masters footage in the slop corner where all the fans were was outrageous. absolute slapstick. felt like the mud race where Ricky Carmichael lapped the entire field. not even sure the timestamp as its just premiering now lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ojHNwBiIR0

Considering the huge margin of Amaurys wins in awful conditions after his serious vertebrae fractures in my opinion he is without a doubt the best guy on a bike now and probably the best ever

Meanwhile in the Specialized pits:

Rider reactions after semi-finals today - BK's quote: "I hate semi-finals, worst thing ever invented..."

It's weird that beautiful women spend their hard earned money on being gorgeous hillside to spectate proudly & videographers just leave them out of the footage these days. I can't imagine spend time, money & fashionable get ups to go out to be appreciated and all these dudes with cameras...just filming men in spandex onesies all day.

Anna is on a tear, put 1.5 sec on Seagrave

leogang press conference

Well WB/Discovery has somehow done the smartest thing I've seen so far. After the tried and true methodology of "Reading the Room"... They've stopped trying new BS nobody likes and started to just steal the content style of all the successful youtube accounts. (Including Vital RAW tbh. Seems they're uploading a version of those. Not sure who films them, Sleeper?) And I can appreciate that. When in doubt, steal the methods of those who are already successful. Excited to fail at another round of Vital Fantasy with y'all. And it's with great pleasure I reveal I've been able to hold...

updated interview with Phil Seton and the *Pole* Factory Racing team. They made it to Leogang with the help of GoFundMe and are hoping to get to Les Gets next! https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/living-prayer-and-gofundme-phil-seton…

They put that friggin RB lid on the kid and it's over now. He's chugging RB and pissing confidence right now.