Stage 17 of the #TdF2024 wasn't supposed to be one for GC fireworks, but as Caley Fretz writes, Tadej Pogačar just can't help himself. escapecollective.com/tadej-pogacar-…

"It doesn't require an expensive set of equipment to determine that the atmosphere around Pogačar and the Tour de France itself has changed in recent days." Superb writing (as ever) from Barry Ryan on everything going on yesterday at #TDF2024 cyclingnews.com/news/its-just-…

After a years-long investigation, the UCI Ethics Commission has acted against Fazli Ahmed Fazli escapecollective.com/uci-bans-afgha…

About damn time.

No offers yet. We are willing to borrow a boat, if that's all you have.

Pistachios are the best TDF evacuation snack escapecollective.com/grills-and-spi…

Each Tour de France team is given just €5,000 for handing over access to their internal team communications. The project has been a success, but teams feel undervalued. "As it is, we won't be signing up for next year," one team said. Another six expressed similar thoughts.

It took until stage 19 for us to get all the way to dinner (a considerable distance from our hotel) without a memory card for the podcast recorder.

Hero Iain Treloar rode a lime bike back to get it and the pod will be up soon

A+ doggo, no notes. escapecollective.com/ben-healys-sau…

Haley Batten of Park City, 25, wins silver in women's mountain biking. The best Olympic performance by a U.S. MTB athlete ever.

The utter disdain from NBC toward anybody with the gall to watch something other than swimming

For women’s XCO, ads every two minutes. Sometimes as close as 50 seconds. Randomly placed so they covered key moments. We PAY FOR THIS SHIT.

To NBC Olympics & Paralympics credit, they fixed this today for the men’s race. Very few ads. 🙌

This is a legit mtb pass. Bars in front, going for the same line.

For anybody who would like this tweet in story form escapecollective.com/tom-pidcock-an…

Getting the shot: An Eiffel Tower finish escapecollective.com/getting-the-sh…

How to put on a jacket, an exclusive Masterclass event with Demi Vollering

What a finish! Kasia Niewiadoma is the Tour de France champion, by just four seconds atop the Alpe d'Huez. That's a stage for the ages. escapecollective.com/tdff-stage-8-r…

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