November 15, 2020. “German Engineering for your peloton” Bit of a convoluted way to say something about Tony Martin, TBQH. The original meme was good though. Visit the main Advent Calendar page
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Harold Dalton
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September 20, 2020. “Finally, a true factor that unites the Jumbo-Visma trident” This one hurts. But we appreciate that the meme creator color-coded the names with the jerseys they lost. Visit the main Advent Calendar page
Rally Cycling’s partnership with Normatec has been unaffected by the latter’s acquisition by Hyperice. And look, these sound like made-up companies, but check the image below to see that it’s a very real product. Um. Two giant legs? Mermaid costume? Looks kind of like a pipe too. OK, we’re stumped. Let’s check with Rally Cycling’s Performance Director Jonas Carney for clues. “The importance of recovery cannot be understated. With our athletes competing around the world while constantly traveling and transferring between hotels, ideal recovery is hard to achieve. With Hyperice as a partner, all 28 of our athletes have access…
October 19, 2020. “Trying everything.” Is the curse of the rainbow jersey real? Well, he did win Brabantse Pijl, so… uh. Maybe? Visit the main Advent Calendar page
September 16, 2020. “What is an American doing this high up in a mountain stage?” Sepp Kuss is one of our favorites. Fine work by the undisputed cycling meme master Ser-Seaworth. Visit the main Advent Calendar page
November 1, 2020. “Gotta stay up to date.” Not a problem we can relate to. Visit the main Advent Calendar page
October 4, 2020. “Hits a bit too close to home” Julian Alaphilippe’s first race as World Champion was a disaster. Thinking he’d won Liege-Bastogne-Liege, he sat up to celebrate, only to have Primoz Roglic inch past him at the finish line. And then he was relegated to the back of the lead group anyway. Just like somebody who graduated in February right in time for the entire world to shut down due to a pandemic. Visit the main Advent Calendar page
September 21, 2020. “Stop, he’s already dead!” Meme explainer here: Tadej Pogacar dominated his countryman, Primoz Roglic, so thoroughly in the Tour de France that this Redditor jests that he might switch to ski jumping next, the sport Roglic competed in before switching to cycling. Visit the main Advent Calendar page