September 5, 2020. “Mr. Madiot, I don’t feel so good… (Yearly repost)” It’s the “yearly repost” that gets us. Poor Thibaut. Visit the main Advent Calendar page
Author: Harold Dalton
Harold Dalton
Cycling industry professional with over 14 years of experience in professional journalism, television, and industry writing.
March 14, 2020. “Thomas ‘Solo’ de Gendt, the Incontagiable” An excellent early Covid-19 crossover meme. Thomas de Gendt loves a solo breakaway, so social distancing is easy for him. Wow, it’s not funny when you explain it, huh. Visit the main Advent Calendar page
October 5, 2020. EF are the best dressed crew in the peloton. Not a contest. Even with the duck helmets. Visit the main Advent Calendar page
September 12, 2020. “What a ride” A timely Michael Scott meme here, just 15 years after that episode aired. The Y2K equivalent would be us yelling nonsense mid-1980s catchphrases into the ether on some ugly website nobody reads… wait, wait. Visit the main Advent Calendar page
Are you in the part of the Venn diagram that LOVES pro cycling and video games? Or, like us, are you so ingrained in pro cycling that you can’t look away, and playing video games constantly because you’re in lockdown? Well, either way, here’s some good(?) news: Tour de France 2019 and Tour de France 2020 are both on sale until December 22 as part of Sony’s End of Year Deals promotion. Tour de France 2019 is just $11.99 now, while this year’s edition is half price at $24.99. Thinking of buying? They’re both extremely similar, so unless you want…
October 21, 2020: “18 years too long” Did you guess that it was about Paris-Roubaix being canceled? As it happened, it did rain that day. Well, fuck. Visit the main Advent Calendar page
Count down the days to Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Christmas with Cyclry’s 2020 cycling memes advent calendar. All memes obviously stolen from Reddit. Where else would we steal them from? [adventcalendar calendar=”cyclingmemes”] You won’t be able to explain half of these to your normie friends.
There’s a lot going on in the United States right now. COVID-19, the world’s most incompetent coup attempt, racial justice. But the number one issue facing us all is that three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond hasn’t received enough honor for his achievements. Well, now he will. The Senate has passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to LeMond, who’ll be only the tenth individual athlete to receive the medal. The bill has now gone to the president’s desk to be signed in Sharpie. These medals are awarded through acts of Congress, with the bills co-sponsored by…