The Stages Cycling Saga Is Only Going to Get Messier

eloy said:

Danny Boyle is looking for zombies(?)
https://www.globalcyclingnetwork.com/general/news/danny-boyle-film-puts-out-urgent-casting-call-for-serious-cyclists-and-runners 

eloy said:

The Stages Cycling Saga Is Only Going to Get Messier

https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/04/stages-cycling-messier.html

LennartZandbergen said:

Man, Jason Gay is such an amazing writer. 

David Yang said:

Dang James Huang is leaving escape collective. Wonder if he is going to another pub, starting his own thing or taking an industry job.

https://escapecollective.com/farewell-james/

LennartZandbergen said:

Dispatch from Oklahoma, where Thomas Dekker and Laurens ten Dam were training for Unbound:
https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/opmerkelijk-laurens-ten-dam-en-thomas-dekker-zaten-in-amerikaanse-cel-voor-unbound/

And so Ten Dam and Dekker had to switch to a plan-B. "We were going to have lunch at the Mexican restaurant, then. It was still pretty early. We had a three-hour training ride behind us and by now we were quite hungry. It was one-thirty in the afternoon. I wanted to take a little cold shower and Thomas threw that water over me. We were standing between the car doors, showering ourselves clean. Suddenly I hear a man yelling very loudly. But we just wanted to freshen up before entering the restaurant."

"I actually felt it coming. There were a lot of people in that restaurant. All of a sudden there were five police cars. The guy who had yelled at us was standing there too and said, 'you should go to jail for this.' It was actually a typical redneck. They focused completely on Thomas at first. He was searched and then handcuffed. So I thought: shit. Then I had to turn around too and I was handcuffed too."

Five guns and an orange suit

“I didn't dare do anything,” Dekker adds. “I had five guns pointed at me, even though those people had an IQ of a shrimp.” Ten Dam still tried to calm things down. “I thought, I might be able to rebut, but these people didn't listen to that.” And so Dekker and Ten Dam had to be taken to the station and even ended up behind lock and key. "I think it was a four-by-four place, with no windows and an iron toilet. A small sink, that was it."

The two Dutchmen were detained for “inappropriate behavior” in public spaces. "We were still given some food, under a blanket, because we were cold by now. 

It all took a very long time and fingerprints were taken. We also had to put on an orange suit, we were really inmate Laurens and inmate Thomas. It's really not allowed there. It did clash with my values,” Dekker said.

“The indictment said we sprayed each other with water bottles as two gay cyclists,” Ten Dam said. The riders had to pay a $185 bond, and it later turned out they did not have to appear in court. They did, however, walk out of jail as late as 10 hours after the arrest.

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Mark Taylor said:

I assumed everyone is Oklahoma thinks all cyclists in lyrca are gay cyclists