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[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

I'm so pro-car that I think bicycles should be separated from cars on busy streets.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

News: Louisiana just became the latest state to ban intentional balloon releases, starting August 1, following the passage of House Bill 851 (Act 196). It treats a release as littering with a $500 fine for a first offense.

A balloon let go for a memorial or a graduation travels for miles, loses its lift, and falls into a marsh, a field, or the ocean. A deflated latex balloon looks almost exactly like a jellyfish or a squid to a sea turtle or a seabird, and they eat it, and it blocks the gut.

The ribbon is arguably worse. It tangles around legs, wings, and necks, and it doesn't rot. Birds even try to build it into their nests. The shiny Mylar kind has a second trick, conducting electricity, and it knocks out power for thousands of people when it drifts into a line.

The wish to send something upward for someone you've lost is one of the most human things there is. It's just that what goes up comes down somewhere, and the results are devastating for wildlife.

[Team SD Worx - Protime @teamsdworx]

A masterclass against the clock ⏱️🥇

@AnnavdBreggen showed her class on the slopes, powering to a stunning win in the individual time trial and proving once again why she remains one of cycling’s greatest champions. 🏆

📸 @gettysport

[Velon CC @VelonCC]

Four GT wins for Jonas, all with Kuss 🤝

Jonas Vingegaard has been supported by Sepp Kuss for all four of his Grand Tour overall wins. Kuss has now played a part in nine Grand Tour general classification victories for Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

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[Lidl-Trek @LidlTrek]

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#GirodItaliaWomen

[Pro Cycling Trumps @procycletrumps]

🇮🇹 #GirodItalia Winners 2026
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[The Group Ride @TheGroupRide]

@lucasaganronald

[RVA DOT @RVA_DOT]

A few behavior changes will dramatically reduce the number of road tragedies:

- Drive sober
- Put your phone away
- Drive at safe speeds

[Lidl-Trek @LidlTrek]

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? ⚔️🏛️
#GirodItalia

[The Group Ride @TheGroupRide]

@AllAboutCyc1ing @Justbergen @100Climbs @BenjiNaesen But, if they wanted to they could.

[Giro d'Italia @giroditalia]

🩷 🇩🇰 Jonas Vingegaard (TVL)
💜 🇫🇷 Paul Magnier (SOQ)
💙 🇮🇹 Giulio Ciccone (LTK)
🤍 🇵🇹 Afonso Eulalio (TBV)

Your Maglie of the 2026 #Giroditalia

[Pro Cycling Trumps @procycletrumps]

Congratulations Jonas Vingegaard 🇩🇰
Winner of the Giro d'Italia 2026 🏆🩷👏 #GirodItalia

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

Make it easy for people to ground on bikes, and people will get around on bikes.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

If you help a turtle across the road, move it in the direction it was already heading. Never turn it around.

It's turtle season. Females are crossing roads right now to reach nesting sites, and they know exactly where they're going. If you turn one around "toward the water" or "back to safety," it will just try to cross again the moment you leave.

If it's safe for you to stop, pick the turtle up by the sides of the shell, keep it low to the ground, and walk it across in the same direction it was facing. Don't relocate it somewhere "better." Turtles have small home ranges they spend their whole lives in, and a relocated turtle will often wander trying to get back, crossing more roads to do it.

One exception: snapping turtles bite and have long necks. For those, slide a car mat under them and drag it, or lift from the very back of the shell near the tail, never the front.

The turtle knows where it's going. Your only job is to get it to the other side faster.

[The Group Ride @TheGroupRide]

@Cyclingbottle But, like you allude to, the points are placed in areas of the stage where breakaway riders will benefit from going on the attack early. Maybe the TdF doesn't need to do this, but I think it would make others races a little boring. Why bother even having a sprinters jersey too?

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

A turtle came into Wild At Heart Rescue in Mississippi last week painted from head to toe in silver and red. People keep doing this and it has to stop.

A turtle's shell is living tissue full of blood vessels that absorbs sunlight to produce vitamin D, helps the turtle regulate body temperature, and in many aquatic species participates in the animal's breathing system.

When a turtle is painted, all of that gets blocked. The turtle is no longer able to synthesize vitamin D where it's been painted and can develop metabolic bone disease as a result. (soft bones, deformed shell, slow death).

The painted shell loses its camouflage too, making the turtle visible to every hawk and raccoon in the area.

Removing the paint isn't a quick wash with a sponge. It involves multiple veterinary sessions, often with sedation, and many turtles arrive too damaged to ever recover.

If you see a turtle with paint on its shell, do not try to clean it yourself. Call a licensed wildlife rehabilitator right away.

[The Group Ride @TheGroupRide]

LOL! I'm dying with this guy 🤣

[Chaos TV @ChaosTV]

Dirty Cops Meet Their Match After Issuing Unlawful Orders

[The Group Ride @TheGroupRide]

@VelonCC @VingegaardJonas @vismaleaseabike @giroditalia

[The Group Ride @TheGroupRide]

Thank you Jonas. That was accurate.

[#TeamVingegaard @vingeupdates]

🗣️ Jonas Vingegaard on his mustache:
"I looked myself in the mirror yesterday, and I realized I looked like a teenager trying to grow mustache. It had to go.
Sometimes you have to accept your defeats, and I accept it."

🎥 tntsportscycling