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Nobody watches cycling because they want to see a guy pedal up a mountain in the most optimal way possible. It is everything that comes with that, all of the social connections within the peloton, the personalities of the riders, the overarching stories across years and years of riding, and the belief in the impossible, the redemptive, and the beautiful that keeps us engaged. Those pesky emotions, that belief in nice stories, that mythology is cycling, a sport where the best man doesn’t always win, and that is the joy in watching.
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honestly what the fuck - by kate wagner - derailleur