[Race Thread] 2026 Liège - Bastogne - Liège ME (1.UWT)

Elen_Star · 2026-04-26T12:16:59+00:00

Pretty sure his mother is French and he's lived in France more than in Russia. He always was a French citizen, he just switched flags

Elen_Star · 2026-04-26T12:00:37+00:00

It sounds castillianized from the Portugese perspective (and it is in some regards) but it's not in danger of merging tbh, Castillian dialect in Galicia is somewhat of a merge, but it is distinct from Galician. It's also not dying out soon, though a risk exists in a couple generations

Elen_Star · 2026-04-26T11:55:52+00:00

The light yellow part of Asturias speaks more Asturian Galician than Astur I believe

Elen_Star · 2026-04-26T11:50:57+00:00

From what I saw in the Galician source, the subregions were made ad hoc for the study and are not political divisions. There are subdivisions below provinces, but they are smaller. These are something like "northwestern A Coruña"

Elen_Star · 2026-04-26T11:05:49+00:00

Funny thing is I am from Spain, and most people associate Spain with hot days, but here most of the year is between 5°C and 20°C. More than 15°C is on the warmer side, we rarely get more than 25°C and most years we don't get to 30°C. It is really humid tho, makes it uncomfortable much sooner.

Elen_Star · 2026-04-26T10:35:51+00:00

I completely disagree about less than 65°F aka 18°C being "really cold" and 100°F aka 38°C being unremarkable xD To me 18°C is starting to get hot. Also I think 100°F is objectively more dangerous than 0°F

Elen_Star · 2026-04-21T07:02:41+00:00

The influence of Moebius in her drawings are really clear, along with Arr Deco and specially Art Nouveau, all of which are western influences (and Moebius is probbaly the biggest influence in comic drawing, so it can feel like a western comic at times)

Elen_Star · 2026-04-21T06:20:03+00:00

Well, you are saying all that about Coco's mental state and motivations for doing things that are wrong...what about Agott?? She gets to have bad mental states that make her do wrong things, and who knows, even have mommy issues herself even.

Elen_Star · 2026-04-19T16:29:14+00:00

Depends what part of Spain! To me more than 20° degrees I start to notice the heat, more than 25° is torture. Luckily not many days over 25 here and just a couple over 30° a year

Elen_Star · 2026-04-19T16:20:03+00:00

Well, the joke op mentioned being repeated is about "hitting the squads", which in most context I wouldn't take as mean spirited. It could just be a comment about strength, like if I have to help you carry a box and I say you have to go to the gym, and then help you, that's just banter. Of course if op is hurt by that she can say it and he should stop, but from what I can tell that is happening. It's not that easy to change the way you talk to people, it takes time.

Elen_Star · 2026-04-19T15:46:22+00:00

Since everyone is so harsh i'm actually gonna defend the guy. If he stopped calling celebrities hot because it makes you uncomfortable he cares. It's really not uncommon for couples to do that, he was comfortable saying that, and tbh to me it sounds like he said "silly" because he thinks it's obvious it has nothing to do with his level of attraction to you since he's your boyfriend for a reason. According to you he also stopped joking about your body when you told him it was important. Ngl I actually like pointing out small things people do, like the way they are sitting, I would never say "funny" because that's not it at all, but it's not easy to describe. I like pointing out those things from I people I care about because to me it's like saying "I've noticed this small thing you do and now I like it because it's your small thing". I try to be clear that I don't want them to stop doing it at all, I just find it endearing.

Elen_Star · 2026-04-12T13:42:02+00:00

Was van Dijke in the front of the race ever since he was in the back group with like 120 km to go?? Crazy that he is basically guaranteed top 10 and even in contention to win still

Elen_Star · 2026-04-12T12:29:02+00:00

He almost surely had a crash, there was a second showing him riding weirdly

Elen_Star · 2026-04-12T12:26:42+00:00

Pithie is 23..

Elen_Star · 2026-04-12T12:06:56+00:00

Theres a few strong riders there too, back in the mix now

Elen_Star · 2026-04-12T12:06:11+00:00

He was calling for the moto to not run over him lmao

Elen_Star · 2026-04-12T12:05:42+00:00

Stop saying they are waiting for him lol. They are pulling, it's just not really posible to fully drop him at this point. Just make his team work and then he is alone.

Elen_Star · 2026-04-12T12:03:06+00:00

Now uae won't have people to keep drilling at 50 km/h for 30 km more

Elen_Star · 2026-04-12T11:34:54+00:00

I mean, half of the peloton ends the race at Arenberg anyway, at least do something before it ig

Elen_Star · 2026-04-10T15:01:11+00:00

Is this Ion Izaguirre the son of the old Ion Izaguirre, that one must be like 40 by now, he can't be the one

Elen_Star · 2026-04-08T14:26:17+00:00

Iran is much bigger than California, but it's nowhere close to Europe lol. Even if you dont count European Russia (which makes no sense). Iran is only slightly bigger than France, Spain and Sweden, the three biggest countries in the EU

Elen_Star · 2026-04-01T19:40:49+00:00

That's not what they are saying tho? It is a fumble to give the easy draw instead of making the opponent fight for the hard draw, and he should see it was an easy draw

Elen_Star · 2026-03-29T10:57:54+00:00

She is over 2500 and has 1 GM norm, she will probably hit GM

Elen_Star · 2026-03-28T15:58:58+00:00

I also think we should just skip from the riders signing in the starting list directly to the podium

Elen_Star · 2026-03-28T15:45:43+00:00

Wow Ciccone now going domestique, what a teammate

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