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 >>/10016/
I've reached it running. Honestly it always feel like the heart never works while cycling, just the legs. Maybe I should do the thresholds sessions prescribed by finnbert but I hate it indoor and outside it's a bit complicated with the state of the roads around
 >>/10018/
You won't peak with just threshold. Need to do threshold -> VO2 max -> full sprint.

I only see my max ever at the end of Zwift races while sprinting. From just threshold exhaustion I'll hit 187-190 or so.
> Arnaud De Lie was looking forward to his return to the cycling peloton, but after just forty kilometers in Rund um Köln the Belgian champion disappeared from the race. What is wrong with De Lie? "It just didn't work," says team manager Nikolas Maes in an interview with Het Nieuwsblad.

how do you fuck up this badly? judging from his strava he's just training alone in wallonia doing fuck all quite frankly, amateur numbers
why don't they just house him with other riders that do train
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Well, well, well, what a Giro we've had so far and what a stage today! Perfect time for another sensational /WORLD TOUR WINE/ !!

Today's stage mirrors Strade Bianche, where I enjoyed a phenomenal Brunello di Montalcino from Castello Romitorio that still sits at the top of the /WTW/ rankings. Today, we are enjoying a wine from one of the other great appellations of Tuscany -- Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. The route today almost perfectly bisects the towns of Montalcino and Montepulciano so it is a fun comparison between the two. I should note that this is NOT the same wine as Montepulciano d'Abruzzo which is an entirely different region and different grape. Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is, predictably, Sangiovese, the great grape of Tuscany.

Avignonesi Grandi Annate Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva 2016 ($110)

This is a riserva (3 years minimum aging). Avignonesi only vinifies Grandi Annate in great vintages, so not available every year. Decanted for three hours.

Pours a deep ruby with white/garnet rim and red reflections. The nose is deep and rich -- the most intense Dr. Pepper you've ever smelled with cherry, plum, turbinado sugar, light vanilla, and cedarwood. Normally a Cola scent is off-putting to me (too many California pinot noirs that smell like Cherry Coke and taste like shit) but this is really nice, balanced, probably because of the power of the fruit.

The palate is powerful but balanced. There is plum and cherry enveloped in tannins, almost chewy, but with fresh acidity.

Extremely nice bottle, not reaching the complexity or quality of the Brunello di Montalcino earlier this year, but very nice nonetheless. Obviously built for age, this drinks well now but in another 10-15 years would be hitting its stride.
 >>/10043/
Very nice, I didn't even know there is more than one Montepulciano and I like the Abruzzo one, at least most of the time.
The bottle aesthetics make it look like it is a very good wine, you will get a knack to judge the cover pretty well, although it is still a faulty instinct.
Vinho verde tends to be better the more childish the aesthetics are.
 >>/10049/
I was just planning on picking up a bottle of Prosecco but one of my local wine shops actually has a small selection of Slovenian wines so I will do some research and make decision closer. 

I'm also still trying to decide my bottle for stages 17-20 which cover Alto Adige, Lombardy, and Valle d'Aosta regions.

For final stage of each GT, I am planning a special bottle from each country not restricted by location
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> The bottle aesthetics make it look like it is a very good wine, you will get a knack to judge the cover pretty well, although it is still a faulty instinct
Interestingly enough most of the stuff I buy to cellar has completely plain, boring labels. I am somewhat suspicious of garish labels (any winemaker with a marketing department is suspect), but I can't fault the Italians, they can't help being garish


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