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he's the ceo of male boobs enterprises

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Los campeones del Challenger Mahou 🥰 perxitaa y Alex

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9z Deja el Corazón en la Arena: Cierre su participación en la ESL Pro League de CS

“La Violeta Hace Historia en la ESL Pro League: ¡Un Viaje Épico en el Mundo de los Videojuegos!” Un miércoles que quedará marcado en los esports, la escuadra de 9z vivió una emocionante batalla en los octavos de final de la prestigiosa ESL Pro League Season 18, donde se enfrentaron al poderoso Movistar Riders de España. Fue un enfrentamiento que mantuvo en vilo a todos los fanáticos, y aunque la…

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‹ Giro d'Italia 2024 ›

[carlosdropshot]

if even cofidis can stop sucking then there's still hope for movistar

[42bakery]

I hope you all will allow me this post on Pedrenzo day. It won't be as well sourced as the previous ones, but I think we deserve a chronology.

Pre-World championship. They meet for the first time at the CEV (2000), but they have know about each other before that. They are both close to age (19 months) and both were pretty small. At this point, they use the other rider as a reference more than as a rival as they both are fighting against people older and more experience than them with the handicap of their age and height.

In 125cc (2002 and 2003) During this period of time, their rivalry started, but it was pretty tame. It's also important to note that it was mostly external factors that started it rather than the riders itself. Dani was racing for Telefonica/Movistar and Jorge for Caja Madrid/Fortuna), which made them two very young rider, with lots of talent and pretty promising, in Spanish teams. Their teams weren't friendly against each other, and their manager also used to be rivals. All of it, made the riders feel like they had to beat the other in the track at all cost. it got to the point on wanting to know the other's position to see if they have placed higher.

We also had their characters component, that is something that will follow them their whole life. Dani is quite and calm. He does things behind close doors and the talking on the track. Where Jorge is loud, very loud, and he uses the media and does the talking in the open. They also had 0 contact outside track between them, not even a 'hi' when meeting at the paddock.

In 250cc (2005) In here their 125cc rivalry is intensify. Dani was already 2 times World Champion and Jorge had still to prove himself. Dani was the dominant force to beat and Jorge wanted to be the one to do that. There was also the talking everyone did on the media, that fueled their rivalry. Everyone was accusing everyone of doing things. (mostly Puig, Amatriaín and Jorge).

In this year, the thing between them got much worse as they made contact on track several times. Germany is mentioned as the time that set everything into flames, but Catalunya was the turning point. Due to his excess of aggressiveness (and probably unconsciousness and stupidity), Jorge got a race ban (Malaysia 2005) after he made contact at the Japanese GP with De Angelis and Dani. Jorge used to blame Dani for that because instead of helping him, Dani took out all the receipts of the contact they made on track, which was the nail in Jorge's coffin according to Lorenzo. Older Jorge will admit he deserved it and that it was a turning point for him.

It's during this time when Dani refused to say Jorge's name or mention him (Germany 2005 forward), which pissed Jorge. And I think it still pisses him to some extend.

So by the time Dani moved to MotoGP, they were at each other's throats, specially with the media, and with Dani as a 3 times Word Champion and Jorge still needing to prove himself.

MotoGP When Jorge made it to MotoGP, media expected them pick their rivalry where they left it, and it kind of did with the Qatar incident. In that Grand Prix Dani didn't congratulate Jorge after a good result, and it pissed Jorge. Years later we learn it was due to an injury. However, it put them in the 'not speaking' terms and labelled as bitter rivals. The following Grand Prix, the ex-King of Spain (Juan Carlos I), who is a fan of racing, tried to show they get along and it was just a misunderstanding made them shake hands at the pre-podium.

Instead of cleaning the air in between them or cleaining their image it made it all worse. It looked like they couldn't be in the same room if they weren't forced to share the space.

On track they keep fighting hard against each other, more cleanly this time, and still with the same mentality as in 125cc and 250cc. If I can't win because there are other riders doing/having a better day than me, at least I have to beat Dani/Jorge.

Allegedly, 2008 was the worse point in their rivalry, but when asked them directly, they was the period of time between 2008-2010. Their rivalry got to that point it split the whole country. People were genuinely asking if you were Team Dani or Team Jorge. There are still videos of young Spanish riders having to choose (the Márquez used to be die hard Dani fans and Rins was team Jorge all the way).

Little by little, after fighting so much and for so long against each other, and sharing so many space and podiums together, their relationship moved from bitter rivals, to just rivals, to the rival I respect. Dani said that for him the big change was 2012, when their championship fight was the closes. Dani realized that he had been fighting his whole life with Jorge, therefore, they are as good as the other. Their rivalry had made them grown as riders because they had to outsmart and be better on track than the other, so it was a hats off moment.

In 2012 we also had the first physical approach between them. It was also in Qatar when they hugged for the first time, and it was a symbol of them finally burying the hatchet.

2012 also gave us the iconic marriage proposal (please watch the whole video, it explains Pedrenzo rivalry up to 2012).

From then on, their relationship improved a lot. It could also be that they both had change their managers by 2013, so part of what it set their rivalry wasn't in the equation anymore. They also had grown from kids to adults!

In 2015 Dani invited Jorge to Sete Gibernau's (ex-ride, and Dani's friend and coach) 'ranch'/track for a training weekend among other riders. Jorge ended up getting injured, and Dani went out of his way to check on him because Jorge was fighting for the championship. He got injured in the collarbone and Jorge himself admitted it was dumb because he just wanted to win against Dani when racing with smaller bikes. Apparently Pedrosa was miles faster than any other riders (Rins was there and I think the Espargarós too are mentiones

In 2018, when it was announced that Jorge was moving from Ducati to Honda and was going to replace Dani, Jorge tried to convince Pedrosa to stay in the championship by switching to the Petrona's team. It was pretty public with Jorge saying how a much smoother bike will suit Dani's riding style. Ultimately, Dani decided he didn't want to break anymore bones or suffer, so he retired.

Jorge and Dani exchanging helmets at the end of the 2018 season

After MotoGP Now they have a pretty good relationship. They can be in the same room and laugh and talk for hours about racing, including their 250cc races. Jorge will be the one pulling all the monts and remembering the weirdest stuff and Dani will look bamboozled because he doesn't remember that. In fact, among all DAZN's pundits, Jorge is the one that makes Dani smile and talk the most.

They're pretty quick to mention the other rider when possible (specially Jorge), and they are pretty open when asked about their battles in and out of the track. In fact Jorge will jump at any opportunity to mention and praise Dani. Dani will need a bit more of coaxing, but he will also talk and praise Jorge.

Now that the know parts are about, I want to share some thought I have about them.

I think this imatge basically summarizes their relationship. And creditto Jorge Lorenzo himself for putting it together.

First photo is pretty early in their relationship. You can see that they aren't interested in each other. It's basically a photo for the media. The middle one is Jerez 2008 and you can see how forced their handshake is. The king gets the wrong hand, and all of them are confused and wants to be done with it. And the last one, it's more than a handshake. They are truly happy and comfortable around the other. They want it.

Waru's thoughts I think young Jorge was really mad at Dani and wanted to win Dani no matter what due to the different way they got into the championship. All red tapes were broken for Dani. His ages was overlooked when he entered the Movistar Cup, when Jorge had to wait until he was 15 to make his debut. Dani had Puig who saw him and decided to bring him to the top, despite not meeting the criteria that was set, while Jorge had to fight and crawl all his way up. Yes Jorge got a manager and his dad, but he also had to prove himself over and over while Dani could flop and Puig would have still been at his side. It's also the relationship between Dani and his dad. Antonio was there to guide and support Dani, but at the end of the day it was Dani who took the decision, while Jorge didn't have a great relationship with his dad. Chicho acted more as a coach than a dad.

And then when Dani got the 125cc tittle, he got the ColaCao add, that made him look as the good boy that hasn't broken anything, while Jorge had the bad boy label. Dani had everything he wanted, DORNA's approval as he has come thought a DORNA's approved championship, a good relationship with his dad, a great mentor and a team behind. Basically it could be seen as DORNA had picked Dani to be the next Spanish winner at the big category (see why I translated Elegido para ganar as handpicked to win?) and instead, Jorge was the one who did it.

So yes, I think Jorge saw Dani having everything he had fighter for, and not having had to fight as hard as hi. So apart of all the things mentioned above, I think there was a bit of jealousy involved too. But well this is what I think, I might be wrong, but the way Jorge reacts when the ColaCao add is mentioned is prove that there was more there.

And here is all the chronology. If you think I forgot anything let me know! Also feel free to add things if you want.

[womensworldtour]

O Canada!

In a crash-marred finish that saw several top-tier riders brought down in multiple wet roundabouts inside the last 5km, Canadian national champ Alison Jackson stayed upright and in position to win a reduced sprint. Her American teammate Kristen Faulkner did an impressively long lead-out, allowing Jackson to out-sprint Blanca Vas (SD Worx-Protime) and Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ). Vas will at least have the consolation of taking the GC leader's jersey for tomorrow, thanks to bonus seconds at the finish and sprint points earlier in the stage.

One of Jackson's own teammates was one of the riders that went down, as were Anna Henderson (Visma Lease-a-Bike), Liane Lippert (Movistar), Lizzie Deignan (Lidl-Trek), and many others. Hopefully there weren't severe injuries, and the the 5km rule should bring them back to the same finishing time.

And no one celebrates like Alison Jackson!

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Round Two, Match Seven: Jonas Vingegaard v. Marc Soler

Jonas Vingegaard Propaganda

No propaganda submitted.

Marc Soler Propaganda

He may be ranked #130 in the UCI rankings but he is #1 in my heart ❤️

More propaganda under the cut.

As you may know, Marc Soler moved to UAE Team Emirates in 2022 and has since been one of Tadej Pogačar's most valuable mountain domestiques – pulling the peloton for kilometres on end, being there in the final group before Tadej and Jonas start attacking each other. Then there's stage 17 this year; his infamous ‘scary eyes’ and comforting hand, pulling his leader up the Col de la Loze and helping maintain his podium place.

However! There is much more to Marc Soler than that! Before 2022, his entire professional career was spent with Movistar – that blue-clad stalwart of Spanish cycling hopes. With them, he was again an invaluable domestique to the likes of Enric Mas, Alejandro Valverde, Nairo Quintana, and Richard Carapaz. In the intra-team ~drama~ that plagued Movistar’s 2019/2020 seasons, he remained if not neutral, but relatively uninvolved. This is well-documented in their documentary ‘Movistar: The Least Expected Day’, the series that first endeared him to me.

In 2018, he had his day as a GC challenger – a week, really, swooping to victory at Paris-Nice to take the overall win with a fantastic attack on the final stage to make up more than a minute on Simon Yates

Now let me discuss stage 5 of the Vuelta 2022: Marc’s second stage win at this race – the first being in 2020. There was a battle for the breakaway, and Marc missed out! Never fear – the intrepid Spaniard did what he does best; launch a seemingly futile attempt to bridge, riding solo or in a small group for 50km+ that never really gets anywhere. Not today, though! He joined them, when Stewart attacked he countered brilliantly and rode solo for the final 15km. Brilliant stuff. This won him the stage, the combativity award, and later actions brought him the overall super-combative award, all while supporting Juan Ayuso to the podium.

Oh yeah, did I mention the mullet?? And the earring??

Outside of racing, he comes across as a genuinely nice guy – though I have yet to come across an interview in English, translations of Spanish-language seem cheerful and respectful, having fun in UAE’s social media videos!

He recovered brilliantly from having to abandon in both the Giro and the Tour in 2021 – breaking both of his arms in a crash in the latter, yet soldiering on and completing the stage.

Soler in his natural habitats; pulling the peloton up some steep, steep slopes, or breaking away for a hail-Mary attack that’s seemingly done only for the sheer joy of doing so. He’s a valuable domestique, brilliant rider, and most certainly embodies the spirit of ciclismo!

Thus concludes my Soler propaganda.

Vamos, Marc!

[etapereine]

the movistar rider who crashed yesterday, carlos canal, has a concussion but evidently no broken bones 👍 seems like he spent the night in the hospital for observation but he should be out today

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i think maybe tumblr ate my ask for the ask game? i'd love to know 🍻 and 🔮!

i think so -- i've been getting a lot of issues with this Most Definitely Functioning App And Website so i hope this works!

🍻 seeing races live

yes!! i will be somewhere out on the course for both the men's and women's Paris-Roubaix, which i'm super excited for as it'll be the first time i've seen a race live (except that time tour of britain passed through my hometown when i was ~4 but i don't remember much beyond waiting several hours in the heat for what amounted to a minute of unintelligible noise and cars going by), and i might be going to a Tour stage but we will see. plus definitely Tour of Britain if it still goes ahead and is nearby 🙏🙏

🔮 drop some predictions, no matter how big/small

okay let's have fun. all of these are just ~vibes~ and gut feelings but i will be making sure to bookmark this if anything does happen. variable startlists my beloathed.

Mathieu wins his third RVV from a small-group sprint but doesn't podium Roubaix. skips the Tour (or leaves at the end of first week) to focus on Olympic MTB where he wins a medal

Marianne Vos podiums Amstel

Jasper gets a big one-day win like Brugge-de-Panne again or GW, but misses out on the green jersey at the Tour

Cecilie wins two GT stages (if she rides two GTs, one if she rides one, but she crashed at Omloop, praying for a quick recovery 🙏🙏❤️)

Hugh Carthy wins a stage at the Giro i can feel it.

Tadej wins 3+ Giro stages then 2 Tour stages. comes off the back of winning the Giro in great form but misses out on the Tour podium because of a random event (illness/crash/mechanical etc) but another UAE rider makes the top 3

Cav gets #35, it's magical, wonderful, the commentators are crying, i'm crying, and then he doesn't start the next stage

Mads gets green at the Tour and 2 stage wins and probably green at the Dauphiné too

Primož wears yellow but doesn't win the Tour

'Giro stage shortened because of bad weather' would be a bit of a fork-found-in-kitchen prediction, but i think there'll be at least one Tour stage that's shortened/neutralised due to the heat

Whoever does win the Tour wins at least one other jersey (white if Remco, KOM if anyone else)

SDworx 1-2 at least two races with Demi and Lotte

there's a kind of surprise Olympics winner -- maybe a sprint goes weird, a breakaway go hell-for-leather and make it, who knows

Movistar get on the podium at Catalunya and top 5 Vuelta but signing Nairo again proves to be a mistake

stage winners at the Vuelta include Jay Vine, Egan Bernal, Guillaume Martin and Caleb Ewan (Jonas wins overall)

okay that's a lot actually, i love throwing prediction darts at the cycling season

early season ask game

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La Peza to Quentar

29km in 7:20 hours walking time, about 850m of elevation and a lot of downhill.

We left around 7:20am this morning knowing it was a long day and there was a chance of rain. Today was another beautiful day and for the main part the walking wasn’t too hard.

After leaving La Peza we were on a gravel road for about 6km before joining a path that ran next to a road. The road was cyclists paradise and there were a few motor bikes as well.

We eventually came to a decision point. Today could be split into two short days, which we weren’t keen to do. We were however keen to head into the town for a coffee, snack and loo stop before heading back onto the Camino. This added about 1km to the day. While we were walking into Toćon we were watching the cyclists and then we saw some Movistar riders with a team car going through their paces - so excited!

After leaving Toćon we had a lovely walk through fields full of wildflowers before getting back onto the Camino which then took us again onto a great gravel road. We seemed to be in a geopark as there were people hiking and we saw a group of about 30-40 women who were on an organised gravel tour. Apparently it started in Granada and is about 700km long.

After a long downhill followed by a long uphill we stopped for lunch at an abandoned mine site. I’m not exactly sure what they mined there but parts of the path looked like they had talcum powder on it.

Not long after lunch we hit the highest point of the whole Mozarabe Way and then a very long descent. While we were having lunch we’d been checking out the dark clouds and thought we might be lucky and it would miss us. As we started the descent we were in brilliant sunshine but could hear thunder all around us. There were spectacular views on the descent but we didn’t take too many photos as we were worried about the weather.

Finally we entered town, still descending (knee not happy) and we started to get a few spots of rain. We found our hotel and by the time we’d checked in and headed back out for a drink the rain was starting to settle in, we were so lucky.

While we were having a drink our fellow pilgrim from last night arrived (his name is maybe Jean Claude and he’s French living in Belgium). He left this morning before us so we were quite shocked that he’d only just arrived. Turns out a group of the female gravel riders had stopped at our turn off and were covering the signs so he went the wrong way. Poor guy added about 7km to an already long day.

After a shower we met maybe Jean Claude for dinner (ridiculous I could pretty much tell you the man’s life history but hazy on his name). We had a pleasant evening and we’re meeting him for breakfast in the morning and starting out together. Seems he’s met no-one on the Camino. It’s a shame, if he’d started a day earlier he would have been in with our crowd. Thankfully he speaks very good English.

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Primož Roglič crowned Vuelta a España champion as Stefan Küng wins the final stage time trial

After three weeks of racing, Primož Roglič was crowned victorious in Madrid as he won the Vuelta a España for a record-equalling fourth time. The Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider safely navigated the streets of the Spanish capital in the final stage time trial to secure the overall victory ahead of Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) and Enric Mas (Movistar). His win puts him level with…

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Primoz Roglič wins Vuelta a España Ben OConnor finishes second

Slovenia’s Primoz Roglič sealed a record-equalling fourth Vuelta a España title on Sunday after retaining his overall lead in the final stage of the race, a 24.6 km individual time-trial in Madrid which was won by Stefan Kung. Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe’s Roglič reclaimed the red jersey from Australian Ben O’Connor with a devastating solo attack on stage 19 on Friday and the Slovenian rider never looked back as he equalled Spaniard Roberto Heras’s record of four Vuelta wins. ABC Sport Daily podcast ABC Sport Daily is your daily sports conversation. We dive into the biggest story of the day and get you up to speed with everything else that’s making headlines. When Roglič crossed the line, he pointed a finger to the sky and smiled as he finished with an overall lead of two minutes and 36 seconds over O’Connor while Spaniard Enric Mas of Movistar was third. Victory was all the more special for Roglič who was forced to abandon the Tour de France ahead of stage 13 after the yellow jersey contender crashed twice in consecutive stages. Roglič, who won three consecutive Vueltas from 2019, came into this year’s race as the clear favourite, with Giro d’Italia and Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard and Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel opting not to ride in Spain. However, he was surprised by O’Connor when the Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale rider took the red jersey from him on stage six and opened up a gap of nearly five minutes. But Roglic, nicknamed the “Slovenian Dream Crusher”, slowly clawed his way back and put one hand on the title in stage 19 on the summit finish of Alto de Moncalvillo. Roglič was the last rider out for the final stage and the Tokyo Olympics time-trial gold medallist finished with a time of 26 minutes and 59 seconds, good enough for second after Swiss cyclist Kung went 31 seconds faster. Reuters Source link via The Novum Times

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Dani's career could have ended before it had even started. After he won the Spanish Minimoto championship (1998 prototype category), it was time he moved to 125cc bikes, but unfortunately, his parent couldn't afford it.

They talked about it and Dani accepted it was not possible, so he was going to switch to bikes (also a passion of his). It was a friend of his dad theo one who brought the attention to add for the Movistar Activa Joven Cup, and that changed their life.

Dani wasn't elegible because the minimum age was 14 and Dani didn't had them (half a year away from that age). Apart Dani didn't know how the gearbox worked as the minibikes worked with gas, so actually him going there was going to be a complete disaster according to Antonio. However, Dani was the only one, from the 6000 applicants, that send a press dossier, which impressed Alberto. That made him talk with Carmelo Ezpeleta and they decided that if Dani had caught Puig's eyes, the age shouldn't be a problem. So Dani was included into the pre-selection.

Young Dani and the selection event at the Jarama (Madrid) ahead of the first Movistar Joven Activa Cup.

Dani didn't beleive it at first, and even when he was on the bike for the first time it was so surreal. It was at a big circuit and he felt it was like an highway. Alberto nearly regatead it because Dani was so small, but a look at Dani's face make him continue. Dani really wanted to be there, no one was forcing him.

Dani at the first test for the Movistar Joven Activa Cup

Dani was very small, and they had to help. They needed people who hold the bike for him, and the didn't start from the exit of the pit-lane. Nonetheless, Dani did test the Honda bike for the promotional cup. People where questioning if it was okay for Dani to keep going, but Alberto had no doubt, Dani was going to do the test.

Dani wasn't fast, but he positioned the bike where it needed to be and he was already a smooth rider. Added to that, it was Dani's first time on a big bike and in a big track, but he was showing promise. Dani was included among the participants of the 1999 Movistar Joven Activa Cup and it was mostly Puig's personal bet because Dani wasn't among the best.

One of the things that impressed the most Alberto after he started to coach Dani (among other riders) is that he analyzed everything that was told to him. But he also learned and tried to made things like he was told, like turning or using the gears as suggested.

Source: Dani Pedrosa, elegido para ganar (Dani Pedrosa chosen/handpicked to win) from Teledeportes or MotoGP. It's also in DAZN Spain under the name El origen del samurái (The origin of the samurai)

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Poseidótica lanza su nuevo disco ¨Las palabras y la realidad¨.  La banda de rock instrumental expansivo, para este disco, se planteó el desafío de evolucionar tanto a nivel compositivo como sónico, abundando en matices con su particular psicodelia energética, más allá de la inconfundible dinámica de la banda que los lleva desde pasajes fuertes, densos y oscuros a momentos de luminosidad, calma y reflexión. 

Grabado en el legendario Estudio del Abasto Monsterland por Gonzalo Villagra y en el coqueto estudio del C.C. Richards por Maxi Leivas, este álbum tiene la particularidad de contar con un ingeniero de mezcla diferente para cada tema, elegidos especialmente para otorgarle su toque personal de acuerdo a lo que necesite cada canción, es así que la búsqueda y la experimentación rodea este nuevo trabajo de Poseidótica, dando como resultado una atrapante, variada e hipnótica sucesión de sonoridades que se desarrollan en cada track dando forma a una heterogénea y adictiva obra.

Entre algunos de los productores que participaron podemos mencionar a Billy Anderson (Melvins, Sleep, High On Fire), Estanislao López (Mujer Cebra, Buenos Vampiros, Atrás Hay Truenos) y Santiago De Simone (Dillom, Winona Riders, Nenagenix).

“Las palabras y la realidad” también cuenta con invitados como Nico Bereciartúa en guitarra slide (The Black Crowes) y Santiago Córdoba en percusión (Violentango), ambos en la canción “El Duelo”, y Matías Romero (Miembro estable de la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional) aportando violín en “La Gema”.Escucha ¨Las palabras y la realidad¨

Sin letras, desde un aparente silencio, Poseidótica logra conmover con sus épicas melodías, estimula la imaginación con su sonido envolvente y sacude el pensamiento con sus estructuras complejas llenas de progresiones, en esta ocasión ampliando el abanico estilístico a terrenos inexplorados. Una buena dosis de música no convencional para sumergirse a través de las profundidades de la mente.

POSEIDOTICA PRESENTA ¨LAS PALABRAS Y LA REALIDAD¨ EN VIVO EN EL TEATRO FLORES

Poseidótica, grupo de rock instrumental expansivo formado en la ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, a finales del año 2000, posee una identidad propia y un sonido particular, en gran parte posibilitado por la facilidad que tiene la banda en filtrar diferentes estilos, logrando una música intensa, progresiva, psicodélica, matemática y experimental, a partir de estructuras variadas y complejas, que abundan en matices, climas y un permanente juego de dinámicas, sin perder en ningún momento su sello personal.

La banda tiene cinco discos editados, “Intramundo” del 2005, “La Distancia” del 2008, “Crónicas del Futuro” del 2011, “El Dilema del Origen” del 2015 y “Pascuas Profanas” (En Vivo) del 2018, además de un DVD llamado “En Viaje Hacia una Nueva Dimensión”.

A lo largo de su historia Poseidótica ha pasado por una enorme cantidad de escenarios destacados, compartiendo festivales con legendarios artistas internacionales como Iggy & The Stooges, Megadeth, Motley Crue y Marilyn Manson, y también han tocado junto a bandas de culto como Dead Meadow (USA), Kadavar (Alemania), Earthless (USA), Mars Red Sky (Francia), Yawning Man (USA) y The Shrine (USA).  

En la actualidad, habiendo girado por Latinoamérica (Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay) después de editar en vinilo toda su discografía a través de su sello Aquatalan Records, la vibrante agrupación continúa su imparable marcha en el marco del “Alquimia Tour” y se encuentran más vigentes que nunca, luego de ser elegidos por Ghost para abrir su recital en el Movistar Arena ante 15 mil personas en septiembre del 2023 y habiéndose presentado en 2024 junto a artistas internacionales del calibre de Brant Bjork (Ex Kyuss y Fu Manchu) y Austin TV (México).

[womensworldtour]

5 Takeaways from La Vuelta Feminina

Competition is good.

There were no boring stages. Every stage of La Vuelta Feminina was competitive this year, and most were quite close. Even the sprint stages ended up having major GC action with the cross-winds. If you look at the results, it seems to favor the super teams like SD Worx-Protime and Visma Lease-a-Bike, and they certainly did have good results. But every stage was hotly contested, there were no dominant solo breakaways, and teams like FDJ-Suez or EF Education-Cannondale played their cards well to upset the favorites for some stage races. Frankly, the Vuelta Feminina was a lot more fun to watch than the men's Giro d'Italia is looking to be. (There, we said it!)

2. La Vuelta Feminina's spot on the calendar is fantastic.

We think the organizers of the Vuelta Feminina have absolutely nailed the spot on the calendar. That lull at the end of the spring classics was just begging for a stage race, and Spain's beautiful countryside and cities look best in spring. That's always been the down side of La Vuelta versus Le Tour in the men's calendar, the scenery is so much greener and prettier during the Tour in July than the Vuelta in August. A spring Vuelta solves that problem and avoids overlap with the Tour de France Femme or the Giro Donne, bringing top talent to the race.

3. Weird dynamics at SD Worx-Protime continue.

Honestly, we don't know what is going on in this team. Demi Vollering's performance was great, she deserved both stage wins and the general classification. But her best mountain domestique was arguably Grace Brown of FDJ-Suez and not any of her own teammates. There were times when Marlen Reusser or Mischa Bredewold seemed to attack Vollering, or when Vollering was leading out the group with her own teammates behind. It didn't escape our notice that Vollering wasn't on the podium when SD Worx accepted the best team award. No one outside the team can tell, but Abby Mickey of the Escape Collective probably said it best when she said "the SD Worx-Protime team bus can’t be a fun place to hang out at the moment."

4. Crashes continue to be a real danger.

It's been a horrible year for crashes in both the men's and women's peloton, and the Vuelta Feminina saw its share of them, even in the winning team on the first TTT stage! It's a shame we didn't get to see a rematch of Gaia Realini versus Demi Vollering due to Realini's crash and withdrawal, although Evita Muzic took us somewhat by surprise and rose to the challenge instead. Likewise, the withdrawal of very strong riders like Ellen van Dijk (Lidl-Trek), Anna Henderson (Visma Lease-a-Bike), Emma Norsgaard (Movistar), Marta Cavalli (FDJ-Suez), Clara Emond (EF Education-Cannondale), and several others due to injuries from crashes was a real shame.

5. Several riders and teams are stepping up.

It wouldn't be fair to say that Evita Muzic has been flying below anyone's radar, but until last week, we didn't know how good her form has become. If she hadn't been caught in the second group during the crosswind echelons of Stage 4, she would have had a real shot at the podium, but she can be happy with her stellar victory on Stage 6. Similarly, Riejanne Markus was remarkably consistent in the mountains and her second-place finish is a real mark to watch her in future GC competitions. Both FDJ-Suez and EF Education-Cannondale were very strategic, using their riders effectively, and nabbed some great stage wins as a result. Ricarda Bauernfeind's (Canyon-SRAM) sixth-place finish was impressive, if only because she lost two minutes in the Stage 4 crosswind split, and was presumably riding for teammate Kasia Niewiadoma until Niewiadoma had to withdraw due to illness.

And we have to tip our hats to Karlijn Swinkels of UAE Team ADQ, who fought mightily to keep the mountains classification jersey after winning it in Stage 2, which enlivened several of the breakaways throughout this year's Vuelta Feminina. We would prefer to see the polka-dot jersey points to be calculated so as to not favor the GC winner, and the last-minute rule change before Stage 8 probably doomed Swinkels' campaign to win the Queen of the Mountains, but Swinkels fought hard regardless, and for that we salute her.