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Hello! I made a dress from scratch for the Renaissance Faire. It took me six months to make the chemise, hoop skirt, under skirt, over skirts, French knot embroidered bodice, crown and jewelry. I am very excited to wear it this year despite how serious I look in the photos!

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unserious sport

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two birds, Regina Spektor

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lenny on the sticky bottle and the backlash he’s received (📸: cedferreira and natrgtv)

“Yeah of course it bothers me because honestly, being in the peloton, I don't necessarily see the big problem. Okay, I think that from the TV it really seems like it's pulling me. But I'd already been going flat out for 10km, I stayed in the group, I chose the easiest part of the climb to go to the car and then we had a misunderstanding with my sports director. And there were still 5km left and I went to collect the points. Afterwards, there are some who say that I did the whole climb hanging on. I think it’s a bit petty for 5 seconds and I think that in cycling there are worse things that happen anyway.”

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lenny on the use of the montmartre climb (📸: cedferreira and natrgtv)

“It was good that they neutralised the times because it's also a shame for the guys in the general classification to lose the Tour on the last day, where it's normally supposed to be a celebratory stage so, in the end I think that - I haven't seen the replay - but I think it was a great show up front. Yeah, I'm more stressed than appreciative. I enjoyed precisely the last kilometre.”

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lenny on winning the kom jersey and the points system (📸: cedferreira and natrgtv)

“I think that in the next few years, it’ll be more possible than now [to win the KOM jersey]. Then again, with Tadej, it's often complicated, he's super strong so maybe the points should also change, because I think that it favours guys like Tadej a little too much, so, yeah, the points scale isn't well done I think, but also he's super strong so he also deserves the jersey, but there you go.”

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📸 gettyimages via cyclinglegend

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How do you learn what a feeling means?

Frame Text: How to Draw a Horse by Emma Hunsinger References: Podium at Super Prestige Diem (2011) | "Aux racines de la rivalité entre Mathieu Van der Poel et Wout Van Aert" (L'Equipe) | Podium at Cyclocross World Championships Juniors (2012) | Wout trailing Mathieu at at Cyclocross World Championships Juniors (2012) | Podium at Cyclocross World Championships Elite (2017) | Wout winning an unknown race | "Van Aert: Van der Poel has always motivated me to beat him" (Cycling News) | Podium at Cyclocross World Cup Hoogerheide (2016) | Podium at Cyclocross World Championships Elite (2015) | Cyclocross Otegem Start Line (2017) | "Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert: The anatomy of a rivalry" (Cycling News) | Otegem (2017) | "Mathieu van der Poel en Wout van Aert, de koningen van de cross: 'Als je niet kunt afzien, moet je gaan voetballen'" (Humo) | Otegem (2017) | Cyclocross Otegem Start Line (2018) | Cyclocross Valkenburg World Cup (2016) | "LOENHOUT: Super Van Aert wins a Trofee 'super modder' + MORE PHOTOS & TV COVERAGE" (Cyclocross Rider) | "The van der Poel-van Aert rivalry: 'It’s impossible for us to be friends'" (Le Course en Tête) | Podium at 18th Superprestige Heusden-Zolder Elite (2022) | Wout and Mathieu after an unknown race (2014) | Mathieu and Wout during the Cyclocross World Championships (2016) | Wout touching Mathieu's back after the Cyclocross World Cup Namur (2020) | Wout and Mathieu after the Tour of Flanders (2020) | Wout and Mathieu after the UCI World Championships - Road (2023)

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How do you learn what a feeling means?

Frame Text: How to Draw a Horse by Emma Hunsinger References: Podium at Super Prestige Diem (2011) | "Aux racines de la rivalité entre Mathieu Van der Poel et Wout Van Aert" (L'Equipe) | Podium at Cyclocross World Championships Juniors (2012) | Wout trailing Mathieu at at Cyclocross World Championships Juniors (2012) | Podium at Cyclocross World Championships Elite (2017) | Wout winning an unknown race | "Van Aert: Van der Poel has always motivated me to beat him" (Cycling News) | Podium at Cyclocross World Cup Hoogerheide (2016) | Podium at Cyclocross World Championships Elite (2015) | Cyclocross Otegem Start Line (2017) | "Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert: The anatomy of a rivalry" (Cycling News) | Otegem (2017) | "Mathieu van der Poel en Wout van Aert, de koningen van de cross: 'Als je niet kunt afzien, moet je gaan voetballen'" (Humo) | Otegem (2017) | Cyclocross Otegem Start Line (2018) | Cyclocross Valkenburg World Cup (2016) | "LOENHOUT: Super Van Aert wins a Trofee 'super modder' + MORE PHOTOS & TV COVERAGE" (Cyclocross Rider) | "The van der Poel-van Aert rivalry: 'It’s impossible for us to be friends'" (Le Course en Tête) | Podium at 18th Superprestige Heusden-Zolder Elite (2022) | Wout and Mathieu after an unknown race (2014) | Mathieu and Wout during the Cyclocross World Championships (2016) | Wout touching Mathieu's back after the Cyclocross World Cup Namur (2020) | Wout and Mathieu after the Tour of Flanders (2020) | Wout and Mathieu after the UCI World Championships - Road (2023)

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SAVE HIM 😭

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matej’s dragging him along to events now

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He'll never win the wife-carrying championship on this basis

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Also Ben Healy staying in the top 10 literally ecstatic. What a tour for him!!!! I've never been happier to be Irish.

WOUT???? WOUT WIN!!!!! LETS FREAKING GO!!

What a final stage!!!! I am SO glad I decided to drop everything and watch it. I was literally screaming at the TV.

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WOUT???? WOUT WIN!!!!! LETS FREAKING GO!!

What a final stage!!!! I am SO glad I decided to drop everything and watch it. I was literally screaming at the TV.

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Please read the options carefully, they are slightly different than the normal ones.

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Please read the options carefully, they are slightly different than the normal ones.

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One year ago today 🥇