remco making a hit post on tumblr. inspired by this tumblr text post which was originally by @soshinee. background + picnic table inspired by my island in tomodachi life.
So I had a random thought. If you imagined the tour was only a TV show, what type of show would you describe it as? A drama, fantasy, crime, comedy? And how would the other races fit? Like is the Giro a spin of with a different cast where a main Tour star shows up and stir up the storyline? Or more like the marvel universe where Wout, Tadej and Mathieu are main characters in their show: the classic season and then join the other big stars from other shows in avengers - the tour.
Also if the tour was a show, what would you describe as the main plot lines? What season was you favorite? And what storyline would you change? Is Jonas and Tadej doing a Ross and Rachel? Do you think the there is more drama to come? Also what are you hoping for in future seasons? Waiting on a guest star appearance?
Okay I may have had too much fun with this, but I actually think it could be a fun game to play 😁
Holy fuck this is actually a good question. It IS fun to just run wild with the imagination. Let's put our fave riders in situations 🤭
What I will tell you though, that me and my buddy talked about this Medieval AU with the gang, and I can totally see it fitting the grand tour narratives like a TV show format, Game of Thrones style or something similar, so kinda fantasy drama (sport narratives are always filled with despair I'm afraid 😔)
King Primoz lords over a kingdom with his subjects, including his loyal right hand man Sepp 🫢 and knight Jonas. But the continent is in despair, war plagues each corner, and so Primoz becomes paranoid, he becomes a different man to the point that the kingdom has weakened, that he even no longer listens to Sepp.
So much so, that his subjects are starting to turn against him.
And then the battle comes to his doorstep, in the form of one Tadej Pogačar, a former student. With his subjects fractured joining even the conquerer's side, Primoz has no choice but to act alone. That he'd battle Tadej even if it means burning the entire kingdom.
But the showdown does not happen, because instead of Primoz, it's Jonas who takes on the challenge, even if he doesn't want to. He knew Tadej from before, spending a day and a night duelling with him when they were young, ending up in a vast field watching the stars talking about dreams and ambitions. Now they can't be anything other than foes, because they're on different sides of the line. It doesn't matter too, when he notices Tadej trembling whenever he attacks, knowing he doesn't want this too. But this is written already. It will always be them.
Always Tadej vs Jonas. In whatever universe.
We all know what happens. Tadej conquers the kingdom. But Jonas vows to come back, again, and again, and again.
In a different part of the narrative, Sepp is faced with a choice, where does his loyalty lie, with the kingdom or the man he swore to follow anywhere?
And what of Primož, is he too far gone or is there still hope?
AHHHHHH HAHAHA i won't go into details cause it feels like writing a fic now. But can totally see that part as the main plot maybe. And the other Grand Tours, and other races for that matter, are different stories with a different lead tied together to the main plot, the tour. (Except for the Vuelta, which might be a prequel, if you know what happened with the Vuelta trio)
Like for example, cyclocross season, stars Wout and Mathieu 🤭. Up north where the snow gleams, the Van der Poels reign supreme. Mathieu is royalty, proper and pretty and next in line. But his father's wickedness knows no bounds. And thus a rebellion starts. On the night of bloodshed he barely gets away.
But when he wakes up he finds himself in the house of the Van Aerts, a farmer family, and the care of their son, Wout, his nemesis, a rival in plenty of competitions in their land, and just the bane of his existence. The twist? Mathieu sneaks out just to compete and hides his true lineage, so Wout doesn't know who he is.
ANYWAYS HAHA. Fave season is when Jonas takes back the crown from Tadej. And then when Tadej steals it again. And the little moments sprinkled in between where you can tell they're starting to ... Mutually understand each other 🤭
Also the season where Sepp makes the choice to stay for Jonas. That same season Primoz does a lot of reckoning, finding new allies *cough*boraredbull*cough* and maybe, just maybe, coming back to his roots (Sepp!!!!!)
The season I'm looking forward to? This season, if Jonas finally has the power to destroy Tadej, and if Tadej will allow it.
Another season to look forward to, the Vuelta. If Primož finally gets redemption.
And a proper wvdp reunion in cx 🙂↕️
There will always be more drama, anon. I mean, look, there's a shiny new thing in Paul Seixas, and whether the torch can be passed to the new crop of riders.
Before i forget, guest appearance, GERAINT THOMAS. The king before Primož. I miss him 😔
Thanks for this anon!!! I had a lot of fun, and I wrote this before work too. Now I'm in a good mood 😂
I don't think we talk about Tadej and Matteo's relationship enough. Because it doesn't count as a rivalry, that requires respect. There is nothing but animosity and spite between them. They just really hate each other and I think that's beautiful 💗
It's so funny to me that cyclists only realized in the last 12 years or so that you really should eat healthy if your gonna take a 5 hour bike trip up a mountain.
Like everyone saw Chris Froome and went "he's the next big rider since L*nce he MUST be drugging!"
And he just laughed at them while eating his keto diet and peddled away
I think it's funny how fondly I look back on the time Jonas slowed down for Tadej when he crashed, considering when I watched it live I was 5 seconds away from throwing a chair at the TV and screaming PEDDLE you FOOL this isn't a game of SENTIMENTALITY