If thatâs his actual voice on the podcast with Ronan, that rules out a lot of the guys on that list.
I had a chat with Perplexity today and based on the most recent article, it is most likely Larry Warbasse. Perplexity asked me if I want to break this down further by comparing specific linguistic tells., which concluded with: âThe âsecret proâ articleâs voice, sense of humor, and deep peloton knowledge is a strong match to Larry Warbasseâs public diary/blog style.â
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Interesting! I canât recall the last time Iâve heard from LarryâŚdoes he say Britishisms like âtellyâ?
ESC throwing us off the scent by making an American sound British I can buy. But Caley and Jonny so ruthlessly mocking him on Spin Cycle, only to then pay him to write a postâŚnot so much.
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Thatâs a clever idea, but EC has said that they heavily rewrite the text and it doesnât have the proâs actual voice. Wasnât there a column about the Tour? Warbasse wasnât at this yearâs Tour.
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Larry, enemy of the pod? Seems highly unlikely.
Based on the UK English terms thrown into the last article Iâm guessing the pro isnât a native English speaker.
My hope, with zero evidence, is that itâs Victor Campenarts, because heâs just a cool dude. Heck, if itâs not maybe we can get a column from him anyway?
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The other funniest implication here is that EC is ghostwriting Warbasseâs blog posts
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Except the entire column would just be âI AM A FAMILY MAN, I LOVE MY FAMILY. I CANNOT WAIT TO BE DONE WITH THIS RACE AND GO HOME TO MY FAMILY, WHO I LOVEâ
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Family man? You think itâs Jonas?
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I think youâre confusing Cycling Spy with The Secret Pro.
What a world we live in.
I support this theory. Way too much jeopardy for one single rider given the occasional spicy takes
I once read in TSP a sentence about an obscure loop somewhere (or a similar topic) that was almost identical to something LUKE DURBRIDGE said in an old episode of Life In The Peloton. I have a habit of jumping to conclusions, and I couldnât find it again if you asked (because I couldnât be bothered looking/listening) but I was honestly convinced at the time. Turbo âThe Snitchâ Durbo.
Yeah, I can see Durbo contributing.
There needs to be another metric in the TSP calcualtions - how likely they are to interact with the media.
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Can we make an appeal for a similar embedded corespondent from the professional female peloton to be known as The Shecret Pro?
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They do already have a bunch women sending in audio diaries. Dunno if we need secret pros since we just have lots of pros.