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RIO DE JANEIRO -- On the eve of arguably the most anticipated race of the swimming program at these Olympics, there was no need for words. No need for soft and cuddly clichés about respect or admiration. Instead, one 10-second television clip told you everything you needed to know about the relationship between Michael Phelps and South Africas Chad le Clos.It was four years ago in London when le Clos, who grew up idolizing Phelps, handed the American his first loss at a major international meet in a decade by out-touching him in the 200-meter butterfly final. Afterward, a gracious Phelps offered medal stand pointers to the then-20-year-old le Clos and there was talk that Phelps would someday visit South Africa to go shark diving with le Clos.Now that possibility couldnt be any further from happening.On Monday night, in the call room before the second semifinal heat of the 200-meter fly, le Clos began shadowboxing directly in front of Phelps. The most decorated Olympian of all time glared over, under and pretty much right through the South African. The moment was picked up by NBCs cameras, prompting commentator Rowdy Gaines to say Ive never seen this before. Lets just leave these cameras right here. Before the night was through, Phelps glare of death would become the latest sports-driven meme.Everybody has their own race strategy of what they do, Phelps said afterward. If thats his, then thats his. I tried to not really pay attention.When told after the session that cameras had picked up his moves, le Clos seemed surprised.Phelps stare down of Chad le Clos is much better with the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme song: https://t.co/Bpy94Wbb3c https://t.co/q12NPhnP4r- NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) August 9, 2016Did they catch that? he asked. Dammit. I dont know. I just do what I need to do. The call room is what it is. Its a difficult place. A lot of tension, especially before a final. We will see tomorrow.Tomorrow refers to the 200 fly final that has been circled on the calendars of both men for about a year now. It was August of 2015 when the flames in this rivalry first began to burn from opposite ends of the globe. With some 6,500 miles and eight time zones between them, le Clos, competing at world championships in Kazan, Russia, took offense to Phelps comments that the worlds top times in the butterfly events werent all that impressive. Phelps was unable to compete at worlds as part of his punishment for his DUI arrest in September 2014 and was instead at U.S. nationals in San Antonio at the time.Le Clos responded with a 50.56-second 100 fly, telling reporters afterward, I just did a time that he hasnt done in four years. So he can keep quiet now.Those words caught the eye of Phelps and his coach, Bob Bowman. Phelps was on his way to the Northside Aquatics Center that night when Bowman made a comment how everyone in the van needed to keep quiet now. Phelps picked up on it immediately.He was like, Did you read that? Bowman said. And I was like, Yeah. I knew there was no way he wasnt going to see that.Phelps responded with a 50.45, the fastest time in the world in 2015 and the fifth-fastest ever. Afterward, Phelps refused to name le Clos specifically but said he thrived on opponents trash-talking him. He begged more of them to do it. Bowman took it a step further, pointing out that the time le Clos beat Phelps head-to-head in London, Phelps was at a point where he despised the sport of swimming and had been ditching training sessions.I dont know why you would say something like that, Bowman suggested that night in San Antonio. He beat Michael in a race where Michael was completely unprepared. Other than that ... its like ... just shut up.From that moment on, a rivalry was born. That fall, le Clos told the website Sport360 he felt his quotes had been taken out of context. He said the same Monday night. But in that Sport360 interview he took another shot at Phelps, questioning his status as a global role model.Hes my idol. Maybe not ... I look up to him in swimming terms, thats it, le Clos said. But if I was as great as he was, I would conduct myself in a way children would be proud of. Thats what defines a champion. It doesnt matter how much money you have, how many gold medals you have, you must be a true champion and I pride myself on being that.In Mondays semifinal, Phelps time of 1:54.12 was the third-fastest in the world this year and good enough to beat le Clos by nearly a full second. But le Clos was coming off a challenging double after becoming the first South African to medal (bronze) in the 200 freestyle. He vowed that Tuesday nights final would be different.Im in the best shape Ive ever been in, le Clos said. Like I always say, I race to win. I want to beat Michael and he wants to beat me.Le Clos said he will be dedicating Tuesday nights final and all of his races to his parents, who are both battling cancer. Le Clos put out a statement this summer that doctors found a tumor in his fathers prostate that required surgery and his mother had to undergo a double mastectomy after a second bout with breast cancer.He said this week that both of his parents as well as his brother and sister are in Brazil cheering for him.Its been difficult. Its been hard. Its been an emotional week, he said. I was on the blocks and I heard my dad shout for me, and thats important for me. I want to do him proud.That would involve beating the most decorated Olympian of all time at a second straight Games in one of his marquee events.All I can say is I will race my heart out, le Clos said. Ill keep coming back at you. 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Here is his latest entry, as told to ESPN contributor Rupert Guinness:Stage 11: Carcassonne to Montpellier.A big thumbs up to Tour de France organisers for shortening the climb up Mont Ventoux for Thursdays 12th stage finish because of the forecast gale winds causing safety concerns.It would probably suit me better where Im placed overall [14th at 2:22] to race the full sixteen kilometres to the top rather than six less to Chalet Reynard where we will now race to.But you only had to see the images of cyclists trying to ride on Mont Ventoux Thursday to understand what the hazards would be were we to race in such conditions. People couldnt even stand up there, let alone ride up there. So it wouldnt make sense to race up there.Wednesdays 11th stage from Carcassonne to Montpellier gave us enough of a test with the wind. It was absolutely crazy, and the impact was clear with the sight of echelons, and finally with how the stage unfolded with Peter Sagan attacking 10km from the finish with Tinkoff teammate Maciej Bodnar, Tour leader Chris Froome and his Sky teammate Geraint Thomas.What can I say? It was one of those days where you never got any chance to get a break. When we came out of kilometre zero you could see Sky out in front almost sprinting.But even at the front there were guys crashing. It was full concentration the whole time. I did not ease up once. I hardly looked down at my power meter of anything like that.There were just so many crashes and splits in the peloton. Then the neutral service car ran out of water, after we couldnt get water from the team cars. It was just a mess of a stage.When Sagan went, itt wasnt so much that people missed the move.dddddddddddd It was positioning. I tried to close the gap after Sagan went, but I couldnt get across. I was actually on the wheel of Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo) at one point as well, and he couldnt close it. They were absolutely motoring out there in that move, and chapeau for Sagan winning.You never know, they might pay for that effort in the stage to Mont Ventoux as well. It was a hard effort out there, but then I guess it was also a hard effort for us back in the peloton.What can we expect then with the climb up Mont Ventoux ending after 10 kilometres?With winds expected to be higher than on Wednesday, and blowing before the stage reaches Mont Ventoux it should still be a full-on crazy stage. There could be early carnage if the wind blows as expected. Thankfully, BMC is one of the best teams to handle the wind.But all the teams know what they will be faced with. Some will always try to make it harder than it has to be. The sprinters teams should take a bit more of a back seat which would lead to a more of a controlled affair for the general classification riders and their teams.As for the climb up Mont Ventoux? With it being shortened, the race will explode big time at the bottom. At the finish I dont expect there will be as many big a gaps on the general classification as there would be were the stage to finish at the summit. But then with the added explosiveness of the race on a shorter it is still going to be real hard to the finish line.My tip? There will still be plenty to talk about long after the sun sets over Provence. ' ' '