Cyclocosm

the How The Race Was Won® cycling blog

Menu
  • How The Race Was Won®
  • The Recon Ride
  • The Week in Bike
  • Music
  • Rants
  • Graphics
  • Bikes vs. The World
Menu

Pro Cycling News – Birthdays, More UCI v. Grand Tours

Posted on 7 January 2006 by cosmo

It’s Saul Raisin’s birthday! Well, kinda. It was actually yesterday (1/6), which was also the Feast of the Epiphany; Perhaps Saul will be the next American revelation in Europe. Ok, ok, I know that’s a stretch, but what the heck else can I report on? Seriously, look at how short today’s “First Edition News” is. I don’t know what gifts Saul got for his birthday, but exciting developments in the world of cycling sure wasn’t one of them. “Pro Tour teams back UCI”. Yeah, there’s a shocker. After dropping a collective 300,000 EUR on license fees and getting guaranteed appearances to the biggest races in cycling, of course the team owners support the ProTour. In the interests of fairness, why don’t the UCI and Grand Tour organizers set up an arbitration panel of riders and fans (who get paid/get to watch races no matter what the outcome) to settle this dispute. It’s not that I think empty threats an posturing are a poor means of conflict resolution (it works for gorillas), but for me, it just takes too friggin’ long.

No, when stories are a sparse as this, the best way to go about filling space is to infer and suggest. For example, a few days back, VeloNews ran this little story about tattoos. It’s informative, medically sound (I’m told), interesting, etc. But what really lept out at me was the reference to Adam Hodges Myerson’s tattooing. It’s “large and ornate” yet also “covered by team kit”. So how does the author know it’s there? Well, Doc, any comment? Eh? Hodges-Myerson is a married, too, from what I hear (though he could be married to Dr. Richardson; I really wouldn’t know being pretty far out of the non-Berkshire loop). Ah well. Also, Yahoo news has a story on Jonathan Boyer. And I thought it would be pretty much impossible Boyer to look any less flattering than John Wilcockson makes him in these three stories. Guess I was wrong.

thoughts on “Pro Cycling News – Birthdays, More UCI v. Grand Tours”

  1. Liz says:
    8 January 2006 at 12:10 pm

    Cosmo, I really enjoy ‘Cyclocosm’.
    Thanks for writing this interesting
    and entertaining resource.

    Perhaps the photo of AMH’s tattoo and the photo of David Klinger were forwarded by Velonews to Dr. Richardson along with the question that was posed to her.

    Did you see the interview of AHM in “A Fred’s Eye View” (VN 1/6)? Dreier says at the outset: “I forgot to ask about the pierced nipples.” I thought, wow, soooo obvious how could he not ask? Then as I read Myerson’s earnest remarks about the imagery of his tattoo and his feelings (his guilt and identification with Jesus, the idea of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the tension between sacrifice, love, ‘unlovabale’-ness, death, and life) I wouldn’t have had the presence of mind to ask about the nipple piercings.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Latest Instagram Reels

howtheracewaswon

How The Race Was Won®
Always fun to try an infer exactly what the plans Always fun to try an infer exactly what the plans are at criteriumdudauphine. #prettyseriousbikeracing agrees jumbovisma_road and jonasvingegaard have made their presence felt, but still no consensus what the over-arching plan might be.
.
.
.
🎥: Eurosport
🔈: escapecollective (#linkinbio)
#cycling #procycling #criteriumdudauphine #dauphine #dauphinelibere #stagerace #podcast #cyclingpodcast #escapecollective #psbrp #bikeracing #wielrennen #ciclismo
It’s not often they start the presentations with It’s not often they start the presentations without you, but huge respect to donavan_grondin for gutting it out to finish solo, over 22 minutes down, make the time cut, and even keep the KOM lead.
.
.
.
🎥: Eurosport
#cycling #procycling #dauphine #criteriumdauphine #podiumpresentation #leadersjersey #uciwt #wielrennen #ciclismo #kingofthemountain #oneofthesethingsisnotliketheother #stagerace #komcompetition #mountainsclassification #bestclimber #respect
runeherregodts lit the field up with a sneakily ef runeherregodts lit the field up with a sneakily effective late attack on Stage 1 of criteriumdudauphine. It took jumbovisma_road going all-in to get a nail-biting finish, but I can’t help but wonder—how easily could it have gone the other way?
.
.
.
🎥: Eurosport
#cycling #procycling #stagerace #criteriumdauphine #uciwt #dauphine #chambonsurlac #lateattack #cyclingattack #breakaway #dontlookback #wielrennen #ciclismo
Big Gravel spends millions on marketing hype to co Big Gravel spends millions on marketing hype to cover up the truth about their sport. This is the real story of how gravel racing was born, based on facts.
.
.
.
🎥: raisport (via YT, #linkinbio)
#cycling #procycling #gravelracing #gravel #gravelcycling #spiritofgravel #gravelbike #unboundgravel #giroditalia #grandtour #stagerace #groads #giro2005 #notinkansasanymore #somewhereovertherainbow #grassel #biggravel #roadracing #roadcycling
Load More Follow on Instagram

About the Author

a headshot of Cosmo Catalano

Best known for his How The Race Was Won® video series, Cosmo Catalano began blogging about pro cycling from a bike shop in 2005. Between then and now, he's designed cycling infographics, built cycling web apps, and supplied cycling content to print and broadcast media, all in the name of backing up his near-endless criticism with proof that it can be done better. He complains about cycling on Twitter at @Cyclocosm.

Newsletter

Tip Jar

How The Race Was Won® Video Archives

How The Race Was Won p/b CyclingTips - Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift

Archive

All Categories

Search

© 2023 Cyclocosm | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme | Privacy Policy