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Races Proliferate, LeBron James Buys Cannondale.

Posted on 27 March 2007 by cosmo

Man, I forgot how busy things got in this here “regular season”; we’ve got some race in Spain, another in Italy, and a third in France, and I don’t care about any of them! (though Pavel Brutt breaking away, in the rain, to take second, then the GC lead, over the course of a split-stage, two days removed from a 260K solo in Milan-friggin’-Sanremo is pretty impressive).

Anyway, even the races that matter have strange, unpronounceable names (“Dee Bray-bant-see Pigil?”). No wonder so many journos are just like “Eff it. Let’s Go with the dope story.” I mean, “OMG drugs!” has become such a familiar go-to that the secular press’ analytical fringe is saying doping isn’t even bad for you anymore. Though I must say, the responses of “non-denial denial” and the “nobody does it anymore” are both welcome changes from the bald-faced lie.

So if tossing off dope stories seems like your bag, looks like there’s another opening out in Boulder (“Knowledge of competitive cycling a plus”). If not, I’m sure you could start your own blog, skip massive chunks of the season (pot calling the kettle, I know), then call yourself “all inclusive” because you linked to Team Bike Hugger. Of course, there are other ways to embrace non-racing aspects of cycling, and they need not involve patting yourself on the back. Or involve millions of dollars, a formerly bankrupt company, and complete and utter surreality.

thoughts on “Races Proliferate, LeBron James Buys Cannondale.”

  1. Davide, Australia says:
    27 March 2007 at 11:30 pm

    That ‘response’ from Riis re doping is as close to an admission as one can get without actually saying you did it. I didn’t realise he was such a word-smith.

    A “non-denial denial” indeed Cosmo!

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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.

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