So, show of hands – who here remembers KBK? Whether Steegmans got greedy, Boonen felt generous, or Quick.Step simply muffed the leadout, I can’t say. I haven’t even seen the finish yet (probably won’t for another eight hours), and Boonen’s post race comments seem to go both ways. What I can say for certain is…
Month: July 2007
Tour de France '07 – Stage to McEwen, Dots to Millar
You all know that I’m a pretty solid fan of Robbie McEwen. But I’ve gotta say, today’s win – not that amazing. Yes, getting McEwen back to the field after a crash 20km to go was an impressive team effort by Predictor-Lotto, but speaking objectively, this is what the other eight guys on the team…
Tour de France '07 – Cancellara Takes the Prologue
Know why I’m not psyched about Cyclingnews getting bought up? See the lead headline on ProCycling? As excited as I am about bikeradar.com, I think readers might be a little more into this thing they do each July called the Tour de France? And no whining about the time change – Future Publishing is UK…
On the Eve of the '07 Tour
The Tour de France starts tomorrow – who’s sick of reading story/interviews with middling GC contenders? Can you imagine these guys sitting down at a press conference, or a hotel lobby, or wherever the heck interviews take place, and pretending to care while journos fire off questions like “how do you feel?”, “how do you…
Tour '07 – Two Days to Go; Slow But Interesting
Two sunrises to go ’til the prologue start, and it’s kind of a slow newsday. It’s not really the calm before the storm – more like the indecisive riding of a Cat 3/4 field coming into the final kilometer. That late break has been reeled in (the Petacchi exclusion), the riders looking to contest the…
What a Lousy Day
I am not a happy camper. Cyclingnews was sold last night, to an evil publishing conglomerate – an evil publishing conglomerate that already owns, among 150 or so other publications, ProCycling, Cycling Plus, MBUK and What Mountain Bike. Since the Podium Cafe seems to have taken the mature, cautious response to this development, I’ll spend…
More Jaksche, Curse of the National Champ Jersey?
I know I said I was done talking about doping yesterday, but Cyclingnews’ additional coverage on Jaksche is just too good. The specificity with which he calls out Walter Godefroot has apparently convinced Astana to jettison him – after the Tour, that is. So if you’re a Tour de France rider, you’ve gotta sign the…
The '07 Tour: Dope Stories to Date
Long weekend, missed some stuff, most of it involves drugs, so I’m just gonna get it all out of the way now. Despite his recent suspension, Milram has named Alessandro Petacchi to their TdF team. Some call it a vote of confidence from the squad, but since a verdict on Ale-Jet’s apparently over-zealous inhaler usage…
2007 Fitchburg-Longsjo Race Report – Stage 4 Criterium
I overslept. I’ve never really overslept on race day before, but let me tell you, it throws everything off. Even after coffee (I’ve been drinking a bit of that lately), you’re groggy, just a step or two off. By the time I arrive at the racecourse, the rest of the team is already in kits,…