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screenshot of a Baden Cooke tweet 'If you want to know the truth follow @RealAlexJones. This man has balls of steel.

The Weird Conspiracies of Former Pro Cyclist Baden Cooke

Posted on 1 September 20211 September 2021 by cosmo

On September 11th, 2001, Mercury-Viatel’s Baden Cooke won the 6th Stage of the Tour l’Avenir. To say this wouldn’t be the lasting news of the day is something of an understatement. l’Avenir is known as a showcase for up-and-coming stars, and that year’s edition proved no different. Future Giro and (sorta) Vuelta winner Denis Menchov…

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How To Buy a Road Bike with $5000

Posted on 26 August 20216 September 2021 by cosmo

I would never spend that much on a road bike because someone on the Internet told me to. Here’s what I would do with that money instead.

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The Comptons’ God-Awful Response to Katie’s Positive is Everything You Need to Know About This Case

Posted on 13 August 202113 August 2021 by cosmo

Two days ago, USADA announced that jillion-time US National Cyclocross Champion Katie Compton tested positive for anabolic androgenic steroids. To say this took the US cycling world by surprise is an understatement. Between top-level results, ready availability for fans and media, and just generally being bad-ass, no other US cyclist comes close to matching the…

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is that we can really include everyone

Strava Needs To Start Backing Up Its Inclusive Marketing Claims

Posted on 27 July 202127 July 2021 by cosmo

Last week, a sponsored Strava Instagram post with adaptive athletes caught my eye. It’s a pitch for the company’s new Group Challenges feature, and powerfully highlights how the service can eliminate barriers between athletes, regardless of differences in sport, geographic location, or physical ability. The post’s message is one of inclusivity, something that’s been present…

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Velonews 404 Page not found. Also, why is a cycling website's 404 page a picture of exhausted runners?

Fixing VeloNews’ Dead Links: 2021 Edition

Posted on 24 July 202125 August 2021 by cosmo

As part of the Cyclocosm revamp earlier this month, I’ve been working on a small JavaScript project. It scans whatever page it’s on for old, likely-broken VeloNews links, and fixes them on the fly. You can learn more about it here: If this feels at all familiar, you’re right! Back in 2011, I put together…

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Max Walscheid performs his outstanding wheelie on Tour de Tietema

Why the Tour de France *Really* Doesn’t Want You to See This YouTube Wheelie

Posted on 21 July 202122 July 2021 by cosmo

The single best thing I saw at the 2021 Tour de France had nothing to do with the bike race. Nearly half an hour after Sepp Kuss left Alejandro Valverde floundering on the slopes of Col de Beixalis, Max Walscheid (yes, that Max Walscheid) used them to casually lay down this ridiculous 570 foot wheelie:…

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New Blog, Who Dis?

Posted on 12 July 202112 July 2021 by cosmo

By any meaningful digital metric, Cyclocosm is old. It started as a side project of my long-dead “regular” blog in 2005, when there was no Twitter, a cutting edge “cell” phone could play an eight-track ringtone, and a George Hincapie Roubaix win seemed orders of magnitude likelier than a Lance Armstrong confession. (Some of you…

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How The Race Was Won - Liege Bastogne Liege 2021 presented by CyclingTips

How The Race Was Won® – Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2021

Posted on 26 June 20214 July 2021 by cosmo

Please enjoy the How The Race Was Won® video for the 2021 Liege-Bastogne-Liege race at HowTheRaceWasWon.com. Presented with love by CyclingTips.

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How the Race Was Won - Tour of Flanders 2021 Presented by CyclingTips

How The Race Was Won® – Tour of Flanders 2021

Posted on 6 June 20214 July 2021 by cosmo

Please enjoy the How The Race Was Won® video for the 2021 Tour of Flanders at HowTheRaceWasWon.com. Presented with love by CyclingTips.

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How The Race Was Won - MIlan-Sanremo 2021

How The Race Was Won® – Milan-Sanremo 2021

Posted on 23 March 20214 July 2021 by cosmo

Please enjoy the How The Race Was Won® video for the 2021 Milan-Sanremo at HowTheRaceWasWon.com. Presented with love by CyclingTips.

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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.

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