You can make a donation for this week’s fresh beats: https://soundcloud.com/cosmocatalano/liege-bastogne-liege-chorale-kazakh-beats-orchestra-remix The action was back-loaded into this year’s event, but the sudden swings of fortune and what-if moments were all still there in abundance. In many ways, the riders were one, but they were not the same… [iPad/iPhone/m4v]
Author: cosmo
The Week In Bike #17 – 25 April 2014
Women’s Fleche Wallonne, coverage, non-coverage, statistics, not ranting, thanks, more thanks, https://www.rensselaervillecycling.com/ Trentino, Evans, Och’, some guy, Outside, Bruyneel, Liege.
How The Race Was Won – Amstel Gold 2014
Cars, furniture, wind, position battle, a dangling escape, and a a breakaway rider who perhaps overestimated his strength. Rap metal light opera accompaniment from UnderGunned Productions: https://soundcloud.com/undergunnedproductions/modern-major-generals-song-1 [iPad/iPhone/m4v]
The Week in Bike #16 – 18 April 2014
Goodbye cobbles, https://belllapcoaching.com/, Wiggins, MYSTERY PILLS, Pais Vasco, Tinkoff, Brabantse Pijl, sprinting, uterus approved, Enegiewacht Tour, start ramps, cameras, hour record, UCI, economics.
How The Race Was Won – Paris-Roubaix 2014
Don’t grab door handles. Don’t compensate for bad position by driving relentlessly to the front. Do attack once and make it stick. Don’t hire these guys to film your velodrome. Oh, right—the boat: https://cyclocosm.com/2013/07/how-the-race-was-won-tour-de-france-2013-stages-1-4/ [iPad/iPhone/m4v]
The Week in Bike #15 – 11 April 2014
Flanders, red cards, crashes, He Who Must Not Be Named, Weisel, bubbles, Roubaix, women, Energiewacht, Pais Vasco, Scheldeprijs, Sarthe, Specailized, Neil Pryde, bullying, lying, investigating, epic..
How The Race Was Won – Tour of Flanders 2014
Otherwise known as the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Maybe next year I will use the actual Dutch. There were a lot of crashes, but between Greg VanAvermaet’s animation and OPQS’s over-extension, it turned into a pretty active little race. This week’s outro music: https://soundcloud.com/velobeats/velobeats-cobble-and-bass [iPad/iPhone/m4v or if you’re in Germany, where for some reason, YouTube can’t…
The Week in Bike #14 – 4 April 2014
About that live feed, sponsorship and the UCI, Trofeo Binda, Women’s Wevelgem, Men’s racing, ah zhey doo zair, the Grand Tour Belgium, Da Panne, significant mispronunciations, Flanders, Wiggins, the next Tom Boonen, the next Lance Armstrong, de-emphasizing the Tour, rebranding the sport.
How The Race Was Won – Gent-Wevelgem 2014
What this classic lacks in high-profile obstacles, it makes up for in rich historical appeal. After all, The More You Know™. [iPad/iPhone/m4v if the embed doesn’t work]
The Week in Bike #13 – 28 March 2014
Lance, Dwars, press releases, AndroGel, plot lines, pronunciation, cobbles, Catalunya, drama, UCI, arrows, Lance, book doping (Lance video via)