Video from this year’s decent LBL. Great teamwork by SaxoBank, but the performance was almost too dominant. Philippe Gilbert and Lotto took a shot at it, but I really would have liked to have seen more organization out of the other teams. That having been said, I can understand why their legs all would have…
Author: cosmo
Bottle Handoff Technique
There was a great example in Fleche Wallonne this Wednesday of proper bottle handoff technique. As most of you probably know, it’s far more complicated than simply passing a bottle through a window. Why waste all that gasoline keeping the car moving forward when you could just as easily use it to accelerate your riders?…
How The Race Was Won – Fleche Wallo(n)ne 2009
Fleche-Wallone Video at last! Sorry about the jerkiness of some of the video playback—that’s from the live feed, not from me. YouTube and Vimeo at some point are now up, though not right now because I am way tired yes right now because I am crazy. [right-click for iTunes compatible download] Also made a few…
Why George Hincapie Will Never Win Paris-Roubaix
This is why George Hincapie will never win Paris-Roubaix. It might be OK if George were banking on his toughness to hock Carhartts or Dickies or a similar hard-wearing, blue collar brand. But multiple lines of fashionable, designer jeans—sold at the Dura-Ace price point of $145 a pair?! For shame. Look at Johan Museeuw. More…
How The Race Was Won – Amstel Gold 2009
Amstel Gold! Ivanov wins a classic heads-up hill sprint, with daring attacks and savvy teamwork throughout. Also on YouTube and Vimeo. [right-click for iTunes-compatible download] Note well that all Americans do not hold such stereotypical views of the Netherlands as expressed in the opening of this movie. My implication that most do is purely for…
The Bos-Impey Crash
Since I’m stuck at work on Marathon-freakin’ Monday, instead of at home making an Amstel video, I’m gonna burn my lunch break weighing in on the crash (around 3:40 in the above video) from the final day of the Presidential Tour of Turkey. Public opinion seems arrayed pretty heavily against Theo Bos, all the more…
Velonews Freakin' Loves Me
Your browser does not support the audio element. Coincidence that Velonews used the same idiom to describe the same action by the same rider in the same race as I did, just several days later? Not that I care—I mean, we all know which video report you’d rather be watching, right?
Team Management Lets Him Do This?
Given the problems Astana had the last time star riders were training in black jerseys in remote locations, you’d think they have a rule against this sort of thing. (via twitpic)
Schedeprijs Crash Aftermath
“I have road rash, but I think there’s worse stuff, too. My hip and ribs hurt. Fuck, everything hurts” -Robbie McEwen Big crash at the Scheldeprijs today, with, in the words of Sporza’s writeup, riders going down like “dominoblokjs”. The English (sort of) translation has some great lines, with McEwen saying Van Avermaet was “drunk”…
I Wonder What His Feelings on Twilight Are?
Not only is the 7-time Tour winner 5 years behind on movies, but apparently, he’s also a depressed, 14-year-old girl. Just watched Garden State. Best movie soundtrack ever. — Lance Armstrong (@lancearmstrong) April 14, 2009