News Archive

The United Cycling Team. It’s the big news of the day. Look at this tremendous, in-depth article. And it promises an even more in-depth-er article later in the month! I’ve never seen VeloNews so excited! But I think there’s some questions they aren’t asking. Things like, “Whose putting these ‘United’ frames together?” Will my $6,000…

Geez, man. Can’t take a break at all in this business. I don’t post yesterday and what happens? Saul Raisin, a 23-year old American, takes a sweet stage win on the climb to Cameron Highlands in the 3rd Stage of the TdL. (Would have been even sweeter if the dude had answered the interview questions…

Man, too bad I didn’t stick around for Etoile de Besseges results yesterday. Jaan Kirsipuu took the stage in a bunch sprint, which is awesome because Jaan Kirsipuu is my hero. I’ll write a rant about it sometime. Frederik Willems retained his lead, and hopes to carry it to an overall win. In other results,…

Yup. I screwed up again yesterday. Seems the Etoile de Besseges is a stage race, so Frederick Willems didn’t win it so much as he won the first stage of it. Ah well. At least I’m not the only one messing up (read the last paragraph and results). I have once again awoken too early…

I know, I missed the GP Overture yesterday. But I was in a hurry. Depending on when you looked at the site, you may have noticed that I forgot to add a title – just think of all the Google searches for “Tom Boonen Qatar” that will never find my page. Seriously, though, one guy…

You know what happens when you wake up at a reasonable hour? You miss reporting on Stage 1 of the Tour of Qatar, which is one of my favorite training races, as it visits such exotic locations as “Khalifa Stadium” and “Camel Race Track”. Interesting though it may be, the result was no surpise, as…

Arrrg…So much news for me to re-report. And all because I was lazy and didn’t post yesterday. I shall begin with ‘Cross Worlds (which I choose to write without the apostrophe – I see “Worlds” as a plural, short form of “World Championships”, VeloNews apparently sees it as a possesive, I guess from “The World’s…

Man, I was so excited by yesterday’s racing. Such a letdown to have none today. There’s some ‘Cross Worlds results, but it’s just juniors and U23s. News of ‘Cross Worlds is the course is fast with a lot of stairs, which, if the U23 results are any indication, are something lacking from ‘cross courses in…

Ah, nothing like the election of what the US government calls a a terrorist group to kick off the Middle Eastern racing season. World Champ Tom Boonen has picked up right where he left off, taking today’s GP Doha ahead of Robbie Hunter and Erik Zabel (though I’ve got no clue why the Flandrian did…

Have I railed against the mainstream media recently? Well, allow me to do so. First – this headline. “Mentor young American riders”? Ol’ One-Nut is mentoring no one. It says right there he’s got a bloody contract, which would indicate he’s getting paid. Probably getting paid a whole lot. Mentors don’t get paid; consultants do….