News Archive

Today’s TTT into Blois shaped up exactly as expected, with powerhouse squads Discovery Channel, T-Mobile, and CSC throwing down in hopes of building and early advantage. But CSC, starting last and fighting a vicious chrono duel against The Disco Boys, threw down a little bit too hard; On a right hand bend mere kilos from…

Boonen came through again today, putting a bike length between his rear tire and the madness behind it. Though McEwen was the third man across the line, his head-butt on fellow Aussie Stuart O’Grady was judge “irregular sprinting” by the race jury, who relegated the Australian champ and two-time Green Jersey winner to 186th place….

Quick-Step did what Fassa seemed unable to do today, leading Tom Boonen pretty much unobstructed to the line. Robbie McEwen applied a little pressure, but by his own admission, jumped to soon and had some gearing troubles. Thor Hushovd was second, but no one interviewed him so it’d difficult to tell what he thought of…

Zabriskie certainly was a suprise, especially satisfying as he broke Lemond’s Tour TT speed record. That’s three wins in three consecutive Grand Tours for the 26-year old, and continues CSC unbeaten streak in Grand Tour TTs this season. So maybe this year will be a Tour of suprises.? But, despite unusually loud talk from der…

I have recieved many of your Tour picks. I’m at Fitchburg, doing the 2005 Longsjo Classic now, however, so I’ll be delayed in setting everything up until the 4th. Fear not. You had also better believe there are some race reports forthcoming from this exciting American stage race as well. Only one bit of news…

Looks like a made a boo-boo on the category selection. Seems Paolo Betinni is not racing the Tour this year, making my Cookie’s Revenge category utterly pointless. Ah well. I could swap in some other token Eyetai, but it really wouldn’t be the same. Perhaps more relevant to the larger cycling world, another garrulous Italian,…

Man, it’s a good thing Lance crashed today. Elsewise there’d be no news (other than boooooring Euro National Championships). The 6 time Tour winner smashed his helmet into two pieces during a low-speed impact before TT training ride, suffering facial abrasions and a black eye. Kind of makes me wonder just how well Giro is…

Have you ever noticed this? The closer we get to the tour, the less news we hear about it? I mean, sure, like the day before you get a freaking deluge of Tech news, inside information course previews, etc., but right now, it’s just a huge empty news vacuum. The only thing I can find…

So I read today in Sports Illustrated that Lance “doesn’t plan on losing his 7th Tour.” Damn, the news business is easy these days. Inside, there was a painfully basic (but well written for a layman audience) on the outlook for this year’s TdF. Items of note: Floyd Landis describing this year’s Discovery Tour sqaud…

So by “News” in the title of this post, I mean, of course, that after a week in the wilds of Alaska, there is none. Aitor Gonzalez won the Tour de Suisse. Big deal. “The TerminAitor” (as the Aussies style him; only an antipodean could so mangle English to make that beleagured moniker make a…