Another new course this spring, though certainly nothing on par with Flanders’ change-up. Despite the re-worked parcours, this one unfolded sleepily, feeling at points like a Tour de France sprint stage. But comic relief at the back, some lively riding as the break wore down and an attack from a very surprising source set the…
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2012 Paris-Roubaix – How The Race Was Won
Tom Boonen powers away to win number four in an historic display of strength and commitment. The only thing to feel bad about was that we didn’t get to see Fabian Cancellara shoot it out with him. Of course, had Cance been at the start line, Omega Pharma would have doubtlessly played their cards a…
Tour of Flanders 2012 — How The Race Was Won
An ambiguously-branded video recap and commentary for the 2012 Tour of Flanders. Some backstory might be helpful. [right-click for iTunes-compatible download] You might get another one of these this year. You also might not. The way I made this was by not sleeping last night and that’s not really sustainable. Or pleasant. Consider it a…
How The Race Was Won – Paris-Tours 2010
Anyone else out there tired of talking about doping? How about taking a look at a few races contested by the type of rider who apparently never needs to dope? I’ve been out of town for the past two weeks, but am finally catching up on the late-season classics, and so (turning a blind eye…
Team RadioShack Race Radio Redub
This isn’t my best work, but considering the source material—audio from the Nike US Postal documentary The Road To Paris, an old RadioShack mobile phone ad from 1990, and a brief clip from Floyd Landis’ Nighline interview—it’s not too awful. I’d hoped to scrape some more goodies from The Lance Chronicles, but Floyd and the…
How The Race Was Won – 2010 Tour de France, Stage 11
Obviously I couldn’t keep off this one—not the way the Internet exploded following Renshaw’s ejection. It wasn’t entirely an otherwise unremarkable stage, but most of this focuses on the final few meters. [click for iPad/iPhone/downloadable version] [Contains, in order of appearance, footage from Eurosport, Versus and NOS, and still photos from Graham Watson, Pascal Pavan,…
"This Is Not A Mickey Mouse Race"
There’s been a lot of criticism about this year’s Tour de France being “Le Tour Feminine” coming into today’s anticipated “regular” flat stage. Riders have have expressed frustration and even anger over the atypical courses used early on in this year’s race. [if you’re having trouble viewing this, maybe try right-click/save file as… – if…
How The Race Was Won – Rules of the Group Sprint
A little TdF preview for you, since the action in the early going is driven largely by the sprinters, and we be especially tightly scrutinized after the tremendous crash at the Tour de Suisse. The UCI’s rules on what it is and isn’t ok to do in a sprint are both poorly-written, and enforced in…
The Luckiest Man in the Peloton
I’ve been doing a little video work on some sprinting footage ahead of the Tour de France. I’ve looked through the Cavendish crash more times than I care to remember, but I still cannot get over the break Juan Antonio Flecha catches as the race just dissolves in front of him. Here’s a quick video…
How The Race Was Won – Criterium du Dauphine 2010
Finally! The race formerly known as Dauphine Libere gets a rundown, focused almost entirely on the L’Alpe du Huez stage. It’s too bad, really—there were some great finishes on the other days, but stage races are tricky to video summarize like this. [right-click for iTunes-compatible download, tap for iPad/iPhone] Much of the delay was due…