I find it ironic that French hate Bush so much. And no, that’s not some bawdy dig inspired by the stereotypical French inattention to hygiene. Take a look at the ASO’s stance in this recent doping affair: according to their own rules, they can kick out anyone so much as suspected of being a doper….
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Dumb it Down to Spice it Up
Y’know what? This Giro would be a damned interesting race if it weren’t for a certain CSC rider all Lance-ing up the GC race. I mean, think about it – you’d have Jose Gutierrez about two minutes up on Savoldelli, who would in turn be 2-3 minutes up on like 5 different guys. Gutierrez has…
In a Chat Room Somewhere in Tuscany…
ILuvBratwurst: (this works best with an Arnold voice) Ha! I destroyed those puny little weaklings and won the stage. That will teach people to call me fat. BassoNova77: Uh, yeah, Jan. Nice work. Keep it up. ILuvBratwurst: I know, I know. I am incredible…wait a minute, are you being sarcastic? BassoNova77: Maaaaaaybe ILuvBratwurst: Are you…
The Cycling.TV Drinking Game
Not sure how many of you will find this useful, but here goes: alcohol has long been used to augment classics of cinema, and I have here attempted to carry that spirit over into the classics of cycling. I know that most of Cycling.TV‘s races air between 7 and 9am EDT, but that’s what they…
Big Words At Paris-Nice, Tirreno-Adriatico Line-Ups
“Malediction”? Dang, y’all; give Cyclingnews’ man in France bonus points for sending me to the dictionary in his Stage 2 Paris-Nice report. I knew what it meant, but believed it applied strictly to curses in the form of incantations. I wouldn’t use it as he did, but the judges gave it the thumbs up, and…
Pro Cycling News – United Cycling Revealed, Results
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…
Pro Cycling News – 'Cross Worlds, Team Camps, Comebacks
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…
Pro Cycling News – Bad Kit Colors, The Lance Movie, JCTDU
It looks to be another banner year for lens-grinders. My brief jubilation that Quick.Step had darkened their ’06 team kit was crushed today when I realized that Liberty Seguros has done the exact same thing. And I mean exact, right down to the white patches on the shoulder. So get those new perscription glasses now,…
Pro Cycling News – VDB Back, Nazon Retires, Colorado's New Law
Awright, kiddies, brace yourselves. You’re staring down the barrel of a cycling blunderbus today. No sissy “arc”, no “recurring themes”, just a hailstorm of unrealted news shards. First item: Frank Vandenbroucke, cycling’s version of Gollum, has found a home for 2006, on the Unibet.com team. It’s quite some distance from the Ring of Power (like,…
Pro Cycling News – T-Mobile in Alps, Jan to Giro?
Most team training camps in the Alps involve reconnaissance on the big Alpine passes of the Tour. Not so for T-Mobile, who, perhaps realizing that heavy snowfall would foil any cycling plans this time of year, engaged in a military style team-building exercise. Once entirely the domain of overpaid business executives with an unhealthy fixation…