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
Why I Look Past Pais Vasco
Now that I’ve gotten some sleep in lieu of videomaking, I’ve been trying to get my head around why I can’t get into these little baby stage races. Maybe it’s because they’re so anonymous—I mean, from Ruta del Sol onward, it’s just 5-day races with roughly three flat stages, two climbs and a time trial…
Overheard at Roubaix
Your browser does not support the audio tag. The Belgian fans were blasting this when Boonen suddenly found himself alone with 24k to go. It doesn’t really get interesting until 1:50 in, but apparently this song was all the rage in the peloton back in 2006. In fact, I’d even have a video to show…
The Long Shadow of Tom Boonen
How many more riders will build their careers on Tom Boonen’s back? Sure, Stijn Devolder is a fine cyclist in his own right, but based on his performances with Discovery Channel, I can’t imagine he’d have a pair of Flanders wins stuffed into his jersey pockets, if not for the utter unwillingness of the rest…
Three Days of Stupid, Two Days to Go
Well, looks like the Three Days of Stupid is finally over. Can’t see why so many big names agree to do this event. It’s four days before Flanders, it’s hard, and it’s dangerous. See this photo: that’s a bunch sprint—on cobblestones. I suppose you could claim it’s “practice” for Sunday’s grundle-slamming parcours (like the Muur…