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How The Race Was Won - MIlan-Sanremo 2021

How The Race Was Won® – Milan-Sanremo 2021

Posted on 23 March 20214 July 2021 by cosmo

Please enjoy the How The Race Was Won® video for the 2021 Milan-Sanremo at HowTheRaceWasWon.com. Presented with love by CyclingTips.

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On Strava, or The Things You Love Should Love You Back

Posted on 19 May 20204 July 2021 by cosmo

[there is a much more concise version of this on Medium’s OneZero publication] Strava, the since-forever social fitness service, announced yesterday that a number of features previously available for free to any user were being transferred instead into the company’s paid offering. The Internet responded as you might expect, everyone seems to have a hot…

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Will Farrell sings at a fanciful funeral for cycling.tv

On The Passing of Cycling.TV

Posted on 11 October 201729 June 2021 by cosmo

Last week, numerous cycling outlets reported that Cycling.TV, long-time online broadcaster of Euro cycling events, would be shutting down forever in a little less than a month. The company’s message to subscribers ran thusly: Cycling.TV regrets to inform you that as of November 3, 2017 we will cease operations. As set forth in Clause 4…

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Jason Lee pitches the Cyclism for OLN

A Twitter Thread on Eurosport, NBCSN, and Cycling TV Coverage

Posted on 27 September 201729 June 2021 by cosmo

This calls for a [THREAD] /1 https://t.co/C4kI3mva5v — Cyclocosm.com (@Cyclocosm) September 27, 2017 Eurosport is the best cycling broadcaster in any language I speak, in part because they’ve been doing it forever: https://t.co/qB963kpMib /2 — Cyclocosm.com (@Cyclocosm) September 27, 2017 While it may *feel* like NBCSN’s been around forever, it’s only existed since 2012. And…

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Alberto Contador’s Retirement – Cyclingnews Podcast

Posted on 12 August 2017 by cosmo

Alberto Contador’s Retirement – Cyclingnews Podcast I was honored to join Dane Cash, Cyclingnews Editor Daniel Benson and Trek-Segafredo’s Koen de Kort on the Cyclingnews Podcast this week to discuss the just-announced retirement of Alberto Contador following this year’s Vuelta a Espana. Subscribe: iTunes |RSS | Download Episode (mp3)

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How The How The Race Was Won Was Made

Posted on 25 May 20174 July 2021 by cosmo

For as long as I’ve been making these, people have been asking how long it takes. Now you can see for yourself (sort of). The finished video is here: https://https://cyclocosm.com/2017/05/how-the-race-was-won-giro-ditalia-2017-stages-10-15/, though the kitchen sequence is actually from here: https://https://cyclocosm.com/2017/05/how-the-race-was-won-giro-ditalia-2017-stages-5-9/. Stages 1-4, if you’re curious, are here: https://https://cyclocosm.com/2017/05/how-the-race-was-won-giro-ditalia-2017-stages-1-4/ And the Recon Ride (Rest Day Round-Up?) recorded…

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the finishing kick at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2016

In Case No One Told You, It Was Good Weekend For Cycling

Posted on 29 February 201629 June 2021 by cosmo

I mean, don’t get me wrong—Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is always pretty upbeat because people are amped—dare I say stoked?—for actual racing to begin. But this year’s event played out in a particularly satisfying fashion. Relative newcomer Luke Rowe of Sky initiated the winning move still 60k from the line, not by slipping away in crash…

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a tweet from me reading "Anyway, I'm not upset about a cheater getting caught. Out of habit, I do anticipate some crankiness on a lack of follow-up."

Deconstructing Self-Destruction

Posted on 1 February 201629 June 2021 by cosmo

I got into a little Twitter dust-up this weekend with VeloNews’ John Bradley. It wasn’t on purpose—yes, I did tweet a rebuke at him, but it was based largely on my misinterpreting something he’d written. @johnwbradley @velonews shop your feelings away. Strong take. — Cyclocosm.com (@Cyclocosm) January 31, 2016 @johnwbradley @velonews my apologies. My interpretation…

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WorldTour Transfers Chart 2015-2016

Posted on 19 October 201519 October 2015 by cosmo

I broke my toe (slightly) last week, enough to take riding and running off the schedule for a bit. I still have to go to my day job, so don’t expect the return of HTRWW anytime soon, but I did have a enough time to play around with some data viz packages. Want a bigger…

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a Simpsons screenshot with the punchline"there's no such team as the Spungos"

Cycling’s Sponsor-Branded Teams p/b Financial Instability

Posted on 11 May 20155 July 2021 by cosmo

I like a lot of what Vaughters says here, but the problem is that cycling can’t have a franchise system until it has actual franchises. I mean, Vaughters’ own squad—officially Slipstream Sports LLC—hasn’t ever been called by that name. Manchester United, in contrast, has remained Manchester United, whether Sharp, AIG, or Chevy is emblazoned across…

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About the Author

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Best known for his How The Race Was Won® video series, Cosmo Catalano began blogging about pro cycling from a bike shop in 2005. Between then and now, he's designed cycling infographics, built cycling web apps, and supplied cycling content to print and broadcast media, all in the name of backing up his near-endless criticism with proof that it can be done better. He complains about cycling on Twitter at @Cyclocosm.

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