So the first annual Red Bull Road Rage went off without a hitch this weekend, though whether or not you want to call it a success would depend on your point of view. Winner of the both the Time Trial and Pack Race events was former DH MTB World Champ, and amatuer botanist Myles Rockwell….
Bikes vs. The World: Round #1 – Campagnolo vs. Camp Anawana
In what we at Cyclocosm hope to make a regular weekend feature (at least during the off-season), out expert team of analysts will take two similarly-named elements Cycling Culture and Popular Culture and send them into a head-to-head deathmatch from which only one will survive. This week’s combatants are: Campagnolo and Camp Anawana. Let the…
Pro Cycling News – Doping, Imagined and Real
Since the news broke that AMGEN would sponsor the 2006 Tour of California (now with stage details), editorials have sprung up everywhere, saying essentially “Hey, don’t listen to those naysayers! It’s ok that guys that make EPO are sponsoring this race. Sponsorships make for strange bedfellows, and this will be a great race no matter…
Pro Cycling News – All About Mistakes
Alright, I admit it: I made a blunder yesterday, on par with the Boston Globe’s April Fool’s Day Debacle. It seems that Valsir is a subdivision of Fondital, which means that the change in co-sponsor of next year’s Lampre team will most likely not affect Igor Astarloa’s position on that sqaud, as I reported yesterday….
Pro Cycling News – California, Here We Come
Yesterday, the Tour of California (thankfully, not Tour de California) was just a grim, jagged profile in the night. Now all of a sudden *BAM* the watertight compartments are flooded and Leo’s waist-deep in 35-degree seawater, trying to find an axe to hack off Kate Winslet’s handcuffs. Congrats to the Tour of California marketing board…
Pro Cycling News – Zabel Out on Top, California, Tidbits
Maybe you thought that Erik Zabel ended his T-Mobile career with a win back in October? Well, seems you were wrong. The Green-Jersey-Wearingest rider in the history of cycling didn’t totally finish racing for T-Mobile until today, when he and Rolf Aldag defeated all comers at the Dortmund Six-Day. Given the, uh, somewhat shady history…
Pro Cycling News – Zabel, Ullrich, Belli, Misc.
So yesterday, I was kinda off my game (see the comments). But you gotta cut me a little slack, even with the two updates a week thing, ’cause there was this story on 10/23, where it’s like “all Basso’s efforts will be concentrated on reaching the top of the podium in Paris, July 23.” Now,…
Pro Cycling News -Moratorium Declared on Stories Involvling Words "Basso," "not" and "Giro"
Alright, kiddies; today’s post is going to be something of a cycling news bouillabaisee, so read slowly and hold on to your butts. First item of importance: Cyclocosm is declaring a unilateral moratorium on reporting that Ivan Basso is not doing the Giro. I think the world freakin’ gets it, already. You know, it was…
Pro Cycling News – Magnus Falls Short, Why 'Cross is Awesome
Magnus Backstedt’s derny-paced hour record attempt fell well short (scroll down), yesterday, as the big Sweede was behind Matthe Pronk’s 66kph pace from the first time split. I know I had promised not to report on this earlier in the week, because gimmick hour records are stupid, but because Maggie sacked up and finished the…
Pro Cycling News – Please, No More Tour Presentation News
I’m so sick of it. What was it, two hours of sitting a Paris auditorium, watcing a video, a slide show, and listening to a few speakers? And Velonews is picking it apart like a raven on a moose carcass. Yeah, there’s more stories; so many I’ve lost count. There’s this, which I guess means…