What is your deal, Dick Pound? The very first time I heard your name, I was like “what sort of douchebag named ‘Richard Pound’ would go by ‘Dick?’” Little did I know, I was soon to find out. Pretty much from your first day as WADA chair, you went on steaming tirades about how cycling…
Pro Cycling News – Tour Route Wrap-Up, They Took the Bar!
You want to know why everyone likes Cyclingnews so much? No, it’s not the fact that their staff is pretty good at writing, or that their webpage is simple and straight forward, or even that they’re constantly making sweet references references to everything from “South Park” (search “profit”) to The Italian Job. No, it’s their…
Pro Cycling News – Tour Route Revealed, O'Grady to CSC
Yup, that’s the only news around. Eurosport has three stories about it (including what appears to be an Eminem reference. Velonews adds four more features, including one addressing the issue of doping, yet without mentioning Dick Pound’s formless, meandering diatribe in yesterday’s Guardian. Way to cover relevant news stories. It’s like all of American cycling…
Pro Cycling News – More Tour Speculation, More Italians in Flanders, More Dick Pound
Ah, you gotta love wild media speculation. You may recall that yesterday, I threw caution to the wind and published some dude’s wild tour route speculations. Well, looks like I’ve started a trend. Yup, and if they’re not guessing at the route, they’re guessing and who’s gonna ride it. Eurosport thinks Ivan Basso might skip…
Exte Ondo Onther Gloves – Review
No, that’s not a typo. I, cheapskate of all cheapskates, did in fact buy a high-end ($45 retail for a pair of short-finger gloves) cycling product. I just wanted to see if all this talk that spending big for a high-end product would really save you money in the long run. That, and I needed…
Pro Cycling News – Tour Route Excitement, McEwen Perjures Self
Today I’m gonna switch it up and start with the month-old Interbike news, even if it is a little moldy (get it? Carbon fiber frames are made in molds? Hello? *tap-tap* Is ths thing on?). Anyway, the big news this week is gonna be the announcement of the 2006 TdF route. If you’re in Paris…
Catamount Cyclocross Weekend – Report
Well, not really the whole weekend, just Sunday. I skipped Saturday because I was trying to sleep off an injury from Friday night that left me digging a quarter-inch chuck of glass out of my left foot. At 2am Sunday (there was a “The Shield” marathon on), it was hurting like no other, so I…
Pro Cycling News – Rider News, Rider News, and More Rider News
No results for you today (followed by the sound by the sound of a million browsers clicking their “back” button – wait, did I say a million? I meant, like, fifty), but there is a whole buttload of rider news. So sit back relax and enjoy, and we’ll start with the sprinters: Robbie McEwen got…
Pro Cycling News – Cunego Turning Japanese, Nys still Belgian, Steel Still Real (Expensive).
Late post today and my aplogies, but I was racing ‘cross in some classic New England conditions, and I will relate it all later in a race report. Right now, though, meaningful results: Damiano Cunego won the Japan Cup today, adding another event won in the past by his former team captain to his palmares….
Pro Cycling News – Simoni to Saunier, Linus Iscariot
Sorry for not posting yesterday. I try for every day, but dang it, I’m not a machine. Too bad that I didn’t post, too. Big news on the transfer front: Gibo Simoni’s chosen to hit up Saunier Duval for his paychecks next season. The two-time Giro winner said he went to the yellow machine “not…