Cyclocosm

Seriously, the closest thing I can find to news is word of a Rabobank team car getting stolen. Everyone’s all just rehashing their Simoni teasers, horribly misspelling the names of nearly-were sponsors, or editorializing wildly on the current state of affairs in cycling. That’s not to say there’s nothing good to read. Velochimp makes an…

The cycling world learned of the retirement of two former Grand Tour winners this week: Pavel Tonkov and Angel Casero (scroll down). The problem was, though, only one of them (scroll down) is actually quitting the sport. Pavel Tonkov really is retiring, after a dream career that saw him escape Soviet Russa, marry a podium…

This isn’t really a news flash, per se, as there’s nothing definite to it, but Eurosport is now reporting that Unibet, if it can successfully lure Gibo Simoni, currently in post-Sony-Ericsson limbo, and CV’s Carlos Garcia Quesada to their squad next season, that they will immediatly apply for a ProTour License. The squad has until…

First off, I’d just like to apologize for yesterday’s technichal difficulties. We’re working on moving the page over to cyclocosm.com (screw this bush-league blospot business), but there’ve been a few technical hurdles. No doubt it’s also a little digital karma after I ripped on Daily Peloton for being offline for a few days. They’re back,…

In case you’re hadn’t noticed, I don’t care much for the ProTour. But the previous system (and, no, not the World Cup or Super Pernod or all that other crap that came before it) of counting wins was really even worse. Take a look at this year’s standings. Rocket Robbie and Ale-Jet looks awfully close,…

Traditionally, ever since Independence Day broke $300,000,000 in domestic box office sales, the media has been used to try and hype things up before an event to increase popular interest. Not so at VeloNews, it seems. Look at these two “get fired-up” Lombardy stories that came out after the race. In fact, there seems to…

Yes, its been a long nine months since Jens Voigt beat the frosty Parisian wins and 167 other competitors to take the first ProTour race back in March. The season closed down earlier this morning (local time) as Paolo Bettini won the Tour of Lombardy after providing much animation. Quick.Step star Bettini, who puts forth…

Welly well well. No need for the cycling media to head out in search of breakfast this AM. We all had plenty of egg on our faces from this little press release from the kids over at Sony-Ericsson. Yes, the very same Sony-Ericsson that was supposed to be sponsoring a team (scroll down), and supposed…

Cycling has found its Mr. October: Murilo Fisher. Dude is blowing up. Worlds (ok, so not technicnally in October, but c’mon, he was riding for Brazil…) – 5th place. Last week, he won at GP Beghelli rocking Paolo Bettini mere days after Bettini’s beatdown of pretty much everyone at Zurich. Then today, at Giro del…

You know, it figures that a day after I argue that it never happens, a two-man break gets clear and wins by four seconds. Darn that Nationale Sluitingprijs (“national slutting prize?”), or, as Velogal calls it, Putte-Kapellen. Other than that, not much racing to report on (unless you fancy the “Picolo” Tour of Lombardy, the…