I haven’t updated since Stage 12, and what is it, now? Stage 15? Geez, what a slacker. Good stuff to report on, too. On stage 13, Jens Voigt and Oscar Pereiro were the sole survivors from The Break of the ’06 Tour, with the unflappable German taking the win, and the aggressive Pereiro (who’s shown…
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2006 Tour de France – Stages 11 and 12; Underachieving Teams and Overstepping Chairmen
All right, kiddies, buckle your safety belts. I’ve got 21 tabs open, plus the live report window, so the links will be coming fast and furious. First off: Stage 11. Races like that are why people follow this silly sport. Rabobank looked stellar, stronger than any other team in this race has so far, and…
2006 Tour de France, Stages 9 and 10 Recap; Another Idiot Sounds Off
Yeah, so, on Stage 9, there was an exciting sprint. Oscar beat Robbie. Cipo was on hand. Blah blah blah. Let’s get to some climbing! GC action, right? Uh, no. Long, dull breakaway. Ag2r’s Cyril Dessel gobbled up all the KOM points, miraculously kept pace with Agritubel’s Juan Miguel Mercado over the final climb, and…
2006 Tour de France – Stages 7, 8, and Rest Day
American cycling dilettantes, Chris Carmichael dittoheads, and MIT windtunnel geeks, stand forward and be SHAMED. Nothing like watching some old-school Eastern-Bloc stomp his unaerodynamic, head-bobbing authority all over the race at 50-60 rpms. The Stage 7 victory gave Serguei Gonchar both a piece of the fleece, and a chance to clear up the confusion surrounding…
2006 Tour de France – Stages 5 and 6 Recap
Well, it’s over 24 hours later and I am still trying to piece together how Oscar Freire won yesterday (check out the video on OLN’s webpage). Marino Basso once commented that Oscar Freire looked like he was asleep outside the month of October (implying that he only rode well at Worlds), but that’s simply not…
2006 Tour de France – Stages 2-4 Recap
You may have thought, with so many favoites under dope suspensions, and with Jimmy Casper winning Stage 1, that this was going to be an utterly out-of-the-ordinary Tour de France. Well, wrong you are. Stages 2-4 contained Robbie McEwen stage wins 9 and 10, a late flyer for victory, a GC contender crashing out, the…
2006 Tour de France, Stage 1
It was an ugly sprint won beautifully by Cofidis’ Jimmy Casper. Globs of riders bounced all across the road as Milram’s Erik Zabel (500m) and Quick.Step’s Tom Boonen (300m) found themselves unexpectedly out in the wind. The crafty German reintegrated between Davitamon’s Robbie McEwen and Liquigas’ Magnus Backsteadt, but the Flandrian tried get fancy, peeping…
The Weird Conspiracies of Former Pro Cyclist Baden Cooke
On September 11th, 2001, Mercury-Viatel’s Baden Cooke won the 6th Stage of the Tour l’Avenir. To say this wouldn’t be the lasting news of the day is something of an understatement. l’Avenir is known as a showcase for up-and-coming stars, and that year’s edition proved no different. Future Giro and (sorta) Vuelta winner Denis Menchov…
How The Race Was Won™ – Tour of Flanders 2019
Flanders is an embarassment of riches—presentation-to-podium coverage, a marvelously brutal course, the biggest crowds, and most thoroughly engaged fans. But surely it’s too big an event to notch your first pro win… Thanks again to Eurosport Cycling for making this happen, and don’t hesitate to click the “no, please help!” link in the upper right…
The Recon Ride Podcast – Criterium du Dauphine 2017
Episode 72: Criterium du Dauphine 2017 And the run in to the Tour de France begins with its most notable stepping-stone event. But does a sharper and steeper parcours signal a change away from being a mere training race? Dane and I investigate. Subscribe: iTunes |RSS | Download Episode (mp3)