First off, this is awesome. Remember earlier this week, when Lance was going to win 7 easily, and Boonen was going to walk away with the Green? Man, what a difference a week makes. Lance all alone on the final hill; there were 34 dudes in the group, and only one rode for DC. Ouch….
Tour Game: Picks are In
7/6/05 Full picks are in (almost). The list is here. Lots of empty spaces. I get the idea, people. Next year, fewer categories. And I’ve been arguing with Sam to lower the points on the Young Rider competition for months. Anyway, feel free to haggle any picks you feel I may have screwed up on…
Taking it to the Mattresses – News
The heated rivalry between Belgian ProTour squads Davitamon-Lotto and Quick-Step-Innergetic is no secret, and after Innergetic (a mattress company) used Boonen’s Stage 3 victory over McEwen for an ad in the French daily L’Equipe, the Aussie Champ and his Davitamon teammates were eager for revenge. Following a long break, which motivated mainly by Fassa’s Antonio…
Fitchburg Longsjo Classic – Report
So the weekend’s action started on Wednesday, for some reason, as the organizers saw fit not to schedule any races on the national holiday on Monday. That’s a little less cash in my pockets, but whatever. Sign-in went according to plan, except that my psuedo-teammates, Rudy Awerbuch and Steve Weller were planning to use disk…
Zabriskie too Friskie – News
Today’s TTT into Blois shaped up exactly as expected, with powerhouse squads Discovery Channel, T-Mobile, and CSC throwing down in hopes of building and early advantage. But CSC, starting last and fighting a vicious chrono duel against The Disco Boys, threw down a little bit too hard; On a right hand bend mere kilos from…
TdF Stage 2 – News
Boonen came through again today, putting a bike length between his rear tire and the madness behind it. Though McEwen was the third man across the line, his head-butt on fellow Aussie Stuart O’Grady was judge “irregular sprinting” by the race jury, who relegated the Australian champ and two-time Green Jersey winner to 186th place….
Boonen Takes Round One – News
Quick-Step did what Fassa seemed unable to do today, leading Tom Boonen pretty much unobstructed to the line. Robbie McEwen applied a little pressure, but by his own admission, jumped to soon and had some gearing troubles. Thor Hushovd was second, but no one interviewed him so it’d difficult to tell what he thought of…
Tour 2005: Boring or Interesting? – News
Zabriskie certainly was a suprise, especially satisfying as he broke Lemond’s Tour TT speed record. That’s three wins in three consecutive Grand Tours for the 26-year old, and continues CSC unbeaten streak in Grand Tour TTs this season. So maybe this year will be a Tour of suprises.? But, despite unusually loud talk from der…
Tour Tomorrow! – News
I have recieved many of your Tour picks. I’m at Fitchburg, doing the 2005 Longsjo Classic now, however, so I’ll be delayed in setting everything up until the 4th. Fear not. You had also better believe there are some race reports forthcoming from this exciting American stage race as well. Only one bit of news…
Ooopsie! – News
Looks like a made a boo-boo on the category selection. Seems Paolo Betinni is not racing the Tour this year, making my Cookie’s Revenge category utterly pointless. Ah well. I could swap in some other token Eyetai, but it really wouldn’t be the same. Perhaps more relevant to the larger cycling world, another garrulous Italian,…