Beard, Wiggins, Degenkolb, #aeroiseverything, Wild, Chongming Island, Wiggle-Honda, Mondialization, https://iamtedking.com, https://www.cutaway.us, US contribution to the sport, media abuse of the US market, Tour of California, tech.
Tag: Analysis
How The Race Was Won – Giro d'Italia 2014 – Stages 4-9
Rainy, rainy, rainy, to the point that the GC shake-ups seem to have had less impact on the GC than the flat and intermediate stages. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUrudD4Db5c (I’m so, so sorry) [iPad/iPhone/m4v]
The Week in Bike #20 – 16 May 2014
Rules, cameras, rules, Geaux Race, Hour Record, rules, Giro, rules, Women’s Tour, rules, Chongming Island, rules, Tour of Californiazation.
How The Race Was Won – Giro d'Italia 2014 – Stages 1-3
A Team Time Trial and a pair of rainy sprints. Music: https://soundcloud.com/bill-craig/molly-malone-2013 [iPad/iPhone/m4v]
The Week In Bike #19 – 9 May 2014
Giro’s not dead, credit where it’s due, exposure, visas, https://www.kindhuman.cc, Four days of Dunkirk, promotion, women’s Tour, the old women’s Tour, the new women’s Tour, Tour of Cali, tokens, cameras.
How The Race Was Won – Tour de Romandie 2014
An important Tour tune-up stage in what’s been, for many would-be contenders, an usual spring. Features TTs, climbs, sprints (bunch and tactical) and yes—victory cheese. outro music: https://soundcloud.com/sssshawnnnn/sssshawnnnn-mac-n-cheese-live [iPad/iPhone/m4v]
The Week In Bike #18 – 2 May 2014
The Michael Barry Show, “are the new viewers gone yet?”, Hincapie book, Craig Hummer, ethics, Omloop van Borsele, Dwars door de Westhoek, women’s TdF, heteronormative, Tour of Turkey, Romandie, Giro, media, experts.
How The Race Was Won – Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2014
You can make a donation for this week’s fresh beats: https://soundcloud.com/cosmocatalano/liege-bastogne-liege-chorale-kazakh-beats-orchestra-remix The action was back-loaded into this year’s event, but the sudden swings of fortune and what-if moments were all still there in abundance. In many ways, the riders were one, but they were not the same… [iPad/iPhone/m4v]
The Week In Bike #17 – 25 April 2014
Women’s Fleche Wallonne, coverage, non-coverage, statistics, not ranting, thanks, more thanks, https://www.rensselaervillecycling.com/ Trentino, Evans, Och’, some guy, Outside, Bruyneel, Liege.
How The Race Was Won – Amstel Gold 2014
Cars, furniture, wind, position battle, a dangling escape, and a a breakaway rider who perhaps overestimated his strength. Rap metal light opera accompaniment from UnderGunned Productions: https://soundcloud.com/undergunnedproductions/modern-major-generals-song-1 [iPad/iPhone/m4v]