Hmm, third week in March…I seem to recall there was some sort of big thing in cycling around this time…OMD! – that’s “OMG” en français – it’s the “just over three months to the Tour de France” mark! Better track down and interview a race favorite! Seriously, though, Reuters was probably better off running a…
Tag: Dopage
Arekeev fools Eisel; Contador Wins at P-N; Silly Law Tricks
Ok, people: this needs to stop happening. I realize these were different races in different countries, but seriously – two times in two days? Boonen and Eisel ride for two huge, well-funded, been-around-forever squads, so you can’t be like “oh, you know, we can’t afford a TV in our team car” or anything. If radios…
McEwen Wins at T-A, Another Small Name at P-N
And the winner of today’s Paris-Nice crapshoot is…Alexandr Kolobnev. I’ll overlook his inability to spell his own name aside, and instead glumly focus on the fact that he won in a breakaway while using a Carbon Soloist – intolerable train of Cycling.TV Cervelo ads, here we come. Fortunately, there was another ProTour event today at…
Upsetting the Natural Order of Things
J-P Nazon? Franco Pelizotti? Who are these clowns? Where’s Tom Boonen? Where’s Fabian Cancellara? Where’s Ivan Basso? I demand superstars! Seriously, If I’d just dropped 4k on a Specialized or a Trek or a Cervelo this spring, I’d be really miffed! I thought the peloton ran at two speeds, meaning that my bike was guaranteed…