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The Week In Bike #19 – 9 May 2014

Posted on 9 May 2014 by cosmo

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.

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How The Race Was Won – Tour de Romandie 2014

Posted on 5 May 20144 July 2021 by cosmo

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]

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The Week In Bike #18 – 2 May 2014

Posted on 2 May 2014 by cosmo

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.

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How The Race Was Won – Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2014

Posted on 28 April 20144 July 2021 by cosmo

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]

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The Week In Bike #17 – 25 April 2014

Posted on 25 April 2014 by cosmo

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.

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How The Race Was Won – Amstel Gold 2014

Posted on 21 April 20144 July 2021 by cosmo

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]

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The Week in Bike #16 – 18 April 2014

Posted on 18 April 2014 by cosmo

Goodbye cobbles, https://belllapcoaching.com/, Wiggins, MYSTERY PILLS, Pais Vasco, Tinkoff, Brabantse Pijl, sprinting, uterus approved, Enegiewacht Tour, start ramps, cameras, hour record, UCI, economics.

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How The Race Was Won – Paris-Roubaix 2014

Posted on 14 April 20144 July 2021 by cosmo

Don’t grab door handles. Don’t compensate for bad position by driving relentlessly to the front. Do attack once and make it stick. Don’t hire these guys to film your velodrome. Oh, right—the boat: https://cyclocosm.com/2013/07/how-the-race-was-won-tour-de-france-2013-stages-1-4/ [iPad/iPhone/m4v]

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The Week in Bike #15 – 11 April 2014

Posted on 11 April 2014 by cosmo

Flanders, red cards, crashes, He Who Must Not Be Named, Weisel, bubbles, Roubaix, women, Energiewacht, Pais Vasco, Scheldeprijs, Sarthe, Specailized, Neil Pryde, bullying, lying, investigating, epic..

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How The Race Was Won – Tour of Flanders 2014

Posted on 7 April 20144 July 2021 by cosmo

Otherwise known as the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Maybe next year I will use the actual Dutch. There were a lot of crashes, but between Greg VanAvermaet’s animation and OPQS’s over-extension, it turned into a pretty active little race. This week’s outro music: https://soundcloud.com/velobeats/velobeats-cobble-and-bass [iPad/iPhone/m4v or if you’re in Germany, where for some reason, YouTube can’t…

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About the Author

a headshot of Cosmo Catalano

Best known for his How The Race Was Won® video series, Cosmo Catalano began blogging about pro cycling from a bike shop in 2005. Between then and now, he's designed cycling infographics, built cycling web apps, and supplied cycling content to print and broadcast media, all in the name of backing up his near-endless criticism with proof that it can be done better. He complains about cycling on Twitter at @Cyclocosm.

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