Contador wins Giro at what cost to Tour?
Alberto Contador has won the Giro d’Italia. Seconds after he sprayed that champagne and stepped off that podium the question began: Had he already lost his shot at the Giro-Tour double? In what was...
View ArticleFroome, Nibali make secret trip to Pinto.
The whole town of Pinto, Alberto Contador’s hometown, turned out to see the victorious hero return from the Giro d’Italia. Contador crushed his rivals with only Astana’s duo of Fabio Aru and Mikel...
View ArticleUCI announces Bike Whereabouts testing program.
In response to continual allegations of “motorized doping,” the UCI has announced today in Lausanne, Switzerland, a new Whereabouts program for testing race bikes around the clock. Close on the heels...
View ArticleTour de France Fab Four. Who is McCartney?
This Tour de France “Fab Four” thing is starting to get hilarious. Alberto Contador, Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana are all serious, highly possible winners of this year’s Le...
View ArticleTour de France GC quandary
In most cases, the Tour de France is a two-horse race — Lemond vs. Hinault and Armstrong vs. Ullrich variety. On occasion, such as last year, it’s a three horse race — Froome vs Contador and Nibali....
View ArticleDennis smokes in Utrecht. Yellow man plays.
So far the 2015 clock has been good for Dennis Rohan (BMC Racing). Respect from old school Jamaican DJ Toaster Yellow Man. Until Bradley Wiggins topped his mark a few months ago, Rohan held the Hour...
View ArticleQuintana and Nibali take nap outside Rotterdam
Chris Froome, the chief beneficiary of a rain lashed, crosswind whipped run from Utrecht to Zelande, said it best: “It was a nasty old stage.” Froome, along with GC rivals Alberto Contador and Tejay...
View ArticleCobblestone anti-climax. Fab Four fine.
What? Carnage-free cobblestones? Ce n’est pas possible, mon vieux! Yes, the anticipated chaos, broken bones, shattered GC hopes and catastrophe that the pavé was supposed to dish out never happened....
View ArticleVan Garderen petitions to make Fab Four a Five
After an impressive first seven stages in the Tour de France, BMC’s Tejay van Garderen finds himself in third place just 13 seconds off the time of race leader Chris Froome. This success has Van...
View ArticleFroome crushes butterflies in Tour. Fripp revisited.
It’s an insane image but watching Chris Froome annihilate all his rivals on the Pyrenean climb up to La Pierre-Saint-Martin reminded us of a strange quote from long ago, from former King Crimson...
View ArticleNew Tinkoff kit pushing Contador to earlier retirement
Alberto Contador has stated numerous time that the 2016 seasons will be his last in the professional peloton. However,, rumors are circulating that the ugliness of the new Tinkoff training kit may...
View ArticleParis-Nice. The Race to the Theoretical Sun.
Race to the Sun. That’s the clever little marketing slogan for the Paris-Nice stage race that runs from rainy, miserable Paris down south to the sunny Mediterranean climate of Nice. That’s the theory,...
View ArticlePierre Rolland tres hungry for Tour de France.
Lucky Pierre Rolland is the big guy for Cannondale in Le Grand Shindig. Until a few weeks ago, the Frenchman was sharing the captain role with American Andrew Talansky. However, a difficult personal...
View ArticleLe Tour takeaway. Yes, it was dull.
Critics and journalists have questioned wether the Chris Froome – Team Sky domination of the Tour de France made for a dull race. Quick answer: yes. The race for the maillot jaune was over before the...
View ArticleVuelta. What the Tour de France wasn’t.
The Helta Skelta Vuelta in on the near horizon. Based on the long list of contenders, it’s like stepping up to a Spanish tapas bar with a sensory overload of delicious yummies. First, there’s Tour...
View ArticleBurgos-Vuelta a España double impossible?
In the modern age of cycling, the Giro d’Italia-Tour de France double has proved impossible. The tremendous physical and mental stress of tackling two grand tours in a row against such a competitive...
View ArticleAlberto “Crash” Contador” battles on.
Alberto Contador can’t stay upright in a grand tour. Which makes winning a three week bike race fairly problematic. It’s a known fact that you can’t make the podium when you’re crumpled up in a ball of...
View ArticleContador at Vuelta: Pistolero loses power
“It’s complicated.” A two word summation that Alberto Contador has been using a lot this season. He said it at the Tour de France where his week one crashed ultimately knocked him out of the race...
View ArticleFroome refuses to crack In Vuelta.
Today Tour de France champion Chris Froome (Team Sky) showed off the yellow jersey in the Vuelta a España. That’s to say he showed his Tour grit, tenacity and mental toughness in closing the gap at the...
View ArticleNew Pistolero in town. Contador misfires.
That’s the way life and sport goes, out with the old, in with the new, the torch is passed, one door closes and another opens. As we look at the final GC results from the 2013 Vuelta a Espana, we can...
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