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No matter how the race ultimately ends up for Tuft, this will definitely go down as one of the most ballsy rides ever … Canadian Svein Tuft took tenth place in the stage three time trial at Circuit Cycliste Sarthe today, a good result for his Spidertech-C10 team, but one which belies the extraordinary circumstances [...] A prayer for the second and third weeks of the Giro d’Italia; for the battles in the mountains to come.
Andy Hampsten, climbing the Passo Gavia during the 1988 Giro d’Italia Let us pray: I believe in Hampsten, the Climber Almighty, the Creator of heavenly tours, and in the Landshark of steel, on [...]
Art O’Connor and Bo Pitkin at the 2008 Cutthroat Cross Bo Pitkin on the run-up, Cutthroat Cross 2009 Rachel Cieslewicz, Cutthroat Cross 2009 More later … and more on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/veloworks/sets/72157622649040705/ [...] Taylor Phinney wins Paris-Roubaix U23 – VeloNews American Taylor Phinney (Trek-Livestrong) won the Paris-Roubaix Espoirs on Sunday, emerging first from a group of 11 that entered the Roubaix velodrome together. Phinney, 18, becomes the first American to win the race for riders under 23. The 170km race has been held since 1967 and has been [...] Sometimes being Big Ring is knowing when NOT to ride in the big ring … The way my legs feel right now, I’m certainly glad I never used any gear bigger than the 39×14, and even that only briefly; mostly 39×15 or 39×16. Hopefully, they’ll be less sore and twitchy in the morning so I [...] A repost from March, prompted by various Twitter and other assertions that the United States was founded on “Christian principles” … nothing could be further from the truth. The only part of became the United States that was founded on “Christian” principles was the original Plymouth colony in Massachusetts, by the Puritans who were escaping [...] So after yesterday’s ride, I was pretty much wiped out in the evening … was thinking about going to bed about 9:00, when I get a tweet from the Reverend Big Ring, who was at the Bayou quaffing Chimay with his lovely fiancée Rachel, the Husla (who of course was not drinking), and a few [...] VeloNews | Andy Hampsten and the 1988 Pink Jersey How do you define an epic? It’s a noun grossly over-used by sportswriters, particularly those who write about cycling. Through the years, European journalists have described heroic deeds by brave athletes on bicycles with gushing prose that was rarely deserved. They even titled road racing’s formative [...] Great interview in the Marin Independent-Journal today with Davis Phinney, 1984 Olympic cyclist, 2-time Tour de France stage winner, and America’s winningest cyclist. Cycling in Marin: Champion cyclist regains control of his life in battle with Parkinson’s IF you’re looking for minor miracles, look no further than Davis Phinney. For most of the past three [...] |
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