Love the new 5 series Madone in it’s 2010 colours. I wouldn’t mind upgrading my 2008 model with some fancy deep section Bontrager Aeolus wheels. Finishes it off a treat. Check out the site’s nifty ‘Build your custom bike’ feature, enabling you to order your very own Madone with choice of drive train, components, paint scheme, [...]
“Alberto came to win and, quite honestly, so did I”
Lance Armstrong, 7th July Only last week Lance was claiming he was nothing more than a domestique deluxe in the Astana team, and that Contador was the leader. This was re-stated by Bruyneel at the start of the Tour. We’d all questioned his age, his time away from top-level competition, his ‘beach weight-lifting with celebrity buddies’ [...]
The Science of Lance Armstrong
If you can get past the melodramatic music and commentary, this Discovery Channel documentary is worth watching. It reinforces what we already know about the story of Lance Armstrong: a genetically unique lead man; a big budget; an unrivalled supporting cast. But this film gives a great insight into how the three elements came together to push [...]
Who will win Le Tour?
The Classics season is over. The Giro’s finished. The Dauphine Libere starts this coming weekend. Most of the early season favourites have shown form of some description, but this remains the most open of Tours in years. So who is going to win? Contador goes into the Dauphine – traditionally Lance’s Tour warm up event [...]
Giro reflections
The centenary edition of the Giro didn’t let us down: the return of Lance (sorry, I shouldn’t mention that first); a fascinating classically mountainous route stretching the length of the country; great crowds supporting the Italian riders; a race that went down to the wire. Hats off to Denny Menchov. Not only was he cool [...]
The Poll – Tour de France
As I prepare this site for it’s July kick off - experimenting with some features, widgets, gadgets and thingy-ma-jigs - my mind has naturally wandered onto one fascinating prospect that will also kick off in July. Whichever way you look at it, the 2009 Tour de France is promising to be a real corker. We’ve not even finished the [...]
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