Awesome French Guys

Tough Boys

Forget the skinny climbers for a moment. Let's talk about these two on Stage 16 and appreciate just why they…

8 years ago

La Solidarité

We will always have strength, we will always have Paris, and we will always have the Tour de France racing to…

9 years ago

Pinot or Bardet?

That is my question. Both want to be considered great cyclists, not great French cyclists. It is a cruel and…

9 years ago

Anatomy of a Photo: Gatorade

If Gatorade had any marketing sense whatsoever, they would have plastered photos of this pair all over every billboard in…

10 years ago

Roubaix: Anatomy Of A Shithole

One of the best, most memorable (and repeated) lines from the movie In Bruges is "it's a shithole". Of course…

10 years ago

Five Face

Why is it that all the greatest riders look strangely happy when they are suffering the most? Hinault says he…

10 years ago

Riding Beautifully Ugly

The cobbles are not for everyone. Peter van Petegem said it best, that you have to really love the stones…

10 years ago

Anatomy Of A Photo: Mad Jacques, Pioneer Of Neutral Service

Whenever you see one of those yellow cars or motorcycles laden with spare wheels and manned by efficiently deliberate young…

10 years ago

Reverent: Ravito

There are many revered places in Cycling, places that are instantly recognisable, places that command their own special page in…

11 years ago