The Velominati are proud to present the following guest article by community member Marcus, who also writes for the Squadra…
When I first feasted my eyes on this photo over at lagazzettadellabici.com, it was the steely stare of Il Pirata…
One of the most enduring images in my mind of the Tour in the early 90s is of the monumental…
Posting on the Tour de Blast, Bob asked if any of us were doing the Climb of Death up Cougar Mountain…
I think the last time I cheered for the guy who won the Tour de France must have been Greg…
I'm not sure if it's because I'm too fat to climb and therefore admire those who aren't, or if it…
To describe Piotr Ugrumov's professional career as fleeting may be a tad on the unfair side. While he enjoyed a…
It's always a let down for a fan to realise his or her idol is not all that they were…
With the Spring Classics now turning to debates over motorized doping and the hardman's GT over, perhaps it's time to…
While the talk of the week has been on the Fraud Landis Chronicles, whether he cheated (of course he did),…
I thought I was the only one. It was a truth I admitted to myself only in the darkest hours…
This is my favorite week of the year. I meant to write something earlier this week - as a prelude…
The Kennett brothers have produced a series of great books on some of New Zealand's most successful, least successful, hardest,…
Few images inspire the Keepers more than those of hardmen grinding away large chainrings on roads of antiquity built as…
For my generation, he is the Lion of Flanders. Unequivocally. Unchallenged. Evermore, evermore. Boonen is a monster; but he is…
I stared at this photo for about 13 minutes before realizing I should stare at it at least one minute…
At the Velominati, we do our best to stay out of negative topics like doping and try to focus on…
I find professional athletes - cyclists in particular - an impressive bunch. They are hard, disciplined people who ply their…
In 1998, Marco Pantani staged one of the most prestigious coups of cycling by winning the Giro-Tour double. He made…
This is the tale of the day I caused Paolo Savoldelli to crash out of the Tour de France. It…