Racing

Guest Article: Race Report – “The Club Champs”

The Velominati are proud to present the following guest article by community member Marcus, who also writes for the Squadra…

14 years ago

Anatomy of a Photo: 1995 World Championship road race

When I first feasted my eyes on this photo over at lagazzettadellabici.com, it was the steely stare of Il Pirata…

14 years ago

Evanescent riders of the 90s: Franco Vona

One of the most enduring images in my mind of the Tour in the early 90s is of the monumental…

14 years ago

The Pain Pool: Wading in Above the Waist

Posting on the Tour de Blast, Bob asked if any of us were doing the Climb of Death up Cougar Mountain…

14 years ago

The Big Engine that Just Might

I think the last time I cheered for the guy who won the Tour de France must have been Greg…

14 years ago

The Dotted Jumper

I'm not sure if it's because I'm too fat to climb and therefore admire those who aren't, or if it…

14 years ago

Evanescent riders of the 90s: Piotr Ugrumov

To describe Piotr Ugrumov's professional career as fleeting may be a tad on the unfair side. While he enjoyed a…

14 years ago

r-EPO Man

It's always a let down for a fan to realise his or her idol is not all that they were…

14 years ago

The A.C. Enigma

With the Spring Classics now turning to debates over motorized doping and the hardman's GT over, perhaps it's time to…

14 years ago

Evanescent riders of the 90s: Zenon Jaskula

While the talk of the week has been on the Fraud Landis Chronicles, whether he cheated (of course he did),…

15 years ago

A Cyclists Companion: Fear of Crashing

I thought I was the only one.  It was a truth I admitted to myself only in the darkest hours…

15 years ago

Steady Up with More Speed

This is my favorite week of the year. I meant to write something earlier this week - as a prelude…

15 years ago

Tino

The Kennett brothers have produced a series of great books on some of New Zealand's most successful, least successful, hardest,…

15 years ago

Flahute: The Hardest of the Hardmen

Few images inspire the Keepers more than those of hardmen grinding away large chainrings on roads of antiquity built as…

15 years ago

Study of a Hardman: Johan Museeuw

For my generation, he is the Lion of Flanders. Unequivocally. Unchallenged. Evermore, evermore. Boonen is a monster; but he is…

15 years ago

Anatomy of a Photo: 1990 Paris-Roubaix

I stared at this photo for about 13 minutes before realizing I should stare at it at least one minute…

15 years ago

How the Mighty Fall (Well, sort of)

At the Velominati, we do our best to stay out of negative topics like doping and try to focus on…

15 years ago

The Perfect Amount of Dumb

I find professional athletes - cyclists in particular - an impressive bunch.  They are hard, disciplined people who ply their…

15 years ago

Il Pirata’s 1998 Bianchi: The Elusive Stallion

In 1998, Marco Pantani staged one of the most prestigious coups of cycling by winning the Giro-Tour double. He made…

15 years ago

Tales of a Cyclotourist, Part III: 2006 Pla-de-Beret

This is the tale of the day I caused Paolo Savoldelli to crash out of the Tour de France. It…

15 years ago