Racing

2009 Broken Chain Award: Douche of the Year

The Rusty Chain award, an award going to the la grand Douche of 2009. This year's top contenders are Rebellin,…

15 years ago

Bruyneel’s Bad Year

For most directors, winning Le Tour for the billionth time would make for a successful season, but not for Johan…

15 years ago

VDB: 1974-2009

Every now and then, I see a headline that I know won't soon drift from my memory.  Frank Vandenbroucke was…

15 years ago

Second Place: The Agony of Winning at Losing

After narrowly losing Milan San-Remo to Mark "The Manx Mounth" Cavendish, Heinrich Haussler was in agony. Many people might have been…

15 years ago

Can’t touch this…

When I went to bed last night, I thought about the World Road Race Championships, and whose name I would…

15 years ago

There’s a couple of ‘roos loose in the top paddock…

What's going on in Cadel's head?  Maybe the intense heat of Spain has melted his synapses, which were already near breaking…

15 years ago

Johnny T and The Lung

Things were always better in "the good old days". That's what my mate Johnny Klink always says, especially when we're…

15 years ago

Theory of Bike Fitting: Tall Riders Walk Their Own Path

Fitting yourself to your bike properly and being comfortable while riding is probably the most important aspect of cycling. It…

15 years ago

Why we watch

The tour has been over for a week now, not that I really noticed.  And that should have been a…

15 years ago

Flandrian

Flandrian. While its real definition is a lot more complex than I'd ever imagined, it's a word that is bandied…

15 years ago

Maybe there is no ‘I’ in ‘team’, Lance…

...but there is a 'you' in 'c*nt'...

15 years ago

Next Year

The scorching sprint-dust and verbal detritus emanating from the Manx Mouth hasn't even settled on the Champs Elysees, and already…

15 years ago

Hindsight 20/20: Tour de France 2010

The Tour has wrapped up for 2009 and it fulfilled it's usual place in the calendar as the biggest -…

15 years ago

Ventoux 2009: Frank’s Carbon Ball

Well, it's time for predictions using my carbon ball, which is lighter if less effective for peering into than your…

15 years ago

Monsieur Mont Ventoux

For those cyclists who might shop at the Big and Tall shop, we are a minority, we stand out in…

15 years ago

A Day to Remember

Today was perhaps one of the best days of bike racing of the season - brought on by my trusty…

15 years ago

Inside the Tour: Battle for the Biggest Baby Award

This Tour seems to have been dominated more by gossip than by racing, contributed to in no small part by…

15 years ago

Spartacus

About 30km into the stage today, Fabian Cancellera (aka: Swiss Bear, Spartacus, Big Baby, Freak...) pulled up beside me, sat…

15 years ago

Baby, It’s Cold (and Wet) Outside. Lets Race Some Bikes.

As an objective, rational, and calculating cycling fan, I've never been able to get excited about any rider on the…

15 years ago

Damned if you do…

It must be really getting to Cadel. The constant calls from the media and the fans (myself included) to "have…

15 years ago