Paul Sherwen
Paul Sherwen is generally seen as Phil Liggett’s counter-point, dutifully keeping the iconic duo’s race commentary on course, helping to convey to the English-speaking world…
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Guest Article: Stephen Roche; A Study in The V
It is with an especially acute understanding of pushing oneself to ones limits, having just completed my second assault on Haleakala, with which I select…
Tour de France Rule #5 Award: Johnny Hoogerland
Not an absolute; the beauty of Rule #5 is the graduated scale upon which it is measured. Rule #5 means to push yourself beyond the…
Who’s your Poppy?
You’d think that with such an historical event taking place in France overnight that the Australian newspapers would be a sea of yellow and ‘we…
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General
Lo Sceriffo
In May, Velominati wake up too early, brew espresso and open laptop computers to watch small streaming videos of the Giro d’Italia. We notice how…
The Experienced Mr. Hincapie
Experience is something that we can only develop over time. We take it to imply there is some associated wisdom, garnered principally through those experiences that contributed that wisdom through…
Here Stands a Man: Johan Van Summeren
Here stands a man. A quiet man. A hard working man. A Belgian man. A man from a life of grit, cold, and rain. Here stands…
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Cogals
Ever-Prescent V: Ronde van “V”laanderen
There is something about Northern Europe in general and Flanders in particular that exudes The V; you feel it in the air the moment you set foot into the…
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Racing
Encore de la Pluie
I don’t enjoy the races in February on the Arabian Peninsula because I like watching other people ride in the sun while I spend my…
Buninyong Nights: The Ballad of Jacky Bobby
Close the polls. Shut the books. No need to tally the votes. It’s only three weeks into the new year, but folks, we may have…
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Look Pro
Look Pro, Part III: Meditate on The V
In the interest of full disclosure, I feel it is my responsibility to warn you that this article might accidentally make you a better cyclist. Even though…
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Folklore
The Unsung Hardmen: Herman Van Springel
Making a name for yourself in the pro ranks during the heyday of Merckx, De Vlaeminck, and Maertens would have been tougher than making a…
Anatomy of a photo: The Merckx of the Mud
What can you say about this man that doesn’t include the words ‘tough as frikkin nails badass mofo’?
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Folklore
V Ride of the Year: Strada Bianca
We are not hard. We may espouse the values of the mythical hardman, but we are merely pretenders to the throne of the Kings of…
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Folklore
Riders who put the “V” in Diva: Federico Bahamontes
Cyclists can be a twitchy lot. Able to both endure and dish out pain for weeks on end in a grand tour takes considerable fortitude,…
Anatomy of a Photo: I Will Eat You Where You Stand.
If ever there was a photo that illustrated why anyone would be given the monicker, “The Canibal”, this is it. I devoted a full seventeen seconds…
Breaking the Rules: Graeme Obree
I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Innovation is ugly, inelegant. By it’s very definition, it is carried out with almost a…
Look Pro, Part I: Three-Point System
Aesthetics have always played a major role in my quest to become a better athlete. On the surface, this may seem a ridiculously vain assertion,…
Anatomy of a Photo: Milan-San Remo 1983
It is said that this race is one of the easiest to finish but hardest to win. Really, it is the easiest to finish? I’ve…
Anatomy of a Photo: Thor Personifies The V
What more do you need to know that this picture doesn’t already say?