Anatomy of a Photos: This Is How It’s Done

Before we move on to the last Monument of the season, let’s reflect on what happened in Richmond. My deeply held fears of the American organizers making a mess of things were unrealized. The two cobbled climbs were spectacles and the resulting road races were pretty damn fine.

Personally, I don’t think the Worlds should ever end up in a bunch sprint. Sprinters should have their chance but the race should be so tough that even a flat course ends up in a fractured gasp for the line. The women’s finish was not a field sprint. Lizzy Armitstead led from the bottom of the last hill and made sure no one got past her for very long. Anna VDB was there but she was not going to win this one. Armitstead was probably the strongest/fastest in her field and kept it together to prove that.

Peter Sagan won from kilometers out, gaining time with each corner. He might not have been the strongest or fastest but he was most definitely the smartest. He sat in the field the whole race and then jumped everyone with a move that won the day.

Neither winner had a strong team for support. When it comes down to the final kilometers, it’s all legs, brains and heart.

It will be a pleasure seeing the rainbow stripes on these two for the next year.

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  • Ya'll see Lizzie's recent tweet ? >>> First training ride in my stripes, don't worry, black shorts have been ordered <<<

  • @ChrisO

    @Gianni


    @Neispants

    Sagan’s immediate post-race interview (when he struggled to say in English that he hopes that people can change the world and that he hopes that he can be an example) was one of the coolest things I’ve heard an athlete say in a long time.   The interviewer’s follow-up was one of the dumbest.

    Yes! I completely agree. He is a class act.

    What example would that be… to live as a tax exile in Monaco? To grope podium girls?

    Seriously, the guy can ride a bike, no dispute. But I don’t need lessons on world peace and harmony from multi-millionaire sports personalities.

    And most of the people who praise him for saying something will do nothing about it anyway. Retweeting doesn’t solve a lot.

    As an expat working in the UAE, I doubt that first example is something you'd need any advice on.

    Secondly, I'd suggest someone who's grown up in what used to be Czechoslovakia probably knows something about the societal issues that can stem from idealogical conflicts & civil wars

  • @Mikael Liddy


    As an expat working in the UAE, I doubt that first example is something you’d need any advice on.

    Fuck you Mikael. Really, fuck off. That's totally out of order.

  • @ChrisO

    Fair enough, you've obviously taken that much more seriously than I intended. Didn't mean to offend, sorry about that.

  • @ChrisO

    @Mikael Liddy

    As an expat working in the UAE, I doubt that first example is something you’d need any advice on.

    Fuck you Mikael. Really, fuck off. That’s totally out of order.

    Not out of order from where I sit.   If you can't stand the heat, don't get into the kitchen.  You took the moral high ground against Sagan's sentiments,  you'd better be able to take it back in spades mate.  HTFU.

  • @Phillip Mercer

    @Darren H

    @frank

    This got my heart going pitter-patter

    @frank

    @davidw

    @sthilzy

    @Jay

    @frank

    This got my heart going pitter-patter

    The finest garment in all of sports.

    Please be with black bibs! Please be with black bibs! Please be with black bibs! Please be with black bibs!…

    From cyclingnews: “Under UCI rules we can only have team issue shorts or white shorts. We haven’t decided which Peter will wear yet but the rules mean he can’t use black shorts.”

    WTF!

    What is the UCI thinking? They should stick to what they do best (pretending to fight the war on drugs) and leave the aesthetics to us, FFS.

    I reckon that image is a smoke screen – surely Oleg will go with a ‘camo’ version? :-)

    Surely they can make the team wear predominantly black bibs with yellow highlights. I really don’t want to see white shorts… Not even Lord Sagan can make them look good…

    NOPE NOPE NOPE

  • @stupidnoob

    Surely they can make the team wear predominantly black bibs with yellow highlights. I really don’t want to see white shorts… Not even Lord Sagan can make them look good…

    NOPE NOPE NOPE

    Copy>Paste in mspaint>invert colors>free-form select>Paste over image>Better!

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