“I think he would be happy to help Hushovd in Roubaix.” That was Thor Hushovd’s personal trainer Atle Kvålsvoll talking about the crucial role George Hincapie will play in getting Hushovd his dream win at Paris-Roubaix. The idea is that Big George, with his extensive experience in the Hell of the North, will be the [...]
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A late January query: Is sprinter Francesco Chicchi finally ready to fulfill his vast potential? The season has barely begun but already Chicchi has two straight wins down in Argentina at the Tour de San Luis. That is exactly two more than his entire 2011 campaign — he’d practically forgotten how to spray the champagne. [...]
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5.6 million euros goes a long way in Mexico. That buys you a mansion on a beach with a cook, driver, servants and two sexy teenage girls to detail your race bike. That pile of euros gets you the Porsche turbo, a top class Mercedes and the swimming pool. Life would be mucho fantastic. 5.6 [...]
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Genius. Pure genius. A thousand thanks to funny guy Allen Krughoff at HardCastle Photography.
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Common reptilian trait of snakes: slippery. Double doper Ricardo Ricco is attempting to slip past the Italian anti-doping authorities by getting a license with the Croatian cycling federation. It’s a delusional and desperate move by the rider nicknamed the Cobra. But then, what kind of logic would you expect from somebody who transfuses stale blood they’d [...]
First, the bad news: Alejandro “Nothing Wrong” Valverde’s comeback from a two year doping suspension is a roaring success as he just nips Simon Gerrans in the sprint up Old Willunga Road. Now the good news: while the Spaniard is tied with Gerrans on time, the final stage is a 90km criterium more suited to [...]
Go Wilco, go. Ladies & gentlemen, we have a race and that race is Willunga — and the best part is, we don’t know who is going to win. Garmin-Barracuda director Allan Peiper says that any one of 45 riders could take out the stage and the overall. That means unheralded Julien Vermote (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) may [...]
Score on stage three: Massive thighs beat less massive thighs. Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) whupped Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ-BigMat) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) on the 135 kilometer stage into Victor Harbour. The Rostock Rocket notched his 10th win in the Tour Down Under and trails only Robbie McEwen with 13. McEwen is semi-retired so we [...]
From special correspondent Tyler Boucher: WorldTour riders spoke out Wednesday, calling for stricter penalties to be enforced in the coming season on Movistar rider Vladimir Karpets’s free-flowing haircut. Speaking on a condition of anonymity, one prominent member of the pro peloton remarked, “It’s a hard time for our sport. There’s been uncertainty with sponsors, with [...]
Bjarne Riis is no Mauro Gianetti but he does hustle. Gianetti earned our “hardest working man in cycling show business” as he attempted to keep his Ex-Geox squad alive — he flew to Venezuela, he hustled US pro continental teams, he looked under every rock in Europe for a sponsor. However. second place must go [...]
As design objectives go, the luxury performance one is always tough to define and difficult to hit. Capo’s $200 Padrone long sleeve jersey pulls off that trick with style, beauty and yes, high end performance. Padrone is Capo’s top of the line and the Italian word for boss. There’s certainly a good deal of leadership [...]
Hincapie wins Paris-Roubaix. A Van Summeren deja vu.
Chicchi wins again in Argentina. Is he back?
Rasmussen wants 5.6 million euros. A Mexican tycoon.
Hilarious video on what road bikers say.
