Twisted Spoke

Last slice of Tour de France cheesecake.

Twisted Spoke made all sorts of fundamental mistakes at out first Tour de France. Not having a GPS, forgetting France is a huge country, not bringing fast drying underwear. But perhaps most egregious was willfully ignoring the two cardinal rules of search engine optimization in the Tour de France. If you ain’t writing about podium [...]

Twisted Spoke in Cycle Sport Magazine.

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Uhh, plug time. Sure, the Tour of California was over ages ago but did you really understand its rich tapestry? There’s still time to change that. Besides covering the race everyday on the web for the classy Richard Pestes at pezcyclingnews, we wrote our first magazine piece for Cycle Sport magazine. Was it a challenge? [...]

Adriano Malori, we salute you. Dead last in the Tour de France.

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Adriano Malori, we salute the hell out of you. The Italian rider for the Lampre-Farnese-Vini squad was the last man, number 170, to finish this year’s epic Tour de France. Witnessing the race in person, seeing the impossible climbs day after day, looking down from summits to endless switchbacks, walking the brutal cobblestones they rode [...]

Saxo Bank finally nails Contador?

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Rumors are flying, or should we say pedaling really fast. Is Alberto Contador about to sign with Bjarne Riis and Saxo Bank. If so, we salute the genius of Riis for having the ability to always turn most every situation to his favor. What, Andy Schleck and his brother Frank skipping out on you for [...]

In with Owen Wilson. Garmin steals comedy page from Radio Shack playbook.

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The balance of power and comedy shift in the ProTour ranks. In a telling sign that Garmin-Transitions is planning to take over the number one role, the team brought in Hollywood comedic actor Owen Wilson for an audition for the last stage of this year’s Tour de France. “We saw what Armstrong did with Stiller [...]

The Tom Cruise program for bring Lance back again.

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At the end of the Tour de France Lance Armstrong he wished he was younger and faster. Nothing we can do about faster, that’s a question for the robotics people. Lance, should he choose — and no doubt its crossed his mind — could come back a third time as the Six Million Dollar Man, [...]

A Paris au revoir. Goodbyes at the team bus.

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Hard to say goodbye to the Tour de France. For the riders the end doesn’t come soon enough but for me it hit suddenly and sadly. As exhausting and frustrating as it’s been sometimes, there will be magic and inspiring moments that will remain with me forever. Including this overcast and beautiful day in the [...]

Robbie Ventura interview. Tour de France observations.

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Robbie Ventura was Floyd Landis’ coach back in the day when Floyd was king of France– about 4 days, if I recall correctly. Ventura still does high end coaching and video commentary for Versus. We’ve always appreciated Robbie’s enthusiasm for the sport. We caught up with him before the time trial at the Village du [...]

Carlos Sastre and the “spoiled brats.”

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Question: has Carlos Sastre suddenly turned old and bitter or does he have a point? The little Spanish climber, who’s always been a classy guy and true gentleman, is frustrated with the “oh, let’s wait, no attacking, please” attitude in this year’s Tour de France. “I think we’re turning cycling into a sport for spoilt [...]

Monster bike on Tourmalet day.

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We file this under the following categories: unexpected, genius, beautiful. Not 25 kilometers down from stage 17′s Tournalet climb, on the drive back to Lourdes, town of medieval miracles, we spotted this image from yesterday year come to life. A magical back road vision of what cycling was in the beginning, way before the Tour [...]

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