Twisted Spoke

At age 41 and riding his 17th Vuelta a Espana, you’re figure Cervelo’s Inigo Cuesta would have a pretty good assessment of who might win the Spanish grand Tour. Then again, maybe not. Cuesta had this to say before stage three, the 183k run from Malaga to Valdepeñas de Jaén. “For now I remain focused on my [...]

Norwegian Thor Hushovd, of the fast folding Cervelo TestOver team, has signed a contract to ride with Garmin for the 2011 season. “I have signed for Garmin, so this is my new team for next year,” Hushovd told TV 2 Sport after finishing stage three of the Vuelta a España. “I have signed because they [...]

The M&M stage of the Vuelta (Marbella to Malaga) was action-packed and true to prediction. A hilly stage profile and an uphill finish in Málaga made it clear to any shrewd prognosticators that this was a perfect scenario for Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) or Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha). It was Gilbert who got the gap and [...]

Mark Cavendish is in shock. His eyes have that glazed zombie look. His mind is unable to process what just happened in the final 150 meters of the Vuelta’s second stage. He’s trying to piece the story details together and it all makes perfect sense except for the freak ending. Alcala de Guadaura to Marbella, [...]

It was a dark day in the Vuelta. Specifically a 13 kilometer time trial run under the lights. We should say it was the Twilight Vuelta, the Vuelta after Dark, El Midnight Madness in the streets of Seville. Handling the dark shadows at 50kph, the HTC-Columbia squad came home in first place with a time [...]

News of the impending Garmin – Cervelo morph job has the cycling world buzzing. Lots of rumors, wild guesses, scenarios and variables. Who’s coming over and who’s not, how will Hushovd co-exist with Farrar, where does Heinrich Haussler fit in, will Tyler still be the only rider painted on the team bus, is there enough [...]