Warning: never touch or take hold of Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins’ arm. An older Italian gentleman got a little pushy about getting a photo or autograph at the Giro del Trentino and did something outrageous — he took hold of Wiggin’s right arm. Already looking annoyed and irritated by the existence of the media [...]
Omega-Pharma Quickstep’s battered star Tom Boonen is set to ride the Tour of California. The question is whether the seven day stage race which starts May 12th will be a tour of rejuvenation or possibly a tour of further regression. This being California, it’s always a place for dreams to come true or shatter — [...]
Stage four of the Tour of Turkey in Marmaris is over when we Skype with Timmy Duggan. It’s his first race back after breaking his clavicle and fracturing his tibia in a terrible crash at the Tour Down Under. Here’s the quick chat before he had to head to dinner. TS: It’s a big culture [...]
Chris Froome is missing the addendum, the proviso, the kicker, the asterisk with the fine print hidden below. Currently riding the Tour of Romandie, Froome again reiterated that he and not last year’s winner Bradley Wiggins, will be the Sky boss at the Tour de France. “I’m 100 per cent the leader, that hasn’t [...]
Last year at the Tour of California I was talking with Garmin-Sharp’s aero guru Robbie Ketchell about the Bakersfield time trial. Specifically, I was curious about how different riders mentally prepare. Ketchell explained that a guy like Dave Zabriskie — who won the TT that day — had to be left alone to [...]
; Betsy Andreu reacted with anger that Lance Armstrong refused to acknowledge the full truth on doping during his recent Herbstrong show to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Austin, Texas reggae festival. The disgraced former winner of seven Tours de France played drums for four songs but did not used the opportunity to admit [...]
Dan Martin and Rdyder Hesjedal worked the one-two punch to perfection in Liege-Bastongne-Liege. It was a master’s class in boxing on wheels. First, the winner of last year’s Giro d’Italia punched out World Champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC), Alberto Contador (Saxo Tinkoff) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Michele Scarponi (Lampre). Then Martin delivered a [...]
The Shark from Messina is working out his strategic plans before the Giro d’Italia. Vincenzo Nibali has now beaten Skybot number 1, Bradley Wiggins, in the Giro del Trentino and Skybot 2, Chris Froome, in Tirreno Adriatico. Not many people can make that claim of late including Alberto Contador. What he’s learned is that [...]
; ; The Francesco Mancebo Story looks headed for another interesting and perhaps final chapter. Once a top Tour de France contender, he was implicated ages ago in the never-ending, never-resolved Operacion Puerto investigation. Once in that hot water, he hastily retired, then unretired (“Look honey, no paycheck”) and went into hiding in the United [...]
