The incomparable book on Paris-Roubaix — A Journey Through Hell — is filled with great archival images of the race and chock full of excellent quotes. Here are ten to get you worked up into a frenzy — as if you really needed more frenzy with Hell just a day away. “Paris Roubaix [...]
It seems that bad luck does come in threes and it couldn’t have come at a worse time for Fabian Cancellara. Last week’s Tour of Flanders winner and the favorite for Sunday’s Paris Roubaix has apparently fallen getting out of his hotel room shower this morning. The classics superstar escaped with minor injuries [...]
Is Fabian Cancellara going to win Paris-Roubaix? You bet your Arenberg, he will. Despite his two recent crashes — one at Scheldeprijs and the other during his Hell of the Recon — Cancellara (RadioShack-Trek) remains the massive favorite. His thighs haven’t gotten any smaller since Flanders. Is his wattage off by 1% because of those [...]
Lance Armstrong’s plans to organize a casual pick-up basketball game at his house were abruptly cancelled after the United States Doping Agency stepped in. Earlier this week the disgraced former winner of seven Tour de France titles was forced to withdraw from a Masters swimming event in Austin because the International Swimming Federation ruled [...]
“Indeed I miss the Basque Country, with all the fans up to Arrate climb.” That was today’s tweet from the “Professor,” author and BMC old salt Marco Pinotti at the Tour of the Basque Country. The Basque fans are some of the most crazy and passionate and drunk and knowledgable cycling fans in the world. [...]
(This post is a submission from SuperStorm, a regular reader of Twisted Spoke. With just days before the queen of the classics, Paris-Roubaix, it’s a good reminder of the timeless joys of the bike and bike racing.) By SuperStorm I guess I’m a pushover for the Le Grand Spring Flings. Milan San Remo along with [...]
Sergio Henao won the third stage of the Tour of the Basque country, once again putting the pressure on his blue and black brothers in the Sky classics squad. The Colombian beat Carlos Betancur (Ag2r-La Mondiale) in a tight death match sprint on the steep climb to Trapagaran. Somewhere down in Colombia, Henao’s former [...]
Lance Armstrong now has at least one yellow jersey. Confirming rumors that a third Armstrong book was in the works, New York publishing house Simon & Shulster announced they would be publishing The Boy in the Yellow Shirt. While his first two books, written with sports journalist Sally Jenkins, were directed at an [...]
There were two winners at Sunday’s Tour of Flanders. Fabian Cancellara used his dominating power to beat wunderkind Peter Sagan and Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Belisol) rode a perfect tactical race to take the final podium spot. Of the many hopefuls who could only dream of third place, the Belgian made all the right [...]
