Chris Spagnuolo's Edgehopper (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
How many times have you done a long tough climb only to get to the top to celebrate alone? Well, maybe what you need is to ride in France and run into Remi Gaillard and his crew atop your next climb. Watch this hysterical video and tell me it wouldn't ...
David Lindsay (Free subscription) | yesterday
R J Stove writes: Contrary to received postwar wisdom, Marshal Pétain could be both witty and trenchant. But he undeniably plumbed an abyss of falsehood when, in a 1941 broadcast, he announced: “Frenchmen, you have short memories.” Calling the French amnesiacs is like calling the Japanese milquetoasts. It would be truer to apply to France Saki’s celebrated epigram about the...
Erik's Choice (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Do we take the Bicycle for granted? Who knows. It seems to have been originally a German and French invention, so far as I know. I've owned only a few bikes in my life, but went through brief intense periods of riding. Two serious spills made me wary, both caused by aggressive (i.e. careless/reckless) drivers of cars. Once in Philadelphia and once in Detroit. Even now I can feel the effects in my left...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
It's all over the web: T eam RadioShack's final roste r. Below is my take on how they'll do. You may disagree with some of my conclusions, though why you would do that, I have no idea. ;) At first glance you might think Disco is back. Many of these boys are Disco alumni from one year or another: Armstrong, Beppu, Brajkovic, Leipheimer, Li, Paulinho, Popovych, Rubiera, and Vaitkus. But that's only 9...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- The future of Tour de France champion Alberto Contador's Astana team is again in doubt after cycling's ruling body made new demands for financial guarantees.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Today is Jimmie Johnson's to savor in the Big Apple. The NASCAR record breaker will flip on the lights at the Empire State Building as he is introduced to dignitaries and fans by Yankees leftfielder Johnny Damon while stockcar racing celebrates "Jimmie Johnson Day." On Sunday, Johnson captured a fourth consecutive Sprint Cup championship, which had never been done in the 61-year...
Euro Peloton - Pro Cycling News (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
2010 will see a big influx of new cycling teams, as Sky, Radioshack and BMC all plan on honing in on the highest level of the sport. Behind strong management, each of the above mentioned teams will be looking to perform among the top teams in the world, which will leave some of those more familiar Pro Tour powerhouses scrapping to maintian their dominance on the cycling scene. More than any established...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
The future of Tour de France champion Alberto Contador's Astana team is again in doubt after cycling's ruling body made new demands for financial guarantees.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
• Kazakh Cycling Federation says Astana may not meet deadline • Team had seemed secure after government offered support The future of Tour de France champion Alberto Contador's Astana cycling team is again in doubt after the sport's ruling body demanded new financial guarantees. The Kazakh Cycling Federation's deputy president, Nikolai Proskurin, said today that the International Cycling...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Team RadioShack, led by seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, has finalized the team's 2010 roster featuring 26 riders from 16 different countries, manager Johan Bruyneel announced on Monday. "It is a well balanced team," said Bruyneel. "We have experienced riders - with some of them I worked already many years in my former teams - but we also have young talents who can...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Team Sky's David Brailsford has outlined his approach to the issue of drugs in the professional peloton as his team heads towards its debut season. In an interview with Paul Kimmage for British newspaper The Times , Brailsford stated his belief that Sky can make good on its plan to deliver a clean British rider to overall victory in the Tour de France within five years. Brailsford discussed with Kimmage...
西儒 ─ The Western Confucian (Free subscription) | yesterday
"We could learn from the country neoconservatives call our oldest enemy," says R.J. Stove — Tour de France . "To the rest of the world, France and America seem not... inveterate foes... but rather a pair of quarrelsome fraternal twins." "What sets Anglos dancing with rage is more often France’s wartime record," says Mr. Stove, offering American "Fred Reed’s...
MAYO PR (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
By George S. McQuade III West Coast Bureau Chief EPPS Panel on New York Media “We have a designated Twitter person, and when you see our newly redesigned website in January, you’re going to see something interesting with Twitter,” said West Coast Editor Michael Fleeman, People.com. Fleeman has been with People.com for three years, which is one of the leading entertainment sites Online....
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Next year Kim Kirchen will ride for the Russian Katusha squad having made the move from Columbia-HTC team of Mark Cavendish. Kirchen's best year in terms of results was undoubtedly 2008. He finally won the Fléche Wallonne classic having previously come 2nd in 2005, he also took stage wins at the Vuelta al País Vasco and the Tour de Suisse as well as wearing both the green and yellow jerseys...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Alberto Contador “certainly played a role” in Quick Step's decision to end its co-operation with Specialized bikes, said Quick Step manager Patrick Lefevere. The Belgian team announced on Friday that it would ride Eddy Merckx bikes for the coming three years. As recently as ten days ago, Specialized had hoped to help attract Contador to Quick Step for the 2010 season, and has announced...
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nancycrouch2009 | 10/16/2009
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ineedmyfix | 08/26/2009
If you doubted the power of Twitter , doubt no more. Tour de France legend Lance Armstrong was in Dublin, Ireland (he’s on his way home as we speak) and posted on his Twitter page that he was headed for a bike ride to Phoenix Park . Much to his surprise he was met with over 1000 cyclists who thought they would join him for a bike ride. Pictures here
sharma5jid4 | 08/26/2009
GLASGOW, Scotland – Lance Armstrong brought traffic to a standstill Tuesday after issuing a Twitter invitation for Scottish cyclists to join him on a casual bike ride. "Hey Glasgow, Scotland! I'm coming your way," Armstrong wrote. "Who wants to go for a bike ride?" More than 200 rode in pouring rain when the seven-time Tour de France winner turned up in the Paisley district of Glasgow. "It's a chance...
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