Velochimp: Astrochimp on Cycling

Alejandro Valverde now has two Liege-Bastonge-Liege wins in his pocket. The Spanish climbing-sprinting sensation looks to be on track to be a contender in the Tour once again. Though he admitted that his form was not as good as in 2006 when he took his last win at Liege, he was able to use his [...]

For a race with the good ol’ boys in Georgia there is a wacky list of recent winners. This year the new guy with a funny name (yes, my name is Marcello and it is funny too) is Kanstantin Sivtsov. Not yet a household name, but that is what you said when Jani Brajkovic won [...]

The Jittery Joes team rides through the Road America race course in a preview of the Team Time Trial.

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This video is just about as timely as Versus’ Paris-Roubaix coverage. You would think the Queen of the Classics would deserve minimally same day coverage. Yet Versus goes to the Lance well again to cover the Boston Marathon live to focus on the star cyclist in his post career challenges.
Seeing the schedule last Sunday [...]

Damiano Cunego surprisingly beat Franck Schleck up the final Cauberg climb to win Amstel Gold. The revenge must be sweet after losing to Schleck at L’Alpe D’Huez in 2006. Cunego now looks to be the favorite going into Liege-Bastonge-Liege since it is better suited to his abilities. Lampre has also announced the Tour de France [...]

It’s that time again for the “Hell of the North” Classic. The race where bike are specially outfitted with all manner of cobble gobbling secrets and only the tough guy racers show up to battle it out.
Paris-Roubaix is a race where everything needs to happen almost perfectly. You can have a flat or two, but [...]