Tom Boonen was the King of the Hell of the North this year again. Tornado Tom earned the victory this year by powering into the Roubaix velodrome on his own. The decisive moment came at Carrefour de l’arbre when Boonen made a move with Thor Hushovd. Hushovd crashed into a corner which gave Boonen a [...]
Never saw the video for Queen’s Bicycle race until today. The video picks up from the album cover featuring naked women riding bikes. The flashes of naked women riding bikes are very brief mixed in with Queen performing. Thanks to sf.streetsblog.com :The World’s Best Music Videos Featuring Bicycles for the link and the writeup of [...]
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Amazing sprint by Mark Cavendish to take back 4 to 5 bike lengths to pip Hausler for the win. Did Hausler’s weaving sprint cost him the win? He weaved from one side of the road to the other and back while Cavendish was bearing down and eventually won the sprint. Hausler had a great jump [...]
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(Photo from flickr user Darcy McCarty) Defending Milan San Remo winner Fabian Cancellara and World Champion Alessandro Ballan will miss the start of Milan San Remo. Cancellara is battling poor form and sickness that has been reoccuring since his prologue win at the Tour of California. Cancellara dropped out of Tirreno Adriatico this week and [...]
Michele Scarponi wins Tirreno Adriatico. Today’s final stage saw a sprint finish with Mark Cavendish beating Tyler Farrar. Farrar’s second place shows that his earlier stage win was no fluke as he mixed it up with the top sprinters.
Stage 6 provided for a big change with some big names making a move to topple Astana and race leader Kloden. Ivan Basso, Michele Scarponi and Stenfao Garzelli mounted a strong attack that resulted in a stage win for Scarponi and the new overall lead. Ivan Basso seemed to be testing his legs for the [...]
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Alberto Contador tried to take back the overall after a disaterous day in the mountains where he lost his overall lead to former teammate Luis Leon Sanchez. In the final stage 8 Contador battles valiantly to reclaim the top spot. Follow the final few kms.