Archive for December, 2006
Now You See Him…Now You Don’t
I always thought this business of Our Boy Lance and Bad Boy Floyd participating in the Leadville Trail 100So now it turns out that Lance won’t be there.”Lance had a scheduling conflict come up and he regrettably cannot participate in the event,” said mountain-bike race in Colorado next August was premature.Mark Higgins, the seven-time Tour [...]
The Return of Paolo Savoldelli
Remember Paolo Savoldelli, who was rather unceremoniously discarded by the Discovery Channel team during their off-season house cleaning?Savoldelli now rides for Astana, and he plans to ride in both the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France next year.”In 2007 I will focus on the Giro and Tour. The Giro is open and up for [...]
Oscar The Grouch?
You gotta feel sorry for Oscar Pereiro.Sometimes, even Oscar starts to feel sorry for himself over still be called the “virtual Tour de France winner.”It almost sounds like a video game.Last July, the Caisse d’Epargne rider finished second in the Tour to Bad Boy Floyd Landis. However, BBFL tested positive after the 17th stage and [...]
Abt: ‘An Extremely Bad Year’
How does Samuel Abt, the official cycling writer-favorite (next to Granny) of the Crankset, characterize the year in cycling?Writes Abt in the International Herald Tribune:”A bad year, an extremely bad year, nears its close for the sport of bicycle road racing, which, after a series of scandals and loose-lipped suspicions, has now acquired all the [...]
‘You Might As Well Win’
Our Boy Lance’s former Director Sportif, Johan Bruyneel, has a website. On it, you can read the first chapter of his not-soon-to-be-published motivational book (Houghton Mifflin, Spring 2008), aptly named “You Might As Well Win.”On the site, you can read short columns by Bruyneel, news updates, and even book Johan for YOUR events.What, you don’t [...]
Why Do These Things Take Forever?
The American anti-doping agency USADA will announce its verdict in Bad Boy Floyd Landis’ case in March 2007, Landis said during an interview with Belgian sportspaper Sportwereld.”I want to be a cycling pro again. I don’t know if this will be the case next season, or the year after. But in March I’ll show to [...]
Gift For The Season
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It’s Bad Boy Floyd and Valverde in 2006
In case you missed it, Bad Boy Floyd Landis was VeloNews magazines choice as the top North American rider of the year.Making its 19th annual awards, the magazine’s 2006 International Cyclist of the Year was Spain’s Alejandro Valverde, the overall champion of the UCI ProTour.”No category produced a more debatable outcome than top North American [...]
Hincapie’s Plans Spring Eternal
The Discovery Channel’s sometimes forgotten George Hincapie will, once again, pursue the Spring Classics in 2007, according to CyclingNews.”With Hincapie, we have a deal that he will going after the Classics again this year,” said directeur sportif Dirk Demol. “In 2006, Hincapie focused on the Tour, which didn’t work out. He was disillusioned with his [...]
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