Tag Archive for ‘Tom Boonen’
Superlative, Cancellara Rolls In Roubaix
Dominant, overpowering, superior, controlling, assertive, authoritative, commanding, powerful, supreme, transcendent. Somewhere Saul Bellow is smiling, as the use of a single superlative simply fails to accurately capture Fabian Cancellara’s performance this past Sunday, and for that matter this past week. On a day usually referred to as “A Sunday In Hell,” the current Ronde van [...]
Monumental, Cancellara and Verbeke Take De Ronde
Molenberg Proves Crucial For Both Men and Women It should come as no surprise that a man nicknamed Spartacus is quickly becoming a folk hero whose legend seems to grow with each victory. Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank) proved to be the strongest of an exceptional field, and cruised to his first Ronde van Vlaanderen [...]
Tornado Tom Touches Down, Again – 2010 Tour of Qatar Stage 5
With the Arab emirate of Qatar jutting out into the Persian Gulf like a small appendage of Saudi Arabia, the probability of winds effecting riders and therefore the outcome of the race is relatively high. Throw in a tornado, and well…the outcome becomes all but a certainty. For the 17th time in his career, “Tornado” [...]
Boonen Winds It Up – 2010 Tour of Qatar Stage 3
Nothing in cycling, as in life, is certain. But a few things, like Mark Cavendish delivering in a sprint, Fabian Cancellara dominating in a time trial, and Lance Armstrong contending in the Tour de France, come close. Tom Boonen (Quick Step) serving it up in Qatar can easily be added to that list. Coming into [...]
On Tap…
The men roll into Qatar, Team Vera Bradley Foundation muscles up for another fundraiser, and some local flavors… It has been a little over a year since I last wrote this Friday column, but given the time of season, it only seemed appropriate to resurrect it. 2010 Tour of Qatar The 9th edition of the [...]
In The Fast Lane
As much as we would like to hold our cycling heroes to a different moral standard, they are still human. When those riders attain the brass ring after a hard fought race, we aspire to their greatness because we acknowledge that our reach, though it may be lesser, may someday be as long. In their [...]
Roubaix Perspectives
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention Tornado Tom Boonen’s victory at Paris-Roubaix before the week ended. We wouldn’t be much of a cycling site if we didn’t. Perhaps our lack of mentioning his win this past Sunday is a product of his seeming dominance in the northern Spring Classics. His favorite status has many [...]
Bu, Bu, Bu, BOOONNNEN!
Alright, so the written version doesn’t even come close to Detroit Pistons PA announcer, John Mason’s, unique style. No disrespect to Phil and Paul, but it would have been great to hear Mason call the sprint today. The Tornado, Tom Boonen (Quick-Step – Innergetic), finally got it right today, following the mix up…er, gift…er, plan [...]
Boonen is Toe to Toe
There’s probably a good joke, or at least a smile, here, but I’m lost for it at the moment… Belgium’s Tom Boonen is out of the Tour of Catalonia later this month after breaking his toe whilst trying to avoid a car near his home in Mol. However, the former world champion is expected to [...]
Reality Bites
The photo below has been circling the internet like a viral video. I’ve got no reason to doubt its authenticity, as the reality of the matter really does outweigh any reason for wanting to manufacture it. So say you’re taking part in a one day Classic and while traversing over 224km you suddenly have an [...]
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