May 2009
24 posts
Sweet Zipp video for your viewing delight →
via Twitter: Ryan_Knapp
Tweeting 'til the wheels fall off
It’s a rest day in Italy, so the journo-types have to work extra hard to bring you the news you crave about everyone’s favorite two-wheeled sport.
Or you could just use Twitter.
For those of you not among the cognoscenti, Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer, Michael Rogers, Georgie Hincapie and Christian Vande Velde are just a few of the biggest names to get into the act, and they tweet...
Letting the pros wrap the day
I’d bring you all something witty and tart tonight, but I’m just lazy. And neither witty nor tart.
So tonight, I point you to the men turning the pedals for your Giro wrappage.
You can click here for Lance Armstrong.
You can click here for Michael Rogers.
You can click here for Levi Leipheimer.
And Shaq has challenged Lance to a race, via Twitter. I think I speak for everyone when...
Good late Sunday link →
Spent the day up in Indy for the bigger 500, I hope this makes up for my lack of posting. Buenas noches.
Tour de Toona canceled due to lack of sponsorship →
“It’s a real blow to the cycling community,” said Tour de Toona media director Bob Leverknight. “Road cycling, prior to this economic downturn, was on the verge of becoming more a mainstream event. It’s sponsorship that keeps us going, and without it we’re losing a tremendous opportunity for American cycling.” ….
Snoozer Stage 14 goes to an Aussie
(graphic credit: VeloNews)
Really not a whole lot to talk about in today’s Giro Stage 14. Break holds at the end, top three stays the same, Levi loses a couple of seconds but Lance doesn’t seem the least bit worried.
The most interesting part of the stage, if we’re even calling it that, was the end. Take, for example, Michael Rogers’ thoughts on the matter:
(via...
If you don't like it, then you can just geeeet out
Take that, journos!
Lance Armstrong has struck a blow for tweeters everywhere, or maybe it’s the other way around, I really don’t know.
Basically, the Texan’s unwillingness to be as available as the media would like — he’s instead deferred many messages, thoughts, musings, etc. to his Twitter account — has sparked defiance within said media types, who have...
Cavendish makes field sprint his bi-...
photo credit: VeloNews
In the world of “could have seen that coming,” there have been fewer constants more reliable in cycling over the last 10 months than Mark Cavendish’s prodigious talent in the last few hundred meters of a stage. The cheeky Brit did it again today, winning stage 13 of the Giro as though it was somehow just his job. Wait…
Anyway, this is starting to...
Autopsy says heart attack unlikely as Larsen's... →
VN: The challenges of the Cinque Terre TT →
An interesting look at the long-awaited, now-ended time trial that could very well decide the Giro.
Phinney riding strong in Fleche du Sud →
Riding Livestrong never looked so swag.
Sad, sad news: Steve Larsen dies at 39 →
‘Former professional cyclist Steve Larsen who is perhaps the only professional athlete to compete in the world’s of cycling, Ironman, and mountain bike racing has died at the age of 39 from a heart attack.
Larsen collapsed after a run according to his friend Michael Nyberg who recently spoke with VeloNews…
Follow Floyd Landis on Twitter...or...
In case you were not aware, there are a pleathora of Floyd Landises (Landisi? Is Landis both singular and plural?) on Twitter, and some of them spend most of their time sniping at others.
Take, for example, FloydLandis2, who spends most of his time and energy calling out other Floyd Landis accounts. Some of my personal favorites:
@FakeFloydLandis Oh, and you owe me $2 per tweet for using my...
Link: Menchov talks with the press types →
OMG, Eddie Merckx was right
photo credit: VeloNews
When he said Di Luca would lose the maglia rosa if Denis Menchov out-rode him on a TT VeloNews described as “crazy hard.” That’s an industry term.
Well, Menchov done did it, and now he gets to wear pink and drink champagne. Score one for Mother Russia.
Lance is tauting his boy Levi via Twitter, though he did tip his Texas-sized cap to Menchov for a...
Chris Horner's blog for the Oregonian →
Good news, sad news
Per Bike World News’ notes from Stage 10:
“Pedro Horrillo has already received surgery on his leg, but further work will be required. He’s still under medication, but doctors are hoping that he’ll wake up and be responsive soon. He had no damage to his head or his spine, so he’s expected to make a full recovery. Whether he will be able to race again is another matter.”
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TT the key for the man in pink, Cannibal thinks
photo credit: VeloNews
Now if they pasted that headline above a story, I’d read it.
Eddy Merckx says the Giro’s new golden boy (relatively speaking) can hold onto the maglia rosa if he wins Thursday’s now-pivotal time trial. But in the spirit of a man who has truly embraced the pundit’s need to be ambivalent and bland, Merckx managed to still not pick Di Luca, despite...
Millar's new kicks cause outbreak of faceloops all...
Can’t import the picture, but basically, everybody’s favorite Brit in argyle is rocking a Spitfire every time he flips up the kickstand. Millar’s Specialized shoes are just a smidgen of the wicked sweet kits and tech broken at this year’s Giro out like your new pair of Air Force Ones during Welcome Week.
Carlos Sastre gave the wife and tikes some dap on the inside of his...
Join SRAM Nation, get a free Lance poster
via Twitter: lancearmstrong: Alrighty then. Just another benefit for busting out a cool triple grand for a new ride.
Giro? More like Gir-slow. Am I right?
Thank you, Michael Rogers, master of the TwitterFon, for your fearless, faithful micro-blogging about the peloton’s micro-race today, justifying the decision to turn Stage 9 of the Giro d’Italia into a windy Bs race. And Thomas Voeckler still didn’t win.
In case you missed it, the old boys disappointed the tifosi today with their decision to test out their sweet group-riding...