July 2010
6 posts
Tour de France winners and losers: GC edition
So the Tour ends tomorrow, but we at PBT are just going to assume that Andy Schleck won’t attack Alberto Contador in Paris, and the GC is finally decided. So let’s get a head start on this rather cliched exercise, and go ahead with winners and losers, GC edition.
Winners
Alberto Contador
This was Contador’s opportunity to show the cycling world that he was his own champion,...
The person who ought to be most upset tonight?...
There’s really nothing clever or witty to say about Alberto Contador’s decision to counterattack Andy Schleck during today’s Tour de France stage, after Schleck’s initial attack was foiled by a dropped chain. There’s probably a pretty good Swiss bike mechanic looking for a job right now, I guess that’s clever.
No, nothing cheeky or smart comes to mind regarding...
Corroboration of Landis' claims means this ain't... →
A few quick thoughts:
1) The Washington Post sports desk is, predictably, one of the best in the business. So if this is coming from them, it’s credible as it’s gonna be.
2) I suggest we all start familiarizing ourselves with “RICO.” That’s short for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, but you already knew that.
3) The words “mandatory jail...
Can I have this one for Christmas? →
Not a case of what, but where, as Renshaw had to...
He might, perhaps, feel aggrieved at the penalty after two riders were merely fined a total of 800 swiss francs for fighting last week, but Mark Renshaw cannot deny that he deserved to be punished, and punished harshly.
The reason he can’t deny it is the very same reason officials had no choice but to remove him from this year’s Tour de France.
For those who have not seen, (Spoiler...
Armstrong's broken Tour an unfair twist of fate
So this is how perhaps the greatest dynasty in modern professional sports ends, not in a moment of glory, but with the faintest of forced surrenders.
His jersey and his mouth hanging open, the customary silver chain dangling from his chest, Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France career came to an effective end with the Texan apparently holding back — of all people — Chris Horner, his teammate who...