by Simon Crisp
A straw man often employed by the media is that cycling claims to be a green sport, but is nothing of the sort. They cite the team cars, air travel and plastic bidons as being indicative of hypocrisy, yet teams have rarely, if at all bothered to push any sort of environmental cause as part... Continue Reading →
It's Oscars time, when arthouse cinema gathers together, thinks its popular, then is shocked when the films that win don't do particularly well at the box office. Whilst this years nominees are an eclectic mix of biographies, neo-westerns and god-awful climate change analogies, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as it is officially... Continue Reading →
"We apologise in advance if our ads look like they're written by engineers. We figure you would rather read and add designed by an Engineer than ride a bike designed by a marketing department."
Astana have recently begun celebrating their tenth anniversary, which is an interesting exercise in nostalgia. Given that ten years ago they weren't allowed to start the Tour de France because half their team was suspended due to doping allegations, meaning the team didn't have enough riders (and this was after they'd appealed to CAS to... Continue Reading →
Got your head around that title? I havent quite, so let's go over what this is about. As in tune with my work-in-progress Grand Tour Stages project, one of its many, many aims is to try and count what bicycles stage winners in Grand Tours used, and thus which has the most wins in history... Continue Reading →
As Alberto Contador saddles up in his attempt to try and become the first man to win the Giro-Tour double in 17 years, it's worth having a look back at his last go, in 2011. Generally regarded as one of, if not the hardest, cycling feats it is possible to target, the combo has been... Continue Reading →
We all love nicknames for some reason. Especially when you can give them to a celebrity or sportsman. Being able to refer to them in such a way gives a pally sense of connectedness, it's like we simultaneously are in on the joke whilst showing a sense of friendship and respect for a rider. Indeed,... Continue Reading →
Lotto-Belisol UCI Ranking: 11 Major Results: Tour de France stages x3, Tour down Under stages x3, (Greipel), 4th Tour de France (Van den Broeck), Paris-Nice stage (Meersman) Victories: 27 Report card: Oddly, Lotto, once the bitter rivals of OPQS in the cobbled classics, seem to have neglected their home races, leaving Lars Bak to batter... Continue Reading →
I recently read an article, by someone who obviously knew nothing about cycling, that claimed the green points jersey of the Tour de France was one of the quote 'Worst Sports Trophies to receive' on the grounds that if you won it, you had failed to reach the big prize, and had failed. Apparently the... Continue Reading →
I admit, this took a while. But I've complied all 100 routes of the Tour de France from 1903 to 2013 as well as every winner from the same period into two, admittedly quite large, images. I advise you click on them to view them properly and have a better look - they should be... Continue Reading →
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