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Monday Musette – Ballan Spills the Beans

by Whit
August 31, 2009 Races No Comments
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 1. Congratualtions to George Hincapie for taking another Stars and Stripes jersey in South Carolina yesterday. (Dave Z. took one too in the ITT.) It’s looking more and more like George will be wearing his new kit next year for BMC. Early reports had Levi Leipheimer making the switch as well. Could it be true? Or will The Shack’s call be too strong? We’ll know more for certain after tomorrow–when transfer announcements can become official.2. Alessandro Ballan has apparently spilled the beans already about the rest of the line-up at BMC in 2010. At first I couldn’t understand why someone...Continue Reading

Vuelta d’Espana Preview

by Whit
August 28, 2009 Races No Comments
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 It’s back to school time, so that means it’s time for the annual 3-week party known as the Vuelta d’Espana. Seriously, I remember hearing of fights among team personnel over who would get to work the race—it’s that much fun.For the riders though, it’s a bit of a different story, especially for those coming to the race with ambitions of one sort of another. Looking over the latest start list in fact, it’s pretty easy to sort the riders into categories based upon their expectations and hopes for this year’s race. Let’s take a stab at it.RedeemersThe Redeemers come to...Continue Reading

Radio Rumors

by Whit
August 26, 2009 Uncategorized No Comments
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 I bet you were as excited as I was to read the Armstrong Brings Classics Riders to RadioShack headline over at Cyclingnews.And I bet you were as disappointed as I was to read that the riders in question are Grégory Rast and Tomas Vaitkus, both currently with Astana. I’m not sure whom to blame, but the headline might as well have read Radio Shack Adds More Astana Riders.Aside from that, one has to wonder what The Shack’s thinking. I mean really, Rast and Vaitkus? Those are hardly names to strike fear in the hearts of Quick Step, Silence-Lotto, and Cervelo. They’re...Continue Reading

Monday Musette – ENECO Final Days, Gerrans, and Blood Doping for Everyone

by Whit
August 24, 2009 Races No Comments
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 1. The ENECO Benenlux Tour wraps-up tomorrow with a 13.1km time trial around Amersfoort. After his performance yesterday, should we just go ahead and declare Edvald Boassen Hagen the winner now? The biggest threats to his GC hopes come from the men in places 3, 4, and 5 after Stage 5: Chavanel, Nibali, and Poosthuma. All three are talented against the clock, and if Edvald the Conqueror has a bad day (albeit unlikely), one of these men could take the win.And don’t forget Tyler Farrar at only 15 seconds back; he’s no slouch in a TT either (he finished 2nd...Continue Reading

Should E-N-E-C-O Equal R-E-S-P-E-C-T?

by Whit
August 21, 2009 Races No Comments
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 Admit it, you’ve spent more time over the past week reading about Leadville than this week’s ENECO Tour. It’s okay, you’re among friends.I made the same mistake. In my Embrocation column this week, I intimated that the ENECO Tour (among several other August races) doesn’t hold the same amount of prestige (and therefore doesn’t warrant much attention) as races in other months. But after following the coverage of the Benelux Tour’s first 3 days, I can’t help but wonder if we might all be wrong. Does the ENECO Tour deserve more respect than it’s getting?First, take a look at the parcours....Continue Reading

Postcard From August

by Whit
August 19, 2009 Uncategorized No Comments
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 And then it was August.I know. It’s hard to get excited about the Clasica San Sebastian, the Tour of Poland, and the Benelux Tour. You don’t know where Burgos is, and you certainly have no idea what “Vattenfall Cyclassics” means. But rather than moan and groan about all you can’t do during the month of August, here are some suggestions for passing the time.Peak. August is a perfect time for a late season peak, particularly if you just couldn’t get it done this past July. When I raced in Belgium, August constituted the doldrums of what amounted to a long...Continue Reading

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