Interesting cycling items from across the Internet, April 29, 2011
As we’ve mentioned before, one of the interesting situations about Geox-TMC’s sponsorship deal is they’re able to use products across the ASI product line, including opting for the distinctive Kestrel 4000 over the Fuji D-6.
Both Carlos Sastre and Denis Menchov hit the wind tunnel to fine tune their time trial positions on their Kestrels, presumably to eek out a little quicker position as they prepare for the Giro. Here’s a little gallery of them doing so. Enjoy!
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Interesting cycling items from across the Internet, April 28, 2011
Interesting cycling items from across the Internet, April 27, 2011
After Fabian Cancellara won last year’s Ronde-Roubaix double, the talk immediately turned to whether or not the Swiss rider could win all five Monuments—adding Liege-Bastogne-Liege and the Tour of Lombardy to his résumé. This year, following his his historic “quadruple”, Philippe Gilbert—the most versatile of today’s classic specialists—is the latest to possess a legitimate chance to win all five of cycling’s most historic races. Here’s a look at his chances in the three races he lacks:
1. Milano-San Remo: The last two times MSR was not won in a sprint were 2003 by Paolo Bettini and in 2008 when Fabian Cancellara...Continue Reading
The 65th edition of the Tour of Romandie began Tuesday, with Euskaltel’s Jonathan Castroviejo taking the race’s first leader’s jersey with a win in the technical 3.5-km Prologue through the streets of Martigny.
For years, Romandie was the final piece of the pre-Giro puzzle for anyone hoping to contend for the maglia rosa in the season’s first Grand Tour, but lately—thanks largely to the Giro’s earlier start date—more of the Italian race’s top favorites have chosen to pass on this 6 day event in the French-speaking region of Switzerland in exchange for the shorter, harder Giro del Trentino two weeks before the...Continue Reading
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