Monthly Archives: March 2011

Questions for the Classics – Quick-Step & Tom Boonen?

As we get set to begin the Spring Classics with Saturday’s running of the 102nd Milan-San Remo, it’s the perfect time examine some of the important questions facing the major riders and teams during this year’s spring campaign. As each question is posted, feel free to share your opinions, insights, and predictions as comments—your commentary … Continue reading

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Questions for the Classics – Garmin-Cervélo?

As we get set to begin the Spring Classics with Saturday’s running of the 102nd Milan-San Remo, it’s the perfect time examine some of the important questions facing the major riders and teams during this year’s spring campaign. As each question is posted, feel free to share your opinions, insights, and predictions as comments—your commentary … Continue reading

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The Sticky Bidon – March 15, 2011

Interesting cycling items from across the Internet, March 15, 2011 Mevrouw Evans: 'Bloemenmeisjes, blijf uit de buurt' (Ms Evans: "Flower Girls, stay away ') inrng : cleaning up cycling Spanish Federation Believe UCI Will Appeal Contador Case Someone Is Setting 'Hipster Traps' in New York Seen any cool links we missed? Share ’em in the … Continue reading

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Letters from Abroad – Tooling Around with Type 1

John Sessa is a professional cycling mechanic with 15 years experience in the professional peloton.  Currently with Team Type 1, he also counts seasons with Mercury, Team Fakta, Rock Racing, and Jelly Belly among his full time team gigs.  This season he will keep us posted as TT1 makes the move to the Pro Continental … Continue reading

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Radio Silence Part 2: The French, and a Belgian

Last week, we started to take a look at riders who might perform well under the UCI’s radio ban in races ranked 1.HC/2.HC or below. We started with three tacticians who have built reputations for racing intelligently – Phillipe Gilbert, Andreas Klier, and Fabian Cancellara. However, we don’t think that the radio ban will only … Continue reading

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Questions for the Classics – Vacansoleil?

As we get set to begin the Spring Classics with Saturday’s running of the 102nd Milan-San Remo, it’s the perfect time examine some of the important questions facing the major riders and teams during this year’s spring campaign. As each question is posted, feel free to share your opinions, insights, and predictions as comments—your commentary … Continue reading

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