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Author Archives: mattio
Cyclocross Summer Vacation
If you spent your summer riding skinny tires, watching Tour de France feeds, and all but forgot about the cyclocross bike hanging on your wall, you’re not alone. In a sport that has so much to offer, it’s hard to specialize. Indeed, even many top American pros have a hard time keeping it knobby. So, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, Compton, Cyclocross, gould, johnson, off-season, powers, wells
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Vuelta: Worlds Preparation Gone Awry
This Vuelta appears to have been anything but a good warm-up and form-check for the upcoming pancake-flat Worlds. While the use of statistics is severely limited in cycling, the form requirements for major races lend them well to certain preparation. Last year, Jeremy took a look at the previous ten years of World Championship victories, … Continue reading
Thursday Roundup: from Spain to Colorado
With both the Vuelta and the US Pro Cycling Challenge underway, we take a look at the progress made by riders in these two races: The Vuelta has been heating up, with some technical finishes, late climbs, and a full-blown mountain top finish early in the three-week stage race keeping things interesting. The General Classification … Continue reading
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Tagged hincapie, leipheimer, moreno, nibali, rodriguez, usa pro cycling challenge, vuelta a españa
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Discuss: Cavendish Abandons the Vuelta
The big news from this morning’s Stage 4 of the Vuelta is the abandon of HTC’s Mark Cavendish. Apparently he was suffering a bit too hard to go on – yesterday’s tweet hinted as much but Cavendish is no stranger to riding himself in shape over the first few days of a Grand Tour. There … Continue reading
Monday Musette: Vuelta, Vattenfall, and Crit Victory
This weekend saw four notable races – the first two stages of the Vuelta a España as well as Sunday’s Vattenfall Cyclassics and the USA Pro Criterium National Championships. 1. The Vuelta’s opening Team Time Trial turned out to be a bit harder than it looked on paper, with an early climb of about 200m … Continue reading
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Tagged chris sutton, dries devenyns, leopard-trek, usa, vuelta
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Weekend Preview: The Vuelta Begins
The Vuelta a España begins on Saturday. Like last year, it opens with a short and sweet Team Time Trial – 13.5 kilometers through Benidorm. This opening TTT is not where the race can be won, but it can be lost for a GC contender if his team’s performance puts him behind the 8-ball too … Continue reading
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Tagged Cavendish, htc, liquigas, sprints, team time trial, vuelta, weekend preview
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