Chaos and crashes. The first stage of the 100th Tour de France, the greatest race in pro cycling, was much like the current state of professional cycling: chaotic. For starters there was the Orica-GreenEdge team bus getting stuck at the finish line. First time the Tour has been disrupted by a bus, I believe. Because […]
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Waiting to write the final post on the 2012 Tour de France was wise. A few days to reflect and view the Tour as a whole has improved the view. The Tour de France is more than just the fight for the yellow jersey. Every day there are multiple races occurring. Besides the race for […]
Stage 20, the last stage of the 2012 Tour was part processional and part bike race. The last stage always is. The first 50k or so is for pictures, offers of congratulations, conversation, and to give the guys time to soak up the final moments of this epic bike race. Just finishing the Tour is […]
Today’s time-trial, the third and longest of this Tour, ended the way most of us thought it would. The soon-to-be anointed 2012 Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins won today finishing 1:29 ahead of his closest rival – no surprise here either – Chris Froome, his Sky teammate and 2nd place finisher overall. As impressive […]
The dominance of Team Sky continued today – this time with a different star – sprinter Mark Cavendish. Never has it been more clear why the world’s fastest man on a bike has the nickname “Manx Missileâ€. Cavendish looked like a short range missile when he shot from the peloton to take his 2nd stage […]