Posted by Zach Bigalke on July 6, 2011 · 1 Comment
After Tyler Farrar cashed in a textbook lead-out from his Garmin-Cervelo teammates to win his first career Tour de France stage on the 4th of July, a lot of the talk centered around Mark Cavendish and how his HTC-Highroad train had faltered in the final kilometers into Redon. Much of the American press focused on Farrar becoming the first American ever to win a stage on Independence Day… but the real story was how a late attack had managed to... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on June 30, 2011 · 1 Comment
Cycling is unique in that the climax of its season comes not at the end of the season but dead center in the heart of the calendar. It isn’t the Tour Down Under in January or the Giro di Lombardia in October that the top riders of the road dream about. No, it is the sunflowers dotting French countryside in July that captivates the imagination, the high Alpine and Pyrenean passes that separate the contenders from the pretenders.
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on June 30, 2011 · 1 Comment
Cycling is unique in that the climax of its season comes not at the end of the season but dead center in the heart of the calendar. It isn’t the Tour Down Under in January or the Giro di Lombardia in October that the top riders of the road dream about. No, it is the sunflowers dotting French countryside in July that captivates the imagination, the high Alpine and Pyrenean passes that separate the contenders from the pretenders. Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on May 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
94th Giro d’Italia/07-29 May 2011
Throughout the course of the Giro d’Italia, Sports Nickel’s resident Non-Traditional Sports Fan in America will offer his news and notes on the action from the first grand tour of the 2011 cycling season… Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on May 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment
94th Giro d’Italia/07-29 May 2011
Throughout the course of the Giro d’Italia, Sports Nickel’s resident Non-Traditional Sports Fan in America will offer his news and notes on the action from the first grand tour of the 2011 cycling season… Read More
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