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
Filed under Cycling, More · Tagged with 2011, Alberto Contador, Alessandro Petacchi, Andre Greipel, Barry Hoban, Cap Frehel, Champs-Elysees, Chateauroux, Eddy Merckx, Freddy Maertens, Geraint Thomas, Giro d'Italia, grand tour, HTC, HTC-Highroad, Jacques Anquetil, Jose Joaquin Rojas, Manx Missile, Mark Cavendish, Philippe Gilbert, Thor Hushovd, Tom Boonen, Tour de France, Tyler Farrar, Vuelta a Espana
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.
It is a rite... Read More
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