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 October 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By the time this goes up on the site, I’ll be somewhere en route to California to the Bioneers conference in San Rafael. The coffee company my wife’s family owns and operates needed a few extra bodies to man their trio of locations at the event, and so I was conscripted for active duty. It’s funny to think, living as relatively close as I do, but this will be the first time that I will have given northern California more than a... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on September 9, 2010 · 1 Comment
Some of the following words were penned over the past week, part of daily coverage of major international sporting events being held both here stateside and over the Atlantic across the length and breadth of España. Some are thoughts I’ve articulated with other writers, grappled with amongst coworkers at the day job, and discussed amongst friends. Others are fast-paced thoughts happening in real time, regurgitated verbatim as they spew from... Read More
Filed under Columns, Cycling, Formula 1, Golf, More, Olympic Sports, Soccer, Tennis · Tagged with Alessandro Petacchi, Andy Murray, Andy Schleck, Arthur Ashe Stadium, Bjarne Riis, Brawn GP, Cycling, Damiano Cunego, Diego Maradona, Drugs, Eduardo Schwank, Euro 2012, F1, Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Flushing Meadows, Formula One, German Grand Prix, Golf, GP Montreal, GP Quebec, Grand Slam, Hermann Maier, Hockenheim, Igor Anton, Italian Grand Prix, Ivan Basso, Jens Voigt, Jensen Button, Joaquin Rodriguez, John Higgins, Louis Armstrong Stadium, Mahesh Bhupathi, Mardy Fish, Mark Cavendish, Marton Fucsovics, Max Mirnyi, McLaren, Monza, National Tennis Center, Nicolas Almagro, Novak Djokovic, PED, Pele, ProTour, Queens, Red Bull, Roald Amundsen. Zenit St. Petersburg, Robin Soderling, roger federer, Ross Brawn, Ryder Cup, Samuel Sanchez, San Querrey, Saxo Bank, Sergei Stakhovsky, snooker, Soccer, Stanislas Wawrinka, Stuart O'Grady, Tiago Fernandes, Tiger Woods, Tyler Farrar, U.S. Open, UCI, USTA, Vincenzo Nibali, Vuelta a Espana
Posted by Zach Bigalke on July 21, 2010 · 1 Comment
97th Tour de France
Stage 16 – Bagneres-de-Luchon to Pau – 199.5 km (123.7 mi)
20 July 2010
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