Posted by Zach Bigalke on April 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Seven days after winning his record-tying third Tour of Flanders title, Tom Boonen used Easter Sunday to firmly cement his place as arguably the greatest rider in cobblestone history. Without Fabian Cancellara in the field to steal some of the attention, Boonen placed his wheel on the line in Compiègne alongside the other 199 starters as the one rider everyone else would be watching. With a dozen cobblestone sections left, Boonen and Omega Pharma-Quick... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on April 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment
They are two men with disparate goals. One is a time-trial legend, the only man ever to don the rainbow stripes of the world TT champion four times. The other is a tortured sprinter, as infamous for his past cocaine issues as his ability to streak past rivals at the finish line of a long day of racing. One has seven Tour de France stage victories, the other six; one has earned them in the race against the clock, the other in bunch sprints against... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on September 21, 2011 · 1 Comment
Ding, dong, the streak is dead, and there’s a new king of the clock after today’s elite men’s time trial concluded at the UCI World Championships being held this year in Copenhagen, Denmark. For the past five years, no other athlete has dominated the world’s biggest time-trial settings than Fabian Cancellara. From Salzburg to Stuttgart, Mendrisio to Melbourne, with a stop in Beijing in between, he is effectively the five-time... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on April 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Boy, do I really need a new pair of glasses. Constructed as much out of electrical tape and Gorilla Glue as they are the original frames these days, my literal worldview just keeps getting more and more askew as they warp and wind around. Yet despite the fact that I seem to be harder on spectacles than Djokovic on his rackets, I keep on persevering. Perhaps that’s why I always see things a little differently… and that’s not necessarily... Read More
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