inthedrops: a compilation of my work
Its this blog’s first ever rider interview, and Francesco Manuel Bongiorno of Bardiani – CSF agreed to answer some questions after the Giro. His team won three stages and Bongiorno was in contention for the win on Zoncolan until a push from a fan ruined his challenge. There’s also a look at his career so far for those who aren’t familiar. Continue reading “Interview: Francesco Manuel Bongiorno”
Today we see one of the most fearsome climbs in professional cycling, as the Giro peloton climb Monte Zoncolan. The gradients are fierce and the contest will turn into a matter of who has the greatest power to weight ratio as other variables like drafting go out the window. Here’s a look at the four previous times the Giro has visited the mountain. Continue reading “ZONCOLAN”
With De Ronde coming up on Sunday, here’s a look back at a classic edition of the race from 2003, my favourite (having watched every edition from 1996 onwards). The race was an interesting one, though not amazingly exciting. The fact that two of my (in retrospect) favourite riders contested the win makes it my favourite edition of the race. Continue reading “The Best Ronde?”
Before I get back to normal posting, here’s some more news about the last post, about RusVelo. Continue reading “What the Russians left behind: follow-up”
This is an incident that has flown under the radar somewhat – towards the end of July, two riders from the Russian ProContinental team Rusvelo flew over to the United States to participate in the Prairie State Cycling Series (part of the National Criterium Calendar). A few days ago, a photo of what they left in the bins of their host family was posted to the internet. Continue reading “What the Russians left behind”
As we all know, this season has marked the first time that the boys from the Basque Country have had riders on the roster than weren’t Basque or hadn’t come up through the Fundación Euskadi youth system. Here’s a look at how these imports have done so far this season.
Continue reading “Euskaltel’s foreign legion”
I’m not sure if anyone remembers my post from last week and the letter to British Cycling’s Head (and my local UCI Management Committee member), Brian Cookson, but I wasn’t very hopeful about the chances of letter-writing bringing about any meaningful change in the higher echelons of the sport. Now, however, it seems that the fan’s voices have been heard. Continue reading “Instigating change at the UCI, follow-up”
This post stems from a Tweet from @UCI_Overlord, writer/founder of Cyclismas.com. Well, this Tweet in fact. In it, he lists the email addresses of the UCI Management Committee (who are due to meet on Friday as you know) and urges the reader to call for the resignations of Pat and Hein, and outline the changes you would like to see. Continue reading “Instigating change at the UCI”
Those were the words of UCI President Pat McQuaid today, as he announced that the UCI would confirm USADA’s ruling on disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, taking his seven Tour de France titles away. Continue reading “Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong “has no place in cycling””
Shocking news today – after 17 years in cycling, Rabobank is no more. The bank will continue to fund its teams for the remainder of their contracts, but the jerseys will be without their name and logo. Continue reading “Rabobank leaves cycling”
Dani Ostanek 