Missing The Shark at the Giro
Nibali
I have high hopes for the Shark this year.
Of course I have high hopes for him every year.
"Bike racing is not a endless event of dynamics. It’s a subtle cloak and dagger series of conservation and protection, punctuated by a brief flurry of explosion."
— The UCI, Race Radios And The Crabs In The Pot | Cyclingnews.com
MASSIVE BRONER FOR HENRI VAN LERBERGHE, THE ‘DEATHRIDER OF LICHTERVELDE’, RIGHT NOW.
HE TURNED UP ON THE START LINE OF THE 1919 TOUR OF FLANDERS STRAIGHT FROM THE TRENCHES WITHOUT A BIKE. HE BORROWED ONE, ATTACKED THE FAVOURITE JULES VANHEVEL IN FRONT OF HIS OWN HOUSE, AND STOPPED IN SIGHT OF THE VELODROME FOR A COUPLE OF BEERS BEFORE THE FINISH.
HE STILL FINISHED 14 MINUTES UP ON THE FIELD, DESPITE BEING SO WASTED HE HAD TO COMPLETE HIS LAP OF HONOUR ON FOOT.
INCIDENTALLY, HE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS ‘RITTE’ - AND WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR A CERTAIN KICKASS BIKE BRAND.
J-Pow pre-riding the Worlds Course in Koksijde.
Can’t wait for this weekend
I hope GreenEdge will come up with a better Japan national champion kit than Radioshack.
(Photo via CyclingTime)
this kind of looks like the kit the corporate employees would wear on the MS150
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Continuing with our theme of barrier-related mayhem, here’s Radomir Simunek at the GP Hasselt.
(via Sporza)
YOU KNOW YOU’RE AN ITALIAN PRO WHEN
- You are hanging onto a team car
- Your wheels cost more than that team car
- You only wear white shorts
- Your sleeves are rolled up, your collar is rolled down
- You have white shoes AND socks
- You ride a bike that says CIPOLLINI on it
- There is hi-viz somewhere in your vicinity at all times
- You are the Italian National Champion
Pippo Pozzato will be right at home in 2012.
(via helmeteering)
