Liege-Bastogne-Liege. And it’s ….
Sizing up Liege-Bastogne-Liege. First, Alejandro Valverde, who according to post Flèche news, got a few boos stuck in with the louder cheers on his victory. He won’t ever apologize for Puerto and...
View ArticleMatin wins Lombardia
Dan Martin saved a disappointing, crash-filled season with a major victory in Il Lombardia. The Irishman attacked with just under a kilometer to go and top rival Philippe Gilbert and Alejandro...
View ArticlePierre Rolland. Echoes of Gilbert and Fédrigo.
What is it about French riders and trainers and the disinterest in the fact that it’s 2016? We got another lesson in antiquated training methods and benign negligent today courtesy of Cannonade’s head...
View ArticleBMC’s Philippe Gilbert discovers teamwork!
We know that Philippe Gilbert is old school when it comes to training. That was a shocking discovery that BMC’s Allan Peiper made when he came on board to raise the performance bar. After Gilbert’s win...
View ArticleOmloop Faves
Took a read through Cyclingweekly’s preview this morning, looking over the favorites for the first cobbled classic Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. No surprises as far as the favorites go with Sagan, Niki...
View ArticlePhilippe Gilbert out, out and out.
Philippe Gilbert’s fractured finger knocks him out of this weekend’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège. He’s out of contract at the end of this season. And we’re guessing he’s out of favor at BMC after several...
View ArticleGilbert. Will he win anything of note in 2017?
Philippe Gilbert signed a one year deal to ride with Quickstep for 2017. Question is, how fast can he still ride? The Belgian says he’s ready to win again after a bad season in his final year at BMC...
View ArticleMany apologies Philippe Gilbert
We owe Quickstep Floors Philippe Gilbert a huge apology. Really, we thought he was kinda washed up the last few years at BMC. Not much on the results sheet, especially not given the size of his salary...
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Sagan. Green gets greener in Quimper
Every story you read about stage 5 of the Tour de France, from Lorient to Quimper, in the region of cycling-mad Brittany, says it was a classics kinda day, an Andrennes vibe. As the winner, Peter...
View ArticleSagan’s Paris-Roubaix victory falls 15 kilometers short
Fifteen kilometers from the finish of Paris-Roubaix, it looked like Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), winner of the 2018 edition of the Hell of the North, had this wrapped up. He was about to defend his...
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