Monthly Archives: July 2010

I apologize for leaving you all hanging for the past two days but I had a little race of my own to do this weekend and as a result the posting suffered (although probably not as much as I did … Continue reading →

Sorry for the delay in writing this post, I honestly was so underwhelmed by today’s stage that it was hard to get motivated to write anything at all. Basically a break went off the front, the peloton kept them on … Continue reading →

Stage 19 to the summit of the Tourmalet was supposed to be the epic showdown between Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador and I suppose on a level it was, just not to the level that I or everyone else had hoped. Today was … Continue reading →

With the announcement that this would be Lance Armstrong’s last Tour (no really he means it this time), and riders like Levi Leipheimer, George Hincapie, and Chris Horner getting a bit long in the tooth I decided to take a … Continue reading →

We find ourselves at Rest Day #2 in Pau with the Tourmalet, a sprinters stage, and the final TT in Bordeaux until the end of the Tour. Much has changed since our last rest day in regard to the overall contenders, … Continue reading →

Since the day that the dreams for an 8th Tour title died, Lance Armstrong has said he would go for a stage win. As each stage ticked off there were fewer and fewer chances for Lance to get in the … Continue reading →

You can read the Cyclingnews story and see the video here . So what do you guys think? Sincere apology or damage control? On another note…what the hell is Vino on? I am skeptical to say the least about a guy … Continue reading →

There was high drama in the high mountains of the Tour De France today with Alberto Contador taking the Yellow Jersey from Andy Schleck under somewhat questionable circumstances. Overshadowed by all of this was the 5th stage win by a French rider … Continue reading →

With AG2R-La Mondiale’s Christophe Riblon winning at Ax 3 Domaines the French have now won 4 stages in this year’s Tour. French riders have long been the laughing-stock of the peloton for most of the last 20 years with no Frenchman finishing on the podium since … Continue reading →

With respects to Monty Python Stage 13 was something completely different from the stage that all of the experts (and myself) expected. On paper this should have been a day for the sprinters even with the Cat III Cote de … Continue reading →