Tweets of the Week 2020 : Pouty Wouty is the bomb!
We’re back racing (for how long is anyone’s guess) and Saturday was the beautiful Strade Bianche, which in its elegance … Continue reading
Tweets of the Week 2020 : Italian flavour, Froome rumours, freedom rides
Here we are again, my friends. If we were in a non-lockdown world, we would be enjoying the Giro d’Italia … Continue reading
Tweets of the Week 2020 : GT dreaming, Quarantine hair and more goats!
We have tiny riders, virtual riders, contractual riders specifying *no brown M&Ms*! Okay, one of those is a lie … … Continue reading
Tweets of the Week 2020 : Farm life, #Lockdown laps (and lapses) and crazy dreams
Time in lockdown just seems to go fast, slow, stop, start. Here we go back in history, we look into … Continue reading
Tweets of the Week 2020 : Ronde van Vlockdown, gambolling goats and quarantine gruppetto
It’s been awhile – apologies! To reward your patience, I’ve scoured the timelines from the past couple weeks and fashioned … Continue reading
VeloVoices Podcast 154: Vamos… venga… oh *$%@! – Movistar and more
Ignoring all invites to Zoom parties and family quizzes, Kathi, Midge, Luke and Euan gather round the table to discuss the … Continue reading
VeloVoices Podcast 153: The conference call
With an understandable lack of racing to discuss, Kathi, Luke and Euan gather virtually and chat about a wide range of cycling subjects.
We discuss which cyclist we’d want to be in quarantine with, some of our all-time cycling favourites and those days of racing which are just burned into our memories.
Regular listeners will be delighted to hear that, despite no racing we’ve still got space to discuss things like Richie Porte’s Grand Tour career, Thibaut Pinot winning things and Philippe Gilbert’s all-round awesomeness.
Once you have a listen you might want to watch some of the races we remember. I mean, most of us have a bit more time on our hands right now don’t we?
Luke picked the stage 7 of 2010’s Giro d’Italia…
Kathi went for stage 15 of 2015’s Tour de France…
Euan went back to 1998’s Tour de France, stage 14
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Tweets of the Week 2020 : Stealth racing, freedom crepes and gifs of distinction
This week, we had cancelled races, teams quarantined and teams who took themselves out of races. But we did have some racing – in the rain a lot of the time – but we *always* have robust discussions on Twitter, no matter what. We also end the column with a tribute to Nicolas Portal.
VeloVoices Podcast 152: There will be tweets….
Kathi, Midge, Luke and Euan pick through the action and dissect the racing that has actually happened in the much-changed past couple of weeks.
- Did anyone really win The UAE Tour?
- Wasn’t it great to have cobbles, climbs and filthy weather for Omloop?
- What really stupid thing has got Kathi and Midge’s blood boiling?
- The return of the Big Mitt™
- And Paris-Nice serves up a rip-roaring open stage (unless you’re French or Richie Porte)
We also look at how the Coronavirus situation has affected the cycling world, the mystery of the 4th floor and reminisce about the good old days of 2010.
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Videos
Davide Formolo (Cannondale-Garmin) delivered for the team at this year’s Giro d’Italia with a popular solo win on stage four. Called up only a fortnight before the start, he hadn’t specifically trained for the race, which leaves us wondering whether he might have bettered his overall 31st place if he’d targetted this race. Keeping the pink glow going, he looks back at his first Grand Tour.
Created in 1993 to enable amateur cyclists to personally experience a stage of each year’s Tour de France, L’Etape de Tour is THE cyclosportive. This year’s event takes place on Sunday 19th July over 142km from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to La Toussuire.
All places are taken for this year’s Etape (unless you get a place with a tour operator or through a charity). Places go fast as soon as registration opens so if you want to get a jump on proceedings for next year, take a minute to register with ASO Challenges. Registration details are here. Also, follow l’Etape on Twitter and Facebook for news all year round.
Links: Official website
Images
To many of us, the Grubers’ work really epitomises the Belgian Cobbled Classics. If you haven’t seen their gallery for Cannondale-Garmin, go now!
http://slipstreamsports.com/2015/03/30/gallery-gent-wevelgem-gruber-images/
“We’ve tried to go down roads and go through places that are far more interesting than the number of watts we’re putting out and the speed we’re averaging.” Gus Morton
The Australian cycling site, Cycling Tips, just goes from strength to strength in my book. Up on the site now is Thereabouts, a 45-minute documentary made with Gus and Lachlan Morton about their experience riding from Port Macquarie to Uluru – riding over 2,000km in just 12 days. Why did they do it? To reconnect with the reasons why they started riding in the first place. Click here to read more about their story.
Read about it, watch it, get inspired by it.
Asides
All of the history and excitement of the world’s most famous one-day bicycle race in one coffee-table book. Paris-Roubaix: A Journey Through Hell is an essential read for anyone interested in this spectacular race.
Want your own kit or need something special for your cycling club? Contact G4 who provide a custom service!
http://www.calameo.com/read/003111411e32746b42755
Links
It was a stage of action and drama at Tour Down Under. The GC leaders battled for bonus seconds. A first WorldTour victory went to Jasper Philipsen after Caleb Ewan was relegated for head butting. Race leader Patrick Bevin was involved in a crash and had to chase to get back with the peloton.
Quotes
“Riders like me and Cancellara don’t think about the points, just the win.”
Vincenzo Nibali bemoans the lack of fierce joy in the riders of the peloton, many of whom he believes play it safe and ride just for points, not the win.
Read his straight-talking interview on Velonews.
When asked what animal he would like to be, Bernie Eisel answered ‘My cat. She has the best life you can imagine!’
I happen to know that there are a whole lotta ladies out there who would kill to be Bernie’s cat. I’ll leave that there …
The face a million women love (Image: Team Sky)
Here is Team Sky’s 20 Questions to the Ladies Favourite
