My Irish dad

I’ve been called by various people the joker of the cycling industry, described as “someone who loves the sport enough to laugh at it” and I often enjoy a joke at my own expense. I’ve also been known to get into fights, yell at people, drink more than what is socially acceptable and be too [...]

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Tour of Utah – the best little stage race you’ve never heard of

We’ve had some exciting stage race news of late, the Tour of Colorado…err… The Quiznos Pro Challenge was announced. The Colorado stage race is light on details but with Lance Armstrong being the Colorado governor’s BFF I’m sure the first year will go off without too much drama. The 2012 edition may have some issues [...]

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Two Pro Cyclists see Post-Doping Investigation Future in Very Different Ways

This past Sunday the third annual Brentwood Grand Prix took place in sunny Southern California. The field contained two national champions from two different cycling specialties – reigning time trial champion David Zabriskie and former criterium national champion Rahsaan Bahati. Two riders with two completely different cycling skill sets. Zabriskie’s skills against the clock are [...]

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Will Women’s Bike Racing Ever Find Equality?

It’s the age-old issue – equal pay for equal work. For bike racing this is a touchy subject as men and women’s prize lists are rarely equal. Not only is the pay rarely equal but the race distances are also significantly shorter. Local race promoters are stuck between a rock and a hard place: The [...]

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Alberto Contador – The Decision

Right after the Tour de France screeches to a halt in Paris, the transfer season starts. During the Tour we are teased with tidbits of information of where riders might end up. Rumors were rampant about the two hottest properties on the market: Alberto Contador and the Schleck Brothers (I know technically the two brother [...]

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It’s Thursday so there must be a blood doping story

The New York Times today posted on their website more doping news – but it really wasn’t news. According to the New York Times a rider has corroborated Floyd Landis’ claims of doping during the Postal Team years. The rider wished to remain anonymous because, “investigators advised him not to speak publicly about the information [...]

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Why American Cycling Needs the Tour of Colorado

Last week the news “leaked” about a stage race that had been brewing for a while: the Tour of Colorado. Lance Armstrong had some conversations with the Governor of the Centennial state, Bill Ritter, last year with the idea that the state would host a UCI-level stage race. “Lance and the governor have had several [...]

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For Schleck Brothers, There’s No Place Like Home

Like most Americans, I like to wake up to a steaming cup of coffee, crack open my laptop, and peruse my trusted news website, Le Quotidien. And there, Google-translated straight from the horse’s mouth, I found Andy “anger in my stomach” Schleck stating he and his brother are not returning to Riis’ new team in [...]

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Musical Chairs With Alberto Contador

A press release sent by the Team Astana management used a phrase that was as obvious as Andy Schleck’s attack on the Col du Tourmalet. “Alberto Contador no longer wishes to ride for the Astana team with whom he won two Tours de France, the Giro d’Italia and Tour Spain. For three years, the sponsor [...]

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Tour de France is over but the community continues

Another Tour de France is in the books and I’ll spare you the controversial chain-gate and jersey-gate stories. I’m also not going to wax philosophical about Lance Armstrong’s last Tour de France and the future of cycling. Hell, I’m not even going to bother talking about the whole doping investigation and subpoena reports brewing like a witch’s [...]

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