Tour of Flanders photos from the locals

My G’ville buddies made the hop across the pond to Belgium, the home of the Classics, witnessing the Tour of Flanders first hand. And when your connections include Rich Hincapie of Hincapie Sportswear, clothing sponsor of BMC, you know they got hooked up. Randy Owens had his trigger finger on the camera and shot some [...]

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Hitting the big time and Tour of Flanders streaming

I’ve had a busy time lately. Launched a new web site that is focused on cycling in the Southeast – www.CarolinaCyclingNews.com. This came about because I had the hardest time finding information that was accurate, up to date and in one location. It was scattered all over like Waffle House hash browns. That’s how I [...]

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The great battle that never was and children, the harbinger of disease

Like most people this past weekend I was expecting a great showdown at the Criterium International between the two current titans of cycling: Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador. The media built the hype like it was the shootout at the O.K. Corral. However as we know, it was all blanks. Contador said he suffering from [...]

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Steaming vids, Milan, the Giro and why it’s important to send a Vermont Teddy Bear

RadioShack Giro update at bottom of post Every morning for quite a while I have woken up and connected my laptop to watch streaming video of a European race. Sunday, out of habit, I started to hook up my laptop to my big screen when I realized there wasn’t anything to watch. However a Facebook [...]

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The start of Belgium classics and other stuff

That was an interesting weekend. The Belgians got flicked from the two classics that had their name all over it. Of the past ten editions of Omloop Het Nieuwsbladand, six have been won by Belgians. Out of the abysmal weather conditions came Spaniard Juan Antonio Fleche. He’s been known as the guy who comes close, [...]

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Overflowing Thermos: Team Type 1 Camp, Olympics, Floyd Landis, Tiger Woods and Alberto Contador

It’s been a full week for me and I’ve been pulled in numerous directions. Of course we have the Olympics in full swing, which has kept me captivated during prime time, the Team Type 1 training camp and banging out interviews with their riders, the Volta Algarve showing how well everyone’s off-season training is progressing, [...]

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My Plaid Thermos: Coaching, Buzz, Tour of California, going solo, and Sutherland videos

This week I put on my coaching hat and conducted three back to back anaerobic threshold tests in the basement of Hincapie Sports. Getting this number will help them calculate their training zones and fine tune their training efforts. Now I hope they actually train within the prescribed heart rate zones. When I talk to [...]

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My Plaid Thermos: The Twitter war is over, The Art of War and Androids

Well it looks like the Twitter war is over before it even got started. Vaughters has clarified his “soft-pedaling” comment on the Versus site, much to my disappointment. I was hoping that it was going to elevate to some real back and forth, possibly dragging Wiggins into the fight creating a virtual Twitter “death-match” – [...]

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My Plaid Thermos: Qatar crashes, Twitter war, Landis and Greenville Spring Series

I told you that there would be crashes with broken collar bones at the Tour of Qatar. Vaughters twittered that Cozza broke his collar bone and Sky’s Kurt Arvesen also went down in the neutral roll-out. And with the cross and side winds being part of the race you can expect more of the same. [...]

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My Plaid Thermos: Southern hospitality and races – Qatar, Mallorca and Boulevard

Other than dealing with the weather, the move from southern California to Greenville, South Carolina has been an easy transition. You always hear about Southern hospitality and I had witnessed it a few times at the Tour de Georgia assuming they were being nice to me because I was a journalist covering their event. However [...]

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