Americans love winners. It’s a cliché, but true. Taylor Phinney’s win in stage 1 of the Giro d’ Italia won’t project him onto the front page of newspaper’s here in the States as that’s reserved for the one bike race Americans know – the Tour de France. However, I’m hoping...

I’ve been in a bit of a retro mood lately. Regardless, If you’re new to bike racing (or you forgot about the pre-carbon days) go back into the archives of cycling broadcasting via YouTube and watch the Tour de France circa the late 80s. These were the days of split stages and 50...

The Giro d’ Italia has taken the charge when it has come to social media. Of course there’s a Facebook page and naturally the Italian national tour has an active Twitter feed. To be fair, so does the other major tours. Here in the States our “Grand Tours” have been active on...

After months of press releases and name changes the USA Pro Cycling Challenge stage race is upon us. The prologue starts in Colorado Springs on a mostly downhill course which has team mechanics scrambling for 60-tooth big-rings. However, before Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar of Team Exergy...

When do we draw the line on when a gladiator of the road is picked back up and returned to the arena? As you know the Tour’s first week has been one of unexpected injuries that have knocked some potential general classification contenders out of the running. But the one incident that has...

We’re knee deep in the Tour de France and as expected the first week is revealing cracks in some teams’ armor. Defending champion* Alberto Contador, through a run of bad luck and/or bad karma, is already 1:30 minutes behind his main rival Andy Schleck of Leopard-Trek. The Spaniard isn’t...

The Tour de France is one of the biggest sporting spectacles on the planet. I won’t bore you with the metaphors of riders suffering or how competing in the 21 stages is the equivalent to running a marathon everyday. Instead let’s focus on something that really matters – having a good...

The “artist” tapped into two aspects of his personality to create this video – his love of the bike and doucheness (two things I know plenty about). The Euro-vibe is strong in the video: faux-hawk, smoking, popped collar, and high modulated voice. As someone pointed out in...

With the Tour de France just a couple of weeks away invited teams are starting to announce their rosters. Of course the big names have all made their intentions known for either contesting the overall or battling it out for stage wins. The just concluded Tour de Suisse gave a glimpse to who is...

As I watched stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse I found myself actually on the edge of my chair watching intently. There were attacks, great commentary and amazing scenery. In the end it was a fantastic piece of riding by Damiano Cunego to take back three minutes on the lead group over the final...