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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Lance Armstrong-riding into the sunset?

Well I called it wrong the other day. I looked into my Magic 8-Ball and asked, “Will Lance attack on stage 13?” The answer was in the affirmative but I guess even Magic 8-Balls have an off day. Then Armstrong, in what later was described as a planned attack, joined a break that actually stayed [...]

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Tour de France Drinking Game

Drinking games are almost a rite of passage for a member of the Browne family. In honor of my Irish dad I’m sharing this version of the family tradition which combines two things he loves: watching the Tour de France and drinking. If you are participating in my Versus Tour de France daily online live [...]

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Lance Armstrong: What’s next?

With Lance Armstrong’s European racing retirement just a couple of weeks away, what’s up next for the seven-time Tour de France champion? At this point rumors abound on what his next move might be. In the short term he’s still racing the Tour and with his chance of winning the overall completely gone, his only [...]

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Lance Armstrong: The Painful End of an Era

This was the stage where the Tour de France was truly going to start. Stage 8 offered up two category 1 climbs–guaranteed to shake up the general classification. Little did we know that this stage was now going to be forever known as the place where Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France career came to an [...]

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This is how Armstrong can win the Tour de France

With six days of racing behind us Lance Armstrong has found himself in a position he’s never been in before since his winning streak at the Tour started in 1999 – behind the eight-ball with options to advance toward the top of the general classification running out. In pre-race sound bites Armstrong has acknowledged the [...]

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The curse of Christian Vande Velde

If Garmin-Transitions rider Christian Vande Velde didn’t have bad luck he’d have no luck at all. It’s as if he was hexed by a wandering gypsy, forever cursing him to start Grand Tours with short-lived hope and promise. This is a list of his injuries so far this year: a broken clavicle (Giro d’ Italia), [...]

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Tour de France telephone and other party games

It’s go time in Rotterdam! All the pundits have weighed in with their obligatory Tour de France general classification picks and I’m giddy like a teenage girl waiting for the midnight showing of Twilight. Now all that we can do is wait for the first rider to roll off the prologue starting ramp. It’s a [...]

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Alberto Contador- This is how he gets beaten

We are now in full count down mode to the 2010 Tour de France and if you’ve been listening to the experts you might think that the battle for the top spot of the podium is a done deal. Alberto Contador, without a doubt, has been head and shoulders above his competition so far this [...]

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2010 speculations and musings

The racing season is right around the corner and all the pro teams are counting the days till their specific race rendezvous. Taking a quick glance at the various team sites you can see where riders will be. In the case of Kenda p/b Geargrinders it’s the Tour de Taiwan in March. The Tour of [...]

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