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The Hungry Cyclist. Vin Cox traveled around the UK eating foraged foods. This, his second day, included a relative feast of pheasant and rabbit.
These images were shot for and appeared in the May issue of Cycling Active magazine.
Cycling news highlights- Lance Armstrong appears to suggest he won’t fight expected USADA doping case 11 May 2012
- Nibali to leave Liquigas 6 May 2012
- Cavendish and Thomas a winning combo, says Brailsford | Cycling Weekly 6 May 2012
- Vaughters To Roche: Cycling's Image Has Bigger Issues | Cyclingnews.com 2 May 2012
- Italian women turned away from Box Hill | Cycling Weekly 1 May 2012
Author Archives: Alex
Analysis: How Great Britain won the world championship for Mark Cavendish
What more is there to add? There have been few more impressive displays of teamwork in the history of the Worlds. Lionel Birnie wrote about Project Rainbow, Rod Ellingworth’s plan, in 2008, when pretty much everyone in the world thought … Continue reading
Ways to celebrate the Leopard Trek-Radioshack Merger
I started with this on twitter last night, got a few retweets, so I thought I’d pull them all together into one blog post and add a few more. I’ll leave it up to devine which factual events I’m referring … Continue reading
Is cycling really worth that much to the UK?
This week nearly every cycling publication, and most of the mainstream press to boot, reported that cycling is worth nearly £3 billion to the UK economy and growing. The ever-eloquent Dynamite Files sounded a note of caution that I’ve not … Continue reading
The absurd and depressing end of High Road Sports
(Team HTC-Highroad have thrown in the towel on finding a new sponsor, picture by Natalie on Flickr) Well the hyenas will be cackling this morning, but no one with an interest in the long-term sustainability of cycling as an elite … Continue reading
Tour de France 2011 stage 21 photos
Here’s the first few off the camera. Will upload and tag more later.
Posted in Tour de France
Tagged "Les Champs Elysees", "Stage 21", 2011, Cadel Evans, Maillot Jaune, Paris, Tour de France, Yellow Jersey
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Praise and honour from the first to the last
The greatest paradox of the Tour de France is that there is almost as much praise and honour to be accorded to the last placed rider as the first. Thomas Voeckler has set up a fascinating final week by defending … Continue reading
Bastille Day at Le Tour, fireworks guaranteed
Look at little Tommy Voeckler in yellow back in 2004, doesn’t he look full of boyish energy? Photo by by Simon Aughton, on Flickr, used under Creative Commons licence. Christian Prudhomme will be counting his blessings this Bastille Day, … Continue reading
Are the Schlecks really that afraid of Contador or just a bit hypocritical?
Alberto Contador is a great bike rider. You can disagree if you like but his record as a Grand Tour rider calls you an idiot. Great riders win the Tour de France repeatedly, something he has done already. Reed Albergotti in … Continue reading
Posted in Alberto Contador, Tour de France
Tagged 2011, Alberto Contador, Andy Schleck, Cadel Evans, Frank Schleck, Jani Brajkovic, Team Leopard-Trek, Tour de France
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Tour de France selection – my 9 to watch
While Directeurs sportifs have been making difficult choices, I’ve got the liberty of not having to choose from the riders I’m paying. So here’s the nine riders I’ve selected to ride in the colours of Chasing Wheels (basically La Vie … Continue reading
So who does BMC Soigneur Sven Schoutteten know?
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Posted in Doping, Professional, Tour de France
Tagged BMC Racing, Doping, Tour de France
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