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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
Category Archives: Tour de France
Signing Pereiro is Contador’s smartest move
A lot of people have seen the signing of Oscar Pereiro Sio as simply an attempt to bolster the Astana squad with an experienced rider who can be there when it matters in the high mountains. His ability to sacrifice … Continue reading
Mark Cavendish winning Stage 21
Here’s a short Youtube clip from yesterday’s stage 21 finish in Paris on Les Champs Elysees. We were in the press area up near the 100 metre board and I’ve never been so excited to be at a bike race. … Continue reading
Posted in Tour de France, Video
Tagged "Les Champs Elysees", "Stage 21", George Hincapie, Lance Armstrong, Mark Cavendish, Paris, sprint, Tour de France 2009, video, youtube
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Trek Madone by Damien Hirst: bicycle as art
The bicycle is a piece of modern art. As a piece of design it’s unrivalled in the 20th Century for its purity of form. Lance Armstrong has been riding a who bunch of beautifully decalled bikes through his comeback season. … Continue reading
Posted in Bikes, Tour de France
Tagged "Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin", Damien Hirst, Lance Armstrong, Madone, Paris, Stages, Trek
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Stage 15 – Contador goes fast up hills
Statement of the obvious: shit happens fast in a bike race. You can keep up when all you’re doing is watching and shouting at the telly, it’s entirely different when you’re trying to form coherent, publishable sentences for live text … Continue reading
What we learned from the first week of Le Tour 2009
1. If you were expecting the GC to be exciting and to change hands like it did last year, then you were mistaken. Once Cancellara bagged jaune in Monaco it was going to be tough to shift him until the … Continue reading
Follow the Tour de France 2009 on twitter
This afternoon I got a little bugged trying to keep up with all the people either riding or reporting on this year’s Tour de France. So I built a Yahoo! Pipe to bring together all the accounts I’m aware of … Continue reading
Exciting news about Robert Millar
Brian Smith tweet has got me quite excited: “arranged an interview with Robert Millar for ITV’s Tour de France show….25 yrs ago ‘Bob’ finished 4th and won the KOM…friend and legend!” That would be the first interview in years and … Continue reading
Betting on the Tour de France 2009
Way back in 2006 I made my most successful tip on the race ever: I told a friend who does a fair bit of betting to take Flooyd Landis to win on Betfair at around 70/1. He might well have … Continue reading
Lance in France
Lance in France, originally uploaded by Bike miscellany. With a nod to the excellent Competitive Cyclist for uploading this. It’s a work of strange beauty and genius. Now I’m running through a list of other “legendary moments from Le Tour” … Continue reading
Lance Armstrong to ride Tour and Giro
He announced it on twitter with the words: “Just did an interview with AP announcing I am doing the Tour de France in 2009″ Which means the corporate machines kick into overdrive and the press has to figure out the … Continue reading
Posted in Professional, Tour de France
Tagged Alberto Contador, Giro D'Italia, Lance Armstrong, Tour de France, Tour of Flanders
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