Tag: Road Racing
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Worst Retirement Ever: Revenge On Lookout Mountain
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever: Revenge On Lookout MountainPhil don’t like losing a KOM. He’s a professional retiree, after all. Revenge is seeked, but will it be sweet? …
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Mario Mondays: Nothing Stoic
Click or not: Mario Mondays: Nothing StoicThis treasure from the 97 Tour shows the Lion King at his best. Saeco kit with the stars and stripes shorts, Brikos, this is classic Cipo. The presenter couldn’t have said it better: “In a sport largely dominated by Stoics, the occasional Wideboy is bound to stand out, with his Cormorant wingspan, big-screen grin and… …
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The Breton Diaries: Tro Bro Leon
Click or not: The Breton Diaries: Tro Bro LeonImagine being so enamoured of a bicycle race that you are inspired to create your own version of it, in your own town, hundreds of kilometres away from where the inspiration originated. That’s exactly how Tro Bro Leon came about. Like a lot of fans of the Spring Classics, Jean-Paul Mellouët loves Paris-Roubaix the most, enthralled… …
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Dear Cycling, We’re Fans
Click or not: Dear Cycling, We’re Fans The madness that is de Ronde done right by the irreverence of Manual For Speed. We’re definitely fans, of all of the above. …
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The Flandrian Diaries: Paris-Roubaix
Click or not: The Flandrian Diaries: Paris-RoubaixNo matter what the Belgians say, the biggest Monument of all is definitely Paris-Roubaix. Its sheer brutality, unpredictability and stones that make their kassien counterparts look wimpy by comparison all add up to the most anticipated race of the Spring, and a fitting end to the cobbled classics, still the most exciting time of the… …
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The Flandrian Diaries: Scheldeprijs
Click or not: The Flandrian Diaries: ScheldeprijsI don’t really think of the Scheldeprijs as a Flandrian race. Despite its Antwerp finish and promotion by the Flanders Classics group, its flat as a tack parcours and start location in Terneuzen gives it a distinct Dutch flavour. Sure, there are some (relatively tame) pavé sectors and the rain usually makes an appearance but it’s… …
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The Flandrian Diaries: De Ronde
Click or not: The Flandrian Diaries: De RondeThis was it. The time had arrived. Belgium’s biggest day of the biggest month of racing was finally here, the holiest of days falling on Easter Sunday no less and the church was overflowing with worshippers. Drunk, loud, super-hyped worshippers spread over a 260km diocese, all with their own personal gods who they hoped would… …
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The Flandrian Diaries: Gent-Wevelgem
Click or not: The Flandrian Diaries: Gent-WevelgemAs we exited Rick’s Hungarian SUV that I still didn’t believe was a bonafide thing and something he’d made up, the smell of freshly ploughed fields and the unmistakable cowshit filled our noses. But there was something else that had our senses abuzz: “bicycle racing in Flanders… YES!” Strolling along through a mix of centuries-old… …