Category Archives: Cycling

Mont Ventoux — Most Difficult Challenge In Sports?

July 25, 2009 – 12:33 pm

I’m not sure I can really get a handle on the level of fitness it takes to race 13 miles up a serious incline. After competitively riding over a hundred miles a day for just about all of the last three weeks.
Mouth agape, I watched this morning’s climb up Mont Ventoux in the last competitive [...]

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Ooooooh Alberto! Contador is Da Man!

July 19, 2009 – 11:46 am

This Sunday morning’s (American time) stage of the Tour de France was pivotal. Into Switzerland’s Alps those athletes rode, up ascents 7, 8, 9 miles long. Including the final push up the biggest climb of the day.
Alberto Contador, you know, Lance Armstrong’s Astana teammate, the guy who won in 2007, proved it’s a young man’s [...]

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Euro TV in the A.M.

July 16, 2009 – 10:51 am

Breakfast at Wimbledon is certainly the most famous of the European sporting events that, because of the time difference, we get to watch on the telly while munching on our cereal. But it’s not the only one.
Here it is a Thursday morning and there are actually choices to be made.
While reading about the latest Karen [...]

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Oh That Lance!!!!

July 8, 2009 – 7:59 pm

Face it, Lance Armstrong is an egocentric putz.
And that may be putting it too delicately.
He displays little respect for foes. For his teammates. For those who run his sport.
It’s obvious that his intention was to become the big wheel on Team Astana, even though he signed on as a support rider for the Tour. And [...]

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