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While all evidence points to the contrary, the 20th century’s greatest twatwaffle LE Gunderson may have got something at least half right after all. Of course it’s about the bike, otherwise we’d be runners. But there are other factors that contribute to what makes us Cyclists which can often be overlooked completely. Not the cloth...

@Bianchi Denti's posts:

  1. @Bianchi Denti Ah, “espresso”machine. »

  2. @piwakawaka Did you have anything to do with the Rule #56 sign on the sespresso machine in iRide? »

Day 5 of the Six Days of the Giro continues with an impromptu VSP event.Lets have a look at where we are in the 2013 Giro. Wiggins must have spent time training in Luxembourg because he’s been descending like a Schleck when things get dodgy before disappearing into the team van to have a cry about it. Hesjedal has put in some good moves and...

@Bianchi Denti's posts:

  1. @Bianchi Denti So, Menchov just retired… »

  2. @Deakus Agreed. A lifetime ban instead of a 2 year highly paid training break like Valverde, Basso, Pellizotti, di Luca, etc, have taken recently should be a deterrent. But that puts pressure on testing bodies to make sure their processes are water-tigh… »

  3. @piwakawaka Yes. BMC also has a former GT winner in their ranks. But it’s all speculation and innuendo until we see a UCI press release. »

  4. @frank While I’m flattered that you think I’m cute, that’s not the issue here (save it for KT 2014). I agree that we don’t and probably never will know for sure. But the Colombian ascendency has followed the bio passport implementation and a general re… »

  5. @Nate I also think this is the case. They had the natural talent back in the 80s (didn’t we all?!), but for some reason they didn’t jump on the bandwagon and ended up racing 90kg sprinters up mountains at 30km/hr for 50th place. Now doping is reducing,… »

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@Bianchi Denti's posts:

  1. @Nate Not yet, but none of this is good news for Froome. I’m already looking forward to inter-Sky fighting in France. It’s not like Froome won’t get a job somewhere else if Sky fire him! »

Day 5 of the Six Days of the Giro continues with an impromptu VSP event.Lets have a look at where we are in the 2013 Giro. Wiggins must have spent time training in Luxembourg because he’s been descending like a Schleck when things get dodgy before disappearing into the team van to have a cry about it. Hesjedal has put in some good moves and...

@Bianchi Denti's posts:

  1. 2 survive the breakaway. Then Uran is sent up the road in the last km to take the remaining bonifcation. Favourites finish in a group behind Di Luca, who wants to get on TV. Or not… VSP PICKS: 1. Majka 2. Betancur 3. Uran 4. The Killer 5. Cadel »

  2. @roger Like your style! »

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@Bianchi Denti's posts:

  1. @G’rilla One of these guys has guns. The other has won the Giro. »

We continue our Six Days of the Giro series with a look at the troubled bond between Marco Pantani and the Giro.Some were meant to be tormented, as though it were preordained that their brilliance should be balanced with fatal flaws. These are tortured souls, whose dramatic highs are equalled only by the devastating depths of their lows. Continu...

@Bianchi Denti's posts:

  1. @ChrisO Herbie Sykes wrote an interesting profile of Damiano Cunego in the Feb 2013 (I think) issue of Procycling magazine. To paraphrase, Cunego’s results indicate that he probably dipped his toes in the EPO pool to have a great 2004 season, then stopp… »

Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate Tour preparation or will be burn all his matches in May and hope he can find another pack for July? He has abandoned his successful 2012 Tour run-up strategy of winning every stage race he entered the previous spri...

@Bianchi Denti's posts:

  1. My wildcard Capecchi just lost 14 minutes, and it’s only Stage 3! Fuck you Eros – never again! »

  2. @Mikael Liddy Yes. Slamming Sammy Sanchez has some work to do to get back into many of our top 5s! On a positive note for this part of the world, all 3 kiwis finished with the Radeopard group. George Bennett should surprise a few people in the mountain… »

  3. @strathlubnaig Yeah…right…cyst. Sure, Ivan…. »

  4. Come on Nibbles!! Very tempted to put The Killer in 5th, just for the sake of posterity. I’m sure he’s been doing some secret training during his layoff. But no. I’m also pretty sure that Cuddles won’t stake his claim as BMC top dog for Le Tour. If Bas… »

  5. @Gianni “Maybe it was more Bjarne and less jersey that made the difference.” Maybe he paid a visit to the resaturant of Paul, the “good friend” of the Saxo Bank team?? (2012 KT reference) »

There is something to love about a race that makes a deviation to its route for the simple joy of sending a fleet of professional riders up a fiendishly steep and narrow ramp. The Cote du Stockeu offers zero benefit to the route from a logistical standpoint – in fact, all it does is complicate things. On the way down from the Cote de Wanne &#...

@Bianchi Denti's posts:

  1. @Gianni Probably for the same reason that I picked Froome – because we assumed that Sky would pull finger to get at least one fucking Classics result this year. We may look stupid, but not as stupid as Brailsford looks right about now. Anyhoo, an enjoy… »

  2. VSP PICKS: 1. Froome 2. Nibali 3. Valverde 4. Philippe Gilbert 5. Betancur »

  3. And if we could pick a 6th place, I’d go for Andy. I’m sure he’s been sandabgging for the past year… VSP PICKS: 1. Froome 2. Betancur 3. Valverde 4. Philippe Gilbert 5. Fedrigo »

Last year we saw Evelyn Stevens out-last Marianne Vos at the top of the Mur de Huy. The take home message is don’t start one’s charge too early. Vos should know this finish, having won it four times already. It’s hard to know who is on form in the professional women field as the races are too far apart to infer much from the last...

@Bianchi Denti's posts:

  1. @Bianchi Denti I so regret overthinking this shit! Turns out Vos is a cannibal after all. »

We came tantalizingly close to adding a foray up the Mur de Huy during our excursion to Liege-Bastogne-Liege during this year’s Keepers Tour. But good sense and The Anti-V prevailed, as they are wont to do, and only two of us were left wanting a dig at the most notorious finishing climb in the Classics season.I write this, then, woefully igno...

@Bianchi Denti's posts:

  1. Fuglsang makes me nervous, so Dan Martin’s in. Arghh! Must stop over-thinking… VSP PICKS: 1. Kwiatkowski 2. Betancur 3. Gilbert 4. Valverde 5. Dan Martin »

Last year we saw Evelyn Stevens out-last Marianne Vos at the top of the Mur de Huy. The take home message is don’t start one’s charge too early. Vos should know this finish, having won it four times already. It’s hard to know who is on form in the professional women field as the races are too far apart to infer much from the last...

@Bianchi Denti's posts:

  1. I’ll probably regret this, but Vos is talking like a team player,not a ruthless winner. So she is out, and P-F-P is in. VSP PICKS: 1. Emma Johansson 2. Pauline Ferrand Prevot 3. Lisa Brennauer 4. Elia Longho Borghini 5. Anna Van Der Breggen »

  2. VSP PICKS: 1. Emma Johansson 2. Marianne Vos 3. Lisa Brennauer 4. Marijn de Vries 5. Anna Van Der Breggen »

  3. I think Johansson has had 9 races for 9 podiums so far in 2013, without a win. She MUST be due!!! VSP PICKS: 1. Emma Johansson 2. Marianne Vos 3. Lisa Brennauer 4. Marijn de Vries 5. Amber Neben »