@Nate The problem is so widespread, Vinikurov is Astana’s DS FFS! The only way it will get better is if it becomes zero tolerance, 1 positive, lifetime ban from everything, no managing, no coaching, no bike cleaning, you had your chance nothing, just fuc… »

@brett Salvation Coffee »

@brett born and raised… »

It’s a place you can’t beat on a good day, we are lucky to have great topography for riding both on and off road, I can be riding semi rural roads in a half an hour ride from the city there are plenty of solid 2km climbs, nothing epically long but great c… »

@Gianni Suck it up sweet heart and throw out those bibs! »

@936adl the wing mirror? Or the snout bag? The bar furniture perhaps ? A lost cause, ride on and don’t look back. »

@scaler911 To finish first, first you have to finish. »

@frank nah , great historical series tho, well worth looking up. »

@frank  what do you mean ” we” white man? »

@RedRanger So 40-50 min climb for 12 min decent ? »

Haven’t done the math, just think this is how it will be. »

VSP PICKS (2nd Rest Day Swaps): 1. Nibali 2. Evans 3. Uran 4. Santambrogio 5. Betancur »

Fucken brilliant coverage here http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Last+7+Km+of+Stage+15&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=d143c73f-aef5-4f28-96c4-e474c42ebfb6&yr=2013 This is what is so special about what we do, the finish is immense , … »

The VMH knew what it was called FFS! »

@Dan_R Talk about a con job, as if there aren’t already enough bits of kit to buy, someone in marketing dreams up that little beauty, bet it costs as much as an actual jacket!! »

@San Tonio Nothing mainstream about this media Champ! Cant see Sky backing Wiggans now, last years TDF was almost designed for him, he has shown he cant compete on these types of parcours, so that rules out the Vuelta as well, if he had won the Giro then… »

ToC Stage V Jens laying down a truckload of V, first he dragged 17 guys off the front of the peleton in a fantastic demonstration of an echelon into a cross wind, then attacks his gruopetto who had stayed away despite the race leader being in the bunch, … »

@The Grande Fondue That’s some serious shit right there! »

The good news is like anything you can get better, but you have to practise it, it’s all well and good burying yourself on the climb, but you need to ride hard over the summit, Sur La Plaque, zip up your jersey, get in your drops and Focus and Concentrate… »

I found this useful http://cyclingtips.com.au/2010/04/descending-tips/ I have tried leaning the bike and sitting more upright, odd but effective. »

@scmtns Meat got us off the savannah and where we are today, whether that’s a good thing or not is moot. Mmmm meat, Mmmm fat. »

@frank. Very interesting point though, because I thought the same thing about the Columbians. I wonder if their status in the late eighties had to do with innovating EPO use? They can’t stay on their bikes to save their life, either. It always seems to m… »

@Bianchi Denti I’m more worried about the size of Evans jaw these days, who woulda thought it could get any bigger? Seems to be a performance correlation! What happened to the Canuck? Very disappointing. »

La finale »

@Mirko It’s the romance and style, almost against the odds, that I love in these bloody things! I just cant feel like that about a part of the world where money rules…dirty money. I’m all for them going there, getting their piece, they are Pro’s af… »