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Velominati Super Prestige: Clasica San Sebastian

by frank / Jul 29 2010 / 15 posts

The inaugural Velominati Super Prestige continues with its the first Summer Classic, Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian, on Saturday, July 31. This will be the first post-Tour event in the series and with the unpredictability of how riders are recovering, it makes this race a tough one to predic… Continue reading

Ultimate Indulgence: The Simplicity of Pain

by frank / Jul 27 2010 / 31 posts

It’s a good question, this: who in their right mind would willfully hurt themselves doing something they “enjoy”? I’m guessing psychologists have a word for this type of behavior, and I’m not afraid to assume it’s not a flattering one. Indeed, we are all of… Continue reading

The Big Engine that Just Might

by frank / Jul 26 2010 / 15 posts

I think the last time I cheered for the guy who won the Tour de France must have been Greg LeMond in 1990. Although he would later become one of my favorite riders ever, I didn’t cheer for Jan Ullrich in 1997 because wasn’t cool enough yet. I didn’t cheer for another eternal… Continue reading

Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de France Stage 19

by frank / Jul 23 2010 / 31 posts

Looking back on this year’s Tour, it occurs to me it’s been one of the best Tours I’ve seen. The 2003 Tour will forever go down as my favorite, but mostly because we were there that year, my boy Jan Ullrich nearly won, and I got to sit on Ullrich’s TT bike right before… Continue reading

Gravel

by Marko / Jul 22 2010 / 8 posts

Last fall, a wrench at the small LBS in town alerted me to a new race that was being put on for the first time just south of where I live. The Heck of the North is organized by a former Ely local named Jeremy who was inspired by a couple other gravel road races in the region. When Dean told m… Continue reading

The Salute

by Marko / Apr 29 2010 / 33 posts

Winning salutes are brought up from time to time here on Velominati. Of all the images and memories we have of cycling’s greatest athletes, many are of champions crossing over the finishing line in their winning pose. A rider’s salute as he or she crosses the finishing line fir… Continue reading

The Unsung Hardmen

by frank / Mar 24 2010 / 11 posts

I was searching the internet this morning for photos of Gianni Bugno (because he’s Awesome, and sometimes I just need more pictures of Awesome). It was during that effort that I came across this magnificent shot of an unknown hardman rolling across the muddy gravel summit of what I̵… Continue reading

Tour de Blast – 2010

by The Keepers / Jun 27 2010 / 38 posts

It never fails; the forecast five days out looks good and as the date gets closer the forecast gets less good looking. But since it didn’t actually say “near freezing cold continuous rain” we were not to be dissuaded. We wouldn’t have been anyway but might have brought more clot… Continue reading

Andorra 2009: Frank’s Carbon Ball

by frank / Jul 9 2009 / 4 posts

Well, here we are, on the eve of the first mountain stage. Tomorrow’s stage 7 will climb to Arcalis where we will begin to have a much clearer picture of what the Tour will bring over the next two weeks.… Continue reading

Book Review: Racing Weight

by frank / Apr 27 2010 / 53 posts

I know it’s a bit misleading to call this article a “Book Review”, but “Book Review” soundsbetter than “Jump To Conclusions After Reading One Chapter and Publish Those Conclusions”.… Continue reading

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