Awesome French Guys

Tough Boys

Forget the skinny climbers for a moment. Let's talk about these two on Stage 16 and appreciate just why they…

8 years ago

La Solidarité

We will always have strength, we will always have Paris, and we will always have the Tour de France racing to…

8 years ago

Pinot or Bardet?

That is my question. Both want to be considered great cyclists, not great French cyclists. It is a cruel and…

9 years ago

Anatomy of a Photo: Gatorade

If Gatorade had any marketing sense whatsoever, they would have plastered photos of this pair all over every billboard in…

9 years ago

Roubaix: Anatomy Of A Shithole

One of the best, most memorable (and repeated) lines from the movie In Bruges is "it's a shithole". Of course…

9 years ago

Five Face

Why is it that all the greatest riders look strangely happy when they are suffering the most? Hinault says he…

9 years ago

Riding Beautifully Ugly

The cobbles are not for everyone. Peter van Petegem said it best, that you have to really love the stones…

9 years ago

Anatomy Of A Photo: Mad Jacques, Pioneer Of Neutral Service

Whenever you see one of those yellow cars or motorcycles laden with spare wheels and manned by efficiently deliberate young…

9 years ago

Reverent: Ravito

There are many revered places in Cycling, places that are instantly recognisable, places that command their own special page in…

11 years ago