Guest Article: Race Report – “The Club Champs”
The Velominati are proud to present the following guest article by community member Marcus, who also writes for the Squadra di Vecchi Tori blog. Here…
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Anatomy of a Photo: 1995 World Championship road race
When I first feasted my eyes on this photo over at lagazzettadellabici.com, it was the steely stare of Il Pirata that commanded my attention. That…
Evanescent riders of the 90s: Franco Vona
One of the most enduring images in my mind of the Tour in the early 90s is of the monumental Stage 13 of the 1992…
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Racing
The Pain Pool: Wading in Above the Waist
Posting on the Tour de Blast, Bob asked if any of us were doing the Climb of Death up Cougar Mountain in Issaquah, WA, a climb…
The Big Engine that Just Might
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…
The Dotted Jumper
I’m not sure if it’s because I’m too fat to climb and therefore admire those who aren’t, or if it has something to do with…
Evanescent riders of the 90s: Piotr Ugrumov
To describe Piotr Ugrumov's professional career as fleeting may be a tad on the unfair side. While he enjoyed a good deal of success in…
r-EPO Man
It’s always a let down for a fan to realise his or her idol is not all that they were held up to be. And…
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General
The A.C. Enigma
With the Spring Classics now turning to debates over motorized doping and the hardman’s GT over, perhaps it’s time to start turning our gaze toward…
Evanescent riders of the 90s: Zenon Jaskula
While the talk of the week has been on the Fraud Landis Chronicles, whether he cheated (of course he did), whether or not he's telling…
A Cyclists Companion: Fear of Crashing
I thought I was the only one. It was a truth I admitted to myself only in the darkest hours of the night, when you…
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Racing
Steady Up with More Speed
This is my favorite week of the year. I meant to write something earlier this week – as a prelude of some kind – but…
Tino
The Kennett brothers have produced a series of great books on some of New Zealand's most successful, least successful, hardest, most famous, infamous and iconic…
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Folklore
Flahute: The Hardest of the Hardmen
Few images inspire the Keepers more than those of hardmen grinding away large chainrings on roads of antiquity built as cattle paths in northern Europe.…
Study of a Hardman: Johan Museeuw
For my generation, he is the Lion of Flanders. Unequivocally. Unchallenged. Evermore, evermore. Boonen is a monster; but he is only the apprentice. In Flemish,…
Anatomy of a Photo: 1990 Paris-Roubaix
I stared at this photo for about 13 minutes before realizing I should stare at it at least one minute longer. The simple reason is…
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Racing
How the Mighty Fall (Well, sort of)
At the Velominati, we do our best to stay out of negative topics like doping and try to focus on the reasons we love this…
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Racing
The Perfect Amount of Dumb
I find professional athletes – cyclists in particular – an impressive bunch. They are hard, disciplined people who ply their trade in some of the…
Il Pirata’s 1998 Bianchi: The Elusive Stallion
In 1998, Marco Pantani staged one of the most prestigious coups of cycling by winning the Giro-Tour double. He made this run aboard what I…
Tales of a Cyclotourist, Part III: 2006 Pla-de-Beret
This is the tale of the day I caused Paolo Savoldelli to crash out of the Tour de France. It happened in a flash, and…