Velominati Super Prestige: Critérium du Dauphiné
The Tour de France looms on the horizon, and those riders planning to race are putting the final touches on their form – or going…
Velominati Super Prestige: Giro d’Italia, Stage 20
The fact that the Giro’s penultimate stage finishes atop the storied climb to Sestrieres is secondary to the fact that it goes over the Col…
Velominati Super Prestige: Giro Stage 9, Mt. Etna
There will be fireworks. It’s a phrase we often use, and one we rarely take literally. But this photo shows Mount Etna. Actually erupting. Recently.…
Velominati Super Prestige: Giro d’Italia
In the 1990 Giro, a relatively unknown cyclist named Gianni Bugno lit the cycling world on fire by winning the first stage, thereby taking the…
Velominati Super Prestige: Liége-Bastogne-Liége
We’ve all watched bike races, that’s a given, but how many of us actually listen to a bike race? It’s at this time every year…
Velominati Super Prestige: La Fléche Wallonne
La Fléche would perhaps be my least favorite classic, were it not for Gent-Wevelgem’s ill-timed bike-throw in their race for last place. It isn’t anything…
Velominati Super Prestige: Amstel Gold Race
Holland. Not known as a hilly country, this. I have relatives who live “at elevation” near the Kinderdijk, where I took this photo. They live…
Velominati Super Prestige: Paris-Roubaix
Let us pray for rain. The Sunday after Ronde Van Vlaanderen brings us to Paris-Roubaix. The Holiest of Holies. There are no bergs to ride…
Velominati Super Prestige: Ronde van Vlaanderen
Ok, ok, settle down now people. Take your seats please. You’re all a little bit on edge, like some cycling Gamblers Anonymous group that’s been…
Velominati Super Prestige: Gent-Wevelgem
Rain. Cobbles. Bergs. Professional cyclists reduced to mortals who clammer up steep, slick cobbled grades on shoes not made for walking. Gent-Wevelgem is the teaser…
Velominati Super Prestige: Milano-San Remo
The second annual Velominati Super Prestige kicks off with La Primavera, Milano-San Remo on March 19. The first Monument of the year, MSR is the…
Alpha VSP: Final Stage, Paris Nice
Software. It makes us 50% more efficient, creates 75% more work, and causes nearly 100% of the stress in my life. Crashes, counter-intuitive interfaces, general…
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Velominati Super Prestige: Giro de Lombardia
VSP Giro Di Lombardia 2010 The apron is at stake for this, the last classic of the season.
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Velominati Super Prestige: Paris-Tours
Just a week after contesting one of the most brutal, exciting one-day races of the year, a bevy of battered, tired bodies make their way back…
Velominati Super Prestige: Men’s and Women’s World Elite Road Race Championships
Just add water. It’s true of dehydrated food and it’s true of a dehydrated sport approaching the end of the season. It seems adding a…
Velominati Super Prestige: Vuelta a Espana Stage 20 (Bola del Mundo)
This year’s Vuelta, while it never seems to really capture my attention, has done a good job of demonstrating how the Giro and Vuelta seem…
Velominati Super Prestige: la Vuelta a Espana
The inaugural Velominati Super Prestige continues with its the final Grand Tour of the season, la Vuelta a España, on Saturday, August 28. This will be the…
Velominati Super Prestige: Clasica San Sebastian
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…
Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de France Stage 19
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…
Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de France Stage 17
At one point [Conan the Barbarian], and his other old warrior friends capture this village, but then they find that they are surrounded by an…