Monthly Archives: January 2014
Tour de San Luis ’14: Race Summary
This is perhaps an unfair assessment of a race that I didn’t watch or even follow in any great detail (in my defence, that’s quite hard to do properly outside of South America), but the Tour de San Luis promised much, and didn’t really deliver. Indeed, it was a race shaped by ineptitude. The coverage […]
Tour Down Under ’14: Race Summary
The first ‘major’ race of the season is over, as is the World Tour’s presence in the Southern Hemisphere for the season. And it’s only January. Still, at least cycling fans can look forward to some more humane viewing times. I say ”major” and not ‘major’ (follow?) because the season hasn’t really started at all. The Tour […]
Tour de San Luis ’14: Race Preview
Whilst one peloton’s sweating out its collective Christmas dinner in Australia, another will do the same in less famous surroundings – at the Tour de San Luis in Argentina. Whilst this race isn’t in the top tier available, twelve of the eighteen World Tour teams are going, and bringing with them a line-up that puts […]
Tour Down Under ’14: Race Preview
The Tour Down Under (TDU) is the first major race of the season, and the first stage race on the World Tour. It’s perhaps slightly cruel that it takes place in Australia, and that watching it live therefore requires a fair bit of sleep deprivation. In that sense, the season starts slowly for a lot […]
New lycra, please: 2014’s most notable transfers
A new season means new signings, and whilst certain transfers can result in a rider making a name for himself, a few established names have notably switched teams over a winter in which two World Tour teams – Euskaltel and Vacansoleil – folded. The Vacansoleil riders have all found reasonably good new homes, with the […]
2014
Yo. Welcome to 2014, a fairly massive year for me personally: I’m hoping to take the next big step towards doing this sort of thing on a permanent, paid (one day) basis. That’s for later, however. In the meantime: here’s what I plan to offer over the course of the cycling season in 2014: Race […]
Professional Cycling for Dummies VII: Doping
3rd time lucky? As the previous two attempts at writing this post have failed miserably, I’m now taking to getting this started on my phone, whilst sat on a train to Sheffield. Any issues with the writing are the fault of this new and confusing adventure into post-coal-and-steam technology, make no mistake. So, doping. […]
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