Tunnel Vision
Eusebio Unzue just can’t quit Alejandro Valverde. But he should. By Joe Lindsey Movistar team boss Eusebio Unzue recently told Diario de Navarra that the team was essentially counting down the months...
View ArticleA Return to Tahoe?
The Tour of California got snowed out of Lake Tahoe. Will the race ever go back? By Joe Lindsey The opening of the 2011 Amgen Tour of California was not an unmitigated disaster. That would have been...
View ArticleWiggins Has an “Al Gore” Moment
The Team Sky captain confirms what everyone knows – but which hasn’t been announced: Cav is coming home. By Joe Lindsey One of the expected consequences of the rise of the 2012 “super teams” – the...
View ArticleTransfer Tea Leaves
Early winners in 2012 signings, and odd passivity among some teams. By Joe Lindsey With an unprecedented (in recent decades) clutch of team foldings and mergers, the 2011-2012 transfer season has been...
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Cavendish’s Blue Sky Future
Mark Cavendish at Sunday's Paris-Tours one-day classic race. (James Startt) After dating for months, the Manx sprinter and Britain’s de facto national team finally make an honest couple. By Joe Lindsey...
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The Forecast in Oman Is Cloudy
Cav has already won two races this year, but the team's still working on his lead-out train. (Team Sky) Not weather, but futures. By Joe Lindsey Right now we’re all watching the early-season races and...
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Monday Shorts
News and notes from a big weekend of racing. by Joe Lindsey Last year, Garmin-Barracuda manager Jonathan Vaughters reflected on Johan Van Summeren’s win at Paris-Roubaix when he paused to note another...
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Rock of Ages: The 110th Edition of Paris-Roubaix
The cobblestones of Paris-Roubaix. (Photo by James Startt) “All right, I’ve got something to say: It’s better to burn out, than fade away!” —Joe Elliott By Joe Lindsey When Tom Boonen attacked with...
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Britain’s Mysterious Olympic Bikes
Left to right: Mark Cavendish, Chris Froome, and Ian Stannard lead David Millar and Bradley Wiggins up Box Hill during a training ride. Stannard and Millar are on their regular bikes. (Bryn...
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Armstrong’s Financial Woes, Journalism and Lance, and Omega Pharma Business...
By Joe Lindsey As I wrote yesterday, the sponsor retreat from Lance Armstrong was stunning in its breadth and speed. In the course of a single day, nine of his 10 personal sponsors cut ties with...
View ArticleSky (on) the Limit?
Don’t write off Team Sky’s unconventional approach to the Classics just yet By Joe Lindsey As the team that won the Tour de France, Olympic time trial, and a host of other races in 2012, and enjoys one...
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You Don’t Have the Power
A superlative performance reignites the doping subject with a modern twist By Joe Lindsey After the, uh, late unpleasantness around the USADA report, pro cycling was always going to face a credibility...
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