March 18, 20103 Comments on Fred rides a track bike
Copenhagen, Denmark isn’t just a city of of well dressed, beautiful women riding bikes in high heels. Next week, the UCI Track Cycling World Championship will take place there at the Ballerup Super Arena Velodrome.
March 17, 20101 Comment on La Primavera – Milan San Remo
La Primavera — Milan to San Remo in Italy — is the original “Spring Classic” bike race. This 300 km one day race takes place this Saturday, March 20, 2010.
March 7, 20103 Comments on Paris – Nice 2010
Paris – Nice, “the race to the sun,” began today with a prologue – an 8 km time trial in Montfort-l’Amaury, a southwestern suburb of Paris. Spoilers below.
March 4, 2010Leave a Comment
It’s early Spring, which means bike races in obscure European towns with miserable weather. This week it’s a five stage race around Murcia, Spain, and the weather has actually been fairly nice. The Tour of Murcia takes place on the Mediterranean coast of southeastern Spain. Of course there are spoilers in this post. (more…)
February 24, 20101 Comment on Washington start for Giro: Closer to reality?
Various reports indicate the Giro d’Italia is expected to announce a USA start in Washington DC for the 2012 edition of the classic Italian road race. (more…)
February 23, 20102 Comments on Tour of Oman:
The small Arab nation of Oman emerged relatively undamaged from the banking disaster that impacted several of their neighboring states. They hope to diversify their economy their economy as oil revenues drop by promoting tourism and high visibility events like their first ever Tour of Oman. (more…)