Yeah, inquiring minds want to know. Or, something. He gets up and starts riding. He’s what they call a “mile-eater.” You ride behind that fucking thing for a few hours a few times a week. You’ll be a man of iron. Just like Snake. Then he goes home, showers up, eats lunch, and throws some [...]

The latest on the Armstrong Investigation: The Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport reported Thursday that U.S. investigators are working with their Italian counterparts to review millions of dollars’ worth of financial transactions involving physician Michele Ferrari and several high-profile cyclists. La Gazzetta’s Luca Gialanella reported that U.S. Food and Drug Administration criminal division [...]

Philippe Gilbert is a god damn BALLER! The man has no shortage of fans here at Drunkcyclist. The Walloon fans of his home region carried Philippe Gilbert up the über-steep Mur de Huy Wednesday as he ran away with his third win in a row. The Omega Pharma-Lotto rider came onto the steepest section of [...]

Baller is as baller does. Philippe Gilbert repeats. Boom goes the dynamite. Photo source: http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/04/news/philippe-gilbert-repeats-at-amstel-gold-race_169132. Gilbert, who has targeted next weekend’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège as his early season objective, seized command on the final climb after Rodriguez had made a vain attempt to go clear himself. The first three home had overtaken Andy Schleck on the climb [...]

Oh, yes I did. Three (3) hours. Which is a lot more than I’ve done for quite some time. The last time I went by this lot, there was a house on it. It has since been scraped clean. Fly the colors. Nothing but blue sky as far as the eye can see. That’s a [...]

Gilbert is a baller. Philippe Gilbert (Omega-Pharma Lotto) won Brabantse Pijl in a two-man sprint for the line against Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil-DCM). http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/de-brabantse-pijl-la-fleche-brabanconne-1-hc/results. The finale: The 2010 finish was pretty damn cool as well. Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWzbd_tgaEs.

Thanks to Hooligan for posting a link to this video in the comment section. This is the supposed HD version of the video. But, to be honest, I can’t tell the difference between them on this machine (yes, I watched both).

The way to win a Classic is alone. Johan Van Summeren just did exactly that. And, on a flattening rear tire (update: really flat). In Van Summeren’s words, “It was not easy to take the corners but it worked out well. I entered the track like wuhuhuhu.” After finishing, he proposed to his girlfriend. Later, [...]

Oh, that looks like it hurt. I have also found a short (like two seconds short) vid of C-Store putting the hammer down. Cancellara Hushovd, Flecha and Ballan go by in a blur. Sorry about the lead-in commercial that is three times longer than the actual video. The caption reads, “Fabian Cancellara giving flat stick [...]

Chavanel rode with class last weekend. He played the team card he was dealt – essentially, work for Boonen. It allowed him to sit on the tail end of the mighty C-Store, declining nearly every invitation to share in the work. If not for the late arrival of a fresh-legged Nick Nuyens, the man known [...]

De Vlaeminck likes Cancellara for Roubaix: “He can win on Sunday by dropping Boonen. I like Cancellara, he attacks and races with panache. Everyone rode against him at Flanders, even the mechanics of the other teams who wouldn’t give him a bottle. That was scandalous. But he was the strongest. Boonen is a good rider [...]

Bernard Hinault is a Baller. He falls. He chases. He gets back on. He goes straight to the front and takes them all by the throat. The man had so much class. He was simply unstoppable. As the six riders entered the velodrome it read like a who’s who of Paris Roubaix greats. De Vlaeminick [...]