Bernhard Eisel (HTC-Columbia) has often sacrificed his chances to help his teammates but the friendly Austrian finally got his day of glory at Gent-Wevelgem, winning the six-rider sprint that decided the Belgian classic. Eisel let George Hincapie (BMC) lead out the sprint and then hit the front hard with two hundred metres to go. It [...]

We rode fixed today. Dominic practiced with me riding super close. He tapped me, slapped my ass, nudged me a bit, and I had to hold my line and not fuck up or get squirmy. I felt ok. I just don’t know how I am going to manage with a bunch of Cat 4 women [...]

Hot damn. I was driving to school this morning (yes, I have no off days in this gig) and I got a text message from my man Dirty. This many big men at the front going over the poggio is insane!!! As I was in the car, I called him back rather than risk life [...]

Just got home, checking email and the like. What’d I get? I got this:

Drunkenness, hangovers, and debauchery tend to come to mind when one thinks about alcohol and its effects. But could alcohol also have been a catalyst for human civilization? According to archaeologist Patrick McGovern this may have been the case when early man decided to start farming. Why humans turned from hunting and gathering to agriculture [...]

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2010 – (1/4) The hills Tom Boonen is as explosive as ever. The form looks very, very good. Heinrich Haussler also looks to be on form. No lack of confidence in that young man. Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2010 – (2/4) Flecha attacks Flecha lights the dynamite. Boom! Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2010 – [...]

“I knew that the form was good and that the team confided in me, but I would be lying if I thought at the start line I was going to win, even though I knew I could be at the front. . . In fact, during the team meeting, they asked what I thought the [...]

Monaco’s Cycling Federation has handed a two-year suspension to former Silence-Lotto rider Thomas Dekker for an EPO positive that resulted from the re-testing of an old sample last year. Dekker, who was licensed in Monaco, learned last summer that the UCI retested a sample from December of 2007, after doping officials found suspicious data in [...]

After 11 years as a professional, Bobbie Traksel (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team) locked down the biggest win of his career as he out paced Rick Flens (Rabobank) and Ian Stannard (Sky Professional Cycling Team) to win the 63rd edition of Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne in Belgium on Sunday. In classically brutal Belgian weather conditions, the 28-year-old had instigated [...]

Juan Antonio Flecha wins Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Hot damn. Sky just bagging one right out the box. Read about the race at cyclingnews.com as well. Love this pic too: Gritty. I picked Flecha as a dark horse, Snake tapped Heinrich Haussler for the win. He was damn close, that Haussler, 2nd by :35 seconds (Edit: [...]

From Velonews.com: American cyclist Tom Zirbel announced on his blog Friday that he is retiring from cycling rather than continue an aggressive fight against doping charges. “I’ve decided to walk away from the sport,” he wrote, saying that he will not contest the 2-year suspension he received after testing positive for DHEA last year. Zirbel, [...]

I’m sick. And sore. I have a cough and am all snotty and shit. My doc called in some cough syrup (minus the hydrocodone). It seems to be helping. A little. So I’ve missed a long ride this week. Was off the bike 3 days. Who really cares? Is it really going to make a [...]