230 kilometers across the countryside. 118 men toed the line in Heerlen. 42 finished. Top spot was Maertens. Jan Raas, second place on the day, went on to win the event five times. They are harder than you.

This is the view from the back. I should know, that’s the only place I’ve ever really been. Hang on, boys. This is about to get real. Source: http://gibier3000.tumblr.com/post/6519809076/baltimorehorsescycling-1968-paris-roubaix.

Short break from the (seemingly endless) study of law. Yeah, I can upload a pic in about three minutes for ya there, chief. Just hold on and don’t get your panties in a bunch. Evans. Class. Could be his year. Image source: http://fuckyeahcycling.tumblr.com/post/7278626840/tour-de-france-2011-stage-4-via-le-tour-de. Full size image here: http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Evans_Stage_4_TDF_2011.jpg. More cool stuff: http://fuckyeahcycling.tumblr.com/. Full write up [...]

Tour of Lombardy. The last Monument of the year. The leaves fall upon the roadway and the cycling season in kind. Il Lombardia Trailer Another great dramatic documentary movie about one of the monuments. It’s always great when you don’t know dutch, but inflection and tone can tell you everything. They are planning for a [...]

The heartbreak. The triumph. The anguish. The glory. The Spring Classics. I needed some stoke this morning. And this worked out just fine. Get some.

Baller. These dudes were thud squad.

Johan Museeuw took the Ronde van Vlaanderen three times in his career; 1993, 1995, and 1998. Doing it once is the stuff of legend. Three is the mark of a very hard man indeed. 1998 – Tour of Flanders Dude was a Baller.

Freddy Maertens was a baller. Full stop. Freddy Maertens – Gent Wevelgem

This might be the best I find tonight. Last 8k and Côte de Saint Nicolas. Boom goes the dynamite.

Philippe Gilbert doesn’t have nerves of steel. Steel is nervous about Philippe Gilbert. Image source: http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/04/news/unbeatable-philippe-gilbert-takes-liege-bastongne-liege_169905. There’s just no stopping the guy … even when he’s outnumbered two-to-one. Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) capped off an impressive sweep of the Ardennes classics Sunday, easily out-sprinting the Leopard-Trek brother act of Fränk and Andy Schleck at the [...]

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 [...]