The year was 1998. I was 29 years old, a handful of years out of college, and working in a bike shop as a mechanic. The woman who was to become my wife and I lived with our two dogs in a nice little three bedroom ranch house we bought in Tempe, Arizona. I was Read the full article…

Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) attacked out of a small chasing group to catch Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) within sight of the flamme rouge and take the win in the 2012 Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Nibali had jumped from the field on the penultimate climb and tried to solo in the last 20km, but the Kazakh gave chase to claim his Read the full article…

Watching Tom Bidon Steels bite his nails at the end of this is worth the price of admission alone. Wilfried Peeters keeps it real. I posted the vid on the DC dummmblr earlier page today. Hat tip to BIG RING RIDING.

What can you say about Tom Boonen today? It was incredible. He was the favorite today, and he rode like it. Image source: http://news.daylife.com/photo/04d62f5gsA9vh?__site=daylife&q=roubaix. In the words of my man Legs via text message this morning: Dominate performance, we just witnessed one of the all-time greats and it was live on US tv, incredible. It Read the full article…

This photo was taken the day prior to last year’s edition of Paris-Roubaix. On the building by the right, we can read “the northern hell leads to paradise”. Next year, a new “vélodrome” will stand in Roubaix. Maybe Vansummeren was the last one crossing the finish line on that historic track. Pépin Open image in Read the full article…

The 2012 edition of the Tour of Flanders is in the books, I was up at 6:30 to catch the start of the live coverage, I put on a pot of coffee, poured me some hair of the dog, and plopped my fat ass down on the couch to watch.  In the end Boom Boom Read the full article…

Mark Cavendish. Like a boss. Mark Cavendish claimed a straightforward repeat victory in the Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, delivered to the line perfectly by his Sky Procycling teammates. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/kuurne-brussel-kuurne-2012/results. In a straight gallop for the line, it seems no one can come close. Image source: http://successisajigsawpuzzle.tumblr.com/post/18318153432/mark-cavendish-wins-kuurne-brussels-kuurne. Final K: Another link for the poor and unfortunate domiciled or otherwise Read the full article…

Oh my, another year has gone by us all. The Classics of Spring are upon us once again. Men of Legend shall reign. In case you haven’t noticed, I absolutely love this shit. Final K: Alternative video of the final kilometer in case the Youtube imbed tanks here: http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/MG_sportnieuws/MG_wielrennen/1.1230149. This next vid hits all the Read the full article…

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 Read the full article…

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 Read the full article…