Rider down. Not from a car this time, but from cancer. A few weeks ago, Mike was diagnosed with Lymphoma and is currently undergoing intense chemotherapy to try and beat this thing. Tag is one of the original members of FBM Bike Company and his aggressive riding influenced an entire generation of BMX riders, myself included. Being from upstate [...]

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 [...]

A tutorial on how to cheer at a bike race. Write this down:  Moto champ vs. downhill champ. If anything, it gives you a really good look at a killer downhill course  Do you ever feel like you are a monkey herding goats…on the back of a dog?

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 [...]

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 [...]