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Saturday, May 8th, 2010
Last year, the Tour Of California was held in February. Since it didn’t conflict with the traditional European calendar, it attracted many of the top professional cyclists. However the weather was very bad. The organizers decided to move the tour to the spring to get better weather. However it now conflicts with the Giro D’Italia. […]
The Master Of Roubaix
Monday, April 12th, 2010In the world of professional sports, Tiger Woods was the primary focus of attention this weekend with his return to the Masters and his new Nike commercial featuring the voice of his deceased father lecturing him. (See the real commercial here and some very funny parodies here.) However the real athletic accomplishment of the weekend belongs to Fabian […]
Lance Armstrong Will Ride Milan-San Remo
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Lance Armstrong will ride in the one day classic bicycle race, the Milan-San Remo on Saturday March 20, 2010. The race will be televised by Universal Sports at 10 AM eastern time. Universal Sports is carried on many cable systems and is also broadcast by many NBC affiliates as a digital subchannel.
The Milan-San Remo […]
Cycling Isn’t The Only Sport With Testing Problems
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009Professional cycling has had its share of difficulties with drug testing. The delay in announcing results, inconsistencies in testing procedures and detailed scientific debates over results has made the governing organizations of cycling appear inept on several occasions. However, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), has taken the crown as the most inept sports […]
George Hincapie
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009George Hincapie announced today that he had broken his collar bone in Tour De France in the crash during stage 17. At the time, he suspected that he had a break but he refused to get it x-rayed. If it was determined to be broken, he would have had to leave the race.
George completed the […]