Gesink warms up for time trial in Colorado tunnel.
The science of warming up for time trials has come a long way. Now, there’s a sports physiologist standing beside your trainer looking like a doctor, giving you the anaerobic protocol. There’s an ice...
View ArticleRabobank’s Gesink down a leg.
These spindly little GC guys are fragile. These should have yellow tape across their jerseys with the words “delicate. Handle with care.” A training ride crash has put Gesink in a hospital in Holland...
View ArticleRenshaw. The Iroquois, lacrosse and sprinting to a win.
Mark Renshaw and the Iroquois. Nope, he didn’t just make a last second switch from Rabobank to the East coast tribe. We were reminded of the Iroquois indians when we read the latest on Renshaw as he...
View ArticleRasmussen wants 5.6 million euros. A Mexican tycoon.
5.6 million euros goes a long way in Mexico. That buys you a mansion on a beach with a cook, driver, servants and two sexy teenage girls to detail your race bike. That pile of euros gets you the...
View ArticleSanchez beats Voigt and Peloton in Paris-Nice.
Luis Leon Sanchez doesn’t mind being on his own — which is why he often wins in breakaways. In recent interviews, the talented Spaniard has admitted that last year at Rabobank was both hard...
View ArticleSanchez uses Sagan’s gel for Tour stage win.
Five guys in the break and they all knew who would win stage 14 into Foix. Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank), Sandy Casar (FDJ-Big Mat), Gorka Izagirre (Euskaltel) and Philippe Gilbert (BMC) knew that...
View ArticleSanchez masters the odds in San Sebastian.
Thirty riders with ten kilometers to the finish in the stunning seaside town of San Sebastian. Tapas and several bottles of Spanish cava await the hero. Thirty guys with a chance to taste victory —...
View ArticleRabobank quits. When will McQuaid?
The news today that long time team sponsor Rabobank has decided to pull out of pro cycling is a shocker and not. The USADA “reasoned decision” on Lance Armstrong and cohorts went off like an atomic...
View ArticleSky buying advertising space on empty Rabobank jerseys?
Those Pro Blanco jerseys may not be so blanco after all. A news story in Reuters today raised the possibility that Sky may buy advertising space on the Pro Blanco racing kits left blank by the exit of...
View ArticleTruth, Reconciliation and Luttenberger.
If you needed yet another reason to support the idea of a Truth & Reconciliation Commission, that reason is Peter Luttenberger. Today the Austrian, who rode for Rabobank in 1997 and 1998, denied...
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