Recent content by DBChas

Big congrats to TD (not Terrell Davis, great a RB as he was). Having said that, the UCI achieved its objective--making sure Tony Martin did not achieve his 5th world TT championship. Martin was quite correct to criticize this silly TT course. Is it about speed or about climbing? If the idiotic...

While I can't begrudge Fuglsang's great win, when oh when will these top world pro races ever dispense with these silly time bonuses, which this time cost Richie Porte a well-deserved win? I will never understand awarding arbitrary time to stage winners. To me it's like cheating. There was...

I'm just here to voice my extreme annoyance over NBC Sports' trashing of cycling as a sport. They seem to have some sort of grip on the sport--contractually, I presume, and then refuse to televise most of it. I have my Directv set to record "cycling" and what do I get? Triathlons! Seriously...

Gerraint Thomas v. Alberto Contador, et al. Having watched Thomas for some long time now, I'm wondering when it was that he became a climber the caliber of Contador, Quintana, Valverde, or even Richie Porte? I thought he was one of those punchy riders, likely to win, for instance, Stage 13...