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Bottle I only caught up with the crashes last night - from what I saw it looked like Levi had 'bottled it'. His nerve had gone, I could hear him shouting at Tony Martin on the descent to slow down. As for the 'motorbike' crash - Levi locked up the rear before he went into the corner. He had...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-news-shorts-6 How long are we supposed to believe this keek? Horner rides for 10 miles on a flat tyre and doesn't realise! WTF! He must be off his loaf! I really have to get me some of that BeetRoot juice. And just one more thing -...

http://www.brimbrothers.com/ these guys are also working on a shoe based power meter but not as a school project!

Ok - so for Pros there seems to be a benefit to some form of periodisation if even to alleviate the mental stress of trying to be in 'peak' fitness year round. Now what about the normal cyclist - like many of the guys reading here who don't do 50,000km per year? Do we need to take a break...

On a sort of related note... Other than the obvious doping explanations (this being the Clinic!) can any readers offer suggestions as to why Bottle was able to ride the final time trial in the 2007 Tour De France with a faster average speed than the exceptional time trial rider Miguel...

http://www.myspace.com/kaiserjan worth a read even if a few years out of date

Blades of Glory Sorry about the links - not sure how to post the pics. Andy Schelck is Blades of Glory!! http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gEnMhs0ikqo/Sb6r4GQzZCI/AAAAAAAAA7s/5v6m6FTb1TY/s1600-h/andy-schleck2.jpg...

Thanks Susan thanks for the info - as the saying goes "the worst ink is better than the best memory" -although I think that it will have to be updated for the digital age!!!

I always liked Olaf - one of my favourite cycling photos is him winning the Amstel Gold in a bunch sprint. He was riding for Panasonic and you can see three or four of his teammates in the bunch mimicing his 2 handed victory salute - brilliant. Maybe someone will post a link to it if they can...